Command List (ls)

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SYNOPSIS << [Yubnub command|URL] [query, optional] -pool [number, optional, default is 7] EXAMPLES << lj ruby on rails Searches for "Ruby on Rails" (via Google) within sites related to Live Journal --like Blogger, Movable Type, Six Apart, etc... << cnn muhammad Searches for "Muhammad" (via Google) within sites related to CNN --like ABC News, NYTimes, MSNBC, FOX News, BBC, etc... << dilbert microsoft Searches for "Microsoft" (via Google) within sites related to Dilbert.com --like User Friendly, …
156 uses - Created 2006-01-31 10:43:36 - Last used 2012-07-27 15:35:02 - Nominate - Description - http://eemadges.com/rel?url={url {% 1 %s}}&query={% 2- %s}&pool=${pool=7}&md=nogfl[no url encoding]

<
SYNOPSIS < [Yubnub command|URL] [query, optional] -pool [number, optional, default is 7] EXAMPLES < cnn Takes you to http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/ < dilbert Takes you to Doonesbury.com < britannica.com thermodynamics Takes you to the Infoplease article for Thermodynamics. < britannica.com thermodynamics -pool 20 Takes you to the Wikipedia article for Thermodynamics. Pool is the number of related websites among which to search, the search pool, and so, the higher the number, the lower the ave…
340 uses - Created 2006-01-31 10:13:36 - Last used 2021-02-08 03:44:56 - Nominate - Description - http://eemadges.com/rel?url={url {% 1 %s}}&query={% 2- %s}&pool=${pool=7}&md=gfl[no url encoding]

enghun
english->hungarian dictionary
50 uses - Created 2006-01-31 08:46:56 - Last used 2008-03-23 23:51:31 - Nominate - Description - http://szotar.sztaki.hu/dict_search.php?L=ENG%3AHUN%3AEngHunDict&O=HUN&flash=&E=1&W=%s&M=2&P=0&C=1&A=1&T=1

spll
SYNOPSIS spll [Yubnub command] [word(s) to check spelling] -engine [localized Google version to use in spell checking, optional, defaults to Google English] EXAMPLE spll gnews cmbodia performs: a search in Google News for "cambodia" spll flint monica beluci performs: a search in Flickr for "monica bellucci" spll g internatioal aids confrence performs: a search in Google for "international aids conference" spllw am der gefagene von askaban -engine gde performs: a search in Amazon for "der gefang…
664 uses - Created 2006-01-31 07:41:09 - Last used 2012-12-05 20:14:20 - Nominate - Description - yubnub {% 1 %s} {spllw {% 2- %s} -engine ${engine}}[no url encoding]

spllw
SYNOPSIS spllw [word(s) to check spelling] -engine [localized Google version to use in spell checking, optional, defaults to Google English] EXAMPLE spllw cmbodia results: cambodia spllw monica beluci returns: monica bellucci spllw internatioal aids confrence returns: international aids conference spllw sucche -engine gde results: suche (Because spelling "suche" --search in German-- as "sucche" is a common mistake of German speakers. Note that Google English wouldn't see this is a misspelling) …
4598 uses - Created 2006-01-31 07:20:44 - Last used 2013-04-30 04:34:17 - Nominate - Description - sp2 -new {sp1 %s -engine ${engine}} -orig %s[no url encoding]

sp2
SYNOPSIS sp2 -new [CORRECTED WORDS] -orig [UNCORRECTED WORDS] EXAMPLE sp2 -new {sp1 monica beluci} -orig monica beluci returns: monica bellucci sp2 -new {sp1 internatioal aids confrence} -orig internatioal aids confrence returns: international aids conference Another building block on the way to spllw and as such it can only be understood in relation to them both. sp1 is a command that scrapes the "did you mean" suggestion from Google, but because it does it for all cases (and not just for one …
4031 uses - Created 2006-01-31 06:58:03 - Last used 2019-12-30 06:05:58 - Nominate - Description - ifEmpty -value ${new} -then ${orig} -else {strReplace -find + -replace %20 -string {delw -w -s {delw -w -s ${new}}}}[no url encoding]

fly
Track a flight on flightaware.com by airline abbreviation and flight number Example: fly DL11
583 uses - Created 2006-01-31 06:23:17 - Last used 2025-08-23 04:52:44 - Nominate - Description - http://flightaware.com/live/flight/%s

spc
Checks the spelling of your input of any Yubnub command. SYNTAX spc [yubnub command] [your query to be spellchecked] EXAMPLE spc gim cmbodia (performs a google image search for "cambodia") spc wiki collor (performs a wikipedia search for "color") spc gmails new prooject (performs a gmail search for "new project") RELATED COMMANDS \\ ?> filterstring % spellcheck CREATED BY Jacob Ensor (magicjj) of jjefferydesign.com. Duplicate command of "\\". Created due to browser conflicts of the double back…
34 uses - Created 2006-01-31 02:55:05 - Last used 2012-05-03 15:09:26 - Nominate - Description - http://yubnub.org/parser/parse?command={% 1 %s}+{spllw {filterstring 1 %s}}[no url encoding]

\\ (Golden Egg)
Checks the spelling of your input of any Yubnub command. SYNTAX \\ [yubnub command] [your query to be spellchecked] EXAMPLE \\ gim cmbodia (performs a google image search for "cambodia") \\ wiki collor (performs a wikipedia search for "color") \\ gmails new prooject (performs a gmail search for "new project") RELATED COMMANDS ?> filterstring % spellcheck CREATED BY Jacob Ensor (magicjj) of jjefferydesign.com. Special thanks to Jon Aquino and Anastas for help with debugging the command. Made po…
3516 uses - Created 2006-01-31 02:43:17 - Last used 2013-05-15 23:18:17 - Description - http://yubnub.org/parser/parse?command={% 1 %s}+{spllw {filterstring 1 %s}}[no url encoding]

reddit
Reddit Search Usage example: reddit yubnub Author: Kai (www.feverishmind.com)
8013 uses - Created 2006-01-31 02:39:19 - Last used 2025-11-03 13:14:34 - Nominate - Description - http://reddit.com/search?q=%s

listplay
Creates an M3U playlist from a list of coma-seperated URL's submitted by the user. listplay <url1>[,<url2>,<url3>..] EXAMPLE: listplay http://libsyn.com/media/sciencefriday/scifri-2006012724.mp3, http://libsyn.com/media/sciencefriday/scifri-2006012713.mp3
18 uses - Created 2006-01-31 01:42:13 - Last used 2012-07-03 23:42:16 - Nominate - Description - http://silenceisdefeat.org/~dscener/yubnub/playlist.m3u?urls=%s

ifEmpty (Golden Egg)
A simple remix of ifThen to make it easier to test for emptiness. Example: ifEmpty -value minsky -then nothing -else something returns: something ifEmpty -value -then nothing -else something returns: nothing
59105 uses - Created 2006-01-31 00:53:51 - Last used 2025-01-08 21:27:20 - Description - ifThen -value1 ${value} -value2 -test EQUAL -then ${then} -else ${else}

delw
A quick remix of strReplace to make it easier to delete some words in a string.
8128 uses - Created 2006-01-31 00:42:50 - Last used 2019-04-13 18:48:57 - Nominate - Description - strReplace -find ${w} -replace -string ${s}

*>>
SYNOPSIS *>> [engine] [Yubnub command|URL] [query] EXAMPLES *>> viv wp list of paradoxes Makes a search in Vivisimo for "list of paradoxes" restricted to the domain of the English Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org) *>> ask cnn priests Makes a search in Ask Jeeves! for "priests" restricted to CNN's domain (cnn.com) *>> alta kottke job Makes a search in Altavista for "job" restricted to Kottke's domain (kottke.org) *>> clusty http://www.alistapart.com/articles/bathingape zeldman Makes a search in Clust…
36 uses - Created 2006-01-30 23:36:50 - Last used 2010-11-20 15:21:14 - Nominate - Description - yubnub {% 1 %s} site:{ extractDomainName { url {% 2 %s} } } {% 3- %s} [no url encoding]

filterstring (Golden Egg)
SYNTAX filterstring (number) [phrase] Performs opposite %. Removes a word from a string based on the number given. A "-" before or after the number will remove all words before, or after the corresponding word as well. EXAMPLE filterstring 2 How is the world today? (returns "How the world today?" filterstring 1 Hello world! (returns "world!") filterstring 2- gim cars like the porsche (returns "gim") filterstring -3 How is the world today? (returns "world today?") Created for piping purposes. ht…
46791 uses - Created 2006-01-30 22:24:17 - Last used 2023-03-03 12:32:25 - Description - http://www.jakeisgod.com/yubnub/filterstring.php?input=%s

wen
English Wikipedia search. Alias to 'wp'.
1731 uses - Created 2006-01-30 21:23:12 - Last used 2025-10-24 01:46:02 - Nominate - Description - http://en.wikipedia.org?search=%s

wcs
Czech Wikipedia search Alias to 'wpcs'.
896 uses - Created 2006-01-30 21:22:05 - Last used 2016-12-22 12:34:04 - Nominate - Description - http://cs.wikipedia.org?search=%s

change (Golden Egg)
NAME change - encode and decode text using a number of different methods Note: The code isn't mine, I've only changed the Post method to Get and added the simple mode for use it inside other commands You can find the original code here: SNEAK: Snarkles.Net Encryption Assortment Kit v 1.27 http://snarkles.net/ SYNOPSIS change TEXT -method METHOD [-simple YES] Mandatory arguments: TEXT the string you want to convert -method METHOD the conversion method. Can be one of these: asc2bin - for ASCII to…
7701 uses - Created 2006-01-30 21:17:25 - Last used 2024-09-20 22:14:57 - Description - http://www.saraswaticlasses.net/yubnub/convert.php?text=%s&cryptmethod=${method}&submit=OK&simple=${simple=no}

my_
MYSPACE
10 uses - Created 2006-01-30 20:59:40 - Last used 2007-04-05 19:26:48 - Nominate - Description - http://www.myspace.com

?> (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS ?> [word(s) to check spelling] -engine [yubnub command for localized Google version to use in spell checking, optional, defaults to Google English] EXAMPLE ?> cmbodia results: cambodia ?> paecekeeper results: peacekeeper ?> sucche -engine gde results: suche (Because spelling "suche" --search in German-- as "sucche" is a common mistake of German speakers. Note that Google English wouldn't see this is a misspelling) ?> soni -engine ges results: sony(Because spelling Sony as Soni is a com…
279 uses - Created 2006-01-30 19:49:15 - Last used 2021-07-02 21:12:19 - Description - ifthen -value1 {scrape -tokens spell -dirs 0 0 0 -url {url[no url encoding] ${engine=g} %s}} -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then {scrape -tokens spell -dirs 0 0 0 -url {url[no url encoding] ${engine=g} %s}} -else %s

karaoke
Opens up the Internet Karaoke player.
50 uses - Created 2006-01-30 18:17:20 - Last used 2021-11-21 17:40:28 - Nominate - Description - http://www.internetkaraoke.net

sp1
SYNOPSIS sp1 [word(s) to check spelling] -engine [localized Google version to use in spell checking, optional, defaults to Google English] EXAMPLE sp1 cmbodia results: cambodia sp1 paecekeeper results: peacekeeper sp1 monica belluci results: monica+bellucci sp1 sucche -engine gde results: suche (Because spelling "suche" --search in German-- as "sucche" is a common mistake of German speakers. Note that Google English wouldn't see this is a misspell…
5062 uses - Created 2006-01-30 17:52:49 - Last used 2014-12-25 07:50:44 - Nominate - Description - scrape -tokens spell=1 class=p> </a>   -dirs 0 0 0 -url {url[no url encoding] ${engine=g} %s}

sp0
SYNOPSIS sp0 [word(s) to check spelling] -engine [localized Google version to use in spell checking, optional, defaults to Google English] EXAMPLE sp0 cmbodia results: cambodia sp0 paecekeeper results: peacekeeper sp0 monica belluci results: monica bellucci sp0 sucche -engine gde results: suche (Because spelling "suche" --search in German-- as "sucche" is a common mistake of German speakers. Note that Google English wouldn't see this is a misspell…
45 uses - Created 2006-01-30 17:41:19 - Last used 2023-10-18 07:53:25 - Nominate - Description - scrape2 -tokens spell=1 class=p> </a>   -dirs 0 0 0 -url {url[no url encoding] ${engine=g} %s}

firext
link2firefox extensions-site
61 uses - Created 2006-01-30 15:45:54 - Last used 2010-07-13 14:07:42 - Nominate - Description - https://addons.mozilla.org/?application=firefox

alexa2
I think this is a slight improvement of the Alexa command... USAGE: alexa2 [URL] -vs [URL for comparison] (optional) EXAMPLES: alexa2 yubnub.org # shows traffic stats for yubnub.org alexa2 yubnub.org -vs feverishmind.com # compares traffic for yubnub.org with feverishmind.com
23 uses - Created 2006-01-30 14:38:08 - Last used 2009-02-12 18:58:22 - Nominate - Description - http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?&range=6m&size=medium&y=r&compare_sites=${vs}&url=%s#top

figure
same as gim (Google Image) but optimized for Mobile devices. For e.g. figure apple (Display apple image on your mobile phone)
131 uses - Created 2006-01-30 13:30:01 - Last used 2025-05-18 03:34:27 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.google.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3D%s&hl=en&lr=&mrestrict=xhtml&q=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.google.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3D%s&_gwt_noimg=0

wsag

23 uses - Created 2006-01-30 10:04:50 - Last used 2014-04-29 01:04:07 - Nominate - Description - http://www.web-shuttle.de

hon
It searches for link conversation using four famous services like bloglines, technorati, google blog search and blogpulse
96 uses - Created 2006-01-30 08:33:19 - Last used 2022-12-12 03:50:32 - Nominate - Description - http://yubnub.org/parser/parse?command=mash %s tec bps gbs blc

bps
Find blogs that point to a link via BlogPulse
738 uses - Created 2006-01-30 08:06:45 - Last used 2024-09-19 21:00:15 - Nominate - Description - http://www.blogpulse.com/search?boolean=link&link=%s

rubyjadoc
shortcut for Japanese reference page of Ruby
17 uses - Created 2006-01-30 07:17:26 - Last used 2009-04-30 14:46:12 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ruby-lang.org/ja/man/?cmd=view&name=search&key=%s

mcb
a ' Multiply ' Chatterbox forum.
65 uses - Created 2006-01-30 07:14:35 - Last used 2016-01-23 12:24:03 - Nominate - Description - http://chatterspot.multiply.com/notes/item/2

qq:
QQ status search: QQ is a IM software that is a hotest software in china.qq has provided a feature that allows people to display their QQ status via your blog. To query someone's status, simply type their QQ code: Example: qq: 297102223 You'll see a QQ button with their status: online, offline etc.
2444 uses - Created 2006-01-30 06:01:53 - Last used 2024-04-10 10:23:03 - Nominate - Description - http://wpa.qq.com/pa?p=1:%s:1 alt="µã»÷ÕâÀï¸øÎÒ·¢ÏûÏ¢"

trap
Trap17 Forums quick search command (http://www.trap17.com/forums) Syntax: trap search-terms Example: trap gmail
58 uses - Created 2006-01-30 05:50:11 - Last used 2025-03-09 04:42:11 - Nominate - Description - http://www.trap17.com/forums/index.php?forums=all&act=Search&CODE=01&keywords=%s

astah
Quick search command for the Astahost Technical forums (http://www.astahost.com) Syntax: astah keywords Example: astah google
44 uses - Created 2006-01-30 05:47:43 - Last used 2024-09-24 11:53:12 - Nominate - Description - http://www.astahost.com/index.php?forums=all&act=Search&CODE=01&keywords=%s

bag
A weekly podcast containing music of unsigned artists who are members of the Podsafe Music Network. A Mystery Sound Contest with prizes, Ed's Software Tip, comedy tracks and promos of other podcasts.
42 uses - Created 2006-01-30 02:42:56 - Last used 2022-09-12 13:45:03 - Nominate - Description - http://www.emb.libsyn.com

compline
Today's night prayers.
377 uses - Created 2006-01-30 02:18:15 - Last used 2012-01-24 05:52:14 - Nominate - Description - http://www.universalis.com/compline.htm

vespers
Today's evening prayers.
133 uses - Created 2006-01-30 02:17:56 - Last used 2011-11-15 22:57:38 - Nominate - Description - http://www.universalis.com/vespers.htm

lauds
Today's morning prayers plus the invitatory psalm.
576 uses - Created 2006-01-30 02:17:34 - Last used 2018-10-11 22:27:13 - Nominate - Description - http://www.universalis.com/i-lauds.htm

cathen
Search the 1917 public domain Catholic Encyclopedia as hosted on NewAdvent.org.
241 uses - Created 2006-01-30 02:07:42 - Last used 2022-01-17 16:33:22 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%s+site%3Anewadvent.org%2Fcathen%2F&btnI=I'm+Feeling+Lucky

golem
link2www.golem.de
226 uses - Created 2006-01-29 22:17:01 - Last used 2022-04-26 23:05:17 - Nominate - Description - http://www.golem.de/

anten
English antonym dictionary Diccionario de antónimos inglés
33 uses - Created 2006-01-29 21:20:38 - Last used 2020-05-10 15:36:33 - Nominate - Description - http://www.synonym.com/antonym/%s

synen
English synonym dictionary Diccionario de sinónimos inglés
20 uses - Created 2006-01-29 21:19:45 - Last used 2024-07-20 20:09:00 - Nominate - Description - http://www.synonym.com/synonym/%s

sines
Diccionario de sinónimos español Espasa-Calpe Spanish synonym dictionary
2285 uses - Created 2006-01-29 21:15:39 - Last used 2025-10-09 02:48:07 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wordreference.com/sinonimos/%s

yubedit

37 uses - Created 2006-01-29 20:45:03 - Last used 2009-11-16 22:53:18 - Nominate - Description - https://mysql.pendrell.textdrive.com/tbl_select.php?lang=en-utf-8&server=1&collation_connection=utf8_general_ci&db=yubnub&table=commands&goto=tbl_properties.php&back=tbl_select.php&param%5B%5D=id&param%5B%5D=name&param%5B%5D=url&param%5B%5D=description&param%5B%5D=uses&param%5B%5D=spam&param%5B%5D=creation_date&param%5B%5D=last_use_date&param%5B%5D=golden_egg_date&session_max_rows=30&orderField=--nil--&order=ASC&where=&submit=Go&func%5B%5D=%3D&fields%5B0%5D=&names%5B0%5D=id&types%5B0%5D=int%2811%29&collations%5B0%5D=&func%5B%5D=LIKE&fields%5B1%5D=%s&names%5B1%5D=name&types%5B1%5D=varchar%28255%29&collations%5B1%5D=latin1_swedish_ci&func%5B%5D=LIKE&fields%5B2%5D=&names%5B2%5D=url&types%5B2%5D=text&collations%5B2%5D=latin1_swedish_ci&func%5B%5D=LIKE&fields%5B3%5D=&names%5B3%5D=description&types%5B3%5D=text&collations%5B3%5D=latin1_swedish_ci&func%5B%5D=%3D&fields%5B4%5D=&names%5B4%5D=uses&types%5B4%5D=int%2811%29&collations%5B4%5D=&func%5B%5D=%3D&fields%5B5%5D=&names%5B5%5D=spam&types%5B5%5D=tinyint%284%29&collations%5B5%5D=&func%5B%5D=%3D&fields%5B6%5D=&names%5B6%5D=creation_date&types%5B6%5D=datetime&collations%5B6%5D=&func%5B%5D=%3D&fields%5B7%5D=&names%5B7%5D=last_use_date&types%5B7%5D=datetime&collations%5B7%5D=&func%5B%5D=%3D&fields%5B8%5D=&names%5B8%5D=golden_egg_date&types%5B8%5D=datetime&collations%5B8%5D=&max_number_of_fields=9

lth
lth - search http://www.lthforum.com, the Chicago-based culinary chat site. This is a good site for Chicago-area restaurant reviews. usage: lth [search term] b.a.
26 uses - Created 2006-01-29 20:35:37 - Last used 2009-10-02 04:38:42 - Nominate - Description - http://www.lthforum.com/{ifthen -value1 %s -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then bb/search.php?search_keywords=%s%26search_terms=all%26search_author=%26search_forum=-1%26search_time=0%26search_fields=all%26search_cat=-1%26sort_by=0%26sort_dir=DESC%26show_results=topics%26return_chars=200}

nndb
Search the NNDB for an individual. Example: nndb Bill Gates
558 uses - Created 2006-01-29 18:08:47 - Last used 2021-11-10 10:20:24 - Nominate - Description - http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi?nndb=1&omenu=unspecified&query=%s

gcf
Searches the ColdFusion MX 7 online documentation using googles "I'm Feeling Lucky" feature. USAGE gcf array functions - results in a list of functions regarding arrays. gcf <cffile> - results in a page describing the <cffile> tag. gcf <cfquery> - results in a page describing the <cfquery> tag. COMMAND BY Jacob Ensor, jjefferydesign.com
112 uses - Created 2006-01-29 07:18:20 - Last used 2023-04-08 00:14:32 - Nominate - Description - gfl site:livedocs.macromedia.com +"ColdFusion MX 7" %s[no url encoding]

godaddy
Check availability of domain name on GoDaddy.com Usage: godaddy [domainName] godaddy [domainName] -tld [.com/.org/.net ...] -tld - top-level domain, default to .com
2653 uses - Created 2006-01-29 00:01:36 - Last used 2025-05-13 22:08:08 - Nominate - Description - https://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/registrar/search.asp?se=%2B&ci=164&domainToCheck=%s&checkAvail=1&tld=${tld=.com}

clpdx
Craig's List for sale in Portland, Oregon. PDX
10 uses - Created 2006-01-28 21:03:40 - Last used 2006-12-19 01:24:52 - Nominate - Description - http://portland.craigslist.org/cgi-bin/search?areaID=9&subAreaID=0&query=%s&catAbbreviation=sss&minAsk=min&maxAsk=max

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