Show pageBacklinksBack to top This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ====== Search Google.com from the Linux command line ====== You can search Google.com from the Linux command line without using a CLI web browser like lynx or Elinks. All you need is the curl and html2text packages installed. Then you issue the following command: curl -A Mozilla http://www.google.com/search?q=Linux |html2text -width 80 where you can replace Linux with another keyword of your choice. The results will be displayed in your console application with a width of 80. I have created a bash shell function for this: google() { curl -A Mozilla http://www.google.com/search?q=$* | html2text -width 80; } Now you can just ''google linux'' Reference: http://tips4linux.com/search-googlecom-from-the-linux-command-line/ {{tag>linux}} ~~LINKBACK~~ ~~DISCUSSION~~ blog/search_google.com_from_the_linux_command_line.txt Last modified: 2009/08/11 08:09by brb