Universal Search Command Line Commands
Contents
- Online Help
- Web Site Specific Searches
- KeyToss
- Provided For Completeness
- Notes Application
- Tasks
- Calendar Events — The QuickEvent Application
- Calculator
- Luna Manager Functionality
- System
- Hiding/Showing Items on the Universal Search Menu
- User-Defined Commands
Online Help
- .help
- Help — Displays a listing of commands available.
- .help cmd
- Displays the help for a specific command.
Web Site Specific Searches
- .imdb query
- .i query
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IMDB
Example
- .imdb the big lebowski
- .dict query
- .d query
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Dictionary.com
Example
- .dict ebullient
- .thes query
- .th query
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Thesaurus.com
Example
- .thes ebullient
- .ebay query
- .e query
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eBay
Example
- .ebay mp3 player
- .yahoo query
- .y query
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Yahoo!
Example
- .yahoo laptop reviews
- .gis query
- .gi query
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Google Image Search
Example
- .gis pirate hats
- .shop query
- .froogle query
- .gp query
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Google Product Search
Example
- .shop palm pre
- .news query
- .gn query
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Google News Search
Example
- .news obama
- .amazon query
- .az query
- .am query
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Amazon.com
Example
- .amazon i am america and so can you
- .wolfram query
- .wa query
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Wolfram Alpha
Example
- .wolfram June 23, 1998
- .youtube query
- .yt query
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YouTube
Example
- .youtube petra haden the who
- .precentral query
- .pc query
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PreCentral.net
Example
- .precentral universal search
- .webosroundup query
- .wor query
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webOSRoundup.com
Example
- .webosroundup universal search
KeyToss
- .keytoss command query
- .kt command query
- ..command query
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KeyToss — perform a search using the KeyToss mobile portal.
You do not need to type the at sign (@) before the command.
Use .keytoss kt list or ..kt list to get a list of KeyToss commands.
Examples
- .keytoss af wtf
- .kt af omg
- ..af bbq
Provided For Completeness
- .google query
- .g query
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Google Search
Example
- .google hummus recipe
- .wikipedia query
- .wiki query
- .w query
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Wikipedia
Example
- .wikipedia isaac newton
- .maps query
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Google Maps — Opens the built-in Google Maps application and searches for what you specify.
Examples
- .maps pizza (near you)
- .maps 40202
Notes Application
- .note text
- .n text
- .memo text
- .m text
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New Note — Quickly creates a new note, then opens the built-in Notes application to display it.
Requires the USCL Memos Patch to be installed.
Example
- .note I like pie.
- .quicknote text
- .quickmemo text
- .qmemo text
- .qnote text
- .qm text
- .qn text
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New Note (without launch) — Quickly creates a new note without opening the built-in Notes application. If you are already running the Notes application, you will be taken to the note.
Strongly recommends, but does not require, the USCL Memos Patch to be installed. If you are running Notes and don't have that patch installed, closing and reopening Notes is advised.
Example
- .quicknote I like pie.
Tasks
- .task [option ...] task; ...
- .t arguments
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New Task — Create one or more tasks, and launch the built-in Tasks application with the last task specified.
NOTE: due to limitations in the built-in Tasks application, it cannot be launched to open a particular task list.
Options
Examples
- .t finish project foo; create proposal
- .t -s , -c Groceries butter, skim milk, eggs
- .quicktask arguments
- .qt arguments
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New Task (without launch) — Create one or more tasks, but do not launch the built-in Tasks application if it is not already running.
This command is an alias to .task -q.
Arguments are the same as for .task, which see.
Calendar Events — The QuickEvent Application
- .quickevent evt time-[time] [date] [@|in|at loc]
- .quickevent evt ad- [date] [@|in|at loc] (all-day events)
- .qe event-specification
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QuickEvent — Adds an event to your calendar using the QuickEvent application.
If you do not have QuickEvent installed on your device, this will not work.
Examples
- .qe Lunch 11am-12:15pm next wed at Hotel Astoria
- .qe Haircut 1500-1600 1/30 at Fred's
- .qe Valentine's Day ad- 2/14
Calculator
- .calc expr
- .c expr
- .eval expr
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Calculator — Calculates simple mathematical expressions. The result (or any syntax error or other exception) is displayed in a dialog.
Syntax is the same as JavaScript. You may also type in other JavaScript expressions.
The following functions and constants can be used with or without the Math. prefix:
abs max min random ceil round floor
acos asin atan atan2 cos exp log pow sin sqrt tan
E LN10 LN2 LOG10E LOG2E PI SQRT1_2 SQRT2
The following additional functions are provided for your convenience:
cot sec csc log2 log10
Examples
- .calc (37 * 1.8) + 32
- .calc sin(PI / 2)
- .calc Math.sin(Math.PI / 2)
- .calc encodeURIComponent("Hello, world!")
Luna Manager Functionality
- .restart luna
- Restart Luna — Restarts the Luna system manager. This may or may not work around certain performance issues. See also .gc.
- .restart java
- Restart Java — Restarts Java services.
- .rescan
- Rescan Applications — rescans the list of applications on your device.
System
- .gps on|off
- GPS On/Off — See also .usegoogle.
- .bgdata on|off
- Background Data Collection On/Off — background data collection allows Google to collect anonymous location data to improve the quality of location services.
- .geotag on|off
- Geotagging On/Off — turns geotagging of photos on/off. Only applies when Auto Locate is on.
- .autolocate on|off
- Auto Locate On/Off — When Auto Locate is on, applications are automatically able to identify your location. When Auto Locate is off, applications using location data will ask for your permission.
- .usegoogle on|off
- Google Location Services On/Off — Google Location Services uses cellphone towers to roughly pinpoint your general location. Accuracy will vary. This can be used instead of, or addition to, GPS. See also .gps.
- .gc
- Garbage Collector — runs the JavaScript heap garbage collector. May or may not solve certain performance issues and the Too Many Cards error. See also .restart luna.
- .wifi on|off
- Wi-Fi On/Off
Hiding/Showing Items on the Universal Search Menu
- .show
- Show Additional Searches on the Universal Search menu.
- .hide
- Hide Additional Searches from the Universal Search menu. The dot-commands will always be available.
- .hide cmd ...
- When Show Additional Searches is turned on, hide specific items from the menu.
- .show cmd ...
- When Show Additional Searches is turned on, show specific items on the menu once again.