The Most-Used Commands
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ip
Look's up the owner of an ip address.
3611 uses
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Created 2005-06-25 07:08:19
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2024-10-20 21:03:52
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http://www.whois.sc/%s
emacs
Searches the EmacsWiki (http://www.emacswiki.org/) ---------- Old implementation: http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki?search=%s
3601 uses
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Created 2007-06-19 06:58:29
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2024-10-04 17:10:44
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https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%s%3Aemacswiki.org
amca
Amazon.ca (Canada) Search. Search for anything, for example: amca anna karenina
3596 uses
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Created 2005-06-22 03:16:37
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2024-11-27 10:03:47
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http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/external-search?mode=blended&keyword=%s[use %20 for spaces]
0
Truly random numbers from www.random.org -# (number of values, default 10) -\ (lowest value, default 1) -/ (highest value, default 100) -' (number of viewing columns, default 5)
3595 uses
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Created 2005-12-28 16:10:20
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2024-12-19 14:43:05
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http://jonathanaquino.com/random.php?num=${#=10}&min=${\=1}&max=${/=100}&col=${'=5}
archive
Search all of the media at Archive.org
3594 uses
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Created 2005-06-20 18:39:56
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2025-01-04 16:31:05
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http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=%s
lyrics
3589 uses
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Created 2005-06-10 20:08:19
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2025-01-10 16:15:18
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http://www.lyrics.com/search.php?what=all&keyword=%s
ann
Search Anime News Network website
3584 uses
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Created 2005-12-15 05:30:06
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2025-01-10 03:05:33
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http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/search.php?searchbox=%s
itunes
The popular 99¢ per-download music service. Owned by Apple, the same geniuses behind OS X and the iPod (which is overpriced, by the way...)
3579 uses
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Created 2005-08-15 02:20:13
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2024-12-19 08:06:09
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http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSearch.woa/wa/search?term=%s
wpru
Russian wikipedia.org search
3578 uses
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Created 2006-07-22 09:03:03
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2025-01-03 20:10:14
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http://ru.wikipedia.org?search=%s
yeah
Gateway command to Allen Ormond's YubNub-like app, YeahWay.com Example: yeah am kayak
3559 uses
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Created 2006-10-11 05:22:10
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2023-09-30 10:23:16
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http://yeahway.com/parser/run.php?query=%s
gbr
Google Brazil Search. Get only results from Brazil. Example: gbr submarino
3555 uses
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Created 2006-09-10 19:50:18
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2024-10-17 05:28:44
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http://www.google.com.br/search?q=%s&meta=cr=countryBR
x
3551 uses
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Created 2006-08-14 13:17:43
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2025-01-03 02:21:32
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http://dexonline.ro/search.php?cuv=%s&source=
vimeo
Vimeo tag search. Vimeo is a site for sharing your video clips. ---------- Old implementation: http://www.vimeo.com/tag=%s
3546 uses
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Created 2005-06-17 18:47:39
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2024-11-20 16:01:42
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https://www.vimeo.com/search?q=%s
\\
(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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Last used
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]
blogger
Homepage of blogger.com
3515 uses
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Created 2005-06-10 00:00:53
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2024-10-03 03:16:14
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http://www.blogger.com
movie
Searches for movies using movies.yahoo.com instead of Fandango (don't like those Fandango pop-ups and Fandango doesn't show all Theaters!)
3510 uses
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Created 2005-07-08 20:43:03
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2025-01-04 17:29:20
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http://movies.yahoo.com/showtimes/showtimes.html?z=%s&r=sim
sinfesty
Shows the Sinfest comic for yesterday. Made by XmasBug.
3508 uses
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Created 2007-03-06 00:26:04
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2017-05-03 12:14:58
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sinview {date -format Y-m-d -offset -1}
tuc
Check dict.tu-chemnitz.de for German / English translation.
3506 uses
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Created 2005-10-17 11:40:03
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2024-07-10 22:40:28
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http://dict.tu-chemnitz.de/dings.cgi?lang=de&noframes=1&o=3007$3Bcount$3D50&query=%s&service=
e
Everything2.com Search. Searches for titles in the nodegel.
3495 uses
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Created 2005-06-20 18:40:59
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2025-01-06 08:07:30
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http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=%s
ucase
(Golden Egg)
NAME ucase - convert text to uppercase SYNOPSIS ucase [STRING] EXAMPLE ucase Hello, World! AUTHOR Jonathan Aquino <jonathan.aquino@gmail.com> (Requested by Allen Ormond)
3489 uses
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Created 2005-08-07 17:09:20
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Last used
2024-11-09 10:19:10
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http://yubnub.org/example/ucase?text=%s
vt
(Golden Egg)
Searches Versiontracker for Mac software
3462 uses
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Created 2005-06-06 14:27:11
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2023-11-14 07:21:35
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http://versiontracker.com/php/search.php?str=%s&plt%5B%5D=macosx&mode=basic&action=search
io
Launches iGoogle personalized Google Homepage
3455 uses
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Created 2007-06-21 14:34:45
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2024-05-04 07:23:30
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http://www.google.com/ig
mcw
Looks up an entry in the Minecraft Wiki. Examples: mcw sand mcw minecart mcw axe
3442 uses
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Created 2010-10-19 20:13:20
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2022-02-16 19:53:33
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http://www.minecraftwiki.net/index.php?title=Special:Search&search=%s
s.i
(Golden Egg)
Super Image Search Google Images / Yahoo Images / Flickr >||;)
3424 uses
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Created 2006-04-16 01:04:54
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2023-07-30 11:33:04
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split {url[no url encoding] gim %s} {url[no url encoding] yim %s} {url[no url encoding] flickr %s}
hello
3422 uses
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Created 2007-01-16 15:38:36
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2025-01-11 17:44:10
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http://www.google.com
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!
3385 uses
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Created 2006-07-04 00:25:36
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2021-10-28 01:07:22
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http://data.freeshell.org/fortune.cgi
market
Google Android app market
3384 uses
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Created 2011-02-03 07:59:24
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2024-10-31 03:18:52
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https://market.android.com/search?q=%s
adobe
Search adobe.com, the newly re-launched website of Adobe Systems Inc., makers of popular software products including Acrobat, Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, and InDesign. Example: adobe indesign Returns adobe.com's pages on InDesign By Auricfuzz
3380 uses
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Created 2006-05-29 19:39:19
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2024-12-23 03:05:09
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http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/search/index.cfm?loc=en_us&term=%s
rdmeta
NAME rdmeta - a tool for reddit/metareddit SYNOPSIS rdmeta [KEY] OR rdmeta [COMMAND][WORD] OR rdmeta [TOKEN] KEYS * - Go to Metareddit ? - Open Yubnub with Reddit toolbar (no key/no parameters) - Go to Reddit COMMAND ? - Reddit search ?? - metareddit search TOKEN * - Locate Metareddit(so *comics=metareddit comics) / - Add reddit url( so /dwl9l will take you to that entry) http:// - if url is from reddit call metareddit, else adds toolbar (any other) - ask for redit(so pics will send you to that…
3359 uses
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Created 2010-11-02 16:38:26
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2023-12-20 02:51:33
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echo <script> var s='%s';var p=/http:\/\/www.reddit.com/i ;var p2=/http:\/\//i;var m1='http://metareddit.com';var m2='http://www.reddit.com/';var c='';c=(s=='')? m2+'':c;c=(s=='*')? m1+'/':c;c=(s=='?')? m2+'s/http://efridge.net/yubnub/ynframes.php?args=':c;c=(p.test(s))? s.replace(p,m1):c;c=((c=='')&&(p2.test(s))) ? s.replace(p2,m2+'http://'):c;c=((c=='')&&(s.indexOf('*')==0)) ? s.replace(/\*/i,m1+'/t/'):c;c=((c=='')&&(s.indexOf('/')==0)) ? m2+s.replace(/\//i,''):c;c=((c=='')&&(s.indexOf('?? ')==0)) ? s.replace(/\?\? /i,m1+'/search?q=')+'&r=':c;c=((c=='')&&(s.indexOf('? ')==0)) ? s.replace(/\? /i,m2+'search?q='):c;c=(c=='')? m2+'r/'+s:c;document.location=c;</script>
mefi
Goes to Metafilter
3342 uses
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Created 2006-09-10 03:18:16
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2021-08-01 08:54:39
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http://www.metafilter.com/
fcs
Google site search of Fidelity.com
3335 uses
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Created 2009-11-29 20:41:28
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2021-03-07 17:33:43
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http://www.google.com/search?q=%s+site%3Afidelity.com
glx
Google Linux Search. To search just type what you need: Example: glx Debian.
3333 uses
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Created 2006-03-23 13:17:54
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2021-02-24 07:25:43
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http://www.google.com/linux?hl=en&lr=&q=%s&btnG=Search
bmn
SYNOPSIS bmn [url] EXAMPLE bmn nytimes.com Returns a login from bugmenot.com - useful for sites with free but compulsory registration. ---------- Old implementation: http://www.bugmenot.com/view.php?url=%s
3332 uses
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Created 2005-06-22 21:24:49
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2025-01-07 09:56:38
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http://bugmenot.com/view/%s
gui
(Golden Egg)
NAME gui - A graphical user interface (GUI) for YubNub commands. SYNOPSIS gui [YUNUB_COMMAND] EXAMPLES gui scrape gui change gui ifthen This command is the anti-YubNub. It takes any yubnub command name as a parameter and displays a graphical user interface (GUI) for it. Who needs command lines anyway?! AUTHOR Allen Ormond - aormond (at) gmail (dot) com Thanks to Sean O'Hagan, whose 'scrape' command is doing some behind the scenes work.
3324 uses
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Created 2006-04-01 05:16:02
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2023-11-15 12:56:50
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ifthen -value1 %s -value2 {scrape -tokens <h1> </h1> -dirs 0 0 -url http://www.yubnub.org/kernel/man?args=%s} -test NOTEQUAL -then http://www.yubnub.org/kernel/man?args=gui -else http://fromrocks.com/yubnub/abbreviate/gui.php?input=%s -redirect true
lies
Search EN>ES on Linguee
3320 uses
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Created 2014-11-10 11:42:35
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2022-04-19 08:34:06
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http://www.linguee.es/espanol-ingles/search?source=ingles&query=%s
hype
Search for audio tracks on The Hype Machine website, an aggregator for mp3 blogs. To find Pink Floyd mp3s, simply type the following: hype Pink Floyd
3314 uses
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Created 2006-05-09 21:57:09
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2024-05-15 13:57:12
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http://hypem.com/search/%s/
lart
Go directly to an artist page on Last.fm
3307 uses
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Created 2007-05-02 21:49:01
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2022-07-03 01:56:45
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http://www.last.fm/music/%s
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traductor
3302 uses
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Created 2005-06-27 07:10:22
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2024-11-02 09:26:42
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http://babelfish.altavista.com/
gprint
Google Print Search. Use this to find a book indexed by Google. To find books about Freud. Example: gprint Freud
3298 uses
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Created 2005-06-20 19:46:33
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2024-04-19 05:03:37
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http://print.google.com/print?q=%s
ign
(Golden Egg)
Searches IGN for the specified text.
3295 uses
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Created 2005-06-10 21:00:13
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2024-07-01 20:03:48
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http://my.ign.com/my/sb?pageID=2003&nuaction=gameSearch&gameTitleSearch=%s
npm
Search the node package manager registry
3286 uses
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Created 2014-03-05 06:25:41
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2025-01-07 14:48:36
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https://www.npmjs.org/search?q=%s
yf
(Golden Egg)
Takes you to the Yahoo Fantasy Sports home page.
3277 uses
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Created 2005-06-15 21:55:03
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2024-11-03 05:20:59
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http://fantasysports.yahoo.com/
gspot
Search GameSpot for, um, games. Example: gspot bard's tale
3271 uses
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Created 2005-06-24 20:48:39
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2013-11-17 13:05:50
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http://www.gamespot.com/pages/search/index.php?type=11&stype=all&qs=%s&x=0&y=0.
1337x
www.1337x.pl torrent search
3271 uses
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Created 2017-02-05 03:35:34
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2025-01-10 20:57:32
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https://1337x.to/search/%s/1/
allm
Allmusic search using their new API.
3268 uses
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Created 2006-02-06 15:21:22
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2024-07-28 01:18:20
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http://allmusic.com/search/artist/%s
yarr
Search thepiratebay.org
3267 uses
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Created 2005-06-22 04:14:28
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2025-01-07 20:57:20
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http://thepiratebay.org/search/%s/0/7/0[use %20 for spaces]
sing
(Golden Egg)
Lyrics look up. Example: sing sailor warm gulf wind
3250 uses
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Created 2005-06-19 22:43:21
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2024-02-14 09:18:41
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http://seek.sing365.com/cgi-bin/s.cgi?q=%s
ynet
Go to www.ynet.co.il news page
3246 uses
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Created 2005-07-12 12:05:33
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2021-03-21 14:43:06
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http://www.ynet.co.il
tru
(Golden Egg)
NAME tru - Translate words into/from RUssian language. Thesaurus in RUssian. SYNOPSIS tru [WORDS [-lang [LANGUAGE]]] EXAMPLES tru Without input words the command just open the main page http://lingvo.yandex.ru/ Translate INTO Russian: tru mother tru mother -lang en - the English word `mother' (en -> ru) tru Mutti tru Mutti -lang de - the German word `Mutti' (de -> ru) tru maman tru maman -lang fr - the French words `maman' (fr -> ru) (Both a short form of the command (without -lang option) and …
3244 uses
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Created 2006-07-26 12:45:58
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2025-01-06 10:50:16
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http://lingvo.yandex.ru/{eop search.xml?text=@%s@&st_translate={ifThen (${lang}==ru) 0,1{eop &lang=@${lang}@}}}
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