#! /usr/bin/python2.7 import sys, webbrowser def main(): args = sys.argv[1:] if not args: print "Usage: %s querystring" % sys.argv[0] return list = [] for arg in args: if '+' in arg: arg = arg.replace('+', '%2B') if ' ' in arg: arg = '"%s"' % arg arg = arg.replace(' ', '+') list.append(arg) s = '+'.join(list) url = "http://www.google.com/search?q=%s" % s webbrowser.open(url) if __name__ == '__main__': main()