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Delete WebKit search fields (See related posts) 


# defaults read com.apple.Safari | grep -i com.apple.WebKit.searchField:
# open $HOME/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist
# put the following function into ~/.bash_login

function dws() { 

if [[ ! -e "$HOME/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist" ]]; then
   printf "There is no com.apple.Safari.plist file in $HOME/Library/Preferences\x21\n"
   return 1
fi

defaults read com.apple.Safari | sed -En -e "s/^[[:space:]]*\"(com.apple.WebKit.searchField:.*)\" = .*$/\1/p" | while read item; do 
   #printf -- "$item\n"
   defaults delete com.apple.Safari "$item" 2>/dev/null
done

return 0

}

to shell osx mac bash unix safari webkit by jv on Thu Dec 27 15:44:01 +0000 2007

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