This Wolfram Language script provides a command line interface to the popular Wolfram|Alpha website. It requires a local Wolfram Engine to run (e.g. Wolfram|One or Mathematica).
Wolfram|Alpha queries are powered by the Wolfram Knowledgebase and the Natural Language Understanding System.
After cloning this repository, run wolframalpha.wls
from a command line to start it up:
> wolframalpha.wls
Type your Wolfram|Alpha query at the =
prompt:
= population of france
And hit Enter
. This gives you the best possible plaintext answer that Wolfram|Alpha is able to compute:
about 65 million people
This image shows other possible inputs: