What is googler ?
Googler allows you to use Google search in the Linux command line. This Linux command line utility can be used as a standalone tool or in combination with a text-based web browser. Developed using Python, Googler can be found on its developer’s GitHub repository.
For Linux users, most of their daily activities revolve around the command line from listing contents of a directory, changing file permissions, installing packages, etc. How about using the internet? Well, there are text-based web browsers for Linux command line in existence. But what’s the first thing we open using these web browsers, it’s Google.
So, what if we could open Google directly without using the command line text-based web browser. Googler can make this happen. The command line utility has been uploaded to GitHub by jarun (Arun Prakash Jana).
The Googler command line utility, initially intended for Servers running GUI-less Linux distros, allows you to search Google and open the results using commands. You won’t be able to have rich graphics. That’s something the Linux users can sacrifice with ease.
When you proceed with the commands below, it may ask you to install Git. Go ahead using the command mentioned:
After installing Git, run these commands one by one:
Open Googler
In the Linux command line and type
You can execute the queries directly from the command line prompt without opening the utility.
Do the Google Search
When
you type the number attached to the search result, the link will open
in your web browser. You can open the link the command line itself by
linking Googler with a text-based web browser. Go to jarun’s git hub page
for the steps.
Googler allows you to use Google search in the Linux command line. This Linux command line utility can be used as a standalone tool or in combination with a text-based web browser. Developed using Python, Googler can be found on its developer’s GitHub repository.
For Linux users, most of their daily activities revolve around the command line from listing contents of a directory, changing file permissions, installing packages, etc. How about using the internet? Well, there are text-based web browsers for Linux command line in existence. But what’s the first thing we open using these web browsers, it’s Google.
So, what if we could open Google directly without using the command line text-based web browser. Googler can make this happen. The command line utility has been uploaded to GitHub by jarun (Arun Prakash Jana).
The Googler command line utility, initially intended for Servers running GUI-less Linux distros, allows you to search Google and open the results using commands. You won’t be able to have rich graphics. That’s something the Linux users can sacrifice with ease.
How to Install Googler to use Google Search from Command Line
Googler is currently not available on repositories of famous Linux distos like Ubuntu. But you can install it from its GitHub repository. You need to execute the commands written below. But before that, you need to update your Python to version 3.3 or higher if you haven’t. To check your Python version:python –V
Install the Git packageWhen you proceed with the commands below, it may ask you to install Git. Go ahead using the command mentioned:
sudo apt install git
Here are the commands to install GooglerAfter installing Git, run these commands one by one:
:cd /tmp
:git clone https://github.com/jarun/googler.git
:cd googler
:sudo make installcd auto-completion/bash/
:cd auto-completion/bash/
:sudo cp googler-completion.bash /etc/bash_completion.d/
How to Use Googler For Google Search In Command Line
The Googler command line utility allows you to access Google Search, Google News, and Google Site Search. Here are some examples which would help you get the hang of it:Open Googler
In the Linux command line and type
googler
You can execute the queries directly from the command line prompt without opening the utility.
Do the Google Search
googler your_query
googler Blogger
Search on Google News:-
googler -–news your_query
googler –-news Kickasstorrent
googler -N your_query
googler -N Elon Musk
Search on a specific website
googler -w domain
Alternatively,
googler -w facebook.com Edward Snowden
Limit the number of search results
googler --count=N your-query
Googler is a feature-packed Linux command line utility. Just like the
normal google, you have the advantage of languages, region, time, etc.
You can combine various options available on the man page to get most
out of the Googler.
and to open any page just clivk on the link and it will open in the browser you have installed.
and to open any page just clivk on the link and it will open in the browser you have installed.
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