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4 Quick start

You can use proxyknife after a few minutes if you do like this step by step:

  1. Extract from source and enter the work dir:
              tar zxvf proxyknife-1.4.tar.gz
              cd proxyknife-1.4
         
  2. Compile && Install:
              ./configure
              make
              make install
         
  3. Proxyknife will search configureation file and proxylist file in current dir. If you still in work dir, just create configuration file like this:
              cp doc/proxyknife.conf.example proxyknife.conf
         

    You can put proxyknife.conf to /etc/proxyknife.conf or ~/.proxyknife.conf. Proxyknife will search ./proxyknife.conf,then ~/.proxyknife.conf , at last /etc/proxyknife.conf until it found the first one.

    Now read the configuration file "proxyknife.conf". Notice: The line begin with '#' is commet line. The line after the line begin with '#' must be customized with you own setting. And the line begin with

    '#! if'
    

    need be updated only if the condition expression after "if" is true.

    5 Introduction to basic configuration

  4. If you have proxy list file like the file proxylist in directory doc, just rename it as proxylist. Otherwise, you can copy the proxylist file in doc to current directory to begin test immediately:
              cp doc/proxylist .
         

    Notice, proxyknife.conf must be in the directory proxyknife can find. In search order: the path come from `-f' option, current directory, /etc/proxyknife.conf.

  5. At last, start checking:
              proxyknife
         

    Tips: If you have found enough free proxies, you can use "^C" to stop proxyknife at any time. The result of validating will be printed on screen and saved to file named proxyout in current directory immediately after any free proxy is found .

  6. Example of configuration.