{"id":12483,"date":"2019-03-27T03:18:52","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T03:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/?p=12483"},"modified":"2019-03-27T03:18:52","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T03:18:52","slug":"googler-a-command-line-tool-to-do-google-search-from-linux-terminal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2019\/03\/27\/googler-a-command-line-tool-to-do-google-search-from-linux-terminal\/","title":{"rendered":"Googler: A Command Line Tool to Do \u2018Google Search\u2019 from Linux Terminal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today,\u00a0Google<\/strong>\u00a0search is a well known and the most-used search engine on the\u00a0World Wide Web<\/strong>\u00a0(WWW<\/strong>), if you want to gather information from millions of servers on the Internet, then it is the number one and most reliable tool for that purpose plus much more.<\/p>\n

Many people around the world mainly use Google search via a graphical web browser interface. However, command line geeks who are always glued to the terminal for their day-to-day system related tasks, face difficulties in accessing Google search from command-line, this is where\u00a0Googler<\/strong>\u00a0comes in handy.<\/p>\n

Read Also<\/strong>:\u00a0Wikit \u2013 A Command Line Tool to Search Wikipedia in Linux<\/a><\/p>\n

Googler<\/strong>\u00a0is a powerful, feature-rich and Python-based command line tool for accessing Google (Web & News) and Google Site Search within the Linux terminal.<\/p>\n

Note<\/strong>:\u00a0Googler<\/strong>\u00a0is not in any way associated to\u00a0Google<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

How Does Googler Works?<\/h4>\n

It provides an interface from the command line to Google search and displays results inform of title, URL and abstract information in pages, with page navigation similar to that on a GUI web browser.<\/p>\n

Watch the quick demo of\u00a0Googler<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Google<\/a><\/p>\n

Users can integrate it with a\u00a0text-based web browser<\/a>\u00a0and open the result directly in the web browser.<\/p>\n

It supports sequential searches in a single instance and importantly, users do not need to master any usage options as the shell completion scripts automatically invokes them.<\/p>\n

Features of Googler<\/h4>\n
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  1. Offers access to Google Search, Google Site Search, Google News.<\/li>\n
  2. It is fast and clean with custom colors and no ads, stray URLs or clutter included.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      \n
    1. Allows navigation of search result pages from omniprompt.<\/li>\n
    2. Supports fetching of number of results in a go, users can start at the nth result.<\/li>\n
    3. Users can disable automatic spelling correction and search exact keywords.<\/li>\n
    4. Supports limiting of search by attributes such as duration, country\/domain specific search (default:\u00a0.com<\/strong>), language preference.<\/li>\n
    5. Supports Google search keywords in the form\u00a0filetype:mime<\/strong>,\u00a0site:somesite.com<\/strong>\u00a0and many others.<\/li>\n
    6. Permits non-stop searches: start new searches at omniprompt without exiting.<\/li>\n
    7. Supports HTTPS proxy services.<\/li>\n
    8. Ships in with a man page which includes examples, shell completion scripts for Bash, Zsh and Fish.<\/li>\n
    9. Users can optionally open first search result in a web browser.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      How To Install Googler in Linux<\/h3>\n

      Users of\u00a0Ubuntu Linux<\/strong>\u00a0and its derivatives such as\u00a0Linux Mint<\/strong>,\u00a0Xubuntu<\/strong>\u00a0can install it via this PPA by executing the commands below:<\/p>\n

      $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:twodopeshaggy\/jarun\r\n$ sudo apt-get update\r\n$ sudo apt-get install googler\r\n<\/pre>\n
      Important<\/strong>: If in case above installation instructions fails to install Googler, then you need to install it from source using latest version as shown.<\/p>\n
      Other distributions can install Googler from source using following instructions.<\/p>\n
      First download the\u00a0latest version of Googler<\/a>\u00a0(at the time writing the latest version is\u00a0v2.9<\/strong>).<\/p>\n
      $ cd Downloads\r\n$ wget -c https:\/\/github.com\/jarun\/googler\/archive\/v2.9.tar.gz\r\n$ tar -xvf  v2.9.tar.gz\r\n$ cd  googler-2.9\r\n$ sudo make install \r\n$ cd auto-completion\/bash\/\r\n$ sudo cp googler-completion.bash  \/etc\/bash_completion.d\/\r\n<\/pre>\n
      How to Use Googler in Linux Terminal<\/h3>\n
      The following are some examples showing how Googler works in Linux, the basic command below will show information about\u00a0tecmint.com<\/code>:<\/p>\n
      $ googler tecmint.com\r\n<\/pre>\n
      \n
      \"Search<\/a><\/p>\n
      Search Google from Linux Commandline<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
      At the end of the search result page, you can view the\u00a0omniprompt<\/strong>\u00a0help page by entering the\u00a0\u201c?\u201d<\/code>\u00a0character and pressing\u00a0Enter<\/strong>. Each key has a detailed functionality description alongside it.<\/p>\n
      \n
      \"Google<\/a><\/p>\n
      Google Search Options<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
      In the example, we will search for the quoted words (Linux command line tricks<\/strong>) on\u00a0tecmint.com<\/code>.<\/p>\n
      $ googler -n 8 -w tecmint.com \\\"Linux command line tricks<\/strong>\\\"\r\n<\/pre>\n
      where the options:<\/p>\n
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      1. -n<\/code>\u00a0num \u2013 tells googler to display at most\u00a08<\/strong>\u00a0results per a page (default is\u00a010<\/strong>).<\/li>\n
      2. -w<\/code>\u00a0\u2013 enables Google\u00a0site(tecmint.com)<\/strong>\u00a0search.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
        \n
        \"Google<\/a><\/p>\n
        Google Site Search Results<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
        You can as well display results of latest news concerning Linux from the Google search news section by using the\u00a0-N<\/code>\u00a0switch as follows:<\/p>\n
        $ googler -N Linux \r\n<\/pre>\n
        \n
        \"Search<\/a><\/p>\n
        Search Linux News from Commandline<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
        Set an alias to get four results showing the meaning of a word (tecmint<\/strong>\u00a0in this case) like so:<\/p>\n
        $ alias tecmint='oogler -n 4 tecmint'\r\n$ tecmint \r\n<\/pre>\n
        \n
        \"Google<\/a><\/p>\n
        Google Search for Keyword<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
        Visit the\u00a0Googler Github<\/a>\u00a0repository for more information and usage or view the Googler man page.<\/p>\n
        $ man googler \r\n<\/pre>\n
        Googler<\/strong>\u00a0is a handy tool, it works perfectly and reliably for Linux users who spend most of their time on the terminal and want to search the web from a text-based interface. Remember to share your thoughts about Googler in the comments.<\/p>\n
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