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Batch Wikipedia Searcher

Batch Wikipedia Searcher
Do you hate having to go through so many web pages just to look something up on Wikipedia? You could just set the English Wikipedia to your home page, or you could do this!

It is a simple batch file that asks for the search topic, then brings you to the Wikipedia entry on that topic.
 
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Step 1Making the Batch File

Making the Batch File
First you want to make your batch file, this is very simple and many of you will already know how to do this.

First, open up a notepad document.
Go to -File-, -Save As...-, then in the 'File name' textfield, type in 'WikipediaSearcher.bat'. The name doesn't matter, but .bat is essential.
Remember to switch 'Save as type:' to 'All Files' from 'Text Documents'
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11 comments
Jul 8, 2010. 3:25 PMaccount3r2 says:
i changed the code so it searches bing
Aug 26, 2009. 12:23 PMPuus says:
For everyone saying there's other ways, well for us who are trying to get more into batch files I think it's fun just knowing how to. Even though I knew this, easy batches like these helped me when I started in the beginning.
Aug 17, 2009. 11:31 PMithinkibrokeit says:
this is awesome! I found this so useful i wrote a visual basic script so it has a search box i can post the script if anyone is interested
May 3, 2008. 9:17 PMshooby says:
In firefox, you can just type "wiki [search term]" in the address bar, hit enter, et voila, you find what you were looking for. That's because in firefox, terms entered in the address bar are searched for, and the browser directs you to the first google search webpage, unless the term is too obscure/the match is not good enough.
Apr 23, 2009. 5:17 PMberserk says:
Hah. And I thought it was fun and tongue-in-cheek to make a batch file to search wikipedia, but this little nugget was definitely worth coming for!
Feb 27, 2009. 1:19 PMdani3l says:
Wikipedia already have a -real- search tool!
May 13, 2008. 7:53 PMfredricksburgthethird says:
would it be possible to just see the text of a website in the bat window?
May 3, 2008. 8:58 PMtheRIAA says:
i know its annoying, but you can search english wikipedia on their homepage by default under the big puzzle globe... or usually just googleing "wiki" or "(topic here) wiki" works good as well
May 3, 2008. 5:50 PMDELETED_spoonty says:
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May 3, 2008. 6:09 PMthehappytent says:
or just use wiki: in google...

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