Command List (ls)

tex
Search the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN) for TeX package descriptions.
502 uses - Created 2006-06-28 14:35:31 - Last used 2024-03-15 11:43:42 - Nominate - Description - http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/search.py?metadataSearch=%s&metadataSearchSubmit=Search

nzlibraries
Search for books in New Zealand Libraries' Catalogue (http://nzlc.natlib.govt.nz/) http://nzlc.natlib.govt.nz/ using the NZ National Bibliographic Database
502 uses - Created 2009-05-26 12:25:15 - Last used 2013-02-10 15:38:10 - Nominate - Description - http://nzlc.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=%s&SL=None&Search_Code=GKEY^*&CNT=25&HIST=1

active

501 uses - Created 2005-07-18 04:24:54 - Last used 2025-03-04 09:33:58 - Nominate - Description - http://active.com/running/?ec=0&feature=36&search_criteria=run&zip=%s&maxrows=10&CFID=24212262&CFTOKEN=87590848

icq
ICQ People Search. Just enter a name, city, Country or Interest and it makes a full-text Search for People in icq.
501 uses - Created 2006-01-16 08:12:14 - Last used 2022-03-10 17:12:49 - Nominate - Description - http://www.icq.com/whitepages/search_result.php?photo=1&search_type=keyword&online=on&keyword2=%s

page
IBM Blue Pages people search made easy (only accessible for IBM employees) People outside IBM can use: http://www.ibm.com/contact/employees/
500 uses - Created 2009-01-08 15:18:51 - Last used 2025-06-03 07:24:01 - Nominate - Description - http://w3.ibm.com/jct03019wt/bluepages/simpleSearch.wss?searchBy=Name&location=All+locations&searchFor=%s

zai
Shortcut to some popular image search/tools. SYNOPSIS ZAI [COMMAND] [QUERY] COMMANDS h=>(bimj), baidu in japanese.Hong Kong? f=>(flk) , flcker k=>(nvi), Korea:Naver r=>(як) ,Russia:Yandex j=>(gooi) Japan: Goo c=>(baidui),China:Baidu t=>tineye , send the url to tineye p=>pcs , Picsearch z=>zimage, Zuula Anything else is send to ZAX EXAMPLES ZAI p hello princess To use picsearch ZAI i hello princess calls zax to do a search with google and yahoo
500 uses - Created 2010-10-19 18:45:36 - Last used 2023-03-09 12:16:41 - Nominate - Description - { switch {% 1 %s} | h=>bimj,f=>flk ,k=>nvi,r=>як ,j=>gooi ,c=>baidui,t=>tineye ,p=>pcs ,z=>zimage, * => zax {% 1 %s} } {% 2- %s}

mren
Searches the Marathi-English dictionary at Shabdkosh. Works in both directions. English-Marathi: mren grass Marathi-English: mren दळण
499 uses - Created 2019-12-08 17:46:32 - Last used 2025-04-04 16:27:38 - Nominate - Description - https://www.shabdkosh.com/dictionary/marathi-english/%s/

su
Searches the StumbleUpon database for sites with the selected keyword. Search is powered by Yahoo but includes baked-in reviews, ratings, and comments from StumbleUpon members. Example: su photography su bumcello
498 uses - Created 2005-06-16 04:11:03 - Last used 2024-10-17 23:00:17 - Nominate - Description - http://search.stumbleupon.com/?q=%s

opensearch (Golden Egg)
NAME opensearch - Creates OpenSearch XML for a YubNub command SYNOPSIS opensearch [YUBNUB COMMAND] EXAMPLES opensearch g opensearch ls NOTES This kind of functionality, if YubNub supported it, could be even cooler. If YubNub let us actually specify different kinds of URLs for commands (and the other kinds of parameters OpenSearch has natively) YubNub would be like an OpenSearch over-layer for the web. AUTHOR Stephen Paul Weber http://singpolyma-tech.blogspot.com/
498 uses - Created 2007-01-23 01:03:49 - Last used 2025-08-13 03:38:50 - Description - http://jonathanaquino.com/singpolymaplay/yubnub-opensearch.php?xn_auth=no&cmd=%s

mart
Transliteral Foundation Marathi dictionary search. Enter English or Marathi words to get Marathi definitions. इंग्रजीत किंवा मराठीत शब्द घाला, मराठीत परिभाषा वा अर्थ मिळेल. Example: mart कोपर, mart testament
498 uses - Created 2020-12-07 00:20:18 - Last used 2025-05-20 19:50:14 - Nominate - Description - https://www.transliteral.org/dictionary/%s/word

abz
Dictionary of Czech foreign words. To search for the meaning of a word, just type the word after the abz command. Example: abz paradigma
497 uses - Created 2008-04-20 18:52:17 - Last used 2021-02-07 12:27:58 - Nominate - Description - http://slovnik-cizich-slov.abz.cz/web.php/hledat?typ_hledani=substr&cizi_slovo=%s

pons
Dictionary German-English / English-German Example: pons cow, pons Ordnungswidrigkeit
497 uses - Created 2008-10-16 10:21:06 - Last used 2020-03-19 01:00:32 - Nominate - Description - http://www.pons.eu/dict/search/results/?q=%s&l=deen

tpdb
Searches The Poster DB (TPDB) for a movie/show. The Poster DB is one of the largest sites for user-uploaded movie and TV Show posters. Very useful for filling out your home media / Plex / Kodi / etc library! Example: tpdb The Matrix
497 uses - Created 2022-03-22 18:42:47 - Last used 2025-07-29 11:33:08 - Nominate - Description - https://theposterdb.com/search?term=%s

bggg
Board Game Geek. Search BGG using their search engine. (Note the bgg command searches BGG using Google) bggg settlers takes you to a listing of all games in the Geek with the letters 'settlers' in the title. bgg settlers takes you directly to the settlers of catan page, as that is the #1 page according to google for 'setters' at the Geek.
496 uses - Created 2008-02-01 17:40:23 - Last used 2023-12-24 14:33:35 - Nominate - Description - http://www.boardgamegeek.com/metasearch.php?searchtype=game&search=%s

yxi
Performs a Yandex Image search using the given keywords.
496 uses - Created 2019-01-15 11:11:21 - Last used 2025-05-11 17:42:55 - Nominate - Description - https://yandex.com/images/search?text=%s

cooks
Searches Cook's Illustrated. Subscription required, but oh so worth it.
495 uses - Created 2005-10-13 21:15:53 - Last used 2025-08-11 10:16:24 - Nominate - Description - http://www.cooksillustrated.com/searchall.asp?searchtext=%s

wordpress
Search the WordPress Codex.
495 uses - Created 2012-04-29 19:04:39 - Last used 2025-09-13 00:49:51 - Nominate - Description - http://wordpress.org/search/%s

wpid
Cari Wikipedia bahasa Indonesia / Bahasa Indonesia Wikipedia search
495 uses - Created 2011-06-09 11:09:14 - Last used 2025-01-26 22:56:48 - Nominate - Description - http://id.wikipedia.org/?search=%s

uman
Search Linux man pages through all sections.
494 uses - Created 2005-06-21 13:01:03 - Last used 2025-03-23 16:54:02 - Nominate - Description - http://man.linuxquestions.org/index.php?query=%s&section=0&type=0

unc
Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
493 uses - Created 2006-01-20 20:01:40 - Last used 2025-09-11 17:27:52 - Nominate - Description - http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s&go=Go

cliki
CLiki Search. Search the Common Lisp Wiki
492 uses - Created 2005-10-31 16:45:44 - Last used 2023-04-24 11:28:29 - Nominate - Description - http://www.cliki.net/admin/search?words=%s

movrev
returns movie reviews on metacritic.com
492 uses - Created 2007-07-30 14:39:34 - Last used 2024-02-02 16:56:52 - Nominate - Description - http://www.metacritic.com/search/movie/%s/results

gdocsearch
An updated implementation of the "gdoc" command, which used to allow you to search for Google Docs quickly.
492 uses - Created 2017-12-11 10:08:35 - Last used 2025-09-04 20:32:22 - Nominate - Description - https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/?tgif=c&q=%s

vpn

491 uses - Created 2005-06-21 02:40:13 - Last used 2025-08-10 15:27:12 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%s

hackage
Search HackageDB -- a collection of Haskell packages. Example: hackage quickcheck
491 uses - Created 2008-03-19 16:11:37 - Last used 2024-03-08 06:18:59 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&as_sitesearch=hackage.haskell.org%2Fcgi-bin%2Fhackage-scripts%2Fpackage&as_q=%s

apira
Search Rails documentation at apidock.com.
491 uses - Created 2008-09-06 13:28:12 - Last used 2016-03-02 06:35:33 - Nominate - Description - http://apidock.com/rails/search?query=%s&commit=Search

gclo
Search code into Google Closure library
491 uses - Created 2011-07-14 19:27:29 - Last used 2012-03-10 12:48:15 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/codesearch#search&q=%s+package:closure-library.googlecode.com

yjt
NAME yjt - A course of a Japanese train search SYNOPSIS yjt -f [from station] -t [to station] EXAMPLES yjt -f “Œ‹ž@-t a’J A course of a Japanese train search AUTHOR ZEGENVS
488 uses - Created 2006-05-07 15:55:23 - Last used 2010-11-01 22:28:41 - Nominate - Description - http://transit.yahoo.co.jp/search?from=${f}&val_to=${t}

ex
Searches Eurekster.com Personalized search. ex foobar - searches the web for foobar ex foobar -source blog - searches in blogs for foobar possible -sources: web blog defaults to web due to parse problems specify the source last.
487 uses - Created 2005-07-12 07:31:50 - Last used 2025-09-12 02:28:10 - Nominate - Description - http://eurekster.com/search?p=Q&ts=e&w=%s&src=${source=web}

tpch
www.toppreise.ch Searching the best price in swiss onlineshops
487 uses - Created 2007-01-23 07:32:38 - Last used 2025-09-14 02:58:46 - Nominate - Description - http://www.toppreise.ch/index.php?search=%s

soff
Split screen search with Google results on the left and Windows Live Search results on the right
487 uses - Created 2007-06-06 07:44:18 - Last used 2015-10-01 13:55:39 - Nominate - Description - split {url g %s} {url wls %s}

street
StreetPrices Search. Find out the current market price for a product. To lookup a price, just type the name of the product. Example: street nikon d200 To browse a category, simply type in the category name. Example: street tv
486 uses - Created 2007-08-14 22:30:42 - Last used 2025-08-17 23:48:40 - Nominate - Description - http://www.streetprices.com/x/search.cgi?query=%s

acma
ACMA Register of Radiocommunications Licences search by callsign. Of great use to hams wanting to look up a callsign quickly without having to navigate through the ACMA site. Here's an example: amca vk2fnrd
486 uses - Created 2008-03-03 11:24:53 - Last used 2023-03-11 09:17:53 - Nominate - Description - http://web.acma.gov.au/pls/radcom/register_search.search_dispatcher?pSEARCH_TYPE=Licences&pSUB_TYPE=Callsign&pEXACT_IND=matches&SUBMIT=Go&pQRY=%s

swiss
This command locates the input place in swiss maps on the website map.search.ch Ex: swiss sur villard, denges (points to Sur Villard, Denges)
486 uses - Created 2008-09-23 16:22:47 - Last used 2025-08-24 13:03:46 - Nominate - Description - http://map.search.ch/%s

mu
Search Mozilla Update Finds extensions and themes for Mozilla products, including Firefox and Thunderbird. Syntax: mu LiveLines
485 uses - Created 2005-06-24 16:54:38 - Last used 2025-08-03 05:45:54 - Nominate - Description - https://addons.mozilla.org/quicksearch.php?q=%s

aomp3
Search ALLOFMP3 - the controversial russian music portal. Example: aomp3 yann tiersen
485 uses - Created 2005-08-22 22:50:06 - Last used 2024-04-01 12:11:01 - Nominate - Description - http://search.allofmp3.com/search.shtml?search=%s&x=0&y=0&range=all&searchaud=yes&rezult=ON

uncy
Searches Uncyclopedia, the Wikipedia parody.
484 uses - Created 2005-06-20 23:15:02 - Last used 2015-10-31 06:52:17 - Nominate - Description - http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s&go=Go

mpor
eMPORnium All Category Search i.e. To find Boobs: mpor boobs
484 uses - Created 2006-08-31 09:12:31 - Last used 2022-03-05 18:53:47 - Nominate - Description - http://www.empornium.us/browse.php?search=%s&cat=0&incldead=0

yelpnyc
Yelp search with default location set to New York City. Location can be changed by using the -where handle. E.g. yelpnyc taco - searches for taco in NYC yelpnyc taco -where seattle - searches for taco in Seattle
484 uses - Created 2007-08-06 18:30:37 - Last used 2017-07-12 11:28:50 - Nominate - Description - http://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=%s&ns=1&rpp=10&find_loc=${where=NYC}&action_search.x=0&action_search.y=0

epinions
epinions.com
483 uses - Created 2005-07-01 09:40:39 - Last used 2012-05-17 01:49:18 - Nominate - Description - http://www.epinions.com/search/?search_string=%s&submitted_form=searchbar&tax_name=&dyn_nav=0&dyn_nav_id=&search_vertical=all

divxpl
divxplanet subtitle search
483 uses - Created 2007-04-02 09:30:11 - Last used 2015-04-16 20:33:00 - Nominate - Description - http://www.divxplanet.com/index.php?page=arama&arama=%s

fake
Find a lead sheet for a song by searching the Fake Book Index.
483 uses - Created 2010-03-29 23:43:27 - Last used 2025-09-21 05:27:04 - Nominate - Description - http://www.seventhstring.co.uk/fbindex.html?z_srchstr=%s&z_bklist=2&z_dpage=Results&z_titlelen=0&cs1=1&cs2=1&cs3=1&cs5=1&re1=1&re2=1&re3=1&cs6=1&cs12=1&cs8=1&cs9=1&aeb=1&hlp=1&hl1=1&hl11=1&hl12=1&hl2=1&hl3=1&hl8=1&hl9=1&hl4=1&hl5=1&hl6=1&hl7=1&hl13=1&fm1=1&fm2=1&fm3=1&fm4=1&fm5=1&cc0=1&lg1=1&ltfk=1&wb1=1&wb2=1&wb3=1&bbeb=1&jbg=1&sb2=1&wrb=1&wrj=1&le1=1&dh1=1&dh2=1&lhb=1&pm=1&jchl=1&cmhl=1&kbhl=1&alhl=1&bef=1&omni=1&gs0=1&gs1=1&jb0=1&jb1=1&jb2=1&hlrb=1&hlb=1&ts1=1&ts2=1&ts3=1&belt=1&bbjs=1&ab0=1&pk0=1&pk1=1&hlrb1=1&hlrb2=1&hlrb3=1&hlvrb1=1&orb1=1&orb2=1&orb3=1&ovrb=1&sch=1

adall
Book Meta-search via used.adall.com of many used/rare book dealers, also often returns new books. Default search is keyword, but you can specify author, title, or ISBN using switches: For example: adall - author Shakespeare -title Twelfth Night -isbn 0198320191
482 uses - Created 2006-10-17 17:22:09 - Last used 2023-05-07 16:18:19 - Nominate - Description - http://used.addall.com/SuperRare/submitRare.cgi?author=${author}&title=${title}&keyword=%s&isbn=${isbn}&order=PRICE&ordering=ASC&dispCurr=USD&binding=Any+Binding&min=&max=&timeout=20&match=Y&checkstore=Check+All&store=Abebooks&store=AbebooksDE&store=AbebooksFR&store=AbebooksUK&store=Alibris&store=Amazon&store=AmazonCA&store=AmazonUK&store=AmazonDE&store=AmazonFR&store=Antiqbook&store=Biblio&store=Bibliophile&store=Bibliopoly&store=Booksandcollectibles&store=Half&store=ILAB&store=Maremagnum&store=Powells&store=Strandbooks&store=ZVAB

maven
Search Maven's "Central" repository for JVM artifacts.
481 uses - Created 2011-08-11 01:53:43 - Last used 2025-02-24 16:13:08 - Nominate - Description - http://search.maven.org/#search%7Cga%7C1%7C%s

irs
Search the IRS for publications (e.g. irs 8863 will find Form 8863, Education Credits)
481 uses - Created 2006-04-16 06:38:01 - Last used 2024-12-04 10:45:38 - Nominate - Description - http://search.irs.gov/web/query.html?col=allirs&charset=utf-8&qp=&qs=-Wct%3A%22Internal+Revenue+Manual%22&qc=&qm=0&rf=0&oq=&qt=%s&search.x=0&search.y=0&search=%26%24self.text%28u%27search%27%29%3B

sim
Search similicio.us for sites similar to a given url. Example: sim www.fark.com will search for sites similar to Fark.
480 uses - Created 2006-03-14 14:46:16 - Last used 2022-02-03 10:20:28 - Nominate - Description - http://similicio.us/search.php?submit=find+similar&url=%s

law
Search FindLaw.com
479 uses - Created 2005-06-28 02:22:59 - Last used 2025-05-13 05:57:08 - Nominate - Description - http://dictionary.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/search.pl?s=%s

icon
Searches Wincustomize.com's Objectdock icon library. A decent place to find icons for things - even if you wouldn't be caught dead using Windows. And yeah, I got this one right. The forms from the last entry didn't update after I re-entered content, sadly leading to erroneous database input.
479 uses - Created 2005-08-13 21:48:27 - Last used 2025-07-17 14:14:11 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wincustomize.com/Skins.aspx?LibID=29&view=1&sortby=4&sortdir=DESC&p=1&advanced=1&searchtxt=%s&scat=Dock%20icons

thomann
For all those interested in Pro Sound and musical instruments this comand searches thomann music store
478 uses - Created 2007-03-01 18:43:01 - Last used 2025-05-11 02:54:08 - Nominate - Description - http://www.thomann.de/gb/search_dir.html?sw=%s&x=0&y=0

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