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README.md

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+### Import/Export Google Chrome's custom search engines
+
+**_Quit Google Chrome before exporting/importing custom search engines._**
+
+To Export from one machine:
+```
+./export.sh
+```
+
+To Import on a different machine:
+```
+./import.sh
+```
+
+Note:
+- The import script will drop all existent entries before inserting saved entries.
+- This can be used to wipe search engines which are automatically added by many web sites.

export.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+CHROME_DATA_PATH="${HOME}/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default"
+SEARCH_ENGINE_DB="${CHROME_DATA_PATH}/Web Data"
+
+OUTPUT_FILE=./data/keywords.sql
+
+echo "[INFO] Backup existent keywords table into: ${OUTPUT_FILE}"
+sqlite3 "${SEARCH_ENGINE_DB}" ".dump keywords" > ${OUTPUT_FILE}

import.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+CHROME_DATA_PATH="${HOME}/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default"
+SEARCH_ENGINE_DB="${CHROME_DATA_PATH}/Web Data"
+
+INPUT_FILE=./data/keywords.sql
+
+echo "[INFO] Drop existent keywords table if any"
+sqlite3 "${SEARCH_ENGINE_DB}" "DROP TABLE keywords"
+
+echo "[INFO] Import custom search engine entries into Chrome Web Data database"
+sqlite3 "${SEARCH_ENGINE_DB}" ".read ${INPUT_FILE}"