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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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gcal
Regular Google calender link
42954 uses - Created 2006-04-13 03:40:51 - Last used 2024-04-26 04:51:03 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/calendar/render

gr
Search GoodReads ---------- Old implementation: Google Reader http://www.google.com/reader/view{ifEmpty -value %s -then -else /#search/%s/}
42007 uses - Created 2005-06-14 01:24:05 - Last used 2024-04-25 08:46:07 - Nominate - Description - http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?search%5Bquery%5D=%s&commit.x=0&commit.y=0

gv

40697 uses - Created 2005-06-28 19:11:25 - Last used 2024-04-12 06:16:59 - Nominate - Description - http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=%s

w (Golden Egg)
Weather Channel's weather for the given ZIP code
40539 uses - Created 2005-06-20 20:55:27 - Last used 2024-04-14 12:45:10 - Description - http://www.weather.com/weather/local/%s

az
Amazon.com search. Exactly the same as "am" command but I think "az" is better. Don't you?
39862 uses - Created 2006-04-13 01:33:28 - Last used 2024-04-26 17:45:00 - Nominate - Description - http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search?mode=blended&keyword=%s[use %20 for spaces]

mw (Golden Egg)
Mererian-Webster dictionary lookup. ---------- Old implementation: http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=%s&x=0&y=0
37969 uses - Created 2005-06-06 20:47:53 - Last used 2024-04-26 17:36:15 - Description - http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/%s

date (Golden Egg)
NAME date - print the system date and time SYNOPSIS date -format [FORMAT] -offset [DAYS] EXAMPLES date date -format m/d/Y -offset -7 Displays the current date and time, offset by the given number of DAYS. The FORMAT is given by the codes below: a The abbreviated weekday name ("Sun") A The full weekday name ("Sunday") b The abbreviated month name ("Jan") B The full month name ("January") c The preferred local date and time representation d Day of the month (01..31) H Hour of the day, 24-hour clo…
36728 uses - Created 2005-07-17 02:34:38 - Last used 2024-04-02 20:12:27 - Description - http://yubnub.org/example/today?format=${format=Y-m-d}&offset=${offset=0}

extractDomainName
SYNOPSIS extractDomainName [URL] EXAMPLES extractDomainName http://www.amazon.com/ returns: amazon.com extractDomainName eemadges.com returns: eemadges.com extractDomainName http://en.wikipedia.org?search=%s returns: en.wikipedia.org extractDomainName http://seek.sing365.com:8080/cgi-bin/s.cgi?q=ladytron returns: sing365.com extractDomainName https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/.html returns: cia.gov (thanks to Frank Raiser for noticing the https bug!) Extracts the domain name fr…
36522 uses - Created 2006-01-21 22:33:14 - Last used 2024-04-10 08:19:02 - Nominate - Description - http://jonathanaquino.com/extractDomainName.php?url=%s

define (Golden Egg)
Get the English definition of a word
36510 uses - Created 2005-06-10 03:31:25 - Last used 2024-04-25 08:37:43 - Description - http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=%s

xim
This is pretty simple, actually. It performs an advanced search on google for large images with aldult filtering turned off. For example, to find large, unfiltered photos with "boobs", type: xim boobs That's it.
36033 uses - Created 2005-06-28 02:10:48 - Last used 2024-04-26 20:06:59 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/images?as_q=%s&svnum=10&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&imgsz=xxlarge&as_filetype=&imgc=&as_sitesearch=&safe=off

-s
SSL secured search on Startpage.com, a privacy protecting way to search with Google results without storage of IP numbers or other personally identifiable information.
35914 uses - Created 2011-02-05 21:25:26 - Last used 2024-04-26 17:58:37 - Nominate - Description - https://startpage.com/do/metasearch.pl?query=%s

weather (Golden Egg)
Weather Channel's weather for the given ZIP code ---------- Old implementation: http://xhtml.weather.com/xhtml/cc/%s
35628 uses - Created 2005-06-10 13:34:49 - Last used 2024-04-16 12:56:55 - Description - http://weather.com/weather/local/%s

bgg (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS bgg [board game] EXAMPLES bgg monopoly bgg settlers of catan Displays information on the given board game, courtesy of BoardGameGeek.com. Ratings, comments, number of players, playing time, etc. ---------- Old implementation: http://www.google.ca/search?btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky&q=site%3Aboardgamegeek.com+%s
35627 uses - Created 2005-06-06 01:07:49 - Last used 2024-04-25 17:09:05 - Description - http://boardgamegeek.com/geeksearch.php?action=search&objecttype=boardgame&q=%s

wikide
Search the German Wikipedia Enyclopedia
35485 uses - Created 2005-10-28 07:02:43 - Last used 2024-04-10 22:32:21 - Nominate - Description - http://de.wikipedia.org?search=%s

sgmail
Secure version of 'gmail'
34640 uses - Created 2005-08-04 17:53:41 - Last used 2023-09-28 08:02:32 - Nominate - Description - https://mail.google.com/mail

ifl
I'm feeling lucky - from Google
34549 uses - Created 2005-07-12 15:25:02 - Last used 2024-04-26 21:29:47 - Nominate - Description - http://google.com/search?q=%s&btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky

wikigo
Go directly to article page for Wikipedia, instead of a results page. Some people may prefer this over "wiki" which sends one to a results page. Type "wiki " (space included) then your search term.
33992 uses - Created 2006-01-06 01:07:42 - Last used 2024-04-26 13:24:27 - Nominate - Description - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s&go=Go

img (Golden Egg)
Just an other gim google but more simple for me :) Example: img sincity ---------- Old implementation: http://images.google.com/images?q=%s
33481 uses - Created 2005-06-13 18:41:22 - Last used 2024-04-25 10:04:08 - Description - https://www.google.com/search?q=%s&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch

gen
Does a google search and explicitly tells it to return results in english.
33109 uses - Created 2007-10-29 16:28:59 - Last used 2024-04-26 11:41:23 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%s

u

33059 uses - Created 2006-08-14 12:33:38 - Last used 2024-04-25 16:30:44 - Nominate - Description - http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=search_videos&search_sort=relevance&search_query=%s&search=Search

rt
Search the Rotten Tomatoes movie review site (www.rottentomatoes.com). Search restricted to movies only.
32759 uses - Created 2005-06-09 16:13:04 - Last used 2024-04-26 18:04:14 - Nominate - Description - http://www.rottentomatoes.com/search/?search=%s[use %20 for spaces]

> (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS > [Yubnub command] [query] EXAMPLES > wp Figures of speech results: the article in the English Wikipedia about Figures of speech > wpde Jonathan Ive results: the article in the German (de!) Wikipedia about Jonathan Ive > am The Future and its Enemies results: the page in Amazon for Viginia Postrel's book The Future and its Enemies > imdb Amelie results: the page in the IMDB for Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain > cia India results: the CIA Factbook entry for India. (And this is is a…
31429 uses - Created 2006-01-21 23:07:20 - Last used 2023-06-03 22:32:06 - Description - gfl site:{ extractDomainName { url {% 1 %s} } } {% 2- %s} [no url encoding]

flickr (Golden Egg)
Flickr image search
31266 uses - Created 2005-06-06 09:59:05 - Last used 2024-04-25 13:28:49 - Description - http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/%s/

Sum (Golden Egg)
NAME Sum - adds values together SYNOPSIS Sum [VALUE1] [VALUE2] [VALUE3] ... EXAMPLES Sum 20 5.3 (result: 25.3) Sum 2 4 6 8 10 (result: 30) This command adds space separated numbers together. You can use as many numbers as you like. AUTHOR Allen Ormond <aormond (at) fromrocks (dot) com>
30297 uses - Created 2005-08-13 22:59:26 - Last used 2024-04-19 11:15:44 - Description - http://jonathanaquino.com/yubscripts/math/math.php?command=sum&input=%s&xn_auth=no

dd (Golden Egg)
Domain Dossier - Investigates Domains and IP address. Performs whois(domain name), network whois(IP block), authoritative DNS query, traceroute and a non-intrusive portscan(common services only). Can handle all canonical names, aliases and addresses. Usage: dd <domain name or IP address>
29814 uses - Created 2005-06-20 20:28:09 - Last used 2024-04-24 21:27:55 - Description - http://centralops.net/co/DomainDossier.aspx?addr=%s&dom_dns=true&dom_whois=true&net_whois=true&svc_scan=true&traceroute=true&go1=Submit

gar
Google Argentina
29726 uses - Created 2005-12-01 19:49:14 - Last used 2024-04-26 13:46:37 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com.ar/search?hl=es&q=%s

wowhead
Wowhead search.
28916 uses - Created 2006-08-09 18:48:43 - Last used 2023-12-14 03:29:13 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wowhead.com/?search=%s

strLeft (Golden Egg)
NAME strLeft - returns characters from the beginning of a string SYNOPSIS strLeft [STRING] [LENGTH] EXAMPLES strLeft abcdefg 3 (returns: "abc") strLeft This is a string 6 (returns: "This i") This command requires two parameters, a string and an integer. It will chop off and return the beginning of the string the length of the integer. Do not surround the string with quotes. The integer must come after a space at the end of the string. AUTHOR Allen Ormond <aormond (at) fromrocks (dot) com>
28808 uses - Created 2005-08-12 00:36:27 - Last used 2019-10-23 13:59:34 - Description - http://jonathanaquino.com/yubscripts/strings/stringmanip.php?command=strleft&input=%s&xn_auth=no

ih
Search for torrents in Isohunt.com ! by jackal@pathfinder.gr
28637 uses - Created 2005-06-30 15:18:38 - Last used 2021-02-07 11:44:54 - Nominate - Description - http://isohunt.com/torrents.php?ihq=%s&ext=&op=and&iht=-1

yim (Golden Egg)
Yahoo Image search
28590 uses - Created 2005-06-07 21:33:13 - Last used 2023-12-16 08:54:05 - Description - http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=%s

moz (Golden Egg)
Query Addons.mozilla.org What can you find here? Extensions Extensions are small add-ons that add new functionality to your Mozilla program. They can add anything from a toolbar button to a completely new feature. Browse extensions for: Firefox, Thunderbird, Mozilla Suite Themes Themes allow you to change the way your Mozilla program looks. New graphics and colors. Browse themes for: Firefox, Thunderbird, Mozilla Suite Plugins Plugins are programs that allow websites to provide content to you a…
28033 uses - Created 2005-06-21 10:45:59 - Last used 2024-04-08 20:36:31 - Description - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search?q=%s

gis
Google Image Seach is usually referred to as GIS (rather than GIM), this is just a helpful alias for gim gis mclaren f1
27944 uses - Created 2005-06-20 18:08:01 - Last used 2024-04-24 08:48:15 - Nominate - Description - http://images.google.com/images?q=%s

strRight (Golden Egg)
NAME strRight - returns characters from the end of a string SYNOPSIS strRight [STRING] [LENGTH] EXAMPLES strRight abcdefg 3 (returns: "efg") strRight This is a string 4 (returns: "ring") This command requires two parameters, a string and an integer. It will chop off and return the end of the string the length of the integer. Do not surround the string with quotes. The integer must come after a space at the end of the string. AUTHOR Allen Ormond <aormond (at) fromrocks (dot) com>
27840 uses - Created 2005-08-12 00:38:54 - Last used 2017-05-29 13:31:01 - Description - http://jonathanaquino.com/yubscripts/strings/stringmanip.php?command=strright&input=%s&xn_auth=no

torz
Searches www.torrentz.com Keywords: torrent, torrents, bittorent, p2p
27525 uses - Created 2005-08-09 15:26:58 - Last used 2022-07-04 08:55:03 - Nominate - Description - http://www.torrentz.com/search?q=%s

sgma (Golden Egg)
Secure access to gmail
27246 uses - Created 2006-01-09 03:10:23 - Last used 2024-04-11 16:22:06 - Description - https://mail.google.com/mail

enes
translates words from English into Spanish (wordreference.com) traduce palabras de inglés a español (wordreference.com)
27179 uses - Created 2005-10-20 12:54:35 - Last used 2024-04-23 04:55:29 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=%s&dict=enes&B10=Search

gup
SYNOPSIS gup [keywords] EXAMPLE gup YubNub Performs a Google search (UnPersonalized) using the given keywords.
27093 uses - Created 2009-02-11 02:51:46 - Last used 2024-04-26 12:04:20 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%s&pws=0

ym
yahoo mail
26828 uses - Created 2005-06-21 14:40:44 - Last used 2024-04-23 08:04:23 - Nominate - Description - http://mail.yahoo.com

wa
Wolfram|Alpha Search. Wolfram|Alpha is a computational knowlegde engine. It generates output by doing computations from its own internal knowledge base, instead of searching the web and returning links. A few things to try: * enter any date (e.g. a birth date): june 23, 1988 * enter any town (e.g. a home town): new york * enter any two stocks: IBM Apple * enter any calculation: $250 + 15% * enter any math formula: x^2 sin(x) http://www.wolframalpha.com
26110 uses - Created 2009-05-19 08:20:47 - Last used 2024-04-26 15:17:52 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%s

wu
Pulls up the weather for the specified zip code from weatherunderground.com.
26002 uses - Created 2005-07-10 18:43:02 - Last used 2024-03-05 06:05:53 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=%s

t
Searches the thesaurus reference from dictionary.com
25905 uses - Created 2005-06-09 22:29:55 - Last used 2024-04-23 11:59:49 - Nominate - Description - http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/%s

thes (Golden Egg)
Searches the thesaurus reference from dictionary.com
25810 uses - Created 2005-06-13 20:46:46 - Last used 2024-04-25 13:53:15 - Description - http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/%s

wpit
Ricerca nella Wikipedia italiana - Italian Wikipedia Search
25547 uses - Created 2006-06-19 10:29:47 - Last used 2023-09-28 05:55:50 - Nominate - Description - http://it.wikipedia.org/?search=%s

gsm
Google Image Search (Safemode is off)
25470 uses - Created 2006-06-12 18:04:05 - Last used 2023-05-22 16:43:44 - Nominate - Description - http://images.google.com/images?safe=off&q=%s

gja
Performs a Google in Japanese search using the given keywords.
25352 uses - Created 2006-02-17 02:20:06 - Last used 2023-04-24 00:19:06 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=ja&lr=lang_ja&q=%s

mininova
SYNOPSIS mininova [keywords] EXAMPLE mininova naruto mininova lmf ghost shell Searches mininova's torrent database. This is the default search on the site.
24955 uses - Created 2005-06-20 21:09:24 - Last used 2019-03-31 23:42:09 - Nominate - Description - http://mininova.org/search/?search=%s

facebook
on-line community through colleges and universities
24899 uses - Created 2005-06-13 18:20:46 - Last used 2024-04-26 04:33:33 - Nominate - Description - http://www.thefacebook.com

allmusic (Golden Egg)
Allmusic search using their new API.
24870 uses - Created 2005-06-06 06:39:37 - Last used 2024-03-12 03:28:16 - Description - http://allmusic.com/search/artist/%s

gmp3 (Golden Egg)
find mp3s using google
24810 uses - Created 2005-06-08 18:22:06 - Last used 2024-04-14 07:46:28 - Description - http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=+-inurl%3Ahtm+-inurl%3Ahtml+intitle%3A%22index+of%22+%22Last+modified%22+mp3+%22%s%22

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