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Searching the web via command line syntax: goosh.org

Emily Chang's blog got me onto goosh.org. It's the "unofficial Google shell", and you can Google using unix-like command line syntax. Oh, for the old Amdeck amber monochrome monitor (with 80 columns!)

Get to goosh.org
Try entering  lucky then your keywords, you'll get the first search result ("Feeling Lucky?")

Or, here are a few other commands to try:

command

aliasesparametersfunction
web

(search,s,w)[keywords]google web search
news

(n)[keywords]google news search
more

(m)
get more results
blogs

(blog,b)[keywords]google blog search
read

(rss,r)<url>read feed of url
feeds

(feed,f)[keywords]google feed search
place

(places,map,p)[address]google maps search
translate

(trans,t)[lang1] [lang2] <words>google translation
images

(image,i)[keywords]google image search
video

(videos,v)[keywords]google video search
clear

(c)
clear the screen
wiki

(wikipedia)[keywords]wikipedia search
help

(man,h,?)[command]displays help text
cd


<command>change mode
site

(in)<url> <keywords>search in a specific website
open

(o)<url>open url in new window
go

(g)<url>open url
lucky

(l)[keywords]go directly to first result
ls


[command]lists commands
addengine



add goosh to firefox search box
load


<extension_url>load an extension
settings

(set)[name] [value]edit settings
gmail

(mail)[compose]read & write mail in gmail *
login



login with your google account *
logout



log out of goosh *

Happy Gooshing!


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