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<h2 id="commands">Commands</h2> <p>Users are able to use most of the features of Google through specific commands and keywords. Functions that are marked with a * are currently experimental, and should be used with caution. While most of the command results are displayed as text, a few will display a portion of a website for you to interact with. </p> <table><tbody><tr><th>Command</th><th>Aliases</th><th>Parameters</th><th>Function</th></tr><tr><td>web</td><td>search,s,w</td><td>keywords</td><td>google web search</td></tr><tr><td>news</td><td>n</td><td>keywords</td><td>google news search</td></tr><tr><td>more</td><td>m</td><td></td><td>get more results</td></tr><tr><td>blogs</td><td>blog,b</td><td>keywords</td><td>google blog search</td></tr><tr><td>read</td><td>rss,r</td><td>url</td><td>read feed of url</td></tr><tr><td>feeds</td><td>feed,f</td><td>keywords</td><td>google feed search</td></tr><tr><td>place</td><td>places,map,p</td><td>address</td><td>google maps search</td></tr><tr><td>images</td><td>image,i</td><td>keywords</td><td>google image search</td></tr><tr><td>video</td><td>videos,v</td><td>keywords</td><td>google video search</td></tr><tr><td>clear</td><td>c</td><td></td><td>clear the screen</td></tr><tr><td>wiki</td><td>Wikipedia</td><td>keywords</td><td>Wikipedia search</td></tr><tr><td>help</td><td>man,h,?</td><td>command</td><td>displays help text</td></tr><tr><td>cd</td><td></td><td>command</td><td>change mode</td></tr><tr><td>site</td><td>in</td><td>url keywords</td><td>search in a specific website</td></tr><tr><td>open</td><td>o</td><td>url</td><td>open url in new window</td></tr><tr><td>go</td><td>g</td><td>url</td><td>open url</td></tr><tr><td>lucky</td><td>l</td><td>keywords</td><td>go directly to first result</td></tr><tr><td>ls</td><td></td><td>command</td><td>lists commands</td></tr><tr><td>addengine</td><td></td><td></td><td>add goosh to <a href="/facts/Firefox/xez2zv8H">firefox</a> search box</td></tr><tr><td>load</td><td></td><td>url</td><td>load an extension</td></tr><tr><td>calculate</td><td>calc</td><td>expression</td><td>evaluate a mathematical expression</td></tr><tr><td>settings</td><td>set</td><td>name value</td><td>edit settings</td></tr><tr><td>gmail</td><td>mail</td><td>compose</td><td>read & write mail in gmail *</td></tr><tr><td>login</td><td></td><td></td><td>login with your google account *</td></tr><tr><td>logout</td><td></td><td></td><td>log out of goosh *</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="customization">Customization</h2> <p>The default amount of results when searching is only 4, but this, along with other settings, can be changed. When a user is logged into their <a href="/facts/Google_Account/Rf4XJRcx">Google Account</a>, their settings are saved remotely. </p> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://goosh.org">Official website</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.google.com/">Google Search</a></li> <li><a href="https://code.google.com/p/goosh/">Google Code</a></li></ul>