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Do Google search from that command line opening into a new Firefox tab.

Usage: google "[search string]" Example: google "something im searching for" This will launch firefox and execute a google search in a new tab with the provided search string. You must provide the path to your Firefox binary if using cygwin to $ff or create an alias like follows: alias firefox='/cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/Mozilla Firefox/firefox.exe' Most Linux flavors with Firefox installed will use just ff="firefox" and even OSX.
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google() { gg="https://www.google.com/search?q="; ff="firefox"; if [[ $1 ]]; then "$ff" -new-tab "$gg"$(echo ${1//[^a-zA-Z0-9]/+}); else echo 'Usage: google "[seach term]"'; fi }

lowjax · 2013-08-01 22:21:53 21

Delicious search with human readable output

You can install filterous with sudo apt-get install libxslt1-dev; sudo easy_install -U filterous Show Sample Output

filterous -dntb --tag Bash < bookmarks.xml

l0b0 · 2010-07-07 07:42:11 6

Find C/C++ source code comments

This is a naive way of finding source code comments in source code files that use C-like comments: // and /*...*/
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perl -e 'my $in_comment = 0; while (<>) { $in_comment = 1 if m{\Q/*\E}; print if $in_comment; $in_comment = 0 if m{\Q*/\E}; }' *.cpp

doherty · 2011-07-08 00:17:27 7
reverse-i-search: Search through your command line history

"What it actually shows is going to be dependent on the commands you've previously entered. When you do this, bash looks for the last command that you entered that contains the substring "ls", in my case that was "lsof ...". If the command that bash finds is what you're looking for, just hit Enter to execute it. You can also edit the command to suit your current needs before executing it (use the left and right arrow keys to move through it). If you're looking for a different command, hit Ctrl+R again to find a matching command further back in the command history. You can also continue to type a longer substring to refine the search, since searching is incremental. Note that the substring you enter is searched for throughout the command, not just at the beginning of the command." - http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/using-bash-history-more-efficiently Show Sample Output
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```
(reverse-i-search)`ls': lsof -nP -p 3930
```
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<ctrl+r>

*deleted* · 2012-04-15 16:42:32 6
search google on os x

Searches Google, but requires no "", and will also search all terms input in the CL, eg: > google foo bar returns search URL " You could also use awk to replace all spaces with a +, which is how the Google search handles spaces, but that makes it more than one line.
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function google () { st="$@"; open "http://www.google.com/search?q=${st}"; }

plasticphyte · 2014-05-07 03:14:05 23
stringContains: Determining if a String Contains a Substring

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```
function stringContains() { [ -z "${2##*$1*}" ] && [ -z "$1" -o -n "$2" ]; };

# Used like so
SRC_STRING="this is a sample string where TEST we want to check for the word 'TEST'"
if stringContains "TEST" "$SRC_STRING"; then
	echo "Found TEST in SRC_STRING"
else
	echo "Couldn't find TEST in SRC_STRING"
fi
```
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function stringContains() { [ -z "${2##*$1*}" ] && [ -z "$1" -o -n "$2" ]; };

mikhail · 2019-04-12 20:51:27 35
See all the commits for which searchstring appear in the git diff
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git log -p -z | perl -ln0e 'print if /[+-].*searchedstring/'

takeshin · 2010-06-13 07:41:22 4
Quick and Temporary Named Commands

* Add comment with # in your command * Later you can search that command on that comment with CTRL+R In the title command, you could search it later by invoking the command search tool by first typing CTRL+R and then typing "revert" Show Sample Output
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```
U    index.php
Updated to revision 12401.
```
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svn up -r PREV # revert

unixmonkey10719 · 2010-07-07 23:09:00 18
Search for a line of text in a directory of files recursively (while limiting to certain file extensions)
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egrep -ir --include=*.{php,html,css} "(first|second)" .

CMCDragonkai · 2014-12-08 05:38:42 11
Fulltext search in multiple OCR'd pdfs
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find /path -name '*.pdf' -exec sh -c 'pdftotext "{}" - | grep --with-filename --label="{}" --color "your pattern"' \;

HaoZeke · 2018-08-13 07:31:54 368
Recursively search a directory tree for all .php .inc .html .htm .css .js files for a certain string
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find -type f -regex ".*\.$js\|php\|inc\|htm[l]?\|css$$" -exec grep -il 'searchstring' '{}' +

tuxilicious · 2010-02-07 23:41:00 6
search google on os x

Syntax: google query_with_spaces " so, make sure to end your query with a double quote Show Sample Output
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```
>>opens your fav browser with google search results
```
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alias google='open http://www.google.com/search?q="'

princeofdorkness · 2011-06-29 20:23:20 4
search google on any OS

Inspired by: http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/8744/search-google-on-os-x #!/bin/bash if [ -n "$1" ] then firefox 'http://www.google.com/search?q="'$1'"' else firefox 'http://www.google.com' fi Ive aliased this script as 'google' on my system and I can type 'google "search terms"' to open firefox with my search terms. My first post here, if there are any improvements to be made please let me know in the comments.
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google "search terms" #see description for more details

husmanahmed · 2011-07-04 09:37:39 50

repository search

This is the best way I have found to search out an application when I am not sure the title. Grep is just to remove anything that does not contain the term in the title or short description (lots of things might include the search term in the description, such as libraries used by the application) Show Sample Output

aptitude search ~d "irc client"|grep -i "irc client"

tomjrace · 2011-07-11 19:48:55 4

Find C/C++ source code comments

more idiomatic version of the same, using the flip-flop-operator; also printing lines with '//'-style comments
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perl -ne 'print if m{\Q/*\E}x .. m{\Q*/\E}x or m{\/\/}x' *.c

dbr · 2011-07-12 04:41:49 93
Seach for packages on Debian using regex.

# Search for an available package on Debian systems using a regex so it only matches packages starting with 'tin'.
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aptitude search ^tin

defiantredpill · 2011-10-20 17:51:36 4
Shows the line of the string you want to search for (like in normal grep) plus 'n' number of lines above and below it.
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grep -C <no_of_lines> <string>

Chirag64 · 2012-01-21 19:59:55 4
Find text in all files, except in files matching a pattern

Finds all files recursively from your working directory, matching 'aMethodName', except if 'target' is in that file's path. Handy for finding text without matching all your files in target or subversion directories.
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grep -lir 'aMethodName' * | grep -v 'target'

hay · 2012-10-15 12:50:21 5
Search in files

search content in files Show Sample Output
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```
'cashbox_line_ids' : fields.one2many('account.journal.cashbox.line', 'journal_id', 'CashBox'),
class account_journal_cashbox_line(osv.osv):
    _name = 'account.journal.cashbox.line'
account_journal_cashbox_line()
```
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grep -i -h 'account.journal.cashbox.line' *.py

tejastank · 2013-01-23 06:44:45 5
Do Google search from the shell, opening into Chromium or a new Firefox tab if not installed.

Support several arguments. Show Sample Output
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```
$ google 
Usage: google "[seach term]"
$ google test
Created new window in existing browser session.
```
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google() { gg="https://www.google.com/search?q=";q="";if [[ $1 ]]; then for arg in "$@" ; do q="$q+$arg"; done ; if [[ -f /usr/bin/chromium ]]; then chromium "$gg"$q; else firefox -new-tab "$gg"$q; fi else echo 'Usage: google "[seach term]"'; fi }

LenuX · 2013-08-08 14:34:09 8
count match string lines from file(s)

-c will count the number of times your search matches in the file. Show Sample Output
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```
$ cat file.txt
hello
goodbye
hello
$
$ grep -c "hello" file.txt
2
$
```
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grep -c "search_string" /path/to/file

meatflag · 2013-12-10 18:13:54 8
Open current wallpaper on nautilus file-manager (change file-manager name for others)

Getting current wallpaper on nautilus file-managers
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gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri | xargs nautilus

mikeit · 2014-01-19 20:36:36 7
search "<keyword>" <file>

Add this to your bash profile, then quickly & easily (regex) search for and highlight keywords, with full text output.
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function search() { cat ${@:1} | grep --color=always -E "$1|$" }

miscreant · 2015-03-18 18:34:11 41
find an installed program for a task
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apropos -a keywords

lolssl · 2015-09-22 16:42:57 10
search for a string/word in a file

by default, will output the whole line on which 'word' has been found
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grep word file.txt

lolssl · 2015-10-02 16:01:56 10
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