import java.net.*; import java.io.*; public class lycos { public static void main (String[] args) { String querystring = ""; for (int i = 0; i < args.length; i++) { querystring += args[i] + " "; } querystring = querystring.trim(); querystring = "query=" + URLEncoder.encode(querystring); try { String thisLine; URL u = new URL("http://www.lycos.com/cgi-bin/pursuit?" + querystring); DataInputStream theHTML = new DataInputStream(u.openStream()); while ((thisLine = theHTML.readLine()) != null) { System.out.println(thisLine); } // while loop ends here } catch (MalformedURLException e) { System.err.println(e); } catch (IOException e) { System.err.println(e); } } }