dmenu-websearch.sh - creating tiny web-search menu on Linux desktop

dmenu-websearch.sh

#!/bin/sh

_err() {
    echo "[ \e[31;1mERROR\e[m ] ${1}" 2>&1
}

_has() {
    command -v "${1}" &>/dev/null
}

_dmenu() {
    dmenu -nb "#161821" -sb "#444b71" -fn "Terminus (TTF)" -l 5 "${@}"
}

_has s || _err "s command not found. please install s. see: https://github.com/zquestz/s"
_has dmenu || _err "dmenu command not found. please install dmenu. see: https://github.com/davatorium/rofi"

provider="$(s --list-providers | _dmenu -p "Search Provider")"
query="$(echo "" | _dmenu -p "Query")"

s -p "${provider}" "${query}"

About

This is a tiny script to create quick web-search menu on Linux desktop.

Usage

1. Install dmenu and zquestz/s
2. Save this script with the name dmenu-websearch.sh
3. bind keyboard shortcut with your favorite window manager

e.g. on i3wm:

# ~/.config/i3/config
bindsym $mod+o exec --no-startup-id "path/to/dmenu-websearch.sh"

4. Launch this script with the keyboard shortcut that you set.
5. Select search provider with dmenu e.g. duckduckgo
6. Type query text. e.g. Arch Linux
7. Type Enter to open search result with the default browser on your system.
8. Web browser will launch, and will open search result. e.g. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Arch+Linux

Q: How to use dmenu-like less-bloated dinamic menu on Windows? 🪟🤔
A: Use LinArcX/wmenu !😃