Trigger Google search from command line script

I did actually write one small Python script, which I probably use a dozen times a day. It lets me trigger a Google search from the command line.

In Terminal I just type something like gs bacon or gs 'shakespeare globe'. The search results page then opens in my browser.

Here’s the very simple script:

#!/usr/bin/python

import sys
import os
from urllib import urlencode

os.system("open " + "http://www.google.com/search?" + urlencode({'q':sys.argv[1]}))

(Note: the last line that begins with os.system should be all just one line.)