-accept_all_cookies | accept cookies without prompting if Set-Cookie handling is on (off) | help + man |
-anonymous | apply restrictions for anonymous account, see also -restrictions. | help + man |
-assume_charset MIMEname | charset for documents that do not specify it. | help + man |
-assume_local_charset MIMEname | charset assumed for local files, i.e., files which Lynx creates such as internal pages for the options menu. | help + man |
-assume_unrec_charset MIMEname | use this instead of unrecognized charsets. | help + man |
-auth id:pw | set authorization ID and password for protected documents at startup. | help + man |
-base | prepend a request URL comment and BASE tag to text/html outputs for -source dumps. | help + man |
-bibhost URL | specify a local bibp server (default http://bibhost/). | help + man |
-book | use the bookmark page as the startfile (off) | help + man |
-buried_news | toggles scanning of news articles for buried references, and converts them to news links. | help + man |
-cache NUMBER | set the NUMBER of documents cached in memory. | help + man |
-case | enable case sensitive user searching (off) | help + man |
-center | toggle center alignment in HTML TABLE (off) | help + man |
-cfg FILENAME | specifies a Lynx configuration file other than the default lynx.cfg. | help + man |
-child | exit on left-arrow in startfile, and disable save to disk and associated print/mail options. | help + man |
-child_relaxed | exit on left-arrow in startfile, but allow save to disk and associated print/mail options. | help + man |
-cmd_script FILENAME | read keystroke commands from the given file (see -cmd_log) | help + man |
-connect_timeout N | Sets the connection timeout, where N is given in seconds. | help + man |
-convert_to FORMAT | convert input, setting output format in MIME type notation (e.g., www/present, www/source), and optionally setting the current character set (i.e., adding “;” followed by charset=VALUE). | help + man |
-cookie_file FILENAME | specifies a file to use to read cookies. | help + man |
-cookie_save_file FILENAME | specifies a file to use to store cookies. | help + man |
-cookies | toggles handling of Set-Cookie headers (on) | help + man |
-core | toggles forced core dumps on fatal errors (off) | help + man |
-crawl | with -traversal, output each page to a file with -dump, format output as with -traversal, but to stdout | help + man |
-curses_pads | toggles the use of curses “pad” feature which supports left/right scrolling of the display. | help + man |
-debug_partial | separate incremental display stages with MessageSecs delay The default is “off”. | help + man |
-default_colors | toggles the default-colors feature which is normally set in the lynx.cfg file. | help + man |
-delay NNN | set NNN-second delay at statusline message (0.000) | help + man |
-display DISPLAY | set the $DISPLAY variable for X exec-ed programs. | help + man |
-display_charset MIMEname | set the charset for the terminal output. | help + man |
-dont_wrap_pre | inhibit wrapping of text when -dump'ing and -crawl'ing, mark wrapped lines of <pre> in interactive session. | help + man |
-dump | dumps the formatted output of the default document or those specified on the command line to standard output. | help + man |
-editor EDITOR | enable external editing, using the specified EDITOR. | help + man |
-emacskeys | enable emacs-like key movement (off) | help + man |
-enable_scrollback | toggles compatibility with communication programs' scrollback keys (may be incompatible with some curses packages). | help + man |
-error_file FILE | define a file where Lynx will report HTTP access codes. | help + man |
-fail_on_alert | exit with an error code if any alert message is written. | help + man |
-force_empty_hrefless_a | force HREF-less 'A' elements to be empty (close them as soon as they are seen) (off) | help + man |
-force_html | forces the first document to be interpreted as HTML (off) | help + man |
-force_secure | toggles forcing of the secure flag for SSL cookies (off) | help + man |
-forms_options | toggles whether the Options Menu is key-based or form-based. | help + man |
-from | toggle transmission of From headers (on) | help + man |
-ftp | disable ftp access (off) | help + man |
-get_data | properly formatted data for a get form are read from the standard input and passed to the form. | help + man |
-head | send a HEAD request for the mime headers. | help + man |
-help | print the Lynx command syntax usage message, and exit. | help + man |
-hiddenlinks option | hidden links: options are merge, listonly, or ignore | help |
-historical | toggles use of “>” or “-->” as a terminator for comments. | help + man |
-homepage URL | set homepage separate from start page. | help + man |
-html5_charsets | toggles use of HTML5 charset replacements (off) | help |
-image_links | toggles inclusion of links for all images (off) | help + man |
-index URL | set the default index file to the specified URL. | help + man |
-ismap | toggles inclusion of ISMAP links when client-side MAPs are present (off) | help + man |
-justify | do justification of text (off) | help + man |
-link NUMBER | starting count for lnk#.dat files produced by -crawl (0) | help + man |
-list_decoded | with -dump, forces it to decode URL-encoded links (on) | help + man |
-list_inline | with -dump, forces it to show links inline with text (off) | help + man |
-listonly | with -dump, forces it to show only the list of links (off) | help + man |
-localhost | disable URLs that point to remote hosts (off) | help + man |
-lss FILENAME | specify filename containing color-style information. | help + man |
-mime_header | prints the MIME header of a fetched document along with its source. | help + man |
-minimal | toggles minimal versus valid comment parsing (on) | help + man |
-newschunksize NUMBER | number of articles in chunked news listings. | help + man |
-newsmaxchunk NUMBER | maximum news articles in listings before chunking. | help + man |
-nobold | disable bold video-attribute. | help + man |
-nobrowse | disable directory browsing. | help + man |
-nocc | disable Cc: prompts for self copies of mailings (off) | help + man |
-nocolor | force color mode off, overriding terminal capabilities and any -color flags, COLORTERM variable, and saved .lynxrc settings. | help + man |
-nofilereferer | disable transmission of Referer headers for file URLs (on) | help + man |
-nolist | disable the link list feature in dumps (off) | help + man |
-nolog | disable mailing of error messages to document owners (on) | help + man |
-nomargins | disable the right/left margins in the default style-sheet (off) | help + man |
-nomore | disable -more- string in statusline messages. | help + man |
-nonrestarting_sigwinch | This flag is not available on all systems, Lynx needs to be compiled with HAVE_SIGACTION defined. | help + man |
-nonumbers | disable the link/form numbering feature in dumps (off) | help + man |
-nopause | disable forced pauses for statusline messages. | help + man |
-noprint | disable some print functions, like -restrictions=print (off) | help + man |
-noredir | prevents automatic redirection and prints a message with a link to the new URL. | help + man |
-noreferer | disable transmission of Referer headers (off) | help + man |
-noreverse | disable reverse video-attribute. | help + man |
-nostatus | disable the miscellaneous information messages (off) | help + man |
-notitle | disable the title at the top of each page (off) | help + man |
-nounderline | disable underline video-attribute. | help + man |
-number_fields | force numbering of links as well as form input fields The default is “off”. | help + man |
-number_links | force numbering of links (off) | help + man |
-partial | toggles display partial pages while downloading (on) | help + man |
-partial_thres NUMBER | [=NUMBER] number of lines to render before repainting display with partial-display logic (-1) | help + man |
-passive_ftp | toggles passive ftp connection (on) | help + man |
-pauth id:pw | set authorization ID and password for a protected proxy server at startup. | help + man |
-popup | toggles handling of single-choice SELECT options via popup windows or as lists of radio buttons (off) | help + man |
-post_data | properly formatted data for a post form are read in from the standard input and passed to the form. | help + man |
-preparsed | show HTML source preparsed and reformatted when used with -source or in source view to visualize how lynx behaves with invalid HTML. | help + man |
-prettysrc | do syntax highlighting and hyperlink handling in source view (off) | help + man |
-print | enable print functions (DEFAULT), opposite of -noprint (on) | help + man |
-pseudo_inlines | toggles pseudo-ALTs for inline images with no ALT string. | help + man |
-raw | toggles default setting of 8-bit character translations or CJK mode for the startup character set (off) | help + man |
-realm | restricts access to URLs in the starting realm (off) | help + man |
-read_timeout N | Sets the read-timeout, where N is given in seconds. | help + man |
-reload | flushes the cache on a proxy server (only the first document given on the command-line is affected). | help + man |
-restrictions options | use -restrictions to see list | help |
-resubmit_posts | toggles forced resubmissions (no-cache) of forms with method POST when the documents they returned are sought with the PREV_DOC command or from the History List (off) | help + man |
-rlogin | disable recognition of rlogin commands. | help + man |
-scrollbar | toggles showing scrollbar (off) | help + man |
-scrollbar_arrow | toggles showing arrows at ends of the scrollbar (on) | help + man |
-selective | require .www_browsable files to browse directories. | help + man |
-sessionin FILENAME | resumes session from specified file. | help + man |
-sessionout FILENAME | saves session to specified file. | help + man |
-short_url | show very long URLs in the status line with “...” to represent the portion which cannot be displayed. | help + man |
-show_cfg | Print the configuration settings, e.g., as read from “lynx.cfg”, and exit. | help + man |
-show_cursor | If enabled the cursor will not be hidden in the right hand corner but will instead be positioned at the start of the currently selected link. | help + man |
-show_rate | If enabled the transfer rate is shown in bytes/second. | help + man |
-soft_dquotes | toggles emulation of the old Netscape and Mosaic bug which treated '>' as a co-terminator for double-quotes and tags (off) | help + man |
-source | works the same as dump but outputs HTML source instead of formatted text. | help + man |
-stack_dump | disable SIGINT cleanup handler The default is “off”. | help + man |
-startfile_ok | allow non-http startfile and homepage with -validate (off) | help + man |
-stderr | When dumping a document using -dump or -source, Lynx normally does not display alert (error) messages that you see on the screen in the status line. | help + man |
-stdin | read the startfile from standard input (UNIX only). | help + man |
-tagsoup | initialize parser, using Tag Soup DTD rather than SortaSGML. | help + man |
-telnet | disable recognition of telnet commands. | help + man |
-term TERM | tell Lynx what terminal type to assume it is talking to. | help + man |
-tlog | toggles between using a Lynx Trace Log and stderr for trace output from the session. | help + man |
-tna | turn on "Textfields Need Activation" mode (off) | help + man |
-trace | turns on Lynx trace mode (off) | help + man |
-trace_mask value | turn on optional traces, which may result in very large trace files. | help + man |
-traversal | traverse all http links derived from startfile. | help + man |
-trim_blank_lines | toggles trimming of trailing blank lines as well as the related trimming of blank lines while collapsing BR tags. | help + man |
-trim_input_fields | trim input text/textarea fields in forms (off) | help + man |
-underline_links | toggles use of underline/bold attribute for links (off) | help + man |
-underscore | toggles use of _underline_ format in dumps (off) | help + man |
-unique_urls | check for duplicate link numbers in each page and corresponding lists, and reuse the original link number. | help + man |
-use_mouse | turn on mouse support, if available. | help + man |
-useragent Name | set alternate Lynx User-Agent header. | help + man |
-validate | accept only http URLs (meant for validation) implies more restrictions than -anonymous, but goto is allowed for http and https (off) | help + man |
-verbose | toggles [LINK], [IMAGE] and [INLINE] comments with filenames of these images (on) | help + man |
-version | print version information, and exit. | help + man |
-vikeys | enable vi-like key movement (off) | help + man |
-width NUMBER | number of columns for formatting of dumps, default is 80. | help + man |
-with_backspaces | emit backspaces in output if -dumping or -crawling (like 'man' does) (off) | help + man |
-xhtml_parsing | tells Lynx that it can ignore certain tags which have no content in an XHTML 1.0 document. | help + man |
-blink | forces high intensity background colors for color mode, if available and supported by the terminal. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-cmd_log FILENAME | write keystroke commands and related information to the specified file. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-collapse_br_tags | toggles collapsing of BR tags. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-color | forces color mode on, if available. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-exec | enable local program execution (normally not configured). (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-fileversions | include all versions of files in local VMS directory listings. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-find_leaks | toggle memory leak-checking. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-html5_charset | toggles use of HTML5 charset replacements. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-locexec | enable local program execution from local files only (if Lynx was compiled with local execution enabled). (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-nested_tables | toggles nested-tables logic (for debugging). (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-noexec | disable local program execution. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-nosocks | disable SOCKS proxy usage by a SOCKSified Lynx. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-nozap DURATION | disables checks for “z” key initially if DURATION is “initially” or completely otherwise. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-session FILENAME | resumes from specified file on startup and saves session to that file on exit. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-socks5_proxy URL | Tells lynx which SOCKS5 proxy to use for connections. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-syslog text | information for syslog call. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-syslog_urls | log requested URLs with syslog. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-timeout N | For win32, sets the network read-timeout, where N is given in seconds. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-update_term_title | enables updating the title in terminal emulators. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-wdebug | enable Waterloo tcp/ip packet debug (print to watt debugfile). (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |