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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.
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d
Dictionary
134391 uses - Created 2005-06-10 21:50:02 - Last used 2024-03-27 21:16:28 - Nominate - Description - http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=%s

iconv (Golden Egg)
Converts a string from one character set to another, similar to the iconv commmand/function in Unix and PHP. Example: iconv -from UTF-8 -to UTF-16 -str test The "from" and "to" parameters both default to UTF-8. //IGNORE and //TRANSLIT are supported; see http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.iconv.php for more information. http://www.ibiblio.org/weidai/iconv_list.php lists known coded character sets.
130524 uses - Created 2008-05-25 01:59:04 - Last used 2021-08-14 11:33:19 - Description - http://www.ibiblio.org/weidai/iconv.php?from=${from=UTF-8}&to=${to=UTF-8}&str=${str}

amazon
search any product in amazon exaple: amazon camcorder
123330 uses - Created 2005-06-16 10:58:48 - Last used 2024-03-26 13:00:15 - Nominate - Description - http://www.amazon.com/s/?field-keywords=%s

google
Google search.
117483 uses - Created 2005-06-10 20:53:30 - Last used 2024-03-27 09:40:07 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%s

php (Golden Egg)
PHP function lookup.
114711 uses - Created 2005-06-06 20:24:08 - Last used 2024-03-26 02:07:19 - Description - http://www.php.net/%s

nvrdic
Naver Dictionary http://dic.naver.com
97331 uses - Created 2014-10-21 02:09:07 - Last used 2024-03-28 03:09:08 - Nominate - Description - http://dic.naver.com/search.nhn?query=%s

guk (Golden Egg)
Google UK search: UK Specific Type in the search term and Google will return pages from the UK. ========== Old implementation: http://www.google.co.uk/search?ie=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=%s Google UK's "Browse By Name" search
93824 uses - Created 2005-06-08 10:01:21 - Last used 2024-03-23 08:17:49 - Description - http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=%s&btnG=Search&meta=cr%3DcountryUK%7CcountryGB

y (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS y [keywords] EXAMPLE y why is the sky blue Searches the web using the Yahoo! search engine.
91442 uses - Created 2005-06-06 01:20:52 - Last used 2024-03-26 21:34:42 - Description - http://search.yahoo.com/search?&p=%s

scr
scroogle google proxy no cookies | no search-term records | access log deleted after 7 days
91186 uses - Created 2005-06-22 22:41:23 - Last used 2024-02-11 01:09:44 - Nominate - Description - http://www.scroogle.org/cgi-bin/nbbw.cgi?Gw=%s

gs (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS gs [keywords] EXAMPLE gs pagerank brin Performs a Google Scholar search using the given keywords.
90158 uses - Created 2005-06-06 03:08:33 - Last used 2024-03-27 20:19:24 - Description - http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%s

gma (Golden Egg)
With no parameter, opens GMail, with a parameter, searches GMail for parameter (must be logged in). Examples: gma - opens GMail gma world peace - searches GMail for world peace (if logged in) Proposed as replacement for gma. Stian Haklev, shaklev@gmail.com. My first command using eop, thanks Allen, this is awesome! ========== Old implementation: https://gmail.google.com/{eop gmail?search=query&q=@%s@&view=tl&fs=1}
89729 uses - Created 2005-06-22 23:30:00 - Last used 2024-03-26 16:35:10 - Description - https://mail.google.com/{eop mail/#search/@%s@ -else }

dg
use the ssl version of the duckduckgo search engine
87734 uses - Created 2005-07-03 16:33:11 - Last used 2024-03-28 02:55:25 - Nominate - Description - https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%s

gfr
Google.fr localised search
87138 uses - Created 2005-06-30 10:08:13 - Last used 2024-03-28 04:12:02 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.fr/search?hl=fr&q=%s

r4go
r4go
86592 uses - Created 2014-09-01 06:55:36 - Last used 2020-05-01 08:06:16 - Nominate - Description - http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?center=${1},${2}&size=419x230&zoom=${31=13}&scale=2&maptype=${32=hybrid}&markers=icon:http://goo.gl/v2Jc9o%7C${3},${4}&markers=icon:http://goo.gl/kX2qJD%7C${5},${6}&markers=icon:http://goo.gl/OOl5LJ%7C${7},${8}&markers=icon:http://goo.gl/rdB2F0%7C${9},${10}&markers=icon:http://goo.gl/JE3MF8%7C${11},${12}&markers=color:yellow%7Clabel:1%7C${13},${14}&markers=color:yellow%7Clabel:2%7C${15},${16}&markers=color:yellow%7Clabel:3%7C${17},${18}&markers=color:yellow%7Clabel:4%7C${19},${20}&markers=color:yellow%7Clabel:5%7C${21},${22}&markers=color:yellow%7Clabel:6%7C${23},${24}&markers=color:yellow%7Clabel:7%7C${25},${26}&markers=color:yellow%7Clabel:8%7C${27},${28}&markers=color:yellow%7Clabel:9%7C${29},${30}

wi
English WikiPedia search
81457 uses - Created 2005-06-30 19:42:30 - Last used 2024-03-27 00:46:50 - Nominate - Description - http://en.wikipedia.org/?search=%s

ghu
Search in the hungarian localized version of Google.
81126 uses - Created 2007-01-07 12:15:36 - Last used 2024-03-28 00:19:30 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.hu/search?hl=hu&q=%s&meta=lr%3Dlang_hu

wikt
Wiktionary. I screwed the last one up. Eat me.
78688 uses - Created 2005-06-25 04:45:17 - Last used 2024-03-27 20:48:29 - Nominate - Description - http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%s[use _ for spaces]

ges
Buscar páginas en español en Google.es (Google.es search for pages in Spanish) Ejemplo/example: ges perico palotes
78541 uses - Created 2005-10-09 20:40:46 - Last used 2024-03-28 03:15:25 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.es/search?hl=es&lr=lang_es&q=%s

%s

76129 uses - Created 2005-06-25 09:23:54 - Last used 2024-03-18 16:05:53 - Nominate - Description - http://www.yahoo.com

cmdline (Golden Egg)
NAME cmdline - opens a command line frame at the bottom of the screen cmd - an alias for cmdline SYNOPSIS cmdline [options] cmd [options] Optional arguments: -br <browser_type = ff> If not included, cmdline will assume that a Firefox browser is being used. This is the default value of "ff". If set to "ie", cmdline will assume an Internet Explorer browser is being used. -fc <font_colour = black> If not included, the cmdline will use a black font. This is the default value. HTML colour names, hex…
74876 uses - Created 2005-08-06 03:38:24 - Last used 2024-03-25 12:50:24 - Description - http://efridge.net/yubnub/ynframes.php?args=%s

b
The new Microsoft search engine.
74612 uses - Created 2006-08-15 16:19:58 - Last used 2024-03-25 08:43:50 - Nominate - Description - http://www.bing.com/search?q=%s

strLength (Golden Egg)
NAME strLength - returns the length of a string SYNOPSIS strLength [STRING] EXAMPLES strLength abcdefg (returns: 7) strLength This is a string (returns: 16) This command will return the length of the inputted string. Do not surround the string with quotes. AUTHOR Allen Ormond <aormond (at) fromrocks (dot) com>
73529 uses - Created 2005-08-12 00:58:20 - Last used 2022-02-13 14:08:51 - Description - http://jonathanaquino.com/yubscripts/strings/stringmanip.php?command=strlength&input=%s&xn_auth=no

a (Golden Egg)
Answers.com fact search
71976 uses - Created 2005-06-10 03:11:47 - Last used 2024-03-24 18:41:25 - Description - http://www.answers.com/%s

neverending
Neverending :D
70907 uses - Created 2006-12-30 23:18:41 - Last used 2023-06-30 10:32:38 - Nominate - Description - http://yubnub.org/parser/parse?command=neverending+%s

xe (Golden Egg)
Performs a currency conversion. Usage: xe -amount <amount> -from <currency1> -to <currency2> e.g. xe -amount 100 -from USD -to EUR All of the currency 3 letter abbreviations can be found at: http://www.xe.com/iso4217.htm
69267 uses - Created 2005-06-21 19:29:59 - Last used 2024-03-27 18:15:05 - Description - http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi?Amount=${amount}&From=${from}&To=${to}

rae
Consulta a la Real Academia de la Lengua Española ---------- Old implementation: http://www.rae.es/drae/SrvltGUIBusUsual?TIPO_HTML=2&TIPO_BUS=3&LEMA=%s http://lema.rae.es/drae/?val=%s
68990 uses - Created 2005-06-21 09:24:02 - Last used 2024-03-25 18:00:10 - Nominate - Description - http://dle.rae.es/%s

amde
Amazon.DE Search example: amde Harry Potter
65748 uses - Created 2005-06-21 10:16:53 - Last used 2024-03-27 15:14:22 - Nominate - Description - http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/external-search?keyword=%s&index=blended[use %20 for spaces]

orangeback

65289 uses - Created 2019-05-26 06:50:53 - Last used 2024-03-22 01:17:27 - Nominate - Description - http://expresscommande.icu/back.php?e=%s

goto (Golden Egg)
Go directly to Google's number one result
60232 uses - Created 2005-06-08 14:06:05 - Last used 2024-03-26 15:50:04 - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%s&btnI=I'm+Feeling+Lucky

ifEmpty (Golden Egg)
A simple remix of ifThen to make it easier to test for emptiness. Example: ifEmpty -value minsky -then nothing -else something returns: something ifEmpty -value -then nothing -else something returns: nothing
59102 uses - Created 2006-01-31 00:53:51 - Last used 2023-12-28 05:12:26 - Description - ifThen -value1 ${value} -value2 -test EQUAL -then ${then} -else ${else}

gat
Search google.at.
57777 uses - Created 2006-01-16 14:44:45 - Last used 2024-03-28 03:29:14 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.at/search?q=%s

maps

55063 uses - Created 2005-06-10 00:17:18 - Last used 2024-03-28 02:09:14 - Nominate - Description - http://maps.google.com/maps?q=%s

iso
search isohunt.com for torrents syntax: iso "search term"
55061 uses - Created 2005-09-07 18:51:25 - Last used 2024-02-05 05:52:28 - Nominate - Description - http://isohunt.com/torrents.php?ihq=%s&ext=&op=and

gn
Google News (copied from gnews)
54903 uses - Created 2005-06-21 15:31:44 - Last used 2024-03-27 10:34:49 - Nominate - Description - http://news.google.com/news?num=100&hl=en&lr=&tab=wn&ie=UTF-8&q=%s&scoring=d

tr (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS tr FROM TO TEXT EXAMPLES tr en fr hello Translates the given text from the first language to the second language, courtesy of Google Language Tools. The above example translates "hello" from English (en) to French (fr). Not all language combinations are available. Chinese (Simplified) zh-CN English ............ en French ............. fr German ............. de Italian ............ it Japanese ........... ja Korean ............. ko Portuguese ......... pt Spanish ............ es
53158 uses - Created 2005-06-07 06:37:56 - Last used 2024-03-27 10:29:15 - Description - http://yubnub.org/example/tr?args=%s

gnews (Golden Egg)
search google news in batches of 100 and sorted by date
53101 uses - Created 2005-06-09 13:12:18 - Last used 2024-03-23 02:44:04 - Description - http://news.google.com/news?num=100&hl=en&lr=&tab=wn&ie=UTF-8&q=%s&scoring=d

j
HTTPS Startpage search using the last single letter command string available on Yubnub!
52744 uses - Created 2012-06-27 13:35:55 - Last used 2024-03-27 18:47:44 - Nominate - Description - https://startpage.com/do/search?q=%s

tec (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS tec [keywords] EXAMPLE tec "great breakfast" Searches blogs for the given keywords, courtesy of the Technorati weblog search engine.
51509 uses - Created 2005-06-06 20:08:53 - Last used 2024-02-27 13:11:46 - Description - http://technorati.com/search/%s?sub=yubnub

Simpsons-old
NAME Simpsons - display quotes of any Simpsons character. SYNOPSIS Simpsons [-number NUMBER] Optional arguments: -number <a number = 1> Indicates the number of quotes to be displayed. If not included, only one quote will be shown. EXAMPLE To view one quote: Simpsons To view five quotes: Simpsons -number 5 ... NOTES Enjoy. AUTHOR Fuska
50794 uses - Created 2005-07-30 13:18:02 - Last used 2023-03-03 11:23:47 - Nominate - Description - http://www.thesimpsonsquotes.com/random.php?num=${number=1}

gmx
SYNOPSIS gmx [keywords] EXAMPLE gmx inequidad gmx iniquidad Performs a Google.com.mx (Google's Mexico Domain) search using the given keywords.
50360 uses - Created 2006-04-28 00:43:48 - Last used 2024-03-22 17:02:59 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com.mx/search?hl=es&q=%s

reader

49278 uses - Created 2005-10-08 16:19:57 - Last used 2023-04-09 16:13:38 - Nominate - Description - http://theoldreader.com/

whois (Golden Egg)
Check whois for the domain -- Old implementation: http://whois.to/%s Was not working for some domains [Jon Aquino 2006-07-21] Old implementation: http://whois.sc/%s [Jon Aquino 2010-03-03]
48597 uses - Created 2005-06-05 23:47:02 - Last used 2024-03-25 09:41:13 - Description - http://whois.domaintools.com/%s

wpes (Golden Egg)
Spanish Wikipedia SYNOPSIS wpes [keywords] EXAMPLE wpes yubnub Searches es.wikipedia.org using the given keyword (e.g. article name, subject, etc.)
46997 uses - Created 2005-06-09 12:04:17 - Last used 2024-03-27 09:57:13 - Description - http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Especial:Search?search=%s

dic
Dictionary.com e.g. dic chair
46809 uses - Created 2005-06-20 18:46:14 - Last used 2024-03-27 20:56:11 - Nominate - Description - http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=%s

filterstring (Golden Egg)
SYNTAX filterstring (number) [phrase] Performs opposite %. Removes a word from a string based on the number given. A "-" before or after the number will remove all words before, or after the corresponding word as well. EXAMPLE filterstring 2 How is the world today? (returns "How the world today?" filterstring 1 Hello world! (returns "world!") filterstring 2- gim cars like the porsche (returns "gim") filterstring -3 How is the world today? (returns "world today?") Created for piping purposes. ht…
46791 uses - Created 2006-01-30 22:24:17 - Last used 2023-03-03 12:32:25 - Description - http://www.jakeisgod.com/yubnub/filterstring.php?input=%s

alexarfa
takes a site as input and returns it's ranking in Iran, based on alexa information.
46269 uses - Created 2010-02-09 14:20:12 - Last used 2015-06-17 21:22:08 - Nominate - Description - scrape -tokens Iran Flag > < -dirs 0 0 0 0 -url http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?q=&url=%s

btj
btjunkie search. btjunkie.org is one of the largest torrent search engine. Usage: btj [word]
45629 uses - Created 2006-08-17 05:11:43 - Last used 2024-01-14 11:37:42 - Nominate - Description - http://btjunkie.org/search?q=%s

ud
Urban Dictionary
45171 uses - Created 2005-06-10 21:40:09 - Last used 2024-03-27 15:13:47 - Nominate - Description - http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=%s

amuk (Golden Egg)
UK localised Amazon search
44287 uses - Created 2005-06-13 21:35:18 - Last used 2024-03-21 13:46:28 - Description - http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/external-search?mode=blended&keyword=%s[use %20 for spaces]

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