Safari Google Search

[bluest2]

Is it possible to make the google search built into Safari search using Google.co.uk as opposed to google.com?

[dhutch]

Proberbly, certainly possable in opera to get it to do a uk only search.

[kiwisr]

Open a Terminal window and type this is. (all on one line)

perl -pi -e 's/google.com\/%@\?q=%@&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8/google.co.uk\/Special:Search\?%@=%@&0=00/g' /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari

Edited by kiwisr on Tuesday 11th December 15:55

[dhutch]

Thats:

perl -pi -e 's/google.com\/%@\?q=%@&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8/google.co.uk\/Special:Search\?%@=%@&0=00/g/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari

Then

[kiwisr]

dhutch said:

Thats:

perl -pi -e 's/google.com\/%@\?q=%@&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8/google.co.uk\/Special:Search\?%@=%@&0=00/g/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari

Then

No, corrected above. Took a while to figure out the formatting.

[bluest2]

Just tried the above, I get this...

[1] 589
[2] 590
[3] 591
-bash: 0=00/g/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari: No such file or directory
[2] Done ie=UTF-8
[3]+ Done oe=UTF-8/google.co.uk\/Special:Search\?%@=%@
Macintosh:~ useruser$ syntax error at -e line 2, near "pi -e "
Substitution replacement not terminated at -e line 2.

[NickFRP]

off topic i know but how would i do this in linux and/or XP?

Thanks!

[Red Firecracker]

This is a quite handy little app for Safari;

http://www.inquisitorx.com/safari/

Beware though, a previous version had google.co.uk as google.co.gb which needed editing in the prefs, but it should have been fixed in the newest edition.

[kiwisr]

bluest2 said:

Just tried the above, I get this...

[1] 589
[2] 590
[3] 591
-bash: 0=00/g/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari: No such file or directory
[2] Done ie=UTF-8
[3]+ Done oe=UTF-8/google.co.uk\/Special:Search\?%@=%@
Macintosh:~ useruser$ syntax error at -e line 2, near "pi -e "
Substitution replacement not terminated at -e line 2.

You have to use the version in my previous post that I corrected (the one listed by dhutch has an apostrophe missing after the g

Edited by kiwisr on Wednesday 12th December 10:28

[bluest2]

kiwisr said:

bluest2 said:

Just tried the above, I get this...

[1] 589
[2] 590
[3] 591
-bash: 0=00/g/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari: No such file or directory
[2] Done ie=UTF-8
[3]+ Done oe=UTF-8/google.co.uk\/Special:Search\?%@=%@
Macintosh:~ useruser$ syntax error at -e line 2, near "pi -e "
Substitution replacement not terminated at -e line 2.

You have to use the version in my previous post that I corrected (the one listed by dhutch has an apostrophe missing after the g

Edited by kiwisr on Wednesday 12th December 10:28

I tried that but it still did the the same thing. I'm not sure I'm inputting it in to terminal properly though. The first time i enter nothing happens and i just get a '>' and then when I paste it in again and hit return I get the message above.

Edited by bluest2 on Wednesday 12th December 11:42

[bluest2]

Red Firecracker said:

This is a quite handy little app for Safari;

http://www.inquisitorx.com/safari/

Beware though, a previous version had google.co.uk as google.co.gb which needed editing in the prefs, but it should have been fixed in the newest edition.

Thanks. That's done the trick, exactly what I was after.

[GHW]

Sogudi is another good search add-on for Safari that lets you set the default search engine (and a bunch of other, keyword-defined alternatives).

[mft]

kiwisr said:

Open a Terminal window and type this is. (all on one line)

perl -pi -e 's/google.com\/%@\?q=%@&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8/google.co.uk\/Special:Search\?%@=%@&0=00/g' /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari

MacOS X - it just works

[dhutch]

mft said:

MacOS X - it just works