default search engine in Google Chrome

Here is a script that you can use to set DuckDuckGo as the default search engine in Google Chrome on Linux using the command line:


#!/bin/bash

# Path to the Chrome preferences file
PREFS_FILE="$HOME/.config/google-chrome/Default/Preferences"

# Search engine settings to add to the Chrome preferences
SEARCH_ENGINE='{"default_search_provider":{"enabled":true,"encodings":{"query":"UTF-8","search_url":"UTF-8"},"favicon_url":"https://duckduckgo.com/favicon.ico","id":"1","image_url":"https://duckduckgo.com/assets/logo.icon.svg","image_url_post_params":"","instant_url":"","keyword":"duckduckgo.com","name":"DuckDuckGo","search_url":"https://duckduckgo.com/?q={searchTerms}","suggest_url":""}}'

# Check if the Chrome preferences file exists
if [ ! -f "$PREFS_FILE" ]; then
  echo "Error: Chrome preferences file not found"
  exit 1
fi

# Update the Chrome preferences file with DuckDuckGo as the default search engine
sed -i 's%"default_search_provider":{[^}]*}%'$SEARCH_ENGINE'%' "$PREFS_FILE"

echo "Success: DuckDuckGo set as the default search engine in Google Chrome"
Save this script to a file, for example, set_default_search_engine.sh, make it executable with chmod +x set_default_search_engine.sh, and run it in the terminal. This script will update the Chrome preferences file with DuckDuckGo as the default search engine.