The Most-Used Commands
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3813 uses
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Created 2005-06-12 17:19:32
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2013-05-20 17:09:08
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http://slashdot.org
wine
Search WINE application database (WINE is not an emulator but runs Windows programs under Linux, anyway ...)
3804 uses
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Created 2007-02-12 15:15:39
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2013-06-14 16:51:56
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http://appdb.winehq.org/search.php?sSearchQuery=%s
wunder
(Golden Egg)
Look up weather on The Weather Underground. usage: wunder {city|state|zip|airport code|country} examples: wunder Philadelphia wunder MI wunder 90210 wunder ORF wunder Belgium
3800 uses
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Created 2005-06-07 20:31:55
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2013-06-18 13:06:36
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http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=%s
tpbs
https version of the tpb command
3784 uses
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Created 2008-02-08 16:51:32
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2013-06-17 19:03:33
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https://thepiratebay.org/search/%s/0/7/0[use %20 for spaces]
wpe
Buscar en la wikipedia en castellano. Search spanish wikipedia
3781 uses
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Created 2005-07-28 11:03:05
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2013-06-16 07:54:50
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http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Especial:Search?search=%s
n
http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u= This command uses google to left justifies and otherwise reformat a webpage to make it fit a mobile phone display. This output is used by bitty browser. Can be used to create mini web pages urls and modules in netvibes.
3777 uses
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Created 2006-09-03 03:36:59
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2013-06-09 02:36:25
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http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=%s
xing
3770 uses
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Created 2006-12-11 17:59:23
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2013-06-15 13:07:39
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https://www.xing.com/app/search?op=universal&universal=%s
gq
Google phrase search: wraps quotes around your search terms. Especially handy with FastYub.
3768 uses
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Created 2006-02-02 15:29:05
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2013-06-17 17:17:44
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http://www.google.com/search?q=%22%s%22
pornotube
brings you to the main page of www.pornotube.com (bypassing the age check).
3766 uses
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Created 2006-08-14 06:54:29
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2013-06-14 23:58:07
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http://www.pornotube.com/?userVerified=true
a9
(Golden Egg)
A9.com Search Engine
3748 uses
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Created 2005-06-06 00:44:07
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2013-01-16 05:29:47
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http://a9.com/?q=%s
who
(Golden Egg)
Get a full whois listing on a url or ip address. Whois Source supports four types of searches: - IP address searching ("66.218.71.198") - Partial word(s) searching ("bill gates") - Full domain ("nameintel.com" goes directly to whois) - Whois History, locate historical whois records.
3741 uses
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Created 2005-06-15 05:13:35
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2013-06-17 06:57:25
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http://www.whois.sc/%s
bitly
A command for shrinking URLs with bit.ly. It's like TinyURL with analytics and link history. Example: bitly http://reallylongexampleurl.com
3727 uses
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Created 2008-07-16 09:00:29
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2013-05-21 19:24:24
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http://bit.ly/?url=%s[no url encoding]
rails
(Golden Egg)
Search the RubyOnRails web site (which includes API documentation) for the given term. This will find more than the 'ror' command, but it might produce results of lesser quality.
3724 uses
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Created 2005-06-08 17:07:09
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2013-05-29 03:36:30
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http://www.google.com/search?q=site:rubyonrails.com+%s
twin
Search twingine: both Google and Yahoo! results at once.
3714 uses
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Created 2005-06-20 22:54:27
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2013-06-07 04:36:08
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http://twingine.com/search.php?q=%s
scro
Scroogle Search. Scroogle does a Google search, scrapes the results and provides an ad-free result page. Works just like g. Example: scro porsche 911
3711 uses
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Created 2005-11-30 04:39:27
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2013-06-10 03:54:49
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http://www.scroogle.org/cgi-bin/nbbw.cgi[post]?q=%s
acro
(Golden Egg)
Look up the definition of an acronym.
3703 uses
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Created 2005-06-07 20:19:04
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2013-06-06 08:33:49
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http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?Acronym=%s&String=exact
wayback
alias to the command "arch" wayback is easier to remember, just like other commands netcraft, alexa or whois
3700 uses
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Created 2005-12-24 03:27:00
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2013-06-13 09:42:05
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http://web.archive.org/web/*/%s[no url encoding]
ggn
Search Google in "Browse by Name" mode (explanation at http://snurl.com/gbn). Acts like "I'm Feeling Lucky" if there is a clear match, otherwise goes to Google search. Example: ggn oxford university --> will take you to www.ox.ac.uk - the Oxford University homepage ggn digital cameras --> will take you to a Google search for "digital cameras"
3654 uses
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Created 2006-04-11 05:15:35
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2013-06-18 11:45:44
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http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=%s
IS
3650 uses
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Created 2005-06-09 19:41:42
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2013-06-17 08:07:12
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http://www.imageshack.us
ukebay
ebay uk search without +sign in spaces.
3649 uses
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Created 2006-07-06 21:54:40
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2013-02-18 16:18:13
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http://search.ebay.co.uk/%s[use - for spaces]
anidb
Searches ANIDB.net
3647 uses
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Created 2005-06-20 19:14:59
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2013-06-09 16:58:42
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http://anidb.info/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=animelist&adb.search=%s&do.search.x=0&do.search.y=0
geiz
Geizhals Suche. Österreichische Preissuchmaschine für Computer und Unterhaltungselektronik. Example: geiz logitech g7
3641 uses
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Created 2005-10-13 13:48:39
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2013-06-17 23:19:29
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http://www.geizhals.at/?fs=%s&in=
gpro
Search Google Products
3639 uses
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Created 2007-05-21 14:42:31
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2013-06-16 12:53:27
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http://www.google.com/products?q=%s
glh
Searches Lifehacker.com on google
3559 uses
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Created 2007-04-27 04:11:48
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2013-06-17 04:03:40
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http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=z34&q=site%3Alifehacker.com%20%s
oxp
Oxford-Paravia English-Italian-English. A bilingual translation from English to Italian and vice-versa. To translate a term, just type the word you need, either in English or Italian. Examples: oxp friend oxp amico
3554 uses
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Created 2006-05-05 11:52:54
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2013-05-26 11:56:45
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http://www.oxfordparavia.it/cerca.php?cerca_lemma=%s
yeah
Gateway command to Allen Ormond's YubNub-like app, YeahWay.com Example: yeah am kayak
3545 uses
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Created 2006-10-11 05:22:10
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2013-03-30 19:12:17
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http://yeahway.com/parser/run.php?query=%s
noaa
Get weather for zip code from US National Weather Service. Example: noaa 90210
3544 uses
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Created 2005-07-07 19:21:12
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2013-05-25 17:00:01
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http://www.srh.noaa.gov/zipcity.php?inputstring=%s
sm
Searches songmeanings.net for the song title entered. ---------- Old implementation: http://www.songmeanings.net/query.php?action=title&query=%s http://www.songmeanings.net/search/title/%s/
3543 uses
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Created 2005-06-21 20:25:18
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2013-05-21 20:09:27
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http://www.songmeanings.net/query/?type=songs&q=%s
ede
Lädt ebay Deutschland mit oder ohne Suchbegriff.
3537 uses
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Created 2006-05-09 12:39:13
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2013-06-16 12:03:49
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http://search.ebay.de/%s
wq
SYNOPSIS wq [keywords] EXAMPLE wq friends Performs a search in the English Wikiquote using the given keywords.
3532 uses
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Created 2006-01-11 04:43:42
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2013-05-03 12:42:11
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http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s
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(Golden Egg)
NAME - - YubNub 'domains' SYNOPSIS - ['DOMAIN'] -set [URL] -/ [DIRECTORY] EXAMPLES - singpolyma -set http://singpolyma-tech.blogspot.com/ Set the 'domain' singpolyma to http://singpolyma-tech.blogspot.com/ and then go there to test - singpolyma Go to the URL which the 'domain' singpolyma is set to - singpolyma -/ 2006/01/comment-aggregation.html Go to a specific file under the URL which singpolyma references AUTHOR Stephen Paul Weber http://singpolyma-tech.blogspot.com/
3522 uses
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Created 2006-08-08 13:35:46
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2013-05-21 05:35:45
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{var 0fe27a11-f265-4c3b-8cb9-bd7b7691959d:%s -set ${set=do not set : tes ton od}}${/}[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
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Created 2006-01-31 02:43:17
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2013-05-15 23:18:17
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http://yubnub.org/parser/parse?command={% 1 %s}+{spllw {filterstring 1 %s}}[no url encoding]
sinfesty
Shows the Sinfest comic for yesterday. Made by XmasBug.
3502 uses
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Created 2007-03-06 00:26:04
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2012-07-02 12:12:29
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sinview {date -format Y-m-d -offset -1}
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goto any site you want!
3497 uses
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Created 2005-06-20 23:10:46
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2013-06-18 08:53:56
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http://%s
wordref
Consults wordreference.
3490 uses
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Created 2006-03-21 16:51:27
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2013-06-16 05:15:46
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http://www.wordreference.com/definition/%s
gbk
Search your google bookmarks
3475 uses
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Created 2006-09-26 12:15:10
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2013-06-15 11:06:44
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http://www.google.com/bookmarks/find?q=%s
vt
(Golden Egg)
Searches Versiontracker for Mac software
3438 uses
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Created 2005-06-06 14:27:11
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2012-12-12 13:39:04
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http://versiontracker.com/php/search.php?str=%s&plt%5B%5D=macosx&mode=basic&action=search
gbr
Google Brazil Search. Get only results from Brazil. Example: gbr submarino
3412 uses
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Created 2006-09-10 19:50:18
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2013-06-13 20:41:49
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http://www.google.com.br/search?q=%s&meta=cr=countryBR
io
Launches iGoogle personalized Google Homepage
3397 uses
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Created 2007-06-21 14:34:45
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2013-05-15 22:35:31
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http://www.google.com/ig
gnl
Google search in Dutch pages only.
3396 uses
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Created 2005-10-22 09:32:04
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2013-06-09 10:05:07
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http://www.google.nl/search?hl=nl&q=%s&btnG=Google+zoeken&meta=cr%3DcountryNL
s.i
(Golden Egg)
Super Image Search Google Images / Yahoo Images / Flickr >||;)
3389 uses
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Created 2006-04-16 01:04:54
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2013-01-16 06:47:35
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split {url[no url encoding] gim %s} {url[no url encoding] yim %s} {url[no url encoding] flickr %s}
fortune
The classic Fortune Cookie program from UNIX! A real fortune cookie from a real unix system. Extremely light and barebones output - no advertisements, no fuss - just plain fortune. Fit even for mobile phones!
3376 uses
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Created 2006-07-04 00:25:36
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2013-05-05 02:21:05
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http://data.freeshell.org/fortune.cgi
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g3x
3356 uses
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Created 2005-06-09 17:00:57
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2013-06-13 12:05:34
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http://g3x.com
gima
(Golden Egg)
Advanced Google Images search: now you can use all the filters of Google Images Advanced Search (like specifying image size, color, and websites searched) without having to add arcane symbols or click through dialogs! Just add the corresponding switches and you're good to go! Just like with searching Google Images normally with "gim," you can do a basic search by typing a word or phrase after "gima" (although this one-ups "gim" since it searches for "icon" and "xxlarge" images by default as wel…
3342 uses
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Created 2006-01-18 22:29:55
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2013-06-14 07:02:55
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http://images.google.com/images?as_q=%s&as_epq=${exact}&as_oq=${related}&as_eq=${excluded}&imgsz=${size=icon|small|medium|large|xlarge|xxlarge}&as_filetype=${type}&imgc=${color}&as_sitesearch=${site}&safe=${filtered}
tr2
NAME tr2 - Translates any language -text or URL- to your language SYNOPSIS tr2 [TEXT or URL] EXAMPLES tr2 Comment allez vous? tr2 ¿Cuál es su nombre tr2 お元気ですか tr2 http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro-onde tr2 http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dichte Translates text or URL from any language autodectected by Google to the language you normally use with Google translate NOTES If no language parameters are entered for the output language, Google automatically c…
3342 uses
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Created 2009-08-01 14:53:44
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2013-06-16 03:15:38
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http://translate.google.com/translate_t?text=%s&sl=auto{ifThen -value1 %s -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then http://translate.google.com/translate?u=%s
dcc
Look up keyword in dict.cc German-English dictionary.
3340 uses
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Created 2010-11-27 18:52:22
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2013-06-17 02:34:00
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http://www.dict.cc/?s=%s
oed
Definitions from the OED (subscribers only) ---------- Old implementation: http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/findword?query_type=word&queryword=%s
3336 uses
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Created 2005-06-16 14:15:07
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2013-06-13 14:01:14
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http://www.oed.com/search?searchType=dictionary&q=%s
glx
Google Linux Search. To search just type what you need: Example: glx Debian.
3322 uses
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Created 2006-03-23 13:17:54
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2012-11-25 17:55:33
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http://www.google.com/linux?hl=en&lr=&q=%s&btnG=Search
wres
Searches the English-Spanish Word Reference Dictionary
3314 uses
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Created 2007-06-03 23:04:38
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2013-06-17 11:00:45
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http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=%s&dict=enes&B=Buscar
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