(Not sure if this is legal according to the Google terms of service. :-)
--- /dev/null
+#! /usr/bin/env python
+
+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://google.com/search?q=%s" % s
+ webbrowser.open(url)
+
+main()