Search Google and Wikipedia from bash command line

bash_web_search.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

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# bash_web_search.sh
#
# The functions below can be included in .bashrc (or other start-up file) to
# provide the ability to perform Google (via Startpage) and Wikipedia searches
# directly from the command line using the commands se and wi.
#
# Examples:     se are cats smarter than dogs
#               wi felis catus
#
# Dependencies: elinks
#
# Author:       Juan Irming

function se() {
    IFS='+'
    elinks "https://www.startpage.com/do/search?query=$*"
}

function wi() {
    IFS='_'
    elinks "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/$*"
}