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Golden Eggs (ge)

Tip: For a list of particularly interesting Yubnub commands, check out Yubnub Golden Eggs. Also see the Most-Used Commands.
Tip: You can search the descriptions by typing "ls [word or phrase]". For example, to search for all commands about music, type "ls music".

sxc
Searches stock.xchng [sxc.hu]. ========== Old implementation: http://sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=search&txt=%s&w=1
2551 uses - Created 2005-06-09 03:18:32 - Last used 2022-03-16 12:59:13 - Description - http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=search&txt=%s&w=1&x=0&y=0

txp
Search the Textpattern forum site via Google. Simple I know, but better than the search function on the forum.
49 uses - Created 2005-06-09 01:30:46 - Last used 2023-03-03 13:05:24 - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=site:forum.textpattern.com+%s

wiki
Search for Wikipedia Articles.
392816 uses - Created 2005-06-09 00:19:06 - Last used 2024-12-22 17:35:57 - Description - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s&fulltext=Search

tagcentral
Performs a tagcentral query.
15 uses - Created 2005-06-08 23:13:37 - Last used 2023-03-03 13:10:01 - Description - http://tagcentral.net/?tag=%s&submit=Get+Tag

deb
Search For Debian Packages ---------- Old implementation: http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?version=all&subword=1&exact=&arch=any&releases=all&case=insensitive&keywords=%s&searchon=all
9219 uses - Created 2005-06-08 22:32:56 - Last used 2024-11-21 07:06:36 - Description - http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=%s

debsearch
Officeal debian package search
54 uses - Created 2005-06-08 22:28:46 - Last used 2015-07-14 14:13:44 - Description - http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?version=all&subword=1&exact=&arch=any&releases=all&case=insensitive&keywords=%s&searchon=all

swik
Find Open Source Project on Swik.net
37 uses - Created 2005-06-08 22:26:46 - Last used 2023-03-03 13:05:40 - Description - http://swik.net/?fg=1&find=%s

roll
Roll dice, formatted like RPGs or wargames. Enter dice like you would see them in an RPG rule book. So, "3d6" means to roll 3 six-siders and total the result. Similarly, "1d20+5" means to roll one twenty-sider and add five to the result.
599 uses - Created 2005-06-08 22:02:50 - Last used 2024-10-28 09:59:06 - Description - http://invisiblecastle.com/rolldice.py?u=&r=1&a=Roll&d=%s

html2text
SYNOPSIS html2text [url] EXAMPLE html2text http://twoday.tuwien.ac.at/ferrari/ html2text is a Python script that convers a page of HTML into clean, easy-to-read plain ASCII. Better yet, that ASCII also happens to be valid Markdown (a text-to-HTML format).
313 uses - Created 2005-06-08 21:57:59 - Last used 2023-03-29 05:11:11 - Description - http://www.aaronsw.com/2002/html2text/?url=%s

qwantz
Searches the Daily Dinosaur Comics strip archive at www.qwantz.com for comics containing your string. Searches all frames; whole word only search is disabled, title search is enabled.
62 uses - Created 2005-06-08 21:51:05 - Last used 2014-04-17 07:49:52 - Description - http://www.qwantz.com/search/index.asp?search=%s&panel1=on&panel2=on&panel3=on&panel4=on&panel5=on&panel6=on&title=on

kod
Search for source code on the koders.com search engine. This searches all languages.
75 uses - Created 2005-06-08 21:11:38 - Last used 2021-07-03 08:42:25 - Description - http://www.koders.com/?s=%s

em
Search eMusic.com
3193 uses - Created 2005-06-08 20:54:31 - Last used 2024-07-22 12:09:44 - Description - http://www.emusic.com/search.html?mode=x&QT=%s&x=0&y=0

rotten
Search the Rotten Tomatoes movie review site (www.rottentomatoes.com). Search restricted to movies only.
14039 uses - Created 2005-06-08 20:44:54 - Last used 2024-12-20 14:11:50 - Description - http://www.rottentomatoes.com/search/?search=%s[use %20 for spaces]

descriptious
SYNOPSIS descriptious EXAMPLE descriptious A live list of what's popular on the web, based on number of links in del.icio.us.
59 uses - Created 2005-06-08 20:18:44 - Last used 2012-07-12 13:15:34 - Description - http://jonathanaquino.com/descriptious/descriptious-populicious-cheyne.html

aart
Create ASCII art from text suitable for using in an email signiture.
213 uses - Created 2005-06-08 18:37:35 - Last used 2018-03-03 18:49:22 - Description - http://www.network-science.de/ascii/ascii.php?TEXT=%s&x=29&y=12&FONT=ogre&RICH=no&FORM=left&STRE=no

gmp3
find mp3s using google
24813 uses - Created 2005-06-08 18:22:06 - Last used 2024-08-17 15:50:56 - Description - http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=+-inurl%3Ahtm+-inurl%3Ahtml+intitle%3A%22index+of%22+%22Last+modified%22+mp3+%22%s%22

deli
delicious tags
17808 uses - Created 2005-06-08 17:45:15 - Last used 2024-12-20 10:26:26 - Description - http://del.icio.us/tag/%s

rcode
Searches all code on RAA for the specified commands. Useful for finding sample usage or just pleasing your statistical self.
23 uses - Created 2005-06-08 17:08:43 - Last used 2017-05-04 04:03:49 - Description - http://raa.ruby-lang.org/gonzui/search?q=%s

rails
Search the RubyOnRails web site (which includes API documentation) for the given term. This will find more than the 'ror' command, but it might produce results of lesser quality.
3901 uses - Created 2005-06-08 17:07:09 - Last used 2024-12-05 18:41:15 - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=site:rubyonrails.com+%s

fdb
Searches freedb.org for artist or album information.
63 uses - Created 2005-06-08 15:25:30 - Last used 2022-06-16 08:38:50 - Description - http://www.freedb.org/freedb_search.php?words=%s&allfields=NO&fields=artist&fields=title&allcats=YES&grouping=none

netcraft
Displays what a site is running.
1180 uses - Created 2005-06-08 14:49:43 - Last used 2020-05-30 14:52:07 - Description - http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph?site=%s

wikipedia
English Wikipedia search
14011 uses - Created 2005-06-08 14:33:57 - Last used 2024-12-09 08:38:30 - Description - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s&go=Go

proxy
surf anonymously through the fireprox.com proxy
1335 uses - Created 2005-06-08 14:30:23 - Last used 2024-10-28 10:06:04 - Description - http://fireprox.com/index.php?url=%s

2t
SYNOPSIS 2t URL EXAMPLE 2t http://slashdot.org convers a page of HTML into clean, easy-to-read plain ASCII. Better yet, that ASCII also happens to be valid Markdown (a text-to-HTML format).
1545 uses - Created 2005-06-08 14:26:39 - Last used 2024-01-16 16:57:23 - Description - http://www.aaronsw.com/2002/html2text/?url=%s

goto
Go directly to Google's number one result
62340 uses - Created 2005-06-08 14:06:05 - Last used 2024-12-22 14:30:24 - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%s&btnI=I'm+Feeling+Lucky

aix51
Perform an "exact phrase" search of IBM's AIX 5.1 documentation
116 uses - Created 2005-06-08 14:03:09 - Last used 2014-02-06 18:44:04 - Description - http://publibn.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/ds_form?JavaScript=Yes&newlang=en_US&newview=Books&query=%s&SearchType=0&viewset=AIX&view=Books&mtime=1059597174&lang=en_US&expanded=1&index=ADMCNCEN%2CASYCOMEN%2CBSADMNEN%2CCMADMNEN%2CNISPLSEN%2CPRFTUNEN%2CPRINTREN%2CRSCTEN%2CWSMADMEN%2CX25USREN&AllIndexes=ADMCNCEN%2CASYCOMEN%2CBSADMNEN%2CCMADMNEN%2CNISPLSEN%2CPRFTUNEN%2CPRINTREN%2CRSCTEN%2CWSMADMEN%2CX25USREN&index=INSGDEN%2CINSPKEN%2CLPARINEN%2CNIMGDEN&AllIndexes=INSGDEN%2CINSPKEN%2CLPARINEN%2CNIMGDEN&index=USRCMMEN%2CUSRSDVEN&AllIndexes=USRCMMEN%2CUSRSDVEN&index=DDNATIEN%2CDIAGUNEN%2CGENPRGEN%2CGL32PREN%2CKERNEXEN%2CPROGCMEN%2CWNPGDEN&AllIndexes=DDNATIEN%2CDIAGUNEN%2CGENPRGEN%2CGL32PREN%2CKERNEXEN%2CPROGCMEN%2CWNPGDEN&index=DSMITGEN%2CPGHMSGEN%2CPHGCUSEN%2CPHGGETEN%2CPHGISOEN%2CPHGREFEN%2CPHGTRFEN%2CPHGUNDEN&AllIndexes=DSMITGEN%2CPGHMSGEN%2CPHGCUSEN%2CPHGGETEN%2CPHGISOEN%2CPHGREFEN%2CPHGTRFEN%2CPHGUNDEN&index=ALANGREN%2CCMDS01EN%2CCMDS02EN%2CCMDS03EN%2CCMDS04EN%2CCMDS05EN%2CCMDS06EN%2CFILESEN%2CGLOSRYEN%2COPENGLEN&AllIndexes=ALANGREN%2CCMDS01EN%2CCMDS02EN%2CCMDS03EN%2CCMDS04EN%2CCMDS05EN%2CCMDS06EN%2CFILESEN%2CGLOSRYEN%2COPENGLEN&index=BSTRF1EN%2CBSTRF2EN%2CCMTRF1EN%2CCMTRF2EN%2CGL32TREN%2CISOSUBEN%2CKTREF1EN%2CKTREF2EN%2CKYBDTEEN%2CPHGSUBEN&AllIndexes=BSTRF1EN%2CBSTRF2EN%2CCMTRF1EN%2CCMTRF2EN%2CGL32TREN%2CISOSUBEN%2CKTREF1EN%2CKTREF2EN%2CKYBDTEEN%2CPHGSUBEN

cpan
Search the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network
11463 uses - Created 2005-06-08 13:58:09 - Last used 2024-08-09 12:17:08 - Description - http://search.cpan.org/search?query=%s&mode=all

gf
searches GameFAQS for the given game
17924 uses - Created 2005-06-08 12:51:44 - Last used 2024-12-21 04:56:42 - Description - https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/search?game=%s

map
use Multimap for worldwide map searches - postcode, town name, etc. ========== Old implementation: http://www.multimap.com/map/places.cgi?quicksearch=%s&client=public&lang=&advanced=
6268 uses - Created 2005-06-08 10:18:17 - Last used 2024-12-17 02:36:02 - Description - http://www.multimap.com/maps/?qs=%s&countryCode=GB

guk
Google UK search: UK Specific Type in the search term and Google will return pages from the UK. ========== Old implementation: http://www.google.co.uk/search?ie=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=%s Google UK's "Browse By Name" search
94085 uses - Created 2005-06-08 10:01:21 - Last used 2024-12-21 00:58:26 - Description - http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=%s&btnG=Search&meta=cr%3DcountryUK%7CcountryGB

art
Search the Web Gallery of Art (text)
1125 uses - Created 2005-06-08 08:44:36 - Last used 2024-10-20 03:38:13 - Description - http://www.wga.hu/cgi-bin/search.cgi?comment=%s&lang=2&author=&time=any&form=any

dw
Searches for the given Keyword in the DokuWiki at http://wiki.splitbrain.org
189 uses - Created 2005-06-08 07:55:37 - Last used 2023-06-18 07:59:09 - Description - http://wiki.splitbrain.org/?do=search&id=%s

cw
SYNOPSIS cw EXAMPLE cw Launches ClockWork, a set of timers that you can start and stop. ClockWork is ideal for anyone who works with clients on an hourly basis, or needs a solution to track productivity for any task or project. ClockWork allows you the flexibility to start, pause and resume an unlimited amount of task timers making it easy to switch between tasks without delay. You simultaneously run timers for multi-tasked projects, or easily switch back and forth between tasks, all without ev…
290 uses - Created 2005-06-08 06:03:09 - Last used 2024-12-04 06:17:16 - Description - http://clockwork.jupit.net/

up
browse upcoming.org events by tag
393 uses - Created 2005-06-08 03:52:18 - Last used 2024-09-05 23:20:38 - Description - http://upcoming.org/tag/%s

df
SYNOPSIS df TERM EXAMPLE --sort=name --include-spam All the definitions for a term found by Google (define:term)
1509 uses - Created 2005-06-08 03:39:44 - Last used 2024-09-30 06:54:26 - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A%s

apt-search
Unofficial APT repositories apt-get.org is intended as a place for people to share useful APT (Advanced Package Tool) sources for the Debian operating system.
59 uses - Created 2005-06-07 21:52:56 - Last used 2024-11-04 11:06:24 - Description - http://www1.apt-get.org/search.php?query=%s&submit=&arch%5B%5D=all

mycroft
Here you can find a Search plugin for your favorite site you can add to the Sidebar panel or to the search box (Mozilla Firefox). Just enter a site name.
403 uses - Created 2005-06-07 21:45:56 - Last used 2021-10-11 12:46:27 - Description - http://mycroft.mozdev.org/download.html?name=%s&submitform=Find+search+plugins

jobs
Performs a search at Indeed.com for available jobs that include the keywords provided.
635 uses - Created 2005-06-07 21:42:48 - Last used 2024-11-07 07:18:16 - Description - http://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=%s

yim
Yahoo Image search
28602 uses - Created 2005-06-07 21:33:13 - Last used 2024-12-02 08:34:05 - Description - http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=%s

FindPost
Invokes the main http://feedster.com search to find Blog Posts, News Articles, and Other Documents that contain the keywords you type in.
18 uses - Created 2005-06-07 21:27:19 - Last used 2010-05-30 17:12:18 - Description - http://www.feedster.com/search.php?q=%s

scigen
SYNOPSIS scigen -author1 [name] -author2 [name] -author3 [name] EXAMPLE scigen -author1 Jane Doe -author2 John Smith SCIgen is a program that generates random Computer Science research papers, including graphs, figures, and citations. It uses a hand-written context-free grammar to form all elements of the papers. Our aim here is to maximize amusement, rather than coherence.
107 uses - Created 2005-06-07 21:27:03 - Last used 2020-10-17 10:25:35 - Description - http://punitive-surgery.lcs.mit.edu/cgi-bin/scigen.cgi?author=%s&author=${author1}&author=${author2}&author=${author3}

FindFeed
This command invokes http://feedfinder.feedster.com to find feeds about the keywords you specify.
54 uses - Created 2005-06-07 21:24:48 - Last used 2022-10-27 19:10:02 - Description - http://feedfinder.feedster.com/search.php?db=feeds&sort=relevance&q=%s

wunder
Look up weather on The Weather Underground. usage: wunder {city|state|zip|airport code|country} examples: wunder Philadelphia wunder MI wunder 90210 wunder ORF wunder Belgium
5512 uses - Created 2005-06-07 20:31:55 - Last used 2023-09-10 01:00:34 - Description - http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=%s

joule
Takes you to marnanel.org's joule for the user specified. Joule allows you to show a history of the user's LiveJournal friendings and defriendings.
61 uses - Created 2005-06-07 20:22:06 - Last used 2011-12-21 15:08:58 - Description - http://marnanel.org/joule?user=%s

lorem
generate Lorem Ipsum usage: lorem {number of paragraphs}
2341 uses - Created 2005-06-07 20:21:00 - Last used 2024-04-30 06:38:07 - Description - http://www.lipsum.com/feed/html?amount=%s

acro
Look up the definition of an acronym.
4211 uses - Created 2005-06-07 20:19:04 - Last used 2024-11-17 14:20:45 - Description - http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?Acronym=%s&String=exact

bible
Enter the Bible passage (e.g. John 3:16), keyword (e.g. Jesus, prophet, etc.) or topic (e.g. salvation) you want to find.
13667 uses - Created 2005-06-07 20:16:55 - Last used 2024-12-06 23:52:36 - Description - http://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=%s

urban
Look-up a term in UrbanDictionary.com
12669 uses - Created 2005-06-07 20:14:43 - Last used 2024-12-18 14:46:26 - Description - http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=%s

w3c
w3c validation for the given URL
1735 uses - Created 2005-06-07 20:14:00 - Last used 2024-01-16 10:13:56 - Description - http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=%s

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