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".

FPU
Searches the Featuresexec database for publications (must be logged in) ---------- Old implementation: http://www.featuresexec.com/search/mainsearch.php?is_reload=2&msrch=%s&search_mode=pn&countries%5B%5D=UK
2195 uses - Created 2007-05-04 14:44:12 - Last used 2023-02-20 14:29:44 - Nominate - Description - http://www.featuresexec.com/search/results.php?search_mode=mo&for=%s&hilite=%s

fc (Golden Egg)
Forecast by zipcode via Accuweather.com To get the forecast for your area, just type the zipcode. Example: fc 80919
2194 uses - Created 2005-06-20 19:56:28 - Last used 2024-12-17 07:29:31 - Description - http://wwwa.accuweather.com/forecast.asp?zipcode=%s

snegg (Golden Egg)
Search for computer parts on New Egg!
2192 uses - Created 2005-06-21 00:24:39 - Last used 2022-05-12 22:52:50 - Description - http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=Go&DEPA=0&type=&description=%s&Category=0&minPrice=&maxPrice=&Go.x=0&Go.y=0

linktag
USAGE linktag <url>!!<link caption> -t <target> Returns a hyperlink html code with the given text and destination EXAMPLES linktag {url g chocolate} : Link to a Google search for "chocolate" linktag www.google.com : Link to Google linktag www.google.com!!Search : Link to Google, with the text "Search" linktag www.google.com!!Search -t _blank : The link will open in a new window AUTHOR VkLJ
2188 uses - Created 2008-05-16 13:54:17 - Last used 2024-05-26 11:29:19 - Nominate - Description - runphp <? $a=split("!!","%s",2); if($a[1]=="") $a[1]=$a[0]; echo '<a href="'.$a[0].'" target="${t=_self}">'.$a[1].'</a>'; ?>

amp3
Amazon MP3 Downloads by MCAndre
2186 uses - Created 2007-09-25 19:29:46 - Last used 2022-02-14 14:24:31 - Nominate - Description - http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/002-3599339-4155227?initialSearch=1&url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music&field-keywords=%s

pdb
Searches the PDB (Protein Databank at http://www.pdb.org) by accession code. Brings you to the protein structure summary page. For example, to find the structure of Arabidopsis Tom20 by it's PDB accession code, use: pdb 1ZU2
2173 uses - Created 2008-01-10 04:04:23 - Last used 2024-04-16 02:37:25 - Nominate - Description - http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/cgi/explore.cgi?pdbId=%s

smt (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS smt [song title] EXAMPLE smt Stairway To Heaven Searches songmeanings.net using the given song title. Searches song titles only. ---------- Old implementation: http://www.songmeanings.net/query.php?action=title&query=%s
2172 uses - Created 2005-06-09 22:29:47 - Last used 2017-02-27 03:06:22 - Description - http://www.songmeanings.net/query/?q=%s&type=songs

ihp
Search High Energy Physics inSPIRE data base with SPRIRES syntax (find "%s")
2169 uses - Created 2019-05-16 02:10:29 - Last used 2025-01-10 04:58:44 - Nominate - Description - http://inspirehep.net/search?&f=&action_search&p=find+%s

task
Proccesses, Tasks and Services definitions: use: task [proccess name] - to get information about the proccess http://www.c2kb.com/personal/services/index.php
2168 uses - Created 2005-12-13 08:05:19 - Last used 2024-04-08 04:11:50 - Nominate - Description - http://www.c2kb.com/personal/services/index.php?proccess=%s

tvrage
tvrage brings you to TVRage.com tvrage <text> searches for the show or person on TVRage
2163 uses - Created 2007-04-25 12:50:57 - Last used 2017-04-29 23:51:32 - Nominate - Description - http://tvrage.com/{eop search.php?search=@%s@}

sd (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS sd EXAMPLE sd Slashdot is "News for nerds. Stuff that matters."
2160 uses - Created 2005-06-07 03:59:22 - Last used 2024-10-28 05:32:36 - Description - http://slashdot.org

maemo
does a google site search for content within http://talk.maemo.org/archive e.g. "maemo how to upgrade" will search for threads relevant to the search term "how to upgrade"
2158 uses - Created 2010-06-15 02:44:34 - Last used 2020-11-24 12:36:54 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Atalk.maemo.org%2Farchive%2F+%s&aq=f&+%saqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=

md5
Retrieves the md5 hash of the argument. Example: md5 dogsandcats ========== Old implementation: http://bfl.rctek.com/tools/?tool=hasher&string=%s[post] New implementation courtesy of Stephen Paul Weber
2156 uses - Created 2005-07-06 01:36:55 - Last used 2024-10-23 05:53:01 - Nominate - Description - change %s -method md5 -simple yes

3t

2153 uses - Created 2009-10-24 13:17:55 - Last used 2019-03-20 09:38:09 - Nominate - Description - http://www.threetags.com/notebook

yrt
yahoo stock quotes real time
2150 uses - Created 2006-02-27 17:19:47 - Last used 2024-06-14 04:49:20 - Nominate - Description - http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ecn?s=%s

mnv
Search torrents in mininova.org
2147 uses - Created 2007-07-07 01:42:08 - Last used 2017-08-09 13:29:47 - Nominate - Description - http://www.mininova.org/search/?search=%s

allartist
Allmusic search using their new API.
2145 uses - Created 2007-02-22 20:17:00 - Last used 2017-09-28 17:39:34 - Nominate - Description - http://allmusic.com/search/artist/%s

glt
Perform search in google.lt
2145 uses - Created 2007-02-09 13:56:06 - Last used 2024-02-21 16:45:32 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.lt/search?q=%s

\
Lambda the Ultimate search
2143 uses - Created 2006-12-12 14:17:23 - Last used 2025-01-06 01:06:02 - Nominate - Description - http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/search/node/%s

rfrnl
uses reverso context dictionnary to translate from French to Dutch
2140 uses - Created 2018-04-08 11:56:39 - Last used 2024-12-23 14:21:17 - Nominate - Description - http://context.reverso.net/traduction/francais-neerlandais/%s

mss
Search Microsoft MSN Search Example: mss yubnub
2139 uses - Created 2005-08-26 07:31:12 - Last used 2024-12-31 10:16:47 - Nominate - Description - http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=%s

trans
Automatically translate something into English. Example: trans bon appetit ---------- Old implementation: http://bluebones.net/translate/?cmd=g&s=%s
2129 uses - Created 2006-07-24 15:08:19 - Last used 2024-12-02 12:49:00 - Nominate - Description - https://translate.google.com/#auto/en/%s

french
Translate an english text in french
2123 uses - Created 2005-06-26 22:04:17 - Last used 2025-01-04 22:12:45 - Nominate - Description - http://babelfish.altavista.com/tr?lp=en_fr&trtext=%s

ecos
Search with the search engine "Ecosia"
2120 uses - Created 2019-10-05 08:03:11 - Last used 2025-01-12 09:48:06 - Nominate - Description - https://www.ecosia.org/search?q=%s

minecraft

2118 uses - Created 2011-02-11 06:31:53 - Last used 2025-01-06 01:39:15 - Nominate - Description - http://www.minecraftwiki.net/index.php?title=Special:Search&search=%s

crypto
Search for market price of a given crypto currency on https://coinmarketcap.com. Examples: crypto bitcoin, crypto iota ..
2118 uses - Created 2017-12-02 21:08:12 - Last used 2024-12-25 10:50:36 - Nominate - Description - https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/%s

sal
Searchalot Search Engine searches over 100 search engines including Google, Yahoo, Bing, YouTube, Wikipedia, WikiHow, eHow, AOL Search, Amazon, eBay, Download.com, BBC, Softpedia, MySpace, Facebook, Friendster, Bebo and piles more. + Keyword Suggest. Example: sal yosemite
2117 uses - Created 2009-08-03 23:41:14 - Last used 2025-01-08 07:32:45 - Nominate - Description - http://www.searchalot.com/texis/open/search?p=searchalot&q=%s

udf
Ubuntu Documentation in French. To use, simply: udf yourkeyword or udf fluxbox if you're looking for informations about Fluxbox
2115 uses - Created 2007-08-25 01:44:27 - Last used 2017-10-09 18:32:21 - Nominate - Description - http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/doku.php?do=search&id=%s

archwiki
Searches the ArchLinux wiki.
2113 uses - Created 2008-03-04 06:44:30 - Last used 2024-11-14 01:25:20 - Nominate - Description - http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Special:Search?fulltext=Search&search=%s

babelfish
Babelfish Translation Service. Translates text from one language into another. To translate a string, type it after the babelfish command: babelfish apple To specify a language, type it in a -lang switch. (the language codes are babelfish-dependent, and much be checked there. defaults to en_es): babelfish apple -lang en_es babelfish manzana -lang es_en
2108 uses - Created 2005-09-21 02:42:18 - Last used 2020-07-30 06:46:41 - Nominate - Description - http://babelfish.altavista.com/tr?lp=${lang=en_es}&trtext=%s

rocketyard

2108 uses - Created 2020-08-22 18:20:54 - Last used 2021-02-12 16:34:26 - Nominate - Description - https://blog.macsales.com/?s=%s

etsy
Etsy. Your place to buy and sell things handmade. To search for a particular type of item simply name it. Example: etsy earrings ----------- Old implementation: http://www.etsy.com/search_results.php?search_type=tag_title&search_query=%s
2106 uses - Created 2007-02-28 18:29:16 - Last used 2024-12-26 10:27:19 - Nominate - Description - https://www.etsy.com/search?q=%s&search_type=tag_title

ans
Answers.com fact search
2105 uses - Created 2005-06-22 18:10:23 - Last used 2023-10-08 11:20:29 - Nominate - Description - http://www.answers.com/%s

mowser
SYNOPSIS mowser URL EXAMPLE mowser gizmodo.com Mowser is a service that translates normal webpages into a format suitable for viewing on mobile phones.
2105 uses - Created 2007-04-19 22:07:45 - Last used 2018-03-07 09:20:52 - Nominate - Description - http://mowser.com/web?url=%s

nud
Nutrition Data Search. To find detailed nutrition data for a given food, just enter it: Example: nud big mac
2100 uses - Created 2007-08-20 14:21:15 - Last used 2024-08-29 20:13:20 - Nominate - Description - http://www.nutritiondata.com/foods-%s000000000000000000000.html

bcl
Searches 'For Sale' items on Boston Craigslist
2100 uses - Created 2008-03-21 21:47:15 - Last used 2021-11-27 11:13:33 - Nominate - Description - http://boston.craigslist.org/search/sss?query=%s

je
WWWJDIC: Japanese to English Dictionary To translate a word from Japanese into English, type in the word in romaji (Romanized Japanese) Example: je meirei ("meirei" is Japanese for "command")
2089 uses - Created 2005-06-27 04:23:02 - Last used 2024-09-18 21:05:11 - Nominate - Description - http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/jwb/wwwjdic?1E&dsrchkey=%s&dsrchtype=J[post]

gpe
Searches Google Peru (Perú)
2089 uses - Created 2008-07-05 19:44:45 - Last used 2015-11-30 09:08:13 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com.pe/search?q=%s

qwant

2089 uses - Created 2018-06-12 04:56:42 - Last used 2024-09-30 14:33:15 - Nominate - Description - https://www.qwant.com/?q=%s

etym
Search www.etymonline.com.
2087 uses - Created 2007-02-22 07:27:11 - Last used 2024-10-14 22:53:18 - Nominate - Description - http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=%s

trip
Search of Tripadvisor.com
2085 uses - Created 2005-06-24 18:54:06 - Last used 2024-09-12 13:00:54 - Nominate - Description - http://www.tripadvisor.com/Search?q=%s

lhr
Searches the website LifeHacker.com and is a replacement for the already existing YubNub macro lifehacker, because it is hella shorter! Wootness! Ryan Sullivan RULES! http://www.downloadsquad.com/bloggers/ryan-sullivan/
2071 uses - Created 2007-02-16 01:01:14 - Last used 2019-11-04 15:15:07 - Nominate - Description - http://lifehacker.com/search/%s/bydate/

wikipl
Polish Wikipedia To search, type the term example: wikipl linux
2071 uses - Created 2007-08-10 07:44:28 - Last used 2025-01-04 05:24:40 - Nominate - Description - http://pl.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?search=%s

back (Golden Egg)
This command will do as if you pressed the back button you may add a number like 2 to go back 2 pages example: back -n 2 AUTHOR Essam Eliwa
2070 uses - Created 2005-08-18 13:32:46 - Last used 2024-12-12 23:07:01 - Description - http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~eoe/back.html?n=-${n=1}

mega
Search MegaShares.com
2069 uses - Created 2006-04-12 18:59:49 - Last used 2024-07-19 09:04:23 - Nominate - Description - http://www.megashares.com/search.php?q=%s

gza
search google.co.za
2069 uses - Created 2008-01-10 09:18:22 - Last used 2023-09-06 06:53:20 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.co.za/search?q=%s

fmeat
Freshmeat.net Search. The Web's largest index of Unix and cross-platform software under open source license.
2068 uses - Created 2005-06-20 19:39:50 - Last used 2014-08-12 23:32:12 - Nominate - Description - http://freshmeat.net/search/?q=%s&section=projects&Go.x=0&Go.y=0

lh
Used to go to your locally running web server. When developing rails apps, you may run mainly on port 3000. The path, however, may change more frequently. If you have an "admin" section of your rails app and run on port 3000, your command might look like the following: lh -a admin (note: this will only work if you have a locally running web server)
2065 uses - Created 2005-07-22 22:26:52 - Last used 2023-02-10 10:12:53 - Nominate - Description - http://localhost:${o=3000}/${a}[no url encoding]

gms
Google MP3 Search Example: gms "Fleetwood Mac"
2061 uses - Created 2005-06-20 18:37:44 - Last used 2024-12-27 13:52:48 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22parent+directory%22+%2B+%22mp3%22+%2B+%22%s%22+-filetype%3Ahtm+-filetype%3Ahtml+-filetype%3Aphp+-filetype%3Aasp&btnG=Search

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