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Google Shell

Open-source browser based Unix-like shell


Open-source browser based Unix-like shell

FieldValue
nameGoogle Shell
captionThe Google Shell homepage
url
commercialno
typeSearch engine
languageMultilingual
registrationoptional
authorStefan Grothkopp
launch_date2008
current_statusactive

Google Shell, or goosh, is an open-source browser based Unix-like shell used as a front end for Google Search. Written in AJAX the results are shown directly on the page. Google Shell is open source under the Artistic License/GPL. The code is currently hosted on Google Code.

Commands

Users are able to use most of the features of Google through specific commands and keywords. Functions that are marked with a * are currently experimental, and should be used with caution. While most of the command results are displayed as text, a few will display a portion of a website for you to interact with.

CommandAliasesParametersFunction
websearch,s,wkeywordsgoogle web search
newsnkeywordsgoogle news search
moremget more results
blogsblog,bkeywordsgoogle blog search
readrss,rurlread feed of url
feedsfeed,fkeywordsgoogle feed search
placeplaces,map,paddressgoogle maps search
imagesimage,ikeywordsgoogle image search
videovideos,vkeywordsgoogle video search
clearcclear the screen
wikiWikipediakeywordsWikipedia search
helpman,h,?commanddisplays help text
cdcommandchange mode
siteinurl keywordssearch in a specific website
openourlopen url in new window
gogurlopen url
luckylkeywordsgo directly to first result
lscommandlists commands
addengineadd goosh to firefox search box
loadurlload an extension
calculatecalcexpressionevaluate a mathematical expression
settingssetname valueedit settings
gmailmailcomposeread & write mail in gmail *
loginlogin with your google account *
logoutlog out of goosh *

Customization

The default amount of results when searching is only 4, but this, along with other settings, can be changed. When a user is logged into their Google Account, their settings are saved remotely.

References

References

  1. http://stefan.grothkopp.com/
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