The Most-Used Commands

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".

lit
Gallileus offers a literature search engine integrating a growing number of the World's leading databases of interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed content. For this purpose, Gallileus partners with private databank hosts and publishers, providing them with an excellent and high quality distribution channel in the internet.
96 uses - Created 2005-06-27 09:53:35 - Last used 2024-07-23 20:27:09 - Nominate - Description - http://www.gallileus.info/search/simple?expr=%s

cref
USAGE cref <C/C++ keyword> cppreference.com is a basic no nonsence C/C++ Reference.
96 uses - Created 2005-07-05 09:18:22 - Last used 2021-08-30 22:57:48 - Nominate - Description - http://www.cppreference.com/cgi-bin/ksearch.cgi?terms=%s

ht
Welcome to Het's blog, for shortcut h-heT, t-Toral
96 uses - Created 2005-07-05 11:15:18 - Last used 2022-10-15 20:17:56 - Nominate - Description - http://hetwaghela.blogspot.com

c411
Search Canada411 directory for a person. Arguments: -f : first name (can be just the first initial) -l : last name -c : city -p : province Example usage: c411 -f marc -l beualieu -c montreal -p qc
96 uses - Created 2005-07-05 19:13:18 - Last used 2011-05-03 14:51:01 - Nominate - Description - http://findaperson.canada411.ca/10649/search/Find_Person?firstname_begins_with=1&firstname=${f}&name=${l}&city_zip=${c}&state_id=${p}

nice
A nice website. Haha!
96 uses - Created 2005-07-12 21:55:55 - Last used 2024-02-14 05:42:31 - Nominate - Description - http://www.krylonet.com

dr.ar
Searches DeRemate.com.ar using the given keyword (e.g. product name)
96 uses - Created 2005-11-08 23:59:11 - Last used 2008-10-29 18:14:46 - Nominate - Description - http://www.deremate.com.ar/accdb/search1.asp?txtsearch=%s&TipoRemates=0

desp
Search in english-spanish in Dictionary.com
96 uses - Created 2011-12-15 18:18:10 - Last used 2020-07-22 05:14:44 - Nominate - Description - http://spanish.dictionary.com/definition/%s?src=en

psd
PreviewSeek dictionary search
96 uses - Created 2006-01-04 19:28:16 - Last used 2019-04-11 12:21:36 - Nominate - Description - http://beta.previewseek.com/?query=%s&twin=n&con=y&where=dictionpedia

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

ffext
Search for official firefox extentions Usage: ffext adblock
96 uses - Created 2006-02-03 20:49:32 - Last used 2011-12-25 01:31:49 - Nominate - Description - https://addons.mozilla.org/quicksearch.php?q=%s&section=A&application=firefox

fact
Search Factbug.org, a fast Wikipedia mirror
96 uses - Created 2006-04-09 21:02:04 - Last used 2024-10-03 07:35:33 - Nominate - Description - http://www.factbug.org/cgi-bin/factfind.cgi?v=%s

shu
Creates a short URL with shurl.org Usage: shu <longurl>
96 uses - Created 2006-05-22 18:29:11 - Last used 2024-05-09 08:55:04 - Nominate - Description - http://shurl.org/?url=%s

20910
20910=http://www.erh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?CityName=Silver+Spring&state=MD&site=LWX
96 uses - Created 2006-12-03 19:11:26 - Last used 2012-03-30 20:54:38 - Nominate - Description - http://www.erh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?CityName=Silver+Spring&state=MD&site=LWX

wkfr
search in news and blog search in French service Wikio
96 uses - Created 2007-03-14 13:21:02 - Last used 2018-05-03 04:52:25 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wikio.fr/search=%s

txt
txtDrop.com Free SMS sender (USA only) YubNub Command: txt -n YourName -p 1234567890 -m Hey dude are you coming? Enjoy! Author: Honeybear Webdesign (http://www.kalebdf.com)
96 uses - Created 2007-07-10 01:49:18 - Last used 2024-10-09 16:06:52 - Nominate - Description - http://www.kalebdf.com/txtdrop/drop.php?n=${n}&p=${p}&m=${m=Hey whats up?}

gnoise
Goes to Guitarnoise.com. Purely for use with >> and >
96 uses - Created 2007-07-13 04:52:41 - Last used 2008-11-18 17:35:30 - Nominate - Description - http://www.guitarnoise.com

callde
Use peterzahlt.de to make a phonecall for free (ONLY possible FROM Germany!). Just type: callde -me MY_NUMBER -to NUMBER_TO_CALL Example: callde -me 123456 -to 123456
96 uses - Created 2007-07-15 15:25:00 - Last used 2010-05-08 16:31:23 - Nominate - Description - http://www.peterzahlt.de/c2c-peterzahlt/index.do?cvwQuery=&language=de&detectedBandwidth=&detectedBandwidthPort=&detectedBandwidthProtocol=&detectedFlashVersion=9&prevDetectedBandwidth=&pageID=&pageCreationTime=&winWidth=1279&winHeight=659&modalXPosition=148&modalYPosition=&username=&password=&username2=&password2=&aCountryCode=%2B49&aNumber=${me}&bCountryCode=%2B49&bNumber=${to}&aGender=m&aAge=55

mse
test
96 uses - Created 2007-07-21 19:53:03 - Last used 2023-02-06 12:18:45 - Nominate - Description - http://yubnub.org/parser/parse?command=split+http://images.google.com/images?q=%s+http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=%s+http://search.live.com/images/results.aspx?q=%s+http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%s+http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=%s

internic
Internic whois domain search. Search for .aero, .arpa, .biz, .cat, .com, .coop, .edu, .info, .int, .jobs, .mobi, .museum, .name, .net, .org, .pro, or .travel Domains. Example: internic google.com
96 uses - Created 2007-07-22 19:21:49 - Last used 2016-07-04 03:41:24 - Nominate - Description - http://reports.internic.net/cgi/whois?whois_nic=%s&type=domain

flixster
SYNOPSIS flixster [command-name] EXAMPLE flixster return of the king Searches Flixster.com for movies.
96 uses - Created 2007-08-20 17:42:04 - Last used 2019-01-18 15:57:49 - Nominate - Description - http://www.flixster.com/movies.do?search=%s&movieAction=doMovieSearch

bomb
If you are sitting next to someone who irritates you on a plane or train: 1. Quietly and calmly open up your laptop case. 2. Remove your laptop. 3. Turn it on. 4. Make sure the guy who won't leave you alone can see the screen. 6. Close your eyes and tilt your head up to the sky. 7. Then type bomb into yubnub
96 uses - Created 2007-08-26 17:17:36 - Last used 2017-05-19 08:55:47 - Nominate - Description - http://www.thecleverest.com/countdown.swf

ghsa
Look up human gene in NCBI gene database. ('hsa' stands for 'H. sapiens').
96 uses - Created 2007-10-02 08:25:00 - Last used 2007-10-08 16:21:56 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=search&term=%22Homo%20sapiens%22%20%5BOrganism%5D%20%s

alb
Searches audiolunchbox.com for DRM free music See "drmfree" command to search multiple DRM-free music stores
96 uses - Created 2007-10-30 03:18:37 - Last used 2017-12-23 20:53:44 - Nominate - Description - http://audiolunchbox.com/find.php?t=x&fi=%s

heidi
Heidi.Catalog for libraries of Heidelberg University. Too lazy to bring back your books? Just extend them online!
96 uses - Created 2007-12-14 15:59:19 - Last used 2021-07-13 08:58:03 - Nominate - Description - http://katalog.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/cgi-bin/login.cgi

dia

96 uses - Created 2008-01-08 19:11:54 - Last used 2025-06-16 05:56:36 - Nominate - Description - http://www.opendiary.com

tsa
Searches in a Windows OS tips and tricks for system administrator, TheSystemAdministrator.com. Example: tsa install xp
96 uses - Created 2008-04-23 09:46:46 - Last used 2024-07-10 08:05:42 - Nominate - Description - http://thesystemadministrator.com/index.php?option=com_search&Itemid=99999999&searchword=%s&submit=Search&searchphrase=all&ordering=newest

p9

96 uses - Created 2008-12-19 20:54:01 - Last used 2021-02-12 21:38:50 - Nominate - Description - http://plan9.bell-labs.com/magic/man2html/?pat=%s

ghop
Google Public Transport search, command: ghop fromLocation; To location example: ghop 22 W 11th St, nyc; Newark Airport
96 uses - Created 2009-01-10 22:09:57 - Last used 2015-10-13 09:59:48 - Nominate - Description - ghoppublic {param from;to %s}

hesol
Search the help system of the epic IRC client: www.epicsol.org Author: creddy.eddy@gmail.com
96 uses - Created 2009-03-04 11:14:06 - Last used 2011-09-07 10:41:41 - Nominate - Description - http://help.epicsol.org/help/?do=search&id=%s

bbt
Translate -w WORD to -l LANGUAGE using Babylon.com free services. Ex: bbt -w abacaxi -l english will give me "pineapple"
96 uses - Created 2009-03-16 13:29:29 - Last used 2019-07-05 17:26:20 - Nominate - Description - http://www.babylon.com/definition/${w}/${l}

cld
search craigslist directly clt -wr new york -wt statue will search for statues in new york
96 uses - Created 2009-05-26 04:35:23 - Last used 2021-02-08 02:15:09 - Nominate - Description - http://${wr}.craigslist.org/search/sss?query=${wt}

sonic

96 uses - Created 2009-08-28 10:30:03 - Last used 2025-04-24 17:14:34 - Nominate - Description - http://somafm.com/play/sonicuniverse

rutracker
Search rutracker.org torrent site
96 uses - Created 2010-04-02 07:56:33 - Last used 2025-05-24 15:44:31 - Nominate - Description - http://rutracker.org/forum/search.php?nm=%s

wikino
Search Norwegian Wikipedia. Søk på Norsk Wikipedia.
96 uses - Created 2010-05-01 16:38:52 - Last used 2012-11-16 16:53:50 - Nominate - Description - http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s&fulltext=Search

la2
Acceso directo: Te lleva a la página de TVE a la CARTA, donde podemos ver los informativos de La 2 Noticias. (by l3utterfish)
96 uses - Created 2010-06-04 13:21:24 - Last used 2017-10-30 09:10:06 - Nominate - Description - http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/la2/temas/informativos/index.html

conjuga
Conjuga o verbo em português. Conjugates the verb in portuguese.
96 uses - Created 2010-07-22 20:06:30 - Last used 2015-12-11 06:53:40 - Nominate - Description - http://www.conjuga-me.net/verbo-%s

sampled
NAME sampled - Search for an artist or track on the Who Sampled? Database SYNOPSIS sampled [-atc] [ARTIST OR TRACK TITLE] EXAMPLES sampled ATLiens searches WhoSampled for "ATLiens" sampled -a OutKast searches WhoSampled for "OutKast" in the Artist Category sampled -t SpottieOttieDopaliscious searches WhoSampled for "SpottieOttieDopaliscious" in the Tracks Category sampled -c Two Dope Boyz searches WhoSampled for "Two Dope Boyz" in the Connections Category NOTES Searches for a track/artist on th…
96 uses - Created 2013-10-07 13:18:47 - Last used 2024-04-16 10:06:01 - Nominate - Description - http://www.whosampled.com/search/{switch {% 1 %s}[no url encoding] | -a => artists/?q={% 2- %s}[no url encoding], -t => tracks/?q={% 2- %s}[no url encoding], -c => connections/?q={% 2- %s}[no url encoding], * => ?q=%s[no url encoding] }

applied
Applied systems webex
96 uses - Created 2014-04-23 14:27:48 - Last used 2022-03-31 05:25:37 - Nominate - Description - https://appliedsystems.webex.com/mw0401l/mywebex/default.do?siteurl=appliedsystems

dsl
dsl reports
95 uses - Created 2005-06-11 16:58:14 - Last used 2025-02-03 16:58:54 - Nominate - Description - http://www.broadbandreports.com/

ffkey (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS ffkey EXAMPLE ffkey Firefox keyboard shortcuts.
95 uses - Created 2005-06-12 16:24:27 - Last used 2012-11-08 19:53:45 - Description - http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/keyboard

fart
pass gas
95 uses - Created 2005-06-16 20:01:43 - Last used 2025-08-14 15:40:32 - Nominate - Description - http://www.fart.com

foot
An Independant film company, Foot in Mouth Productions! Enjoy our films!
95 uses - Created 2005-06-21 00:45:46 - Last used 2025-08-18 03:01:36 - Nominate - Description - www.freewebs.com/fnmp

verbix
Conjugate an English verb with Verbix.
95 uses - Created 2005-06-21 10:18:44 - Last used 2015-09-29 07:11:08 - Nominate - Description - http://www.verbix.com/webverbix/cache/20.%s.html

human
Cheats to bypass automated telephone answering (IVR) to get to a person. [ Updated site of Paul English IVR Cheat Sheet. ]
95 uses - Created 2006-02-25 23:13:11 - Last used 2019-11-12 12:22:21 - Nominate - Description - http://gethuman.com/us/

xlocal
shortcup for my localhost apache server. e.g. xlocal info author: GaRZoL
95 uses - Created 2005-09-08 06:16:07 - Last used 2006-05-17 09:38:26 - Nominate - Description - http://pc_mathlab_ls/%s

rojo
Links to this Feed Aggregator
95 uses - Created 2005-11-06 13:23:00 - Last used 2016-02-04 09:09:17 - Nominate - Description - http://rojo.com/

kt
Searches www.kosmix.com's Travel section. To find information on travel in Oregon, type kt Oregon
95 uses - Created 2006-02-11 07:15:33 - Last used 2024-10-18 01:27:05 - Nominate - Description - http://www.kosmix.com/search?q=%s&t=vtravel.any&out=travel&lid=index

baro
istanbul barr
95 uses - Created 2006-02-15 08:37:36 - Last used 2023-06-22 13:11:13 - Nominate - Description - http://www.istanbulbarosu.org.tr

lesbians
Lesbian Deluxe - High quality adult pictures and movies Command opens the website
95 uses - Created 2006-05-13 16:40:12 - Last used 2018-03-03 16:46:28 - Nominate - Description - http://www.lesbian-deluxe.com

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