Command List (ls)

tvshow
Uses TV.com (formerly TVTome) to search for television shows/series. Example: tvshow entourage
30 uses - Created 2005-07-04 19:38:34 - Last used 2017-02-06 10:59:51 - Nominate - Description - http://www.tv.com/search.php?type=11&stype=all&qs=%s&x=0&y=0

gn1
Returns one linked Google News headline based on your search term. Example: gn1 "united nations"
30 uses - Created 2005-07-09 03:31:23 - Last used 2006-02-04 21:23:46 - Nominate - Description - http://efridge.net/yubnub/parse.php?ynp_tokens[]=relevance&ynp_dirs[]=0&ynp_tokens[]=%3Cbr%3E%3Cfont%20size=-1&ynp_dirs[]=0&ynp_tokens[]=top%3E&ynp_dirs[]=1&yndesturl=http://news.google.com/news&q=%s&yncmd=${COMMAND}

mvp
German Moviepilot search
30 uses - Created 2010-11-27 22:17:38 - Last used 2022-09-30 08:32:05 - Nominate - Description - http://www.moviepilot.de/searches?q=%s

psearch

30 uses - Created 2005-08-11 11:46:57 - Last used 2021-03-16 15:23:22 - Nominate - Description - https://www.google.com/psearch/login?prev=/psearch

whpn
Searches WhitePages.com Does a "Reverse Phone Number Lookup" Ex: whpn 1234567890
30 uses - Created 2005-08-23 22:38:52 - Last used 2009-11-14 17:54:46 - Nominate - Description - http://www.whitepages.com/10001/search/Reverse_Phone?phone=%s

bbctv
BBC TV & Radio Search. Searches bbc.co.uk for upcoming TV and Radio programs matching the keyword(s) Examples: List times for upcoming Eastenders episodes: bbctv eastenders Search for upcoming programs on dinosaurs: bbctv dinosaurs Search for programs featuring Jonathan Ross bbctv jonathan ross
30 uses - Created 2005-09-27 05:24:38 - Last used 2016-11-13 05:01:37 - Nominate - Description - http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-perl/whatson/search/advance_search.cgi?keyword=%s

yotos
Corrected URL! Searches for public domain images with the Yotophoto.com search engine, which queries several public domain image resources.
30 uses - Created 2005-10-24 18:22:30 - Last used 2010-01-06 03:06:49 - Nominate - Description - http://yotophoto.com/search.php?what=%s

privat
Person search in Norway. Examples: Search by phone number: privat 98765432 Or: privat 987 65 432 Spaces in the number doesn't matter. Search by name: privat Pelle Gjertsen Add a location: privat Pelle Gjertsen Bergen Or an address: privat Pelle Gjertsen Gyngeveien 13 5000 Bergen Or just a part of the address, for example: privat Pelle Gjertsen 5000 Or: privat Pelle Gjertsen Gyngeveien The examples are not real.
30 uses - Created 2005-11-10 21:43:56 - Last used 2022-04-06 15:13:05 - Nominate - Description - http://www.gulesider.no/gsi/whiteSearch.do?mode=&linje=1&sort=2&spraak=1&drill=&etter=%s

snotes
Simple: Look something up on sparknotes!
30 uses - Created 2006-02-09 02:08:41 - Last used 2023-12-07 14:31:26 - Nominate - Description - http://search.sparknotes.com/?query=%s

plzahl
Find the postal code of a german city. You have to enter the name of the town and you can enter (optionally) the name of a street. Example: plz -city frankfurt -street zeil (Note: It is possible that you obtain more than one result) Important: To avoid problems do not type the german letters ä, ü, ö or ß. Use ae, ue, oe or ss instead.
30 uses - Created 2006-04-19 20:08:34 - Last used 2015-01-19 08:19:06 - Nominate - Description - http://www.postleitzahlen.de/search.php?sid=gceftjh9ir8gqvtighl4s5sd92&field=ort&newSearch=1&plzort=${city}&street=${street}&sa=

wp2
An international version of the wp command. Goes to a wikipedia topic. Use -ln <language> to choose the wikipedia in that language (eg, fr, to use fr.wikipedia.org). The default is en.wikipedia.org. Use -q <topic> to go to a topic. The default is to take you to the homepage. So, for example, to go to the Beethoven page: wp2 -q Beethoven To do the same in German: wp2 -ln de -q Beethoven And to go to the Japanese homepage: wp2 -ln ja Tip: you can set your default wikipedia to something else than …
30 uses - Created 2006-05-13 20:37:36 - Last used 2014-05-27 15:07:40 - Nominate - Description - http://${ln=en}.wikipedia.org/wiki/${q=Main_Page}

bbcfood

30 uses - Created 2006-05-30 13:47:52 - Last used 2016-10-15 05:25:48 - Nominate - Description - http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/food/recipes/queryengine?templatestyle=refine_by_1_gg&orig_kw=cassoulet&config=db&scope=recipes&page=1&pagesize=15&attrib_26=keywords&oper_26=eq&val_26_1=%2B%s&attrib_2=programme_name&oper_2=eq&val_2_1=&attrib_3=chef_name&oper_3=eq&val_3_1=&attrib_12=healthy&oper_12=eq&attrib_13=quick&oper_13=eq&attrib_10=vegetarian&oper_10=eq&submit.x=38&submit.y=14&submit=Search

lps
lps. search literateprograms.org example: lps matlab author: GaRZoL
30 uses - Created 2006-06-17 15:39:57 - Last used 2020-05-20 04:12:35 - Nominate - Description - http://en.literateprograms.org/Special:Search?search=%s&fulltext=Search

hyperss
Hype Machine MP3 search, output as RSS feed Example: hyperss lucinda williams
30 uses - Created 2006-07-06 03:57:04 - Last used 2019-09-12 05:03:20 - Nominate - Description - http://hype.non-standard.net/playlist/search/%s/rss/1/feed.xml

microdirect
Search microdirect.co.uk for products.
30 uses - Created 2006-07-06 19:37:51 - Last used 2012-11-18 19:57:19 - Nominate - Description - http://www.microdirect.co.uk/ProductListerSearch.aspx?Stockcode=%s&btnSubmit.x=0&btnSubmit.y=0

rfx
Search RapidFox. USE: rfx blonde twins
30 uses - Created 2006-07-26 09:27:13 - Last used 2008-07-06 21:55:28 - Nominate - Description - http://www.rapidfox.net/search.php?q=%s

in-domain-name
Search Web by Domain. Find quite a few sites containing given keyword within their own names (host, hostname). Synopsis: in-domain-name KEYWORD Example: in-domain-name google [list sites (each with Site Report) which have `google' keyword in their hostnames] Example: in-domain-name blog* [list sites start with `blog'] Example: in-domain-name *.w3c.* [list subdomain matches] The search program can take patterns containing the valid domain name characters A-z, 0-9, '.', underscore ('_') and minus…
30 uses - Created 2006-08-19 04:51:43 - Last used 2015-12-24 14:36:49 - Nominate - Description - http://searchdns.netcraft.com/?restriction=${restriction=site+contains}&host=%s&lookup=lookup%21&position=limited[no url encoding]

23c3
search the 23c3 public wiki
30 uses - Created 2006-12-26 15:35:24 - Last used 2015-12-28 11:07:34 - Nominate - Description - http://events.ccc.de/congress/2006/Special:Search?search=%s&go=Go

stein
enuri
30 uses - Created 2007-01-10 00:42:20 - Last used 2022-08-09 12:45:27 - Nominate - Description - http://www.enuri.com/view/List.jsp?cate=06090601&from=search&skeyword=%s&cate_keyword=Y

syc
Search Hacker News (news.ycombinator.com) ----------- Old implementation: http://searchyc.com/%s
30 uses - Created 2011-03-22 20:16:36 - Last used 2025-07-05 19:22:31 - Nominate - Description - https://hn.algolia.com/?q=%s

rks
Search the Ruby Kitchen Sink.
30 uses - Created 2007-01-29 14:27:52 - Last used 2024-05-25 08:44:55 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/cse?cx=010523519311069955097%3Akffylwgripa&q=%s

screens
View videogames screenshots Example: screens naruto
30 uses - Created 2007-02-02 18:42:32 - Last used 2021-06-10 22:35:59 - Nominate - Description - http://www.uvlist.net/search?fname=%s&fshop=with&ss=1

clzip
Shows free items on Seattles Craigslist. Y ou don't need a parameter, but if you put one, then it will search by that keyword within the free items in seattle
30 uses - Created 2007-07-10 22:13:44 - Last used 2015-08-16 01:01:03 - Nominate - Description - http://seattle.craigslist.org/search/zip?query=%s

idf
Search for font name using identifont.
30 uses - Created 2007-12-22 07:22:44 - Last used 2025-05-31 08:03:25 - Nominate - Description - http://www.identifont.com/find?font=%s&q=Go

cbt
Search in the c.b.t. online catalog
30 uses - Created 2008-01-03 16:01:56 - Last used 2024-10-29 04:24:14 - Nominate - Description - http://www.cbt.trentinocultura.net/LVbin//LibriVision/lv_search_form.html?SESSION_ID=1199341551_703571522&lv_action=LV_Search_Form&USER_LOGIN=demo&HTML_SEARCH_TYPE=SIMPLE&DB_ID[0]=8&LDB_NAME[0]=CBT

phpf
Use this command to search for PHP functions in the online docs. Remember to change all _'s with -'s - for example, mysql_connect must be mysql-connect or you will get no results.
30 uses - Created 2008-01-14 08:56:18 - Last used 2010-12-03 23:19:47 - Nominate - Description - http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.%s.php

newsfix
Addict-o-matic's news search.
30 uses - Created 2008-05-10 11:34:38 - Last used 2008-10-21 13:44:00 - Nominate - Description - http://addictomatic.com/topic/%s

ftram
Make searches on filetram
30 uses - Created 2011-11-23 16:21:28 - Last used 2012-03-15 22:33:27 - Nominate - Description - http://filetram.com/=%s

mp3gle
Search and play mp3 with mp3gle. New in march 2008 Created by l3utterfish.
30 uses - Created 2008-03-07 11:30:24 - Last used 2012-09-14 11:11:19 - Nominate - Description - http://mp3gle.net/index.php?search=%s

avc
AV Club Search
30 uses - Created 2008-04-05 02:22:33 - Last used 2025-01-17 15:47:27 - Nominate - Description - http://www.avclub.com/content/search/av/advanced2?search=%hostel&restrict=

bookzilla
search bookzilla, shop books and support the free software foundation.
30 uses - Created 2008-04-09 09:13:29 - Last used 2022-07-18 17:20:12 - Nominate - Description - https://www.bookzilla.de/shop/action/quickSearch?aUrl=90006951&searchString=%s

giso
type -what ->then the file you are searching for enjoy
30 uses - Created 2008-04-26 01:26:11 - Last used 2015-06-09 13:34:47 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=+-inurl%3Ahtm+-inurl%3Ahtml+-inurl%3Aphp+-inurl%3Aasp+intitle%3A%22index+of%22+%22Last+modified%22+iso+%22${what}%22&btnG=Search

sqwiki
To search wiki.squeak.org for a specific keyword.
30 uses - Created 2008-06-12 08:36:39 - Last used 2009-09-18 08:13:31 - Nominate - Description - http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/search?search=%s&casesensitive=false&and=true

elink
Perform searches for ELinks (Emule Links)
30 uses - Created 2008-06-23 22:47:37 - Last used 2015-10-22 05:29:48 - Nominate - Description - http://www.emugle.com/search.php?q=%s&t=All+categories&f=0&ex=&mins=&maxs=&avai=&Submit=Search+in+emugle

sel
SearchEngineLand quick search.
30 uses - Created 2008-09-12 17:27:56 - Last used 2019-03-08 12:43:15 - Nominate - Description - http://search.searchengineland.com/search?w=%s

jfile
Searches the Jargon File.
30 uses - Created 2008-09-14 12:55:49 - Last used 2011-01-21 10:54:22 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Awww.catb.org%2Fjargon%2Fhtml+%s

sonypl
A command to search Sony's Polish website.
30 uses - Created 2008-09-19 08:16:01 - Last used 2009-02-05 12:58:56 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%s+site%3Asony.pl

gopubmed
Searches GoPubMed.
30 uses - Created 2008-09-23 07:29:29 - Last used 2010-08-21 14:31:34 - Nominate - Description - http://www.gopubmed.org/search?q=%s

tdir
I thought the other commands for searching TigerDirect were too long to keep retyping.
30 uses - Created 2008-11-15 16:51:35 - Last used 2014-04-28 20:40:21 - Nominate - Description - http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/search.asp?keywords=%s&image1.x=0&image1.y=0

cprog
C++ Reference from www.cplusplus.com
30 uses - Created 2008-12-11 14:23:34 - Last used 2017-03-26 19:07:38 - Nominate - Description - http://www.cplusplus.com/query/search.cgi?q=%s

scam
Search through ComplaintsBoard.com to see if a company has received any scam complaints. Syntax: scam <company name> Example: scam Easy Money Online
30 uses - Created 2008-12-15 10:44:06 - Last used 2022-10-06 19:18:58 - Nominate - Description - http://www.complaintsboard.com/?search=%s

nysop
NYS Office of Professions License Verification
30 uses - Created 2008-12-30 16:25:35 - Last used 2014-01-29 07:16:22 - Nominate - Description - http://www.op.nysed.gov/opsearches.htm

pert
Simple PERT calculation, taking in the best, likely, and worst case estimates. Example: Best 2 hours Likely 4 hours Worst 9 hours pert -a 2 -b 4 -c 9
30 uses - Created 2009-02-05 21:27:33 - Last used 2023-04-02 07:55:36 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=(${a}%2B(4(${b}))%2B${c})%2F6&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

gbsj
google blog search (in Japanese only) ex)If you'd like to search "ドラえもん" gbsj ドラえもん
30 uses - Created 2009-02-23 02:22:58 - Last used 2011-02-13 09:27:24 - Nominate - Description - http://blogsearch.google.co.jp/blogsearch?hl=ja&ie=UTF-8&q=%s&btnG=%E3%83%96%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B0%E6%A4%9C%E7%B4%A2&lr=lang_ja

rstat
search ROLLYO for information related to the R statistical software (brought to you by Dan Goldstein)
30 uses - Created 2009-03-11 10:06:52 - Last used 2017-05-04 04:01:59 - Nominate - Description - http://www.rollyo.com/search.html?q=%s&x=22&y=8&sid=64453&togo-v=1

serchilo
Use the service serchilo (similar to yubnub) To search via google for "pizza chicago" (as possible with yubnub) Example: serchilo g pizza chicago To show serchilo commands in the category "shopping" Example: serchilo wiki Category:Shopping
30 uses - Created 2009-06-20 15:45:04 - Last used 2015-12-30 05:33:25 - Nominate - Description - http://serchilo.net/%s

gsa
Search Google South Africa for a term. Usage gsa keyword
30 uses - Created 2009-10-06 17:29:22 - Last used 2025-06-12 03:50:19 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.co.za/search?hl=en&q=%s&btnG=Search&meta=cr%3DcountryZA

unf
Searching Unfuddle
30 uses - Created 2010-01-12 10:26:56 - Last used 2011-11-29 15:28:51 - Nominate - Description - https://elc.unfuddle.com/account/search?query=%s

gjava
Java Google Code Search
30 uses - Created 2010-01-22 15:28:33 - Last used 2020-11-20 17:57:19 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/codesearch?hl=fr&sa=N&q=%s++lang:java&ct=rr&cs_r=lang:java

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