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help() is not helpful. let me google that for you
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lmgtfy.py
# LMGTFY
# For best results, have python autoload it
# add to $(sitepackages)/sitecustomize.py
# alias sitepackages="python -c 'from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print(get_python_lib())'"
import webbrowser
from urllib2 import quote
def lmgtfy(x):
search = "Python {}".format(x.__name__)
url = 'https://www.google.com/?q=' + quote(search.encode('utf-8'))
webbrowser.open_new(url)
__builtins__['help'] = lmgtfy
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