Usage¶
As the welcome screen says, write –help (or just simply -h) for getting a list of the available commands and their usage. To view additional help regarding each of the commands, type <command> -h and in this way, you’ll be able to explore the available API commands and see them in action by also placing input.
Clear & History¶
Use the Clear button to clear the screen or activate the auto-clear checkbox for letting the app doing this automatically every time you test a new command.
In case you close the window and get back under a certain amount of time, your history will be kept and left in the same state.
Commands¶
IP & GEO¶
> ipinfo -i -l
46.5757,26.8712
91.202.91.119
Shows current IP information, regarding location coordinates and IP address. Run ipinfo 8.8.4.4 for showing info about a certain IP (not yours).
WolframAlpha¶
> walpha pi
3.1415926535
Computes and/or shows details regarding math expressions/equations and more.
Advanced¶
The web shell also supports basic pipe “|” operators and temporary files I/O with “<” (read), “>” (write) and “>>” (append). You can use these to chain together outputs from previous commands as inputs for the next ones or saving huge outputs to temporary named files (based on your current session).
> ipinfo --city | weather
Clear
clear sky
Get current city by IP and show how’s weather there.
> walpha 2^3 > 8.txt
> walpha -v < 8.txt
8
eight
Save output into files and retrieve it back when needed.