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Command List (ls)


g (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS g [keywords] EXAMPLE g YubNub Performs a Google search using the given keywords.
23299102 uses - Created 2005-06-06 07:29:18 - Last used 2026-01-23 01:32:28 - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%s

xny
Get description of particular yahoo news
16001015 uses - Created 2006-09-14 19:54:23 - Last used 2025-10-04 12:15:49 - Nominate - Description - http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?ei=UTF-8&p=%s&c=&eo=UTF-8

wp (Golden Egg)
English WikiPedia search ---------- Old implementation: http://en.wikipedia.org/{ifThen -value1 %s -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then ?search=%s -else wiki/Main_Page}
2755783 uses - Created 2005-06-05 22:32:14 - Last used 2026-01-23 00:10:02 - Description - http://en.wikipedia.org/?search=%s

gdeff
Performs a "Google Define:" command which gets definitions of the word(s) in all languages you've submitted
2261430 uses - Created 2006-09-08 06:56:40 - Last used 2025-04-19 22:04:52 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A+%s&hl=en&lr=&oi=definel&defl=all

yt (Golden Egg)
Search YouTube.. Like flickr for videos.
1702631 uses - Created 2005-08-14 16:12:27 - Last used 2026-01-23 01:28:29 - Description - http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=search_videos&search_sort=relevance&search_query=%s&search=Search

onelook
Dictionary Search using Onelook. Example: onelook duplicity
1615057 uses - Created 2005-06-20 20:38:28 - Last used 2026-01-22 21:32:47 - Nominate - Description - http://www.onelook.com/?w=%s&ls=a

gim (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS gim [keywords] EXAMPLE gim "porsche 911" Performs a Google Image search using the given keywords. ---------- Old implementation: http://images.google.com/images?q=%s
1183774 uses - Created 2005-06-04 20:39:14 - Last used 2026-01-23 01:26:10 - Description - https://www.google.com/search?q=%s&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch

ls (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS ls [word or phrase] EXAMPLES ls ls music Lists information about all the commands in YubNub. Sorts entries by date. If you specify a word or phrase, YubNub will search the descriptions, names, and urls for that word or phrase. For example, "ls music" will return all YubNub commands pertaining to music.
688945 uses - Created 2005-06-04 12:42:27 - Last used 2026-01-23 01:23:12 - Description - http://yubnub.org/kernel/ls?args=%s

imdb (Golden Egg)
Searches for anything on the International Movie Database
539854 uses - Created 2005-06-05 23:00:44 - Last used 2026-01-22 13:44:00 - Description - http://www.imdb.com/find?q=%s

gm (Golden Egg)
Google Maps Search. Google Maps has several handy features included within it. To map out a single location, just type the address. Example: gmaps 123 Maple Dr. Detroit, MI To find businesses or other specific things, simply give the location and business. Example: pizza in Detroit To get directions from one location to another, type both locations. Example: from 123 Maple Dr. Detroit, MI to 321 Oak Street Dayton, OH
406200 uses - Created 2005-06-06 06:42:23 - Last used 2026-01-23 01:32:11 - Description - http://maps.google.com/maps?q=%s

ge (Golden Egg)
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.
404023 uses - Created 2005-06-16 05:47:48 - Last used 2026-01-22 20:06:17 - Description - http://yubnub.org/kernel/golden_eggs?args=%s

wiki (Golden Egg)
Search for Wikipedia Articles.
393631 uses - Created 2005-06-09 00:19:06 - Last used 2026-01-21 14:45:32 - Description - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s&fulltext=Search

gi
Google Images ---------- Old implementation: http://images.google.com/images?q=%s&&tbo=1
386507 uses - Created 2005-06-17 22:12:15 - Last used 2026-01-23 00:01:54 - Nominate - Description - https://www.google.com/search?q=%s&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch

gde
Search in google.de
360722 uses - Created 2005-07-08 09:19:37 - Last used 2026-01-23 01:22:55 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.de/search?hl=de&q=%s&btnG=Suche&meta=

wnet
it searches for words in wordnet dictionary an online lexical reference system whose design is inspired by current psycholinguistic theories of human lexical memory. English nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are organized into synonym sets, each representing one underlying lexical concept. Different relations link the synonym sets.
352256 uses - Created 2005-11-28 02:12:40 - Last used 2024-10-08 18:56:41 - Nominate - Description - http://dict.die.net/%s

create (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS create [command-name] EXAMPLE create Creates a new YubNub command with the given name (must not already exist). You will be prompted for a URL pointing to the implementation of the command -- it might be an existing service (e.g. the Google Image Search submit form), or your own custom implementation sitting on your own server. Welcome to the Web OS: small pieces, loosely joined.
348748 uses - Created 2005-06-04 18:52:07 - Last used 2026-01-23 01:10:14 - Description - http://yubnub.org/command/new?name=%s

gg (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS gg [keywords] EXAMPLE gg YubNub Performs a Google search using the given keywords.
292665 uses - Created 2005-06-05 22:44:27 - Last used 2026-01-21 00:47:40 - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%s

strReplace (Golden Egg)
NAME strReplace - replace all instances of a character or string found within another string SYNOPSIS strReplace -find [TEXT TO FIND] -replace [TEXT TO SUBSITUTE IN] -string [STRING TO BE SEARCHED] EXAMPLES strReplace -find pizza -replace hot dogs -string I like pizza. (returns: I like hot dogs.) strReplace -find a -replace o -string Banana Camera (returns: Bonono Camero) Replaces all instances of a string or character with another string or character, and returns the resulting string. This com…
283220 uses - Created 2005-08-13 19:16:44 - Last used 2025-01-08 10:45:36 - Description - http://jonathanaquino.com/yubscripts/strings/stringmanip.php?command=strreplace&find=${find}&replace=${replace}&string=${string}&xn_auth=no

leo (Golden Egg)
Check leo for German / English translation
276126 uses - Created 2005-06-05 23:51:23 - Last used 2026-01-23 00:36:07 - Description - http://dict.leo.org/?search=%s

am (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS am [keywords] EXAMPLE am a brief history of time Searches Amazon.com using the given keyword (e.g. book title, author, etc.) ---------- Old implementation: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search?mode=blended&keyword={iconv - to ISO-8859-1 -str %s}[use %20 for spaces] http://www.amazon.com/s/?field-keywords=%s
255340 uses - Created 2005-06-04 20:06:51 - Last used 2026-01-22 20:31:39 - Description - https://www.amazon.com/s?k=%s

strFind (Golden Egg)
NAME strFind - Returns the position of a string or character within another string SYNOPSIS strFind -find [TEXT TO FIND] -string [STRING TO BE SEARCHED] -reverse [REVERSE SEARCH] EXAMPLES strFind -find b -string abcabc (returns: 2) strFind -find b -string abcabc -reverse true (returns: 5) strFind -find z -string abcabc (returns: 0) Returns the position of the first occurence of a string or character within another string. If nothing is found, the command returns 0. Set -reverse to TRUE if you w…
247854 uses - Created 2005-08-13 19:40:44 - Last used 2025-12-12 08:56:03 - Description - http://jonathanaquino.com/yubscripts/strings/stringmanip.php?command=strfind&find=${find}&reverse=${reverse=FALSE}&string=${string}&xn_auth=no

wpde (Golden Egg)
German Wikipedia Search
245930 uses - Created 2005-06-05 22:35:53 - Last used 2026-01-22 08:35:30 - Description - http://de.wikipedia.org?search=%s

gmaps (Golden Egg)
Google Maps Search. Google Maps has several handy features included within it. To map out a single location, just type the address. Example: gmaps 123 Maple Dr. Detroit, MI To find businesses or other specific things, simply give the location and business. Example: pizza in Detroit To get directions from one location to another, type both locations. Example: from 123 Maple Dr. Detroit, MI to 321 Oak Street Dayton, OH
229515 uses - Created 2005-06-06 06:41:12 - Last used 2026-01-23 01:24:29 - Description - http://maps.google.com/maps?q=%s

ddg
Use the "DuckDuckGo" Search Engine. To search DuckDuckGo for "Linux" just type: Example: ddg Linux
207663 uses - Created 2009-05-26 01:48:50 - Last used 2026-01-23 01:10:26 - Nominate - Description - http://duckduckgo.com/?q=%s

FB
facebook search for keyword or shortcut to facebook main page (if no keyword given) searches Names, Profiles, Groups, Events in All Networks for keyword Examples: fbk john doe alaska (goes to http://www.facebook.com/s.php?q=john+doe+alaska) fbk (goes to http://www.facebook.com)
189679 uses - Created 2005-06-25 02:53:32 - Last used 2026-01-18 08:49:15 - Nominate - Description - http://www.facebook.com{ifThen -value1 %s -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then /s.php?q=%s}

Gphraseus
Automatically adds quotations to your search phrase, as well as "&gl=US".
188566 uses - Created 2007-08-09 03:02:51 - Last used 2025-01-20 08:18:47 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22%s%22&btnG=Google+Search&gl=US

gfl
Google's I Feel Lucky option Takes you to the 1st option.
170248 uses - Created 2005-06-24 02:56:41 - Last used 2026-01-22 19:38:38 - Nominate - Description - http://google.com/search?q=%s&btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky

tpb
search the pirate bay
169923 uses - Created 2005-06-20 20:44:00 - Last used 2026-01-21 01:32:51 - Nominate - Description - http://thepiratebay.org/search/%s/0/7/0[use %20 for spaces]

ebay (Golden Egg)
Ebay auction item search
163558 uses - Created 2005-06-06 00:47:24 - Last used 2026-01-22 00:44:46 - Description - http://www.ebay.com/sch/items/?_nkw=%s

youtube
Searches on Youtube, in case yt is too hard to remember
162657 uses - Created 2006-01-27 21:46:59 - Last used 2026-01-22 12:10:01 - Nominate - Description - http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=search_videos&search_sort=relevance&search_query=%s&search=Search

scrape (Golden Egg)
NAME scrape - display a snippet of text parsed from a web page. SYNOPSIS scrape -tokens TOKENS -dirs DIRECTIONS -url URL [options] Mandatory arguments: -tokens <token_list_string> A list of tokens (delimited by spaces) which the user has determined to be sufficient to consistently point the parser to the exact location of the required data. For example -tokens <title> </title> would return all characters between these two HTML tags. -dirs <direction_list_string> A list of directions associated …
145874 uses - Created 2005-07-22 03:42:49 - Last used 2024-12-15 11:52:21 - Description - http://efridge.net/yubnub/parse.php?ynp_tokens=${tokens}&ynp_dirs=${dirs}&yndesturl=${url}&ynp_debug=${debug=0}&ynp_http=${method=get}&ynp_scrape=${textonly=1}

gmail (Golden Egg)
With no parameter, opens GMail, with a parameter, searches GMail for parameter (must be logged in). Examples: gmail - opens GMail gmail world peace - searches GMail for world peace (if logged in) Stian Haklev, shaklev@gmail.com. My first command using eop, thanks Allen, this is awesome!
145703 uses - Created 2005-06-06 20:39:07 - Last used 2026-01-17 13:05:16 - Description - https://gmail.google.com/{eop gmail?search=query&q=@%s@&view=tl&fs=1}

d
Dictionary
135109 uses - Created 2005-06-10 21:50:02 - Last used 2026-01-21 02:01:45 - Nominate - Description - http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=%s

amazon
search any product in amazon exaple: amazon camcorder ---------- Old implementation: http://www.amazon.com/s/?field-keywords=%s
124255 uses - Created 2005-06-16 10:58:48 - Last used 2026-01-22 05:14:01 - Nominate - Description - https://www.amazon.com/s?k=%s

google
Google search.
118307 uses - Created 2005-06-10 20:53:30 - Last used 2026-01-23 00:37:23 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%s

nvrdic
Naver Dictionary http://dic.naver.com
99309 uses - Created 2014-10-21 02:09:07 - Last used 2026-01-14 13:47:16 - Nominate - Description - http://dic.naver.com/search.nhn?query=%s

guk (Golden Egg)
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
94491 uses - Created 2005-06-08 10:01:21 - Last used 2026-01-16 18:03:20 - Description - http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=%s&btnG=Search&meta=cr%3DcountryUK%7CcountryGB

gs (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS gs [keywords] EXAMPLE gs pagerank brin Performs a Google Scholar search using the given keywords.
91850 uses - Created 2005-06-06 03:08:33 - Last used 2026-01-22 16:21:09 - Description - http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%s

y (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS y [keywords] EXAMPLE y why is the sky blue Searches the web using the Yahoo! search engine.
91657 uses - Created 2005-06-06 01:20:52 - Last used 2026-01-22 13:23:27 - Description - http://search.yahoo.com/search?&p=%s

scr
scroogle google proxy no cookies | no search-term records | access log deleted after 7 days ---------- Old implementation: http://www.scroogle.org/cgi-bin/nbbw.cgi?Gw=%s
91191 uses - Created 2005-06-22 22:41:23 - Last used 2025-04-10 08:33:59 - Nominate - Description - https://www.google.com/search?q=scr

dg
use the ssl version of the duckduckgo search engine
90630 uses - Created 2005-07-03 16:33:11 - Last used 2026-01-22 14:56:46 - Nominate - Description - https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%s

gma (Golden Egg)
With no parameter, opens GMail, with a parameter, searches GMail for parameter (must be logged in). Examples: gma - opens GMail gma world peace - searches GMail for world peace (if logged in) Proposed as replacement for gma. Stian Haklev, shaklev@gmail.com. My first command using eop, thanks Allen, this is awesome! ========== Old implementation: https://gmail.google.com/{eop gmail?search=query&q=@%s@&view=tl&fs=1}
89961 uses - Created 2005-06-22 23:30:00 - Last used 2026-01-17 15:36:51 - Description - https://mail.google.com/{eop mail/#search/@%s@ -else }

gfr
Google.fr localised search
89547 uses - Created 2005-06-30 10:08:13 - Last used 2026-01-22 06:27:29 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.fr/search?hl=fr&q=%s

ghu
Search in the hungarian localized version of Google.
85458 uses - Created 2007-01-07 12:15:36 - Last used 2026-01-23 00:19:41 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.hu/search?hl=hu&q=%s&meta=lr%3Dlang_hu

wi
English WikiPedia search
82339 uses - Created 2005-06-30 19:42:30 - Last used 2026-01-22 08:32:34 - Nominate - Description - http://en.wikipedia.org/?search=%s

ges
Buscar páginas en español en Google.es (Google.es search for pages in Spanish) Ejemplo/example: ges perico palotes
80592 uses - Created 2005-10-09 20:40:46 - Last used 2026-01-22 13:08:00 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.es/search?hl=es&lr=lang_es&q=%s

b
The new Microsoft search engine.
74685 uses - Created 2006-08-15 16:19:58 - Last used 2025-12-11 02:54:19 - Nominate - Description - http://www.bing.com/search?q=%s

a (Golden Egg)
Answers.com fact search
72205 uses - Created 2005-06-10 03:11:47 - Last used 2026-01-21 10:22:16 - Description - http://www.answers.com/%s

amde
Amazon.DE Search example: amde Harry Potter ---------- Old implementation: http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/external-search?keyword=%s&index=blended[use %20 for spaces]
68236 uses - Created 2005-06-21 10:16:53 - Last used 2026-01-22 14:51:56 - Nominate - Description - https://www.amazon.de/s?k=%s

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