Bash and Autohotkey scripts to google search highlighted text
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; This Autohotkey script does a google search on the highlighted-text | |
SendMode Input | |
RegRead, OutputVar, HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, http\shell\open\command | |
StringReplace, OutputVar, OutputVar," | |
SplitPath, OutputVar,,OutDir,,OutNameNoExt, OutDrive | |
browser=%OutDir%\%OutNameNoExt%.exe | |
!^s:: | |
{ | |
BlockInput, on | |
prevClipboard = %clipboard% | |
clipboard = | |
Send, ^c | |
BlockInput, off | |
ClipWait, 2 | |
if ErrorLevel = 0 | |
{ | |
searchQuery=%clipboard% | |
GoSub, GoogleSearch | |
} | |
clipboard = %prevClipboard% | |
return | |
} | |
GoogleSearch: | |
Run, %browser% "http://www.google.com/search?q=%searchQuery%" | |
return |
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#!/bin/bash | |
# Google search the highlighted text (requires: xdg-utils, xsel) | |
xdg-open "https://google.com/search?q=$(xsel)" |
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