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785 B
43 lines
785 B
# web_search from terminal |
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function web_search() { |
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# get the open command |
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local open_cmd |
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if [[ $(uname -s) == 'Darwin' ]]; then |
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open_cmd='open' |
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else |
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open_cmd='xdg-open' |
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fi |
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# check whether the search engine is supported |
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if [[ ! $1 =~ '(google|bing|yahoo)' ]]; |
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then |
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echo "Search engine $1 not supported." |
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return 1 |
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fi |
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local url="http://www.$1.com" |
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# no keyword provided, simply open the search engine homepage |
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if [[ $# -le 1 ]]; then |
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$open_cmd "$url" |
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return |
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fi |
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url="${url}/search?q=" |
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shift # shift out $1 |
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while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do |
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url="${url}$1+" |
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shift |
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done |
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url="${url%?}" # remove the last '+' |
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$open_cmd "$url" |
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} |
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alias bing='web_search bing' |
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alias google='web_search google' |
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alias yahoo='web_search yahoo'
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