[HLUG] checking if google recognises a string with bash

[j michaelson]

thanks richard, i'll give surfraw a go.



On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 8:56 AM, Richard Smedley
<smedley358 at btinternet.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 2008-07-26 at 20:03 +0100, j michaelson wrote:
>>  cutting and pasting the word into google's search is a
>> bit tedious. does anyone have any idea how i could automate this with
>> bash scripting? preferably an "if" check that is positive if google's
>> result looks something like this....
>>
>> "Your search - blahblahblah - did not match any documents."
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> For commandline searching of Google and other sites
> you need to install Surfraw [1] - but to use the results
> automatically you'll need a bit of further bash jiggery-pokery.
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>> (i seem to get bored of my online identities really quickly and kill
>> them off on a regular basis, am i the only one who does this?)
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> Apart from /. and Ebay identities from the early days of
> those sites I always use my Real Name [TM].
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>  - Richard
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> [1] http://surfraw.alioth.debian.org/
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