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".

svz
Der schnelle Weg zum Studiverzeichnis.
1362 uses - Created 2007-02-19 16:06:58 - Last used 2012-10-03 18:52:05 - Nominate - Description - http://www.studivz.de

mtt
just another mirror name for multitran service (instead of "multitran" which is too long) example of using: mtt word
1362 uses - Created 2008-11-27 22:22:47 - Last used 2019-03-29 12:26:43 - Nominate - Description - http://multitran.ru/c/m.exe?HL=2&L1=1&L2=2&EXT=0&s=%s

9gag

1362 uses - Created 2012-02-27 15:20:35 - Last used 2023-05-29 16:43:29 - Nominate - Description - http://9gag.com/

CAL

1361 uses - Created 2005-06-11 02:01:58 - Last used 2025-06-20 09:35:19 - Nominate - Description - http://www.caleague.com

paview2
Jumps to last week's Penny Arcade comic. Demonstrates how you can type command combinations directly into the URL box to create a new command from existing ones. Usage: paview2 Author: Jonathan Aquino <jonathan.aquino@gmail.com>
1361 uses - Created 2005-07-17 08:28:30 - Last used 2025-06-15 07:53:48 - Nominate - Description - paview {date -format Y-m-d -offset -7}

rcp
Search epicurious.com for recipes.
1360 uses - Created 2005-06-27 21:22:56 - Last used 2021-08-06 15:43:05 - Nominate - Description - http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/find/results?search=%s&x=0&y=0

cdcover
CD Cover Art Search via SlothRadio.com. You can specify the artist and/or album as search parameters. Some examples... 1. Searching for Radiohead's album, "The Bends". Example: cdcover -artist radiohead -album the bends 2. Searching for all Smashing Pumpkins albums Example: cdcover -artist smashing pumpkins
1360 uses - Created 2005-08-04 21:41:43 - Last used 2017-02-02 02:45:58 - Nominate - Description - http://www.slothradio.com/covers/?adv=&artist=${artist}&album=${album}

gdox (Golden Egg)
Shortcut to http://docs.google.com which combines Google spreadsheets and Writely files.
1360 uses - Created 2006-10-11 15:51:14 - Last used 2021-08-29 13:36:22 - Description - http://docs.google.com

qrz
QRZ Ham Callsign Lookup. QRZ gets the entire callsign database from the FFC daily. To look up a single callsign, just type the callsign in. Example: qrz kc0fwv ---------- Old implementation: http://www.qrz.com/detail/%s
1356 uses - Created 2005-06-18 06:49:49 - Last used 2018-03-26 20:14:16 - Nominate - Description - http://www.qrz.com/db/%s

gdr
Runs a search on your Google Drive, when you are logged in to a Google account.
1356 uses - Created 2012-09-08 10:47:04 - Last used 2025-06-16 20:46:39 - Nominate - Description - https://drive.google.com/#search/%s

gsites
search a specific site: gsites <site> <query> ex. gsites lifehacker.com roundup
1353 uses - Created 2007-02-10 20:09:24 - Last used 2015-10-22 05:31:32 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3A%s

kthnetr
Using a proxy provided by the Royal Institute of Technology Library (KTHB), translate a word from English to Swedish (or vice versa) in Nationalencyklopedin's dictionary
1352 uses - Created 2005-10-24 23:11:44 - Last used 2025-04-10 08:38:31 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ne.se.focus.lib.kth.se/jsp/esse/web_translate.jsp?t_word=%s

gtesen
Invoca al Traductor de Google para traducir de Español al Inglés la expresion. Invoke google translator to convert the Spanish expresion in English
1351 uses - Created 2013-04-08 14:44:30 - Last used 2017-05-30 06:41:40 - Nominate - Description - https://translate.google.com/translate_t#es|en|%s

bn (Golden Egg)
Barnes and Noble search
1350 uses - Created 2005-06-09 03:54:42 - Last used 2024-10-30 12:12:43 - Description - http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?WRD=%s

j-old
jux2 meta web search. Combines results from Google, Yahoo and MSN web searches. Also allows comparisons between the individual search engines (what only engine X found, what's missing from engine X). Example: j porsche 911
1350 uses - Created 2006-08-10 12:43:40 - Last used 2012-05-09 18:53:05 - Nominate - Description - http://www.jux2.com/best.php?q=%s

demons
clone of the sdemon command, this one seems easier to remember
1350 uses - Created 2007-06-02 21:52:02 - Last used 2021-01-24 17:52:35 - Nominate - Description - http://www.demonoid.me/files/?category=0&subcategory=0&quality=0&seeded=0&external=2&query=%s&uid=0&sort=S

re
re
1349 uses - Created 2005-06-09 20:29:56 - Last used 2025-01-14 21:03:18 - Nominate - Description - http://www.recoverypodcast.com

nnd
ニコニコ動画の検索コマンドです。最初コマンドを「nico」にしようとしたら、すでに取られていたのでしかたなく「nnd=ニコニコ動画」にしてみました。
1346 uses - Created 2008-01-17 01:56:21 - Last used 2020-05-12 07:35:25 - Nominate - Description - http://www.nicovideo.jp/search/%s

freeones
Search FreeOnes (adult)
1344 uses - Created 2008-09-06 06:30:23 - Last used 2025-04-12 15:23:14 - Nominate - Description - http://www.freeones.com/search/?q=%s

allocine
For french people, searches in allocine.fr for movies, towns etc.
1343 uses - Created 2005-06-21 11:30:57 - Last used 2025-02-07 13:56:48 - Nominate - Description - http://www.allocine.fr/recherche/?motcle=%s

proxy (Golden Egg)
surf anonymously through the fireprox.com proxy
1342 uses - Created 2005-06-08 14:30:23 - Last used 2025-06-01 23:03:52 - Description - http://fireprox.com/index.php?url=%s

nytimes
The New York Times article search. Options: word, date, and section. To use: nytimes -word [word] -date [date] -section [section] date: today, site1week, past30days, past90days, and past365days section: Arts, Health, Obituaries, Automobiles, Real Estate, Home & Garden, Books, International, Science, Business, Sports, Job Market, Corrections, Letters, Technology, Dining & Wine, Magazine, Travel, Editorials & Op-Ed, Movies, Washington, Education, National, Weddings & Celebrations, Fashion & Style…
1342 uses - Created 2005-08-24 06:09:42 - Last used 2025-04-26 08:54:29 - Nominate - Description - http://query.nytimes.com/search/query?query=${word=blog}&section=${section=Technology}&date_select=${date=today}

ccr
crawls CaptainCrawl's music blog index.
1339 uses - Created 2010-04-20 08:31:14 - Last used 2017-01-12 12:55:40 - Nominate - Description - http://www.captaincrawl.com/index.php?PLUG=%s

tyda
Translates eng-swe.
1338 uses - Created 2007-03-07 23:54:12 - Last used 2017-01-31 01:18:30 - Nominate - Description - http://www.tyda.se/index.php?lang=&w=%s

en2es
Yahoo! English-to-Spanish dictionary.
1338 uses - Created 2007-09-30 18:12:09 - Last used 2024-03-15 01:15:22 - Nominate - Description - http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dict_en_es/english/%s

rstats
Searches www.RSeek.org for R (the statistical computing environment) related materials. RSeek.org is a customized Google search that searches the internet, introductory material from CRAN, list-serve responses, R code, Books, and other related materials.
1335 uses - Created 2007-08-15 12:38:16 - Last used 2014-11-05 09:40:51 - Nominate - Description - http://www.rseek.org/?cx=010923144343702598753%3Aboaz1reyxd4&q=%s&sa=Search+functions%2C+lists%2C+and+more&cof=FORID%3A11#966

tcan
Google Tasks in fullscreen
1335 uses - Created 2010-08-01 01:47:03 - Last used 2014-11-15 13:40:00 - Nominate - Description - https://mail.google.com/tasks/canvas

matlab
search in mathworks/matlab database e.g. matlab xmltools author: GaRZoL
1334 uses - Created 2005-10-31 15:06:45 - Last used 2023-11-14 10:00:47 - Nominate - Description - http://www.mathworks.com/cgi-bin/texis/webinator/search?pr=Matlabcentral&db=MSS&prox=page&rorder=750&rprox=750&rdfreq=500&rwfreq=500&rlead=250&sufs=0&order=r&cssm=Cssm&matlabcentral=Matlabcentral&is_summary_on=1&ResultCount=10&query=%s&submit=Search

ice
A wonderful alternative to Google. If you needed an alternative to Google!
1331 uses - Created 2005-07-16 02:31:58 - Last used 2025-06-27 14:13:36 - Nominate - Description - http://www.icerocket.com/search?tab=web&q=%s

veoh
Search videos at veoh.com
1331 uses - Created 2006-07-22 18:43:02 - Last used 2016-06-03 12:31:30 - Nominate - Description - http://www.veoh.com/search.html?search=%s

imeema
Loads an imeem playlist with the specified artist. Examples: imeema Third Eye blind imeema Boards of Canada imeema Radiohead
1330 uses - Created 2008-01-31 07:43:37 - Last used 2010-08-18 00:57:37 - Nominate - Description - http://www.imeem.com/dialogs/standaloneplaylist/?t=http%3a%2f%2fwww.imeem.com%2ftag%2f%3ff%3dmusic%26q%3dartist%3a%s

euarm
World of Warcraft EU Armory character search!
1329 uses - Created 2007-12-23 03:35:54 - Last used 2013-12-30 13:15:39 - Nominate - Description - http://eu.wowarmory.com/search.xml?searchType=characters&searchQuery=%s

strRightRev
NAME strRightRev - returns characters from the end of a string SYNOPSIS strRightRev [STRING] [LENGTH] EXAMPLES strRightRev abcdefg 3 (returns: "defg") strRightRev This is a string 1 (returns: "his is a string") This command requires two parameters, a string and an integer. It will return the end of the string omitting the start of the string the length of the integer. See the examples above. Do not surround the string with quotes. The integer must come after a space at the end of the string. AU…
1326 uses - Created 2006-04-23 14:46:03 - Last used 2013-03-27 16:37:54 - Nominate - Description - http://jonathanaquino.com/yubscripts/strings/stringmanip.php?command=strrightrev&input=%s&xn_auth=no

iiii
Search IMDB.com
1326 uses - Created 2007-11-08 19:22:30 - Last used 2021-02-22 18:27:31 - Nominate - Description - http://imdb.com/find?s=all&q=%s&x=0&y=0

speedtest
A very cool up/download speed test for your internet connection.
1321 uses - Created 2006-09-15 22:46:30 - Last used 2025-06-20 08:20:21 - Nominate - Description - http://www.speedtest.net/

gglm
google mobile search
1321 uses - Created 2007-10-22 11:00:15 - Last used 2017-05-15 00:22:14 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/m?q=%s

dtu
English-German dictionary, great database providing a good complement to the well-known dict.leo.org (yubnub: leo)
1321 uses - Created 2009-06-21 10:24:06 - Last used 2022-01-04 08:41:02 - Nominate - Description - http://dict.tu-chemnitz.de/dings.cgi?query=%s

ljf (Golden Egg)
Takes you to the Livejournal Friends page of the name entered. Ex. ljf abc123 takes you to abc123's friends page.
1319 uses - Created 2005-06-11 15:31:05 - Last used 2013-08-12 07:57:42 - Description - http://livejournal.com/users/%s/friends

asdf
Asdf... What is asdf?
1318 uses - Created 2005-06-20 23:47:00 - Last used 2025-06-23 08:49:55 - Nominate - Description - asdf.com

Subtract (Golden Egg)
NAME Subtract - adds values together SYNOPSIS Subtract [VALUE1] [VALUE2] EXAMPLES Subtract 100 10 (returns: 90) Subtract 2 10 (returns: -8) This command subtracts the first number from the second, and returns the result. AUTHOR Allen Ormond <aormond (at) fromrocks (dot) com>
1318 uses - Created 2005-08-13 23:03:40 - Last used 2017-01-11 12:56:29 - Description - http://jonathanaquino.com/yubscripts/math/math.php?command=subtract&input=%s&xn_auth=no

ggch
NAME ggch - Google swiss webpages search preserving your default interface language. SYNOPSIS gchch [KEYWORD] EXAMPLES ggch cinéma lausanne ggch kino zurich ggch cinema lugano G : Suche nach Web-Seiten der Schweiz. Die Sprache der Oberfläche bleibt erhalten. FR : Recherche les pages web en suisse. Le langage de l'interface sera préservé. I : Cerca pagine web in Svizzera. La lingua di interfaccia sia riprodotta. NOTES The 'gch' command also searches suisse pages but returnes the UI in german…
1318 uses - Created 2009-05-22 18:25:17 - Last used 2025-05-06 13:08:31 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.ch/search?q=%s&btnG=Recherche+Google&meta=cr%3DcountryCH

cd
Searches CDBaby for whatever you're thinking about.
1314 uses - Created 2005-06-09 02:26:31 - Last used 2025-06-29 12:58:21 - Nominate - Description - http://cdbaby.com/found?allsearch=%s

30b (Golden Egg)
Allows you to enter new events to your 30 Boxes calendar. Just enter 30b followed by your event and hit enter. Example: 30b lunch thursday 1pm
1314 uses - Created 2006-02-28 20:50:08 - Last used 2012-03-19 00:09:56 - Description - http://30boxes.com/index.php?action=newEvent&input=%s

mp3
Search mp3.com
1314 uses - Created 2006-10-24 09:52:06 - Last used 2024-11-14 05:00:06 - Nominate - Description - http://www.mp3.com/search.php?query=%s&action=Search&true_search=1&stype=all&tag=search%3Bbutton&om_act=convert&om_clk=fdsearch

cfqd
Search for a ColdFusion tag or function using CFQuickDocs.com. ---------- Old implementation: http://cfquickdocs.com/#%s
1314 uses - Created 2008-07-02 15:32:11 - Last used 2012-11-25 22:56:08 - Nominate - Description - http://cfquickdocs.com/?getDoc=%s

dq
Disquiet.com Search. The "dq" command in yubnub searches the website Disquiet.com, which focuses on ambient/electronic music, including daily postings of free and legal downloadable MP3s. A search for an individual word brings up related results. Example: dq autechre Example: dq software A search for multiple words can help find MP3s for specific artists or genres. Example: dq mp3 ambient Example: dq mp3 scanner Example: dq mp3 monolake
1311 uses - Created 2007-11-24 17:03:17 - Last used 2023-12-05 00:30:41 - Nominate - Description - http://www.disquiet.com/?s=%s

ningedit
Edit the source code of the given Ning app (you must be the app owner). Example: ningedit restaurants
1304 uses - Created 2006-03-28 04:41:31 - Last used 2009-01-04 00:38:02 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ning.com/?view=apps&op=edit&appUrl=%s

wpsp
Identical to "wp", but it accesses the Spanish language wikipedia
1303 uses - Created 2008-04-05 21:51:43 - Last used 2022-07-06 08:07:58 - Nominate - Description - http://es.wikipedia.org/?search=%s

dmd
Demonoid.me
1302 uses - Created 2007-11-08 09:19:01 - Last used 2023-07-20 15:09:35 - Nominate - Description - http://www.demonoid.me/files/?category=0&subcategory=All&quality=All&seeded=0&external=2&query=%s

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