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							|  | Command Line Engines
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							|  | .. sidebar:: info
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							|  |    - :origin:`command.py <searx/engines/command.py>`
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							|  |    - :ref:`offline engines`
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							|  | With *command engines* administrators can run engines to integrate arbitrary
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							|  | shell commands.
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							|  | When creating and enabling a ``command`` engine on a public instance, you must
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							|  | be careful to avoid leaking private data.  The easiest solution is to limit the
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							|  | access by setting ``tokens`` as described in section :ref:`private engines`.
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							|  | The engine base is flexible.  Only your imagination can limit the power of this
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							|  | engine (and maybe security concerns).  The following options are available:
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							|  | ``command``:
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							|  |   A comma separated list of the elements of the command.  A special token
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							|  |   ``{{QUERY}}`` tells where to put the search terms of the user. Example:
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							|  |   .. code:: yaml
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							|  |      ['ls', '-l', '-h', '{{QUERY}}']
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							|  | ``delimiter``:
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							|  |   A mapping containing a delimiter ``char`` and the *titles* of each element in
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							|  |   ``keys``.
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							|  | ``parse_regex``:
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							|  |   A dict containing the regular expressions for each result key.
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							|  | ``query_type``:
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							|  |   The expected type of user search terms.  Possible values: ``path`` and
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							|  |   ``enum``.
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							|  |   ``path``:
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							|  |     Checks if the user provided path is inside the working directory.  If not,
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							|  |     the query is not executed.
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							|  |   ``enum``:
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							|  |     Is a list of allowed search terms.  If the user submits something which is
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							|  |     not included in the list, the query returns an error.
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							|  | ``query_enum``:
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							|  |   A list containing allowed search terms if ``query_type`` is set to ``enum``.
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							|  | ``working_dir``:
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							|  |   The directory where the command has to be executed.  Default: ``./``
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							|  | ``result_separator``:
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							|  |   The character that separates results. Default: ``\n``
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							|  | The example engine below can be used to find files with a specific name in the
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							|  | configured working directory:
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							|  | .. code:: yaml
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							|  |   - name: find
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							|  |     engine: command
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							|  |     command: ['find', '.', '-name', '{{QUERY}}']
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							|  |     query_type: path
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							|  |     shortcut: fnd
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							|  |     delimiter:
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							|  |         chars: ' '
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							|  |         keys: ['line']
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							|  | Acknowledgment
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							|  | This development was sponsored by `Search and Discovery Fund
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							|  | <https://nlnet.nl/discovery>`_ of `NLnet Foundation <https://nlnet.nl/>`_.
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