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proxy - Libproxy test tool

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  EXAMPLE  DEBUG OUTPUT  AUTHORS 

NAME

proxy − Libproxy test tool

SYNOPSIS

proxy

[scheme://host][:port]

DESCRIPTION

The program proxy displays the proxy server that should be used to reach a given network resource. You can provide a URL as a parameter or start the tool in interactive mode to enter multiple URLs. As a return value the required proxy will be displayed.

libproxy is a library that provides automatic proxy configuration management using different backends.

EXAMPLE

# proxy http://www.example.com

# http://127.0.0.1:8080

DEBUG OUTPUT

In order to show further debug output you can set the environment variable PX_DEBUG=1

During execution the tool now shows internal library information like existing plugin modules, which configuration is used and the return values.

AUTHORS

Jan-Michael Brummer <[email protected]>


Updated 2026-06-01 - jenkler.se | uex.se