# Ferret-browser on the command-line?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ferret-browser-on-the-command-line/171605>\
**Category:** Ferret\
**Created:** [July 6, 2009, 4:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ferret-browser-on-the-command-line/171605 "2009-07-06T16:18:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kelly\_J](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Kelly\_J](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kelly_J)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 4:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ferret-browser-on-the-command-line/171605/1 "2009-07-06T16:18:08Z")

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ferret-browser is really neat and tells me a lot about my ferret  
collection, but I’m not sure why it runs as a webserver?

Is there a command-line program that does the same thing ferret-browser  
does?

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**Author:** ![Kelly\_J](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Kelly\_J](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kelly_J)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 5:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ferret-browser-on-the-command-line/171605/2 "2009-07-06T17:08:57Z")

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kelly,

i’d be interested to find out how you got ferret-browser to work.

thanks.