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gnunet-search — a command line interface to search for content on GNUnet

gnunet-search [-a LEVEL | --anonymity=LEVEL] [-b | --bookmark-only] [-c FILENAME | --config=FILENAME] [-F FORMAT | --dir-printf=FORMAT] [-f FORMAT | --printf=FORMAT] [-h | --help] [-i FORMAT | --iter-printf=FORMAT] [-L LOGLEVEL | --loglevel=LOGLEVEL] [-l FILENAME | --logfile=FILENAME] [-o FILENAME | --output=FILENAME] [-n | --no-network] [-N VALUE | --results=VALUE] [-s | --silent] [-t DELAY | --timeout=DELAY] [-v | --version] [-V | --verbose] ⟨KEYWORD⟩ ⟨+KEYWORD⟩ | ⟨URI⟩ ⟨+URI⟩

Search for content on GNUnet. The keywords are case-sensitive. gnunet-search can be used both for a search in the global namespace as well as for searching a private subspace. The options are as follows:

LEVEL | LEVEL
This option can be used to specify additional anonymity constraints. The default is 1. If set to 0, GNUnet will publish the file non-anonymously and in fact sign the advertisement for the file using your peer's private key. This will allow other users to download the file as fast as possible, including using non-anonymous methods (discovery via DHT and CADET transfer). If you set it to 1 (default), you use the standard anonymous routing algorithm (which does not explicitly leak your identity). However, a powerful adversary may still be able to perform traffic analysis (statistics) to over time discovery your identity. You can gain better privacy by specifying a higher level of anonymity (using values above 1). This tells FS that it must hide your own requests in equivalent-looking cover traffic. This should confound an adversaries traffic analysis, increasing the time and effort it would take to discover your identity. However, it also can significantly reduce performance, as your requests will be delayed until sufficient cover traffic is available. The specific numeric value (for anonymity levels above 1) is simple: Given an anonymity level L (above 1), each request FS makes on your behalf must be hidden in L-1 equivalent requests of cover traffic (traffic your peer routes for others) in the same time-period. The time-period is twice the average delay by which GNUnet artificially delays traffic. Note that regardless of the anonymity level you choose, peers that cache content in the network always use anonymity level 1.
|
Do not search, print only the URI that points to the search with the given keywords.
FILENAME | FILENAME
Use the configuration file FILENAME (default: ~/.config/gnunet.conf).
FORMAT | FORMAT
Write the search results for directories according to FORMAT. The directives supported here are identical to those supported in the --printf argument (please refer to it for more information). If missing, --dir-printf defaults to --printf. If --printf is missing too --dir-printf defaults to ‘#%n:\ngnunet-download -o "%f" -R %u\n\n’.
FORMAT | FORMAT
Write the search results according to FORMAT, in which ‘\’ and ‘%’ directives are interpreted as follows:
\\
a literal backslash (‘\’)
an alarm bell
a backspace
an escape
a form feed
a newline
a carriage return
a horizontal tab
a vertical tab
an ASCII NUL.
the character whose ASCII code is N..., expressed in octal digits
the character whose ASCII code is X..., expressed in hexadecimal digits

Note: The ‘\’ character followed by any other character not listed above is treated as an ordinary character, so both characters are printed.

a percent sign
the complete list of all the printable metadata properties available, displayed according to the --iter-printf argument; this specifier optionally supports metatype filtering via hash sign (e.g. ‘%2#a’ prints all embedded file names, if present - see libextractor's metatypes for the complete list of numerical identifiers)
the file's name
the first printable metadata property available, displayed according to the --iter-printf argument; this specifier optionally supports metatype filtering via hash sign (e.g. ‘%5#j’ prints a book title, if present); see libextractor's metatypes for the complete list of numerical identifiers)
the file name's length
the file's mime type
the search result number
the file's size in bytes
the file's URI

Note: The ‘%’ character followed by any other character not listed above is treated as an ordinary character, so both characters are printed.

If missing, --printf defaults to ‘#%n:\ngnunet-download -o "%f" %u\n\n’.

|
Print the help page.
FORMAT | FORMAT
When the ‘%a’ or ‘%j’ format specifiers appear in --printf or --dir-printf, list each metadata property according to FORMAT, in which the ‘\’ directives are interpreted as in --printf and --dir-printf, while the ‘%’ directives are interpreted as follows:
a percent sign
the property's content
the property content's length in bytes
the property type's unique identifier
the property number
the property type (available only if compiled with libextractor)
the name of the plugin that provided the information

Note: The ‘%’ character followed by any other character not listed above is treated as an ordinary character, so both characters are printed.

If missing, --iter-printf defaults to ‘ %t: %p\n’ or ‘ MetaType #%i: %p\n’, depending on whether the program was compiled with libextractor or not.

LOGLEVEL | LOGLEVEL
Change the loglevel. Possible values for LOGLEVEL are ERROR, WARNING, INFO and DEBUG.
FILENAME | FILENAME
Write logs to FILENAME.
FILENAME | FILENAME
Writes a GNUnet directory containing all of the search results to FILENAME (e.g. ‘gnunet-search --output=commons.gnd commons’).
|
Only search locally, do not forward requests to other peers.
VALUE | VALUE
Automatically terminate the search after receiving VALUE results.
|
Enable silent mode and do not print any result (the --output argument is required).
DELAY | DELAY
Automatically timeout search after DELAY. The value given must be a number followed by a space and a time unit, for example "500 ms". Note that the quotes are required on the shell. Without a unit it defaults to microseconds (1000000 = 1 second). If 0 or omitted the search runs until gnunet-search is aborted with CTRL-C.
|
print the version number
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append ‘%a\n’ to the default --printf and --dir-printf arguments – ignored when these are provided by the user

It is possible to run gnunet-search with an URI instead of a keyword. The URI can have the format for a namespace search or for a keyword search. For a namespace search, the format is

gnunet://fs/sks/NAMESPACE/IDENTIFIER

For a keyword search, use

gnunet://fs/ksk/KEYWORD[+KEYWORD]*

If the format does not correspond to a GNUnet URI, GNUnet will automatically assume that keywords are supplied directly.

If multiple keywords are passed, gnunet-search will look for content matching any of the keywords. The ‘+’ prefix makes a keyword mandatory.

~/.config/gnunet.conf GNUnet configuration file; specifies the default value for the timeout

Example 1:

$ gnunet-search 'Das Kapital'

searches for content matching the keyword “Das Kapital”

Example 2:

$ gnunet-search Das Kapital

searches for content matching either keyword “Das” or keyword “Kapital”

Example 3:

$ gnunet-search +Das +Kapital

searches for content matching both mandatory keywords “Das” and “Kapital”

Search results are printed by gnunet-search like this:


gnunet-download -o "COPYING" gnunet://fs/chk/HASH1.HASH2.SIZE


Description: The GNU General Public License
Mime-type: text/plain
...

The first line contains the command to run to download the file. The suggested filename in the example is ‘COPYING’. The GNUnet URI consists of the key and query hash of the file and finally the size of the file. If the --verbose option was provided, after the command to download the file, GNUnet will print metadata about the file as advertised in the search result. The metadata here is the description (“The GNU General Public License”) and the mime-type (“text-plain”). See the options for gnunet-publish(1) on how to supply metadata by hand.

The --printf (-f), --dir-printf (-F) and --iter-printf (-i) arguments offer powerful tools for manipulating the output printed. For instance,

Example 4:


$ gnunet-search -f '%f (%s bytes)\n' commons

will print a simple list of the results that match the “commons” keyword, with only the file name and the size printed, without any URI. Or, for instance,

Example 5:


#!/bin/sh
{
printf '<list>'
gnunet-search -f '
<file uri="%u">
<filename len="%l">%f</filename>
<size>%s</size>
<mimetype>%m</mimetype>
<result_id>%n</result_id>
<metadata>%a
</metadata>
</file>' \
-i '
<property tid="%i" type="%t">
<content len="%l">%p</content>
<property_id>%n</property_id>
<provided_by>%w</provided_by>
</property>' \
-t '2 s' commons
printf '\n</list>\n'
} > commons.xml

will run for two seconds and then create a file named commons.xml, containing the search results that match the “commons” keyword in XML format.

gnunet-download(1), gnunet-fs-gtk(1), gnunet-publish(1), gnunet.conf(5)

The full documentation for GNUnet is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info(1) and gnunet packages are properly installed at your site, the command

info gnunet

should give you access to the complete handbook,

info gnunet-c-tutorial

will give you access to a tutorial for developers.

Depending on your installation, this information is also available in gnunet(7) and gnunet-c-tutorial(7).

Report bugs by using https://bugs.gnunet.org or by sending electronic mail to <gnunet-developers@gnu.org>.

February 12, 2022 Debian