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goosh, the Unofficial Google Shell

Posted by kdawson on from the land-a-gooshen dept.

ohxten writes "Stefan Grothkopp has come up with a pretty neat tool called goosh. It's essentially a browser-oriented, shell-like interface that allows you to quickly search Google (and images and news) and Wikipedia and get information in a text-only format. This is quite possibly the coolest thing I've seen in a good while."

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  1. Totally geeky by Daimanta · · Score: 5, Funny

    Getting excited from old functionality in a commandline enviroment.

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    1. Re:Totally geeky by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Ha ha.

      Click for definition of Goosh

    2. Re:Totally geeky by Dpaladin · · Score: 5, Funny

      I find that Linux users always Bash new shells, to be honest.

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    3. Re:Totally geeky by wolftone · · Score: 5, Funny

      ...there's a process that is inferior to emacs?

    4. Re:Totally geeky by navsan · · Score: 3, Funny

      ...and just type $ google what I want to know You'll get the results directly in a browser of your choice.

      Wow! And it's even psychic!
  2. What is this junk? by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 5, Funny

    I tried it, and it is dissapointing from my point of view!

    guest@goosh.org:/web> ls *

        1) Lexus LS - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    The long wheelbase LS 600h L is equipped with Lexus Hybrid Drive, .... [66] In the U.S., the Driver Monitoring System debuted on the LS 600h L sedan. [52] ...
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexus_LS

        2) Quality Precision Innovation... since 1880 - The L.S. Starrett Company
    Manufactures more than 5000 variations of precision tools, gages, measuring instruments, saw blades for industrial, professional and consumer markets ...
    http://www.starrett.com/

        3) Livermore Software Technology Corporation
    10th International LS-DYNA Users Conference: June 8, 2008 - June 10, 2008. ... Register Now for the 2008 LS-DYNA Conference on our conference website: ...
    http://www.lstc.com/

        4) L.S. Frais - Excellence in Slicing and Packing
    LS Frais. your slicing partner ! Our company Our services Our products ... 2004 - 2008 LS Frais Contact | Legal | Roadmap | Awex | Sitemap | Jobs ...
    http://www.lsfrais.be/

    Next, I'm gonna try operators and regexes - but I don't have much hope.

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    1. Re:What is this junk? by pablomme · · Score: 5, Funny

      Unless you have bound Alt + -> to "Horizontal Maximize" in compiz. Of course, if you happen to briefly forget you had, you may stare at the page for a while wondering "Wow - just how the hell do they do that!".

      Not saying this happened to me. It was.. erm.. a.. friend of mine.

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    2. Re:What is this junk? by dominious · · Score: 5, Funny

      I have a feeling there are going to be a lot of search entries for ls in Google's logs tonight..

    3. Re:What is this junk? by ozmanjusri · · Score: 4, Funny

      "it is dissapointing from my point of view!"

      I'm not surprised. Check out the kernel it's running on.

      guest@goosh.org:/web> uname -r
          1) uname
      The uname() function shall return a string naming the current system in the character array sysname. Similarly, nodename shall contain the name of this node ...
      http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/uname.html

          2) uname 1

      http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=uname&sektion=1

          3) uname function.
      uname is NOT in the ANSII library but is handy for getting system information. It will return handy things like:. System type (name). Host name (Nodename). ...
      http://www.space.unibe.ch/comp_doc/c_manual/C/FUNCTIONS/uname.html

          4) Unix man pages: uname (2)
      UNAME(2) Linux Programmer's Manual UNAME(2) NAME uname - get name and information about current kernel SYNOPSIS #include int uname(struct ...
      http://www.rt.com/man/uname.2.html

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    4. Re:What is this junk? by HSpirit · · Score: 5, Funny
      or

      sudo rm -rf /
      from Microsoft IP addresses ;-)
  3. Whoops. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    guest@goosh.org:/web> web penis
    Error: Operation timed out (1212449383081). I broke it.
    1. Re:Whoops. by rudy_wayne · · Score: 4, Funny

      it's not broken

      guest@goosh.org:/web> web penis
          1) Human penis size - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
      Human penis size refers to the length and width of human male genitalia. Interest in larger penis sizes has led to an industry devoted to penis enlargement. ...
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_penis_size

          2) Penis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
      The penis (plural penises, penes) is an external sexual organ of certain biologically male organisms. The penis is a reproductive organ, technically an ...
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penis

          3) Things You Didn't Know About Your Penis, Interesting Facts That ...
      (WebMD) Here are some things you might have wondered about your penis, but were ... Here's how to avoid penile fracture: don't use your penis too roughly. ...
      http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/19/health/webmd/main3949777.shtml?source=mostpop_story

          4) YouTube - Is it a penis
      ok first of all this is not my video, please to not think it is, i had recently seen it at my friends house and decided to upload it from www.funnyjunk.com!
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0sQA9ILZSU

    2. Re:Whoops. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Ahh ... to be 11 years old again.

    3. Re:Whoops. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Now I know what a goosh is:

      guest@goosh.org:/web> web goosh
          1) Urban Dictionary: goosh
      Man the girl has such a small goosh i could barley fit two fingers in! ...
      http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?defid=738117&term=goosh

  4. I'm kind of glad it didn't work... by gardyloo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just tried it. Wanted to read its documentation. Realized too late that 'man goosh' was a really poor choice of phrase, but just got

    guest@goosh.org:/web> help goosh

    help: goosh

    Error: command "goosh" not found.

    Phew!

  5. Re:Bug by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Duh. You forgot Sudo.

  6. Re:Bug by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    why that command would wipe out the entire internet!

  7. Re:Slow and doesn't work on my mobile browser by owlstead · · Score: 2, Funny

    That bowing seems to be an empty statement.

  8. Aah, the world is a sane place again :) by jaxtherat · · Score: 4, Funny

    guest@goosh.org:/web> man woman

    help: woman

    Error: command "woman" not found.

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  9. Future explorer... by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 5, Funny
    This is quite possibly the coolest thing I've seen in a good while.

    Um, you need to get out more.

    Start small. Leave the basement for a day-trip to the garage or back yard....

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  10. Ironic... by cayenne8 · · Score: 5, Funny
    Kind of ironic, that this command line web application, won't work in a commandline browser.

    Doesn't work with links .

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    1. Re:Ironic... by Malevolyn · · Score: 4, Funny

      Thanks. You just ruined Portal for all of us who are too broke to afford hardware that can run it. =(

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    2. Re:Ironic... by geminidomino · · Score: 2, Funny

      You just contradicted yourself. First you say that the player is promised cake. Well, upon completing the game, I received no cake. The cake is a lie.

      But the cake WAS available, but Chelle couldn't eat it? Because they threw her into a fire? So that cake is a lie too.

      And the metaphor argument doesn't hold, because the cake exists, YOU JUST CAN'T HAVE ANY! Neener neener neener

  11. Re:Lynx by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Because "Lynx" doesn't conjure images of a semen-filled condom like "goosh" does.

  12. Re:What about vi? by Nullav · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't worry. Google is included with Emacs.

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  13. Re:Lynx by kramulous · · Score: 2, Funny

    elinks is better. It's enhanced



    Sure, but does it have electrolytes?
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  14. DON'T by MrKaos · · Score: 3, Funny
    rm -rf /

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    1. Re:DON'T by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Worse than that:
      1) cat /dev/hda | mail -s "tom@somewhere.com"
      2) Call Tom: "Hi Tom, I should warn you ... I just sent you an email with the whole Internet."