16 November 2016

Script to launch private window with query to Google all at once.

Many times I find myself doing the same thing when I have a dumb question ...


1. Open firefox on private window
2. Type the query
3. Hit enter


Well, not anymore.

I created a bash script and now I just type

"q whatever is your query"

On terminal or on Run (launched by Alt+F2) and hit enter.


Code:

#!/bin/bash

# Open a browser in private window
# with the arguments in a query to Google

# arguments
search="${@:1}";

# create url with query
url="http://www.google.com/search?q=$search";

# open browser
firefox --private-window "$url" &

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