Clearing individual entries from Google search box

Hi, I would like to know if it is possible to clear individual entries from the Google search box history using Safari. I know how to clear the entire list, but what I want is to keep some entries but not others. On IE and Firefox this is done by highlighting the entry and pressing Delete or Shift-Delete, but I've tried various permutations of these with Safari and none seem to work. Any help much appreciated - many thanks.

Hi Richard,
Your recent search items are located in the 'RecentSearchStrings' array within com.apple.Safari.plist. It's a file located in ~/Library/Preferences/, where the ~ is your user home folder. Note, if you wish to edit this file within OS X, you will require the Property List Editor which comes as part of Developer Tools (it's on your OS X installation CD as an optional installation).
I'm sure someone more knowledgeable can put together a neat command you can issue in the Terminal (/Applications/Utilities/) which will serve the same purpose.
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