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XKCDPUNK(1) General Commands Manual XKCDPUNK(1)

NAME

xkcdpunk — Display XKCD comics directly in your terminal

SYNOPSIS

xkcdpunk [-offline] [INPUT ...]
xkcdpunk -h | --help

DESCRIPTION

xkcdpunk will display a given xkcd comic and its alt-text directly in your terminal. Without argument, the latest known comic will be displayed. The argument can also be "random" to display a random comic.

Positional arguments

INPUT
XKCD number. Besides a number, "latest" and "random" are accepted values. If missing, "latest" is assumed

Keyword arguments

Only access already cached comics and do not download anything. "latest" will fails if no comic cached ever and "random" might fails if not enough cached comics.

EXIT STATUS

The xkcdpunk utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO

ansicat(1), netcache(1), offpunk(1), openk(1), https://offpunk.net/

AUTHORS

Lionel Dricot (Ploum) <offpunk2 at ploum.eu>

February 9, 2026 Nixpkgs