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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".

apple

2734 uses - Created 2006-08-06 03:08:57 - Last used 2025-01-08 01:57:17 - Nominate - Description - http://www.apple.com/

webster
Looks up a word in the Merriam-Webster online dictionary.
2719 uses - Created 2005-06-17 13:03:55 - Last used 2022-03-25 12:01:55 - Nominate - Description - http://www.webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=%s

qsl (Golden Egg)
Generates a presentation slide, using QuickSlide. Examples: qsl Hello World! qsl Media Uploader<div class="subtitle">Simplicity. Power.</div> qsl <img width="450px" src="leaf1.png">Improvements qsl <img width="300px" src="leaf2.png"><br />Music qsl <img width="300px" src="leaf4.png" class="reflect"><br />Reflection The last example shows how to add a reflection to an image using class="reflect".
2719 uses - Created 2008-02-13 06:28:09 - Last used 2024-08-02 14:03:08 - Description - http://quickslide.ning.com/?q=%s

lastfm
Last.FM User Page. Last.FM provides an overview of a user's listening habits, including recently played tracks, favorite songs and favorite artists. To look up a particular user's page, simply type the user name. Example: lastfm imran
2714 uses - Created 2006-02-03 03:52:01 - Last used 2024-07-30 21:18:18 - Nominate - Description - http://www.last.fm/user/%s

ma
Memory Alpha Wiki Search. Memory Alpha is a Star Trek-related wiki project similar to Wikipedia. To search on a topic, type "ma" and the topic: Example: ma James T. Kirk Example: ma William Shatner
2711 uses - Created 2005-06-22 01:16:12 - Last used 2024-09-04 01:57:17 - Nominate - Description - http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/%s[use _ for spaces]

wo
Finds German weather information for a given postal code.
2708 uses - Created 2005-11-01 19:51:31 - Last used 2025-01-10 01:28:26 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wetteronline.de/cgi-bin/regframe?3&LANG=de&PLZ=%s&PLZN=Postleitzahlbereich%20%s&PRG=citybild

pdf
Search for PDF files using Google. Basically uses the filetype: command for you.
2705 uses - Created 2005-07-06 09:35:15 - Last used 2025-01-02 10:08:40 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=filetype%3Apdf+%s&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

us
Searches the Ultisearch Directory
2701 uses - Created 2005-06-22 08:41:14 - Last used 2024-12-26 15:52:52 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ultisearch.co.uk/search.html?q=%s

top
Find the best cool sites for any type of site. Just type the word "top" followed by anything like this: top blogs
2700 uses - Created 2005-06-28 02:33:22 - Last used 2024-12-18 11:38:04 - Nominate - Description - http://www.joetech.com/?fwd=top+%s

ukg
Search the web on Google UK
2693 uses - Created 2008-06-17 12:03:49 - Last used 2023-05-16 09:58:05 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%s

yfr
Yahoo.fr localised web search
2686 uses - Created 2005-06-30 10:13:58 - Last used 2013-01-21 14:29:01 - Nominate - Description - http://fr.search.yahoo.com/search?ei=UTF-8&fr=sfp&meta=vl%3Dlang_fr&p=%s

ptube
Enter keyword for pornotube content
2685 uses - Created 2006-09-09 00:43:36 - Last used 2019-03-27 02:02:21 - Nominate - Description - http://www.pornotube.com/media.php?mode=tag&tag=%s

eebay
Search ebay Spain Busca en ebay España
2683 uses - Created 2005-07-20 09:40:20 - Last used 2024-11-28 09:35:40 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ebay.es/sch/items/?_nkw=%s

gshop
google shopping
2683 uses - Created 2009-04-24 03:52:55 - Last used 2025-01-12 06:23:52 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/products?q=%s

hg
Take you to Gmail for your domain.
2682 uses - Created 2006-03-31 00:03:07 - Last used 2025-01-09 14:28:40 - Nominate - Description - http://mail.google.com/hosted/%s

feedly

2681 uses - Created 2009-12-22 06:14:45 - Last used 2024-12-05 04:14:19 - Nominate - Description - http://www.feedly.com/home

gnote
NAME gnote - Search Google Notebook SYNOPSIS gnote [SEARCH TERM] EXAMPLES gnote flickr (this returns a search of your personal Google Notebook for the term flickr. Must be logged in for it to work) gnote -p flickr (searches all public Google Notebooks for the term flickr) gnote (takes you to the main Notebook page) This commands lets your search the Google Notebook tool. http://www.google.com/notebook/ If you use the flag "-p" before your search term it will search public pages. Without the "-p…
2667 uses - Created 2006-05-16 16:56:31 - Last used 2019-09-12 09:30:25 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/notebook/{ifempty -value ${p} -then fullpage?q=%s -else search?q=${p}}

strLcase (Golden Egg)
An alias for lcase. I thought it would be handy to have all the string manipulation commands prefixed by "str"
2664 uses - Created 2005-08-13 19:52:58 - Last used 2023-07-26 04:01:20 - Description - http://www.yubnub.org/parser/parse?command=lcase+%s

g-1m
Google Search last month sort by date
2659 uses - Created 2011-10-03 00:05:15 - Last used 2025-01-12 05:03:31 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%s&tbs=qdr:h

gst
Gets you to www.gatheringstatic.com
2653 uses - Created 2010-02-24 02:22:46 - Last used 2021-01-03 13:37:29 - Nominate - Description - http://www.gatheringstatic.com

godaddy
Check availability of domain name on GoDaddy.com Usage: godaddy [domainName] godaddy [domainName] -tld [.com/.org/.net ...] -tld - top-level domain, default to .com
2652 uses - Created 2006-01-29 00:01:36 - Last used 2024-12-24 05:42:00 - Nominate - Description - https://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/registrar/search.asp?se=%2B&amp;ci=164&domainToCheck=%s&checkAvail=1&tld=${tld=.com}

g-1d
Google Search last day sort by date
2641 uses - Created 2011-10-03 00:04:22 - Last used 2025-01-12 08:56:43 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%s&tbs=qdr:d

qub
Search Queen's University Belfast through Google
2633 uses - Created 2006-10-02 11:59:58 - Last used 2015-01-16 12:42:48 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%s%20site%3Aqub.ac.uk

f1s
search www.freeones.com. just enter the name of porn star they are looking for.
2627 uses - Created 2005-06-30 12:59:48 - Last used 2023-12-11 06:41:23 - Nominate - Description - http://www.freeones.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?b=%s

giphy
Animated GIF search using Giphy.com To find animated gifs of the TV show Arrested Development, just type your search. Example: giphy arrested development
2621 uses - Created 2013-12-11 09:07:16 - Last used 2024-12-17 17:42:30 - Nominate - Description - http://giphy.com/search/%s[use - for spaces]

ggcache
Google Cache Lookup
2608 uses - Created 2005-11-28 16:49:26 - Last used 2024-12-03 03:35:32 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:%s

paview3
Jumps to last week's Penny Arcade comic. Like paview2, but more flexible because you can optionally specify the age of the comic that you want (in days). Demonstrates how you can type command combinations directly into the URL box to create a new command from existing ones. Example: paview3 Example: paview3 -age 14
2607 uses - Created 2005-07-17 08:44:43 - Last used 2024-12-31 05:24:11 - Nominate - Description - paview {date -format Y-m-d -offset -${age=7}}

brain (Golden Egg)
Ask Brainboost a question, and it will search the internet to find a precise answer to your question. Sponsored by NASA. Example: brain how far is sidney from victoria bc?
2607 uses - Created 2005-07-18 02:46:31 - Last used 2024-12-19 10:54:53 - Description - http://www.answers.com/bb/bbsearch.jsp?Q=%s

wunderground
Wunderground provides weather forecasts similar to Weather.com but does so in a more "raw" format if a user so chooses. This command provides a shortcut to entering the zipcode in the search bar on the actual website. Example: wunderground 90210 Would query wunderground with the Beverly Hills areacode.
2605 uses - Created 2008-02-13 02:25:25 - Last used 2024-11-28 13:40:21 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=%s

2del
Send url to deliciious.Usage: 2del [url]
2603 uses - Created 2011-03-24 00:01:52 - Last used 2016-09-04 19:41:25 - Nominate - Description - http://delicious.com/save?url=%s

e-f (Golden Egg)
Tanslate form En to Fr (Fr to En via f-e command)
2602 uses - Created 2010-05-12 19:42:28 - Last used 2025-01-10 02:54:31 - Description - http://translate.google.fr/#en|fr|%s

what
blogger in the ATL
2599 uses - Created 2005-07-08 16:38:15 - Last used 2025-01-09 07:51:51 - Nominate - Description - http://www.whadoiknow.org

trz
Search http://www.torrentz.com Example: trz family guy
2588 uses - Created 2007-03-13 13:17:05 - Last used 2021-03-25 04:55:26 - Nominate - Description - http://www.torrentz.com/search?x=0&y=0&q=%s

froo
Froogle Search!
2586 uses - Created 2005-06-24 00:40:22 - Last used 2016-11-19 11:12:08 - Nominate - Description - http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=%s&btnG=Search+Froogle

in
Search Info.com
2586 uses - Created 2005-07-07 17:31:42 - Last used 2025-01-03 07:22:13 - Nominate - Description - http://web.info.com/infocom.us/search/web/%s

new (Golden Egg)
Makes new command and you and make do what you like
2582 uses - Created 2005-06-11 23:16:12 - Last used 2025-01-02 16:33:21 - Description - http://yubnub.org/command/new?name=

fliccr (Golden Egg)
Search Flickr for photos licensed under a Creative Commons (cc) licence.
2579 uses - Created 2007-11-12 09:10:58 - Last used 2023-04-24 01:27:47 - Description - http://flickr.com/search/?q=%s&l=cc&ss=1&ct=6

lipsum (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS lipsum [options] EXAMPLES lipsum -f html -a 6 lipsum -f html -a 100 -t words Generates "lorem ipsum" text. OPTIONS -f FORMAT Generate output in the given FORMAT. FORMAT is html or xml. -a NUM Generate NUM paragraphs (or words, bytes, or lists, depending on the type of unit specified) -t TYPE (Optional) TYPE is paragraphs, words, bytes, or lists. Defaults to paragraphs. -s START (Optional) START is yes or no, indicating whether to start with "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..." Defaults to n…
2577 uses - Created 2005-07-06 06:20:40 - Last used 2023-09-06 14:19:34 - Description - http://www.lipsum.com/feed/${f}/?amount=${a}&what=${t}&start=${s}

dpts
Debian Package Tracking System. Query the Debian QA for the complete (quality) status of a package. To find a source/binary package, just type the package name. Example: dpts ruby1.8
2576 uses - Created 2005-07-01 13:57:52 - Last used 2023-11-08 14:24:46 - Nominate - Description - http://packages.qa.debian.org/common/index.html?src=%s

ssc
Scroogle SSL Search (copy of sscr) no cookies | no search-term records | access log deleted after 7 days
2574 uses - Created 2010-07-28 10:47:15 - Last used 2024-03-24 10:29:15 - Nominate - Description - https://ssl.scroogle.org/cgi-bin/nbbwssl.cgi?Gw=%s

blub (Golden Egg)
blub - Bloglines Subscribe. Subscribe to the given blog using the Bloglines RSS reader. Auto-discovers the feed, if any. Example: blub http://jonaquino.blogspot.com
2571 uses - Created 2005-07-29 06:08:19 - Last used 2021-02-03 06:42:59 - Description - http://www.bloglines.com/sub/%s[no url encoding]

gita
Cerca su Google Italia in pagine in italiano.
2570 uses - Created 2005-10-19 13:34:34 - Last used 2024-10-22 22:47:25 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.it/search?hl=it&q=%s&btnG=Cerca&meta=lr%3Dlang_it

af
Where do lost acronyms go? Find yours here!
2566 uses - Created 2005-06-13 18:01:51 - Last used 2025-01-07 10:38:32 - Nominate - Description - http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?Acronym=%s&String=exact

2html
converts text into html characters (might work best when called within {})
2564 uses - Created 2006-09-14 03:04:25 - Last used 2021-10-16 04:37:29 - Nominate - Description - http://efridge.net/yubnub/2html.php?t=%s

lfm
Last.fm music search. ========== Old implementation: http://www.last.fm/explore/?artistname=%s&submit.x=0&submit.y=0
2557 uses - Created 2005-08-24 12:01:57 - Last used 2024-06-08 14:01:26 - Nominate - Description - http://www.last.fm/music?m=all&q=%s

sxc (Golden Egg)
Searches stock.xchng [sxc.hu]. ========== Old implementation: http://sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=search&txt=%s&w=1
2551 uses - Created 2005-06-09 03:18:32 - Last used 2022-03-16 12:59:13 - Description - http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=search&txt=%s&w=1&x=0&y=0

amm
Amazon Music CDs search
2550 uses - Created 2007-06-14 16:10:11 - Last used 2021-10-05 13:15:05 - Nominate - Description - http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_m/102-8357939-2696105?url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=%s&Go.x=0&Go.y=0&Go=Go

walpha
Wolfram Alpha search. Example: walpha half-life of tritium
2543 uses - Created 2009-05-07 20:46:45 - Last used 2024-12-26 12:01:49 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%s

wikip (Golden Egg)
search Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
2540 uses - Created 2005-06-16 04:00:35 - Last used 2023-10-30 05:07:56 - Description - http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=%s&fulltext=Search

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