Type in a command, or "ls dictionary" to search all commands for "dictionary", etc.

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".

dd
Domain Dossier - Investigates Domains and IP address. Performs whois(domain name), network whois(IP block), authoritative DNS query, traceroute and a non-intrusive portscan(common services only). Can handle all canonical names, aliases and addresses. Usage: dd <domain name or IP address>
29810 uses - Created 2005-06-20 20:28:09 - Last used 2024-04-22 09:05:48 - Description - http://centralops.net/co/DomainDossier.aspx?addr=%s&dom_dns=true&dom_whois=true&net_whois=true&svc_scan=true&traceroute=true&go1=Submit

torrentspy
Torrent Spy Search- Allows you to search for torrents. Just type your search query
1924 uses - Created 2005-06-20 20:19:00 - Last used 2024-01-27 04:37:17 - Description - http://www.torrentspy.com/search.asp?query=%s

fc
Forecast by zipcode via Accuweather.com To get the forecast for your area, just type the zipcode. Example: fc 80919
2191 uses - Created 2005-06-20 19:56:28 - Last used 2023-01-10 05:50:00 - Description - http://wwwa.accuweather.com/forecast.asp?zipcode=%s

nearby
Coordinate Conversion and Location Links. Enter a coordinate (eg GB/Irish Grid Reference, UK Postcode, US Zip, Lat/Long, UTM, NAC Universal Address) and it will be converted to other formats, as well as providing links to a Wide range of sites based on that location. Using a GB Grid Reference: Example: nearby TQ775045 Or a Lat/Long (WGS84) Example: nearby 53:04:49N 4:13:33W
34 uses - Created 2005-06-20 19:43:17 - Last used 2016-11-11 00:58:08 - Description - http://www.nearby.org.uk/coord.cgi?p=%s

mys
quick myspace navigation
8535 uses - Created 2005-06-20 19:17:11 - Last used 2017-12-23 00:10:51 - Description - http://www.myspace.com/%s

cia
The Factbook of World Countries by CIA. Type cia and (space) two letters for country. example cia in ->India cia uk ->UK cia fr ->France cia ch ->China ========== Old implementation: https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/%s.html
1920 uses - Created 2005-06-20 19:04:45 - Last used 2022-02-26 05:47:59 - Description - https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/%s.html

bt
Searches www.torrentz.com Keywords: torrent, torrents, bittorent, p2p ---------- Old implementation: http://search.bittorrent.com/search.jsp?query=%s
9228 uses - Created 2005-06-20 15:59:37 - Last used 2023-11-19 13:44:30 - Description - http://www.torrentz.com/search?q=%s

psize
Page size checker for the given url. Gives a list of the sizes of the found linked elements. Smart enough to detect page compression and when it does will show compresssed and uncompressed sizes (real, not estimated).
72 uses - Created 2005-06-19 21:11:59 - Last used 2018-02-03 13:50:05 - Description - http://tasman-webdesign.com/page_size.html?Submit=Show%20me&url=%s

di
Domain (WHOIS) Information using coolwhois.com
1002 uses - Created 2005-06-17 21:56:43 - Last used 2023-10-24 23:13:05 - Description - http://www.coolwhois.com/d/%s

ala
Search the A List Apart archives (XHTML, CSS, Design, etc.)
209 uses - Created 2005-06-17 00:26:39 - Last used 2022-11-16 09:54:33 - Description - http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp-q=%s&sp-a=sp1002d27b&sp-f=ISO-8859-1&sp-p=All&sp-k=All

sc
Shoutcast search engine call. Include what you're searching for after it (for instance: "sc phish").
1371 uses - Created 2005-06-16 19:27:16 - Last used 2024-04-10 10:27:54 - Description - http://www.shoutcast.com/directory/?s=%s

raa
Search the Ruby Application Archive for terms.
614 uses - Created 2005-06-16 13:44:53 - Last used 2024-03-26 12:46:11 - Description - http://raa.ruby-lang.org/search.rhtml?search=%s

ej
Performs a English-Japanese dictionary lookup from WWWJDIC. Example: ej dog
1170 uses - Created 2005-06-16 07:04:03 - Last used 2021-04-04 06:46:48 - Description - http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/jwb/wwwjdic?1MDE%s

ge
SYNOPSIS ge [word or phrase] EXAMPLES ge ge dictionary Displays the YubNub Golden Eggs - a list of YubNub commands that people seem to find particularly useful and interesting. If you specify a word or phrase, YubNub will search the descriptions, names, and urls for that word or phrase. For example, "ge dictionary" will return all Golden-Egg commands pertaining to dictionaries.
401349 uses - Created 2005-06-16 05:47:48 - Last used 2024-04-22 19:04:27 - Description - http://yubnub.org/kernel/golden_eggs?args=%s

sec
Search the SEC Edgar database for companies by name
2464 uses - Created 2005-06-16 05:45:10 - Last used 2024-04-22 07:54:12 - Description - http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?company=%s&CIK=&filenum=&State=&SIC=&owner=include&action=getcompany

portuguese
Translate some phrase to portuguese. Translation maded by altavista.
248 uses - Created 2005-06-16 04:59:49 - Last used 2023-10-12 15:19:13 - Description - http://babelfish.altavista.com/tr?lp=en_pt&trtext=%s

yahoomovies
Yahoo movie listings. To find movie listings for theaters near you, just use your zip code. Example: yahoomovies 94526
157 uses - Created 2005-06-16 04:29:32 - Last used 2013-01-04 23:19:49 - Description - http://movies.yahoo.com/showtimes/showtimes.html?z=%s&r=sim

wikip
search Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
2540 uses - Created 2005-06-16 04:00:35 - Last used 2023-10-30 05:07:56 - Description - http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=%s&fulltext=Search

wireless
Use a zip code to find wireless hotspots with jwire
1051 uses - Created 2005-06-16 03:29:58 - Last used 2024-01-22 03:19:13 - Description - http://www.jiwire.com/search-wifi-hotspots.htm?command=&ssid=&hotspot_name=&location_type_id=0&technology_id=0&venue_group_id=0&provider_id=0&pay_free=both&address=&city=&country_id=1&state_id=0&zip=%s&narrow_search=on

macro2
Microsoft search that hopefully works
15 uses - Created 2005-06-15 23:52:52 - Last used 2017-01-26 18:49:55 - Description - http://search.microsoft.com/search/results.aspx?st=b&na=88&View=en-US&qu=%s

micro
Microsoft (dot) com Search
443 uses - Created 2005-06-15 23:51:08 - Last used 2024-02-22 10:51:33 - Description - http://search.microsoft.com/search/results.aspx?st=b&na=88&View=en-US&qu=%s

yf
Takes you to the Yahoo Fantasy Sports home page.
3275 uses - Created 2005-06-15 21:55:03 - Last used 2020-04-24 19:55:47 - Description - http://fantasysports.yahoo.com/

es.wikipedia
Spanish wikipedia.
1782 uses - Created 2005-06-15 21:26:50 - Last used 2019-02-27 16:55:58 - Description - http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s&go=Go

barcd
Use the command to generate a printable and scannable barcode in Interleaved 2 of 5, Code 39, Code 128 A, B, or C symbologies. This free service can be used to generate individual barcodes or called via URL's to include inline PNG or JPEG images directly into your documents. More information is avaliable at http://www.barcodesinc.com/generator/index.php This command by default will create a 200x50 jpeg barcode in Code 128-B with the command value listed under it.
143 uses - Created 2005-06-15 20:37:56 - Last used 2023-10-09 21:55:58 - Description - http://www.barcodesinc.com/generator/image.php?code=%s&style=165&type=C128B&width=200&height=50&xres=1&font=3

shrink
TinyUrl! To shorten those HUGE URls that take up so much space, type in shrink, then the long URL (website address). Example: shrink http://www.google.com/mail
524 uses - Created 2005-06-15 19:13:19 - Last used 2022-08-16 14:11:41 - Description - http://tinyurl.com/create.php?url=%s[no url encoding]

ASCII
This command will display any text you type as ASCII art in all the avaliable fonts. (From the site http://www.network-science.de/ascii/) Example: ASCII ascii Produces a page including the following lines. _______ _______ _______ _____ _____ |_____| |______ | | | | | ______| |_____ __|__ __|__
7262 uses - Created 2005-06-15 19:10:53 - Last used 2024-04-15 02:00:36 - Description - http://www.network-science.de/ascii/ascii.php?TEXT=%s&x=8&y=7&FONT=_all+fonts+with+your+text_&RICH=no&FORM=left&STRE=no

ame
Answers.com Search. Want info about something? Just type ame and then the thing you want information about! Example: ame apples
135 uses - Created 2005-06-15 19:01:31 - Last used 2023-05-08 02:59:34 - Description - http://www.answers.com/%s

phpfunction
Return the PHP Manual of some function
48 uses - Created 2005-06-15 16:33:49 - Last used 2013-05-14 10:20:42 - Description - http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.%s.php

yde
Yahoo German Search To find Yahoo! search results in German Example: "yde porsche 911" finds german webpages on porsche 911
4957 uses - Created 2005-06-15 15:17:06 - Last used 2021-07-03 08:44:03 - Description - http://de.search.yahoo.com/search?p=%s&ie=UTF-8

iap
Internet Archive Public Domain Film Search (Prehlinger Archive) Example: "iap war" lists all films under public domain that have to do with war.
66 uses - Created 2005-06-15 12:07:25 - Last used 2020-10-16 10:46:42 - Description - http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=%s%20AND%20mediatype%3Amovies%20AND%20collection%3Aprelinger

ian
Internet Archive Netlabel Search Example: "ia techno" searches for techno music available at archive.org Example: "ia comatronic" lists all releases from netlabel comatronic available at archive.org
542 uses - Created 2005-06-15 12:03:57 - Last used 2024-04-22 04:08:19 - Description - http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=%s%20AND%20mediatype%3Aaudio%20AND%20collection%3Anetlabels

who
Get a full whois listing on a url or ip address. Whois Source supports four types of searches: - IP address searching ("66.218.71.198") - Partial word(s) searching ("bill gates") - Full domain ("nameintel.com" goes directly to whois) - Whois History, locate historical whois records.
4395 uses - Created 2005-06-15 05:13:35 - Last used 2024-04-21 04:54:14 - Description - http://www.whois.sc/%s

cachefromg
get the cached copy of web pages from Google
434 uses - Created 2005-06-15 04:33:47 - Last used 2024-02-05 01:30:42 - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:%s

cachefromspurl
get the cached copy of web pages from Spurl
47 uses - Created 2005-06-15 04:32:35 - Last used 2013-12-17 07:39:41 - Description - http://cache.spurl.net/?url=http://%s

hot
takes u2 hotmail.com
10204 uses - Created 2005-06-14 22:55:00 - Last used 2023-08-17 11:00:29 - Description - http://hotmail.com

disc
Search the famous DISCOGRAPHIES website (http://www.discogs.com) Discogs is a user-built database containing information on artists, labels, and their recordings. Discogs is constantly growing as users submit releases to the database. Discogs is short for "Discographies", which are lists of an artist's or label's recordings.
15669 uses - Created 2005-06-14 21:15:10 - Last used 2023-09-24 21:33:48 - Description - http://www.discogs.com/search?type=all&q=%s&btn=Go

isbook
Search ISBN.nu for book prices based on the book title. To search for the latest Harry Potter book, type: isook Harry Potter
49 uses - Created 2005-06-14 18:35:08 - Last used 2020-10-16 10:54:38 - Description - http://isbn.nu/cgi-bin/design-books?singleform=yes&searchtype=title&searchvalue=%s

isbn
Search ISBN.nu for book prices based on the ISBN. To search for the latest Harry Potter book, type: Example: isbn 0439784549
984 uses - Created 2005-06-14 18:28:01 - Last used 2024-04-15 13:45:51 - Description - http://isbn.nu/%s

ipinfo-url
Returns the public IP address for a URL. This command takes one argument, a URL. This command is a companion of ipinfo, the -url is a faux argument that allows you to use a different search feature on the GetAnyIp.com site. See also: ipinfo
22 uses - Created 2005-06-14 17:19:37 - Last used 2014-04-02 07:03:52 - Description - http://www.getanyip.com/findip.aspx?host=%s

ipinfo
Returns the public IP address of your computer or network. This command takes no arguments. There are several other sites that will tell you your IP address, but GetAnyIP seems to give you a little more info than most others I've found.
155 uses - Created 2005-06-14 17:07:41 - Last used 2014-07-09 12:32:13 - Description - http://www.getanyip.com/moreinfo.aspx

c2google
Full text search of the C2 wiki with Google. This searches the c2.com site through Google. To find out why Google loves Wiki type c2google google loves wiki To find pages mentioning RUP type c2google rup
38 uses - Created 2005-06-14 13:49:21 - Last used 2010-11-30 18:02:42 - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=site:c2.com+%s

c2
Title search for C2 wiki. Finds pages on the PortlandPatternRepository and WikiWikiWeb by doing a Title Search. To find pages about the WikiWikiWeb: c2 wikiwikiweb To find pages about unittests: c2 unittest
317 uses - Created 2005-06-14 13:36:25 - Last used 2022-04-25 11:59:16 - Description - http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?search=%s

gusearch
Guardian Unlimited article search. Just enter the keywords you're searching for, and hit submit
13 uses - Created 2005-06-14 13:08:12 - Last used 2010-10-01 12:21:58 - Description - http://search.guardian.co.uk/search97cgi/s97networkr_cgi?QueryText=%s&Action=Search&Collection=archive_artifact&ResultTemplate=Archive_Artifact.hts&SortSpec=VdkPublicationDate+Desc

apropos
SYNOPSIS apropos [word or phrase] EXAMPLE apropos music Searches YubNub. Displays all YubNub commands having the given word or phrase in the name, url, or description. For example, "apropos music" will return all YubNub commands pertaining to music. apropos is actually just an alias for ls.
2520 uses - Created 2005-06-14 06:51:53 - Last used 2024-01-01 14:48:55 - Description - http://yubnub.org/kernel/ls?args=%s

vicbus
SYNOPSIS vicbus [route] EXAMPLE vicbus 70 Victoria BC bus schedules. Displays the bus schedule for the given route in Victoria BC Canada, courtesy of BC Transit.
263 uses - Created 2005-06-14 04:24:48 - Last used 2011-10-28 04:49:58 - Description - http://www.busonline.ca/regions/vic/schedules/schedule.cfm?line=%s

bigfile
Send large files that are too big for email with Yousendit.com.
52 uses - Created 2005-06-14 00:09:10 - Last used 2016-11-28 02:27:46 - Description - http://www.yousendit.com/

linksto
www.google.com finds pages that links to a give url example: linksto http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Programming:_C_-/-_-/-
149 uses - Created 2005-06-14 00:08:09 - Last used 2016-09-10 21:00:00 - Description - http://www.google.com/search?as_lq=%s&btnG=Search

kode
www.koders.com search code shortcut all languages and licenses... examples: kode CFile::GetStatus
38 uses - Created 2005-06-14 00:02:00 - Last used 2015-09-19 09:19:39 - Description - http://www.koders.com/?s=%s&_%3Ala=*&_%3Ali=*

del
del.icio.us quick tag display Examples: del popular or del programming
9241 uses - Created 2005-06-13 23:56:14 - Last used 2023-09-24 21:49:05 - Description - http://del.icio.us/tag/%s

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