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Code for fun..!

         Just wrote a small 3 lines shell script which is capable of searching any random place on Google Map. Try it on your linux boxes! For those who prefer windows, I am sorry to say that this code will not run on your machines. I work on linux system and so I am using some linux specific commands in the script!          So here goes the shell script! while [ $? == 0 ] do     zenity --info --text="Do not use spaces between multiple words. Instead use the + sign. For example 'new+delhi and not new delhi'"     search=`zenity --title "Google Maps Location Search" --entry --text "Search: "`     if [ $search ==  ]     then         zenity --question --text="Do you wish to search another location?"     else         firefox http://maps.google.com/maps?q=$sea...