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Search Google using python.

#! /usr/bin/env python

import sys
import 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 = "https://www.google.com/search?q=%s" % s
    webbrowser.open(url)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()