Lynx

Lynx is a text-based web browser, allowing you to view websites via the terminal (as the virtual network nodes to not have a GUI). You can start Lynx by typing lynx or passing a URL that you want to visit as a parameter, e.g. lynx http://sandilands.info/. A quick guide to using Lynx:

• Scroll the page using PgUp and PgDown
• Traverse through links using Up arrow and Down arrow
• Follow a selected/highlighted link by using Right arrow or Enter
• Go back using the Left arrow
• Visit a new URL by pressing 'g' and then typing the URL
• To get help, press 'h'
• To see cookies, press 'h' and then Ctrl-k
• To toggle between viewing the web page and the source, press '\'
• To quit Lynx, press 'q'

By default, Lynx does not save cookies when you close and restart, i.e. you will always be prompted about accepting cookies. To temporarily change so that cookies are saved, you can create your own configuration file called lynx.cfg with the following:

SET_COOKIES:TRUE
ACCEPT_ALL_COOKIES:TRUE
PERSISTENT_COOKIES:TRUE
COOKIE_FILE:/home/network/.lynx_cookies
COOKIE_SAVE_FILE:/home/network/.lynx_cookies
PREFERRED_ENCODING:None

Now start lynx by:

lynx -cfg=lynx.cfg URL

Now Lynx will save cookies in the file /home/network/.lynx_cookies when it closes, and read from that file when you start Lynx again.