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".

mpg
Find anything faster!
76 uses - Created 2005-06-28 02:20:32 - Last used 2024-06-06 15:28:10 - Nominate - Description - http://www.joetech.com/?fwd=%s

chap
Search Chapters.ca, a Canadian bookstore. Example: chap What Color Is Your Parachute
76 uses - Created 2005-08-07 03:04:22 - Last used 2025-07-11 05:39:51 - Nominate - Description - http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/default.asp?Ntt=%s&Lang=en&Section=books

goal
Add a goal on 43things for example: "goal get a new job"
76 uses - Created 2005-10-21 21:26:27 - Last used 2023-10-18 10:22:18 - Nominate - Description - http://www.43things.com/people/adopt_goal?goal[name]=%s

adt
Artist Direct search. Search by album title. Example: adt elegant gypsy
76 uses - Created 2005-10-22 20:31:23 - Last used 2025-03-25 14:52:32 - Nominate - Description - http://ubl.artistdirect.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+Search?select=MusicTitle&searchstr=%s&searchtype=NormalSearch&start=1&submit.x=0&submit.y=0

kon
Konfabulator Widget Gallery search. You can search for the widget of your dreams by just typing in "kon". Example: kon binary
76 uses - Created 2005-12-07 22:16:31 - Last used 2022-05-21 00:56:52 - Nominate - Description - http://www.widgetgallery.com/?search=%s

GPO
Search www.gameportalonline.com
76 uses - Created 2006-01-03 18:49:54 - Last used 2023-02-03 06:52:51 - Nominate - Description - http://www.gameportalonline.com/search.php?q=%s&sourceid=mozilla-search

dgrep
Dictionary Grep Search. Search words by regular expressions. . is a wildcard character * allows repetitions of the previous character (zero or more) ^ marks the beginning $ marks the end [] encloses a set of possibilities Option -size specifies the word length. Examples: dgrep man finds manager, batman, germanium, etc. dgrep man..er finds manager, womanizers, etc. dgrep man.*er finds manufacturer, commander, good-mannered, etc. dgrep ^man.*er finds manufacturer, but NOT commander dgrep man.*er$…
76 uses - Created 2006-01-11 21:30:10 - Last used 2021-10-16 04:42:36 - Nominate - Description - http://www.puzzlers.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=solving%3Awordlists%3Adictionary_search&user_string=%s&dictname=allwords.txt&wordlength=${size=0}&casesensitivity=N&sense=Y&user_string2=&sense2=&querytype=1&resulttype=list[no url encoding]

kottke
A simple bookmark to Jason Kottke's blog.
76 uses - Created 2006-01-21 22:34:25 - Last used 2022-10-11 19:17:24 - Nominate - Description - http://kottke.org/

lyn
A shorter version of the 'lynx' command! It assumes http://. View the source of the given URL. Handy for browsers that do not have a "View Source" menu item (like mobile browsers). Example: lyn google.com Uses Rex Swain's HTTP Viewer. "See exactly what an HTTP request returns to your browser."
76 uses - Created 2006-02-14 11:47:51 - Last used 2024-02-22 17:28:12 - Nominate - Description - http://www.rexswain.com/cgi-bin/httpview.cgi?url=http://%s&req=Get&ver=1.1&fmt=Auto&uag=&aen=&fwd=on

seri
http://www.serials.ws/
76 uses - Created 2006-02-23 18:19:56 - Last used 2025-02-10 19:16:40 - Nominate - Description - http://www.serials.ws/

strreplace2
strReplace with no url encoding. Look at the man page for strReplace for more information. http://www.yubnub.org/kernel/man?args=strreplace
76 uses - Created 2006-04-20 13:58:52 - Last used 2008-03-16 21:41:42 - Nominate - Description - http://jonathanaquino.com/yubscripts/strings/stringmanip.php?command=strreplace&find=${find}&replace=${replace}&string=${string}&xn_auth=no[no url encoding]

gooyou
Google Video / YouTube split search Example: gooyou lazy sunday
76 uses - Created 2006-07-24 21:11:49 - Last used 2014-06-08 15:29:51 - Nominate - Description - split {url gv %s} {url yt %s}

clips
Use Google to search Clipmarks.com for a keyword. Sometimes helps when you're trying to find a particular clip, since much of the site's content eventually gets crawled. I haven't figured out how Google ranks these sorts of results though. Example: clips "polar bears" clips legos Created by enbar
76 uses - Created 2006-11-08 02:10:09 - Last used 2016-12-27 11:57:43 - Nominate - Description - gg site:clipmarks.com %s

ciaode

76 uses - Created 2006-10-01 08:17:17 - Last used 2012-02-20 14:21:57 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ciao.de/search.php?SearchString=%s&Submit=Suchen

keygen
Search Keygen united studio.
76 uses - Created 2006-09-29 22:51:36 - Last used 2019-06-14 14:52:59 - Nominate - Description - http://keygen.us/search.shtml?q=%s&w=

clinical1

76 uses - Created 2007-01-06 22:11:34 - Last used 2008-10-06 18:39:26 - Nominate - Description - https://sales.datalabs.com/demo01/

searchmash
This searches SearchMash, a site operated by Google. It not only shows search results, but it shows expandable/closable columns of images, blogs, videos, and Wikipedia.
76 uses - Created 2007-01-07 00:30:51 - Last used 2015-08-10 18:44:17 - Nominate - Description - http://www.searchmash.com/search/%s

wktnr
Wiktionary search with language selection. No default language is assumed. The command is in fact a shortcut to "wiktionary -lang". Examples : "wktnr fr mot" "wktnr en word" "wktnr de wort"
76 uses - Created 2007-03-01 09:47:31 - Last used 2012-10-11 14:12:10 - Nominate - Description - wiktionary {% 2 %s} -lang {% 1 %s}

oodi
Käynnistää WinOodin MetaFramessa (Helsingin yliopisto)
76 uses - Created 2007-02-05 12:56:06 - Last used 2009-05-15 14:04:54 - Nominate - Description - http://rontti.helsinki.fi/oodi/oodiclnt.ica

googlecode
Searches Google Code Search. Syntax: regexp - Search for a regular expression "exact string" - Search for exact string file:regexp - Search only in files or directories matching regexp package:regexp - Search packages with names matching regexp. lang:regexp - Search only for programs written in languages matching regexp license:regexp - Search only for files with licenses matching regexp. See http://www.google.com/codesearch for more details.
76 uses - Created 2007-03-04 12:50:29 - Last used 2014-03-03 01:00:44 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/codesearch?q=%s&hl=en&btnG=Search+Code

onelk
OneLook Dictionary search
76 uses - Created 2007-07-09 17:27:52 - Last used 2008-04-23 13:48:21 - Nominate - Description - http://onelook.com/?w=%s&ls=a

mphys
MasteringPhysics
76 uses - Created 2007-09-04 13:40:43 - Last used 2010-07-31 21:14:40 - Nominate - Description - http://masteringphysics.com/

diggl (Golden Egg)
NAME diggl - used to quickly navigate http://labs.digg.com/ SYNTAX diggl [NAVIGATION KEY] [DEPENDENT INFORMATION] EXAMPLES diggl Returns: Brings you to the main page diggl stack Returns: Brings you to stack view diggl arcdl mac Returns: Downloads the latest mac application of the Arc View NAVIGATION KEY/BRINGS YOU TO/DEPENDANT INFORMATION arc Arc View stack Stack View Defaults to popular, use: "up" for upcoming, "all" for all swarm Swarm View Defaults to All, use: "up" for upcoming, "pop" for p…
76 uses - Created 2007-10-04 21:10:46 - Last used 2013-04-08 21:37:32 - Description - http://labs.digg.com{ifThen -value1 {% 1 %s} -value2 arc -test EQUAL -then /arc/ -else {ifThen -value1 {% 1 %s} -value2 stack -test EQUAL -then /stack{ifThen -value1 {% 2 %s} -value2 up -test EQUAL -then /?upcoming -else {ifThen -value1 {% 2 %s} -value2 all -test EQUAL -then /?spy -else}} -else {ifThen -value1 {% 1 %s} -value2 swarm -test EQUAL -then /swarm{ifThen -value1 {% 2 %s} -value2 up -test EQUAL -then /?upcoming -else {ifThen -value1 {% 2 %s} -value2 pop -test EQUAL -then /?popular -else}} -else {ifThen -value1 {% 1 %s} -value2 spy -test EQUAL -then /bigspy{ifThen -value1 {% 2 %s} -value2 pop -test EQUAL -then /?popular -else {ifThen -value1 {% 2 %s} -value2 all -test EQUAL -then /?spy -else}} -else}}}}[no url encoding]

sources
Find notable news sources
76 uses - Created 2008-01-11 05:21:20 - Last used 2023-04-13 05:40:45 - Nominate - Description - http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=%22%s%22+source:%22-newswire%22+source:%22-wire%22+source:%22-presswire%22+source:%22-PR%22+source:%22-press%22+source:%22-release%22&sa=N&start=60

grphone
Gets a persons name that owns the specified greek phone number (with area code)
76 uses - Created 2008-05-23 00:24:45 - Last used 2014-08-30 01:34:28 - Nominate - Description - http://www.greekphones.info/index.php?phone=%s

78
From the site's description: 3600 titles recorded from a personal collection of 78 rpm records. Many of them are linked to MP3 files and will play what was recorded. No sound enhancement, just what was recorded. I hope to eventually have all the titles linked to music files, though that might take a while.
76 uses - Created 2008-07-20 21:27:25 - Last used 2025-01-23 11:56:17 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2F78records.cdbpdx.com%2F+%s

sapnote
Retrieve SAp Notes (if you have a SAP account)
76 uses - Created 2008-07-21 14:06:52 - Last used 2016-07-07 09:51:26 - Nominate - Description - https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/%s

Knol
Search Google Knol
76 uses - Created 2008-07-24 15:25:27 - Last used 2012-03-06 23:24:34 - Nominate - Description - http://knol.google.com/k/knol/system/knol/pages/Search?q=%s&restrict=general

move

76 uses - Created 2008-08-16 08:59:33 - Last used 2021-05-05 10:13:15 - Nominate - Description - http://joox.net/

austlii
Search Australian Law docs (www.austlii.edu.au) The URL was essentially lifted verbatim from Surfraw, with the exception that 1000 results are requested instead of 30. I really have no idea whether the variables are set correctly. creddy.eddy@gmail.com
76 uses - Created 2008-09-25 12:41:06 - Last used 2023-01-17 12:58:09 - Nominate - Description - http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/sinosrch.cgi?method=auto&meta=%2Fau&query=%s&results=1000&submit=Search&callback=on&mask_world=&mask_path=

voycloud
The instant photo pages for erotic amateur photography featuring real wives, real girlfriends and candid voyeur pics. Upload and share your sexy photos and comment and rate others.
76 uses - Created 2012-07-02 06:37:53 - Last used 2023-02-20 14:39:08 - Nominate - Description - http://www.voyeurcloud.com/

clib
C standard library (libc) search. Returns first Google result in library documentation at www.cplusplus.com. Usage examples: clib printf clib math.h
76 uses - Created 2008-11-12 10:10:12 - Last used 2017-06-09 03:04:34 - Nominate - Description - gfl %s+site:http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/clibrary/

multis
SYNTAX multis <command> <query_number_one> <query_number_two> ... <query_number four> Allows you to invoke a command up to 4 times. It works the same as the multi command, with the only diference that it also allows you to enter queries made of several words. In order to enter a multi-worded keyword, join the words together with the character "_" (without the quotes). Examples: multis gim porsche ferrari lamborghini bmw (this is the same as the old multi command) multis gim porsche_911 ferrari_…
76 uses - Created 2009-01-27 10:11:29 - Last used 2012-10-07 08:16:04 - Nominate - Description - split {url[no url encoding] {% 1 %s} {nosp {% 2 %s}}} {url[no url encoding] {% 1 %s} {nosp {% 3 %s}}} {ifthen -value1 0 -value2 {strlength {% 4 %s}} -test EQUAL -then -else {url[no url encoding] {% 1 %s} {nosp {% 4 %s}}} } {ifthen -value1 0 -value2 {strlength {% 5 %s}} -test EQUAL -then -else {url[no url encoding] {% 1 %s} {nosp {% 5 %s}}} }[no url encoding]

prs
Call the yubnub parser. Used for commands like gsite: where some webbrowsers see gsite: as a type of web address.
76 uses - Created 2009-03-23 12:27:42 - Last used 2025-01-16 04:18:36 - Nominate - Description - http://www.yubnub.org/parser/parse?default=g2&command=%s

dgo/n
Add New Note to your Diigo. NOTICE: YOU MUST BE SIGNED INTO YOUR DIIGO account for this to work. Diigo (dee'go) at diigo.com is a social browsing cloud service that turns your tag-based web clips, bookmarks, page sticky notes and page highlights into a powerful database.
76 uses - Created 2011-11-04 06:07:05 - Last used 2013-11-14 01:34:22 - Nominate - Description - http://www.diigo.com/item/new/note

afsp
SYNOPSIS afsp [search term] EXAMPLE afsp pacman Searches bbs.archlinux.org for the given search term. Returns the results in post format.
76 uses - Created 2009-06-28 08:00:53 - Last used 2013-05-28 10:06:59 - Nominate - Description - http://bbs.archlinux.org/search.php?action=search&keywords=%s&author=&forum=-1&search_in=all&sort_by=0&sort_dir=DESC&show_as=posts&search=Submit

smh
Sydney Morning Herald home page
76 uses - Created 2009-08-22 07:14:08 - Last used 2022-03-03 18:48:48 - Nominate - Description - http://www.smh.com.au

gme
Google Maps Search in Español "Spain". Google Maps has several handy features included within it. To map out a single location, just type the address. Example: gme Plaza Colon, Madrid
76 uses - Created 2009-09-02 20:36:20 - Last used 2025-02-27 08:38:43 - Nominate - Description - http://maps.google.es/maps?q=%s

flipk
Flipkart Search. This command searches for items in the Indian Online shopping website Flipkart.com Example: Flipk The Leadership Challenge Lists out the books with the title "The Leadership Challenge".
76 uses - Created 2012-05-03 04:56:30 - Last used 2018-07-23 06:03:45 - Nominate - Description - http://www.flipkart.com/search/a/all?query=%s&vertical=all&dd=0&autosuggest%5Bas%5D=off&autosuggest%5Bas-submittype%5D=entered&autosuggest%5Bas-grouprank%5D=0&autosuggest%5Bas-overallrank%5D=0&Search=%C2%A0&_r=n_2yuAC4xgh0SZTuulvAtw--&_l=Tnndui8JdMVk7CZmDKIfXQ--&ref=84c34499-c665-4f22-8bd4-ba9466e5a37b&selmitem=

espoiler
Para usarlo en la página http://espoiler.tv
76 uses - Created 2009-12-14 20:50:00 - Last used 2015-09-16 10:34:06 - Nominate - Description - http://espoiler.tv/busqueda_libre.php?cadenabusqueda=%s&busqueda=SERIE

trr
search torrindex.com
76 uses - Created 2010-01-19 00:25:47 - Last used 2020-04-09 22:25:06 - Nominate - Description - http://torrindex.com/0/0/search/all/%s

fsde
fernsehserien.de - search for a series on tv fernsehserien.de - suche nach einer tv-serie
76 uses - Created 2010-02-08 16:00:26 - Last used 2017-01-17 09:51:51 - Nominate - Description - http://www.fernsehserien.de/index.php?suche=%s

newgdoc
Create a new Google Docs document. usage: newgdoc b.a.
76 uses - Created 2017-04-07 18:30:28 - Last used 2025-05-19 08:58:05 - Nominate - Description - https://docs.google.com/document/create

pcpp
pc part picker allows you to see prices and compile lists of pc hardware
76 uses - Created 2018-06-17 15:40:01 - Last used 2019-12-24 09:53:31 - Nominate - Description - http://pcpartpicker.com/search/?q=%s

readsy
readsy URL Readsy is a tool to help you skim large amounts of text by focusing your eyes on one word at a time without having to move them. It is powered by Spritz - you can read more about it here. To register for higher speeds, click "Login" on the top right of the Spritz box, and create an account with Spritz. http://www.readsy.co/#about
76 uses - Created 2015-01-07 04:53:17 - Last used 2023-01-22 19:14:30 - Nominate - Description - http://www.readsy.co/web?url=%s

s.tf
Search Tensorflow.org
76 uses - Created 2017-06-20 10:34:26 - Last used 2017-09-26 10:15:49 - Nominate - Description - https://www.tensorflow.org/s/results/?q=%s

kod (Golden Egg)
Search for source code on the koders.com search engine. This searches all languages.
75 uses - Created 2005-06-08 21:11:38 - Last used 2021-07-03 08:42:25 - Description - http://www.koders.com/?s=%s

Crystal

75 uses - Created 2005-06-10 00:15:44 - Last used 2023-01-16 02:48:38 - Nominate - Description - http://www.myspace.com/just_whisper_you_want_it

aots

75 uses - Created 2005-06-10 00:26:12 - Last used 2023-10-14 03:14:14 - Nominate - Description - http://www.pitbullpro.com

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