Command List (ls)

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".

devmo
Search the Mozilla Developer Center. http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Main_Page
416 uses - Created 2005-09-28 23:06:40 - Last used 2017-11-01 11:41:25 - Nominate - Description - http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Special:Search?search=%s

eq1
Everquest 1 item lookup. Searches Allakhazam.com's database. Example: eq1 cloth cap
12 uses - Created 2005-09-28 21:11:46 - Last used 2008-02-12 15:35:08 - Nominate - Description - http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/searchdb.html?iname=%s

gmchi
Google Maps for Chicago lets you pull a GoogleMap in Chicago without having to type "Chicago, IL" usage: gmchi [street address] example: gmchi 100 s. michigan ave b.a.
1763 uses - Created 2005-09-28 19:01:51 - Last used 2023-03-14 08:12:59 - Nominate - Description - http://maps.google.com/maps?q=%s+Chicago,+IL

oots
Order of the Stick. Use this command to view "The Order of the Stick", a web comic written by Rich Burlew. To see the current strip, enter the command with no arguments. Example: oots To see a specific strip, enter the strip number Example: oots 53
4379 uses - Created 2005-09-28 18:49:23 - Last used 2016-07-19 08:36:17 - Nominate - Description - http://giantitp.com/cgi-bin/GiantITP/ootscript?SK=%s

gbgs
NAME gbgs - Google Blogger search SYNOPSIS gbgs [strings to search] -title [post title] -Btitle [blog title] -sort [by attribute] -lang [language] -q [more strings to search] EXAMPLES Search blogs with "jessica alaba" in any part of the post and "sex" in the title of the POST: gbgs jessica alba -title sex Search blogs with "yahoo" in any part of the post and "google" in the title of the BLOG: gbgs yahoo -Btitle google Search Italian blogs that talk about "yahoo": gbgs yahoo -lang it Search Ital…
137 uses - Created 2005-09-28 16:43:43 - Last used 2023-02-20 14:34:25 - Nominate - Description - http://search.blogger.com/?q=%s%20${q} {ifThen -value1 ${title} -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then +intitle%3A${title}}&bl_fpy=t&scoring={ifThen -value1 {ucase ${sort=BY+RELEVANCE}} -value2 BY+DATE -test EQUAL -then d}&lr={ifthen -value1 ${lang} -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then lang_${lang}}&bl_name=${Btitle}

Suck
Biography of George W. Bush, President of the United Sates of America
74 uses - Created 2005-09-28 15:34:14 - Last used 2021-12-17 04:56:17 - Nominate - Description - http://www.whitehouse.gov/president/gwbbio.html

sri

32 uses - Created 2005-09-28 14:45:15 - Last used 2023-03-15 12:57:18 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com

worldcat
Find a book by ISBN in a library near you using Open WorldCat (www.worldcatlibraries.org). (Note: Does not include all libraries.) To search, enter the ISBN with the switch -isbn and the location with switch -where. Location can be US zip code, US state, province or country. Example: worldcat -isbn 0385504209 -where 43017 will find copies of the Da Vinci Code near zip code 43017. (URL for this example: http://worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/isbn/0385504209&loc=43017)
402 uses - Created 2005-09-28 05:18:34 - Last used 2025-09-01 03:26:30 - Nominate - Description - http://worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/isbn/${isbn}&loc=${where}

nrsv
Displays a passage from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, from the Oremus Bible Browser at www.devotions.net
792 uses - Created 2005-09-28 03:36:28 - Last used 2025-11-04 06:17:19 - Nominate - Description - http://bible.oremus.org/browser.cgi?passage=%s

inspiration

18 uses - Created 2005-09-28 02:28:31 - Last used 2019-07-13 06:38:14 - Nominate - Description - http://hudsonperalta.com

girl

499 uses - Created 2005-09-28 01:29:50 - Last used 2025-07-12 09:38:35 - Nominate - Description - http://www.3dlong.com/

beyonce
Checks whether Beyonce Knowles is hot or not.
112 uses - Created 2005-09-27 20:47:55 - Last used 2025-02-06 04:31:36 - Nominate - Description - http://images.google.com/images?q=beyonce

ywcam
Displays yahoo weather for Cambridge in Centigrade.
15 uses - Created 2005-09-27 17:43:03 - Last used 2006-02-27 17:20:54 - Nominate - Description - http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/USMA0066_c.html?force_units=1

cric
For Cricket lovers
50 uses - Created 2005-09-27 17:08:21 - Last used 2016-12-04 02:20:03 - Nominate - Description - http://www.cricinfo.com

mefiuserg
Search for Metafilter.com users via Google It works best if you use the whole user name however it will do partial matches if the user name contains spaces Example: mefiuserg mathowie
214 uses - Created 2005-09-27 13:37:58 - Last used 2007-04-15 14:59:23 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%s+inurl%3Auser+site%3Awww.metafilter.com

whof
This is a whois search, using dnsstuff.com which is much faster than the other alternatives on offer such as "who" or "whois". The f stands for fast! Example: whof yubnub.org Example: whof 127.0.0.1
642 uses - Created 2005-09-27 11:44:08 - Last used 2016-03-11 06:24:50 - Nominate - Description - http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/whois.ch?ip=%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

sprk (Golden Egg)
Search Sparknotes.com study guides ---------- Old implementation: http://search.sparknotes.com/?query=%s
404 uses - Created 2005-09-27 02:44:29 - Last used 2023-12-07 14:31:18 - Description - http://gsearch.sparknotes.com/search?q=%s&searchbg=&output=xml_no_dtd&oe=UTF-8&ie=UTF-8&client=default_frontend&proxystylesheet=default_frontend&site=default_collection

worth1000
Worth 1000 photoshop gallerys W00t!
53 uses - Created 2005-09-26 21:02:31 - Last used 2011-10-26 09:50:11 - Nominate - Description - http://www.worth1000.com/login.asp

wort
A very good german thesaurus, hosted at the university of Leipzig
1190 uses - Created 2005-09-26 11:22:40 - Last used 2017-10-06 23:54:34 - Nominate - Description - http://wortschatz.uni-leipzig.de/cgi-bin/wort_www?site=1&Wort=%s&sprache=de&cs=1&x=0&y=0

bcit
BCIT.ca
18 uses - Created 2005-09-26 02:56:11 - Last used 2014-09-14 11:57:09 - Nominate - Description - http://www.bcit.ca/

set1k
A command to display my BCIT set schedule
136 uses - Created 2005-09-26 02:55:22 - Last used 2006-02-20 02:46:48 - Nominate - Description - http://www.computing.bcit.ca/cst/schedules/1k.shtml

scriptaculous

179 uses - Created 2005-09-25 23:52:37 - Last used 2016-04-02 01:15:34 - Nominate - Description - http://script.aculo.us/

yellcan
Canadian Yellow Pages - Find the phone number of a business in Canada. Example: yellcan BC Transit
50 uses - Created 2005-09-24 20:10:12 - Last used 2010-11-28 19:27:25 - Nominate - Description - http://business.superpages.ca/listings.jsp?N=%s

lobiai
Enter a site http://lobiai.avita.lt
10 uses - Created 2005-09-24 14:59:18 - Last used 2005-10-18 16:05:09 - Nominate - Description - http://lobiai.avita.lt

onelt
Open a One.lt site, in there you can read your mail
27 uses - Created 2005-09-24 14:58:30 - Last used 2009-01-18 15:28:42 - Nominate - Description - http://one.lt

feb
feb-web.ru
40 uses - Created 2005-09-24 00:00:48 - Last used 2016-04-16 16:11:39 - Nominate - Description - http://www.yandex.ru/yandsearch?ras=1&date=&text=%s&spcctx=doc&zone=all&linkto=&wordforms=all&lang=all&from_day=&from_month=&from_year=&to_day=&to_month=&to_year=&mime=all&Link=&numdoc=50&site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.feb-web.ru%2Ffeb%2F&ds=

asp_full
Pushkin's works and works about Pushkin
41 uses - Created 2005-09-23 23:56:22 - Last used 2015-09-11 11:24:22 - Nominate - Description - http://www.yandex.ru/yandsearch?ras=1&date=&text=%s&spcctx=notfar&zone=all&linkto=&wordforms=all&lang=all&from_day=&from_month=&from_year=&to_day=&to_month=&to_year=&mime=all&Link=&numdoc=50&site=http%3A%2F%2Ffeb-web.ru%2Ffeb%2Fpushkin%2Ftexts%2Fpush17%2F&ds=

asp
Pushkin's works
650 uses - Created 2005-09-23 23:46:43 - Last used 2023-05-07 07:07:44 - Nominate - Description - http://www.yandex.ru/yandsearch?ras=1&date=&text=%s&spcctx=doc&zone=all&linkto=&wordforms=all&lang=all&from_day=&from_month=&from_year=&to_day=&to_month=&to_year=&mime=all&Link=&numdoc=50&site=http%3A%2F%2Ffeb-web.ru%2Ffeb%2Fpushkin%2Ftexts%2Fpush17%2F&ds=

ross
Russian search with Rambler engine
264 uses - Created 2005-09-23 23:41:21 - Last used 2025-04-29 11:54:00 - Nominate - Description - http://search.rambler.ru/cgi-bin/rambler_search?words=%s

rus
Russian search in Yandex engine.
54 uses - Created 2005-09-23 23:37:20 - Last used 2023-02-28 05:54:13 - Nominate - Description - http://www.yandex.ru/yandsearch?text=%s

nasa

157 uses - Created 2005-09-23 20:46:45 - Last used 2025-07-19 07:03:56 - Nominate - Description - http://www.nasa.gov/

ipwhois
qwery to the ip whois e.g.: ipwhois 128.11.52.845 author: GaRZoL
60 uses - Created 2005-09-23 07:51:19 - Last used 2015-09-05 12:15:47 - Nominate - Description - http://ws.arin.net/cgi-bin/whois.pl?queryinput=%s

fgo
Fandango
16 uses - Created 2005-09-22 23:20:52 - Last used 2017-07-13 11:48:08 - Nominate - Description - http://www.fandango.com

gz
Gizmodo:Gadget Weblog
58 uses - Created 2005-09-22 23:15:13 - Last used 2024-12-10 04:48:43 - Nominate - Description - http://www.gizmodo.com

ACDC
AC/DC
36 uses - Created 2005-09-22 22:39:17 - Last used 2018-08-16 03:34:17 - Nominate - Description - http://www.acdcrocks.com

LED
LED-Zeppelin
127 uses - Created 2005-09-22 22:33:31 - Last used 2019-12-01 14:12:01 - Nominate - Description - http://www.led-zeppelin.com

MZ
Your source for streaming your favorite artists.
30 uses - Created 2005-09-22 22:04:51 - Last used 2022-01-07 07:22:53 - Nominate - Description - http://www.musixzone.com

qbfs
searches the QuickBase User Forum for the specified keyword
396 uses - Created 2005-09-22 21:38:45 - Last used 2011-08-08 08:50:03 - Nominate - Description - https://www.quickbase.com/db/8emtadvk?act=QuickSearch&srchtxt=%s

ygroup
Go to a specific Yahoo!Group usage: ygroup [Yahoo group name] b.a.
136 uses - Created 2005-09-22 20:50:18 - Last used 2011-07-31 02:50:58 - Nominate - Description - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/%s

ucf
Search the University of Central Florida
65 uses - Created 2005-09-22 18:39:28 - Last used 2023-05-10 12:17:01 - Nominate - Description - http://google.cc.ucf.edu:7800/search?output=xml_no_dtd&proxystylesheet=UCF_Main&client=UCF_Main&site=UCF_Main&q=%s

uva
Homepage of the University of Virginia
46 uses - Created 2005-09-22 13:37:57 - Last used 2015-06-18 03:55:42 - Nominate - Description - http://www.virginia.edu/

topix
topix.net news search
174 uses - Created 2005-09-22 05:51:03 - Last used 2016-12-25 15:38:19 - Nominate - Description - http://www.topix.net/search/?q=%s

tveo
The Video Search Engine Truveo. Find all of the best video on the web. ex) tveo jeff
24 uses - Created 2005-09-22 05:25:42 - Last used 2009-03-21 02:17:35 - Nominate - Description - http://www.truveo.com/search.php?q=%s&akw=video+downloads

jon-auto

68 uses - Created 2005-09-22 05:16:44 - Last used 2016-07-06 00:10:17 - Nominate - Description - echo Auto-Response: Jon might not be in the mood for chatting right now. Please leave a message.

yprofile
Searches through Yahoo profiles by Yahoo ID
19 uses - Created 2005-09-22 04:00:17 - Last used 2007-11-12 22:53:37 - Nominate - Description - http://members.yahoo.com/interests?.kw=%s&.oc=t&.sb=1&SEARCH=Find+People&.cb=1

wapo
Search www.washingtonpost.com Usage: wapo [search term] b.a.
47 uses - Created 2005-09-22 02:32:56 - Last used 2017-09-09 23:13:06 - Nominate - Description - http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/Search?keywords=%s

hpd
Hewlett-Packard Drivers Search Finds drivers for HP products on the HP website Example: hpd laserjet 2200
35 uses - Created 2005-09-21 23:46:09 - Last used 2022-06-08 14:09:55 - Nominate - Description - http://h20180.www2.hp.com/apps/Lookup?h_pagetype=s-002&h_query=%s

heise
Redirects to www.heise.de a german publisher of some it related magazines and a very good news ticker. Erik
447 uses - Created 2005-09-21 20:55:05 - Last used 2023-09-22 06:01:10 - Nominate - Description - http://www.heise.de

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