A tiny but useful script that fires off a search on Google.

(Not sure if this is legal according to the Google terms of service. :-)

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diff --git a/Tools/scripts/google.py b/Tools/scripts/google.py
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+#! /usr/bin/env python
+
+import sys, webbrowser
+
+def main():
+    args = sys.argv[1:]
+    if not args:
+        print "Usage: %s querystring" % sys.argv[0]
+        return
+    list = []
+    for arg in args:
+        if '+' in arg:
+            arg = arg.replace('+', '%2B')
+        if ' ' in arg:
+            arg = '"%s"' % arg
+        arg = arg.replace(' ', '+')
+        list.append(arg)
+    s = '+'.join(list)
+    url = "http://google.com/search?q=%s" % s
+    webbrowser.open(url)
+
+main()