56 lines
1.2 KiB
Bash
56 lines
1.2 KiB
Bash
# 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 [[ "$OSTYPE" = 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|duckduckgo)' ]];
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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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if [[ $1 == 'duckduckgo' ]]; then
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#slightly different search syntax for DDG
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url="${url}/?q="
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else
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url="${url}/search?q="
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fi
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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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nohup $open_cmd "$url"
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rm nohup.out
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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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alias ddg='web_search duckduckgo'
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#add your own !bang searches here
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alias wiki='web_search duckduckgo \!w'
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alias news='web_search duckduckgo \!n'
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alias youtube='web_search duckduckgo \!yt'
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alias map='web_search duckduckgo \!m'
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alias image='web_search duckduckgo \!i'
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alias ducky='web_search duckduckgo \!'
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