| Google Shell | |
| Commercial: | no |
| Type: | Search engine |
| Language: | Multilingual |
| Registration: | optional |
| Author: | Stefan Grothkopp[1] |
| Launch Date: | 2008 |
| Current Status: | active |
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.
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.
| Command | Aliases | Parameters | Function | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| web | search,s,w | keywords | google web search | |
| news | n | keywords | google news search | |
| more | m | get more results | ||
| blogs | blog,b | keywords | google blog search | |
| read | rss,r | url | read feed of url | |
| feeds | feed,f | keywords | google feed search | |
| place | places,map,p | address | google maps search | |
| images | image,i | keywords | google image search | |
| video | videos,v | keywords | google video search | |
| clear | c | clear the screen | ||
| wiki | Wikipedia | keywords | Wikipedia search | |
| help | man,h,? | command | displays help text | |
| cd | command | change mode | ||
| site | in | url keywords | search in a specific website | |
| open | o | url | open url in new window | |
| go | g | url | open url | |
| lucky | l | keywords | go directly to first result | |
| ls | command | lists commands | ||
| addengine | add goosh to firefox search box | |||
| load | url | load an extension | ||
| calculate | calc | expression | evaluate a mathematical expression | |
| settings | set | name value | edit settings | |
| gmail | compose | read & write mail in gmail * | ||
| login | login with your google account * | |||
| logout | log out of goosh * |
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.