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".

gimp
This is an open source, completely free, alternative to photoshop.
885 uses - Created 2005-06-15 20:44:46 - Last used 2023-06-21 08:30:23 - Nominate - Description - http://www.gimp.org

cp
Locate Perl modules at search.cpan.org CPAN Search is a search engine for the distributions, modules, docs, and ID's on CPAN. It was conceived and built by Graham Barr as a way to make things easier to navigate. Originally named TUCS [ The Ultimate CPAN Search ] it was later named CPAN Search or Search DOT CPAN.
885 uses - Created 2005-06-21 05:12:36 - Last used 2025-01-09 11:24:59 - Nominate - Description - http://search.cpan.org/search?query=%s&mode=all

bkf
Search for a book on bookfinder. example: bkf -a Lewis -t Plurality (This submits a search with 'Lewis' in the author field and 'Plurality' in the title field.) or: bkf Lewis (This submits a search just with 'Lewis' in the author field)
884 uses - Created 2005-07-10 18:28:03 - Last used 2024-09-06 10:14:42 - Nominate - Description - http://www.bookfinder.com/search/?author=%s${a}&title=${t}&submit=Begin+Search&new_used=*&currency=USD&mode=basic&st=sr&ac=qr

es2en
Yahoo Spanish-to-English dictionary.
884 uses - Created 2007-09-30 18:11:31 - Last used 2023-09-14 07:37:53 - Nominate - Description - http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dict_en_es/spanish/%s

cebay
Searches completed listings on ebay.
884 uses - Created 2009-10-11 20:35:14 - Last used 2014-08-19 21:20:25 - Nominate - Description - http://completed.shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=%s&LH_Complete=1&_rdc=1

freshmeat
Simple+search+for+freshmeat.net.
883 uses - Created 2005-06-26 20:59:06 - Last used 2015-03-23 03:32:57 - Nominate - Description - http://freshmeat.net/search/?q=%s&section=projects&Go.x=0&Go.y=0

rhit

883 uses - Created 2008-09-16 06:50:31 - Last used 2014-02-17 13:59:05 - Nominate - Description - http://www.rose-hulman.edu

gassm
Searches the newsgroup alt.sex.stories.moderated using Google Groups. Example: "gassm soccer mom" looks for messages containing both "soccer" and "mom".
881 uses - Created 2008-10-11 00:27:24 - Last used 2023-02-20 14:30:15 - Nominate - Description - http://groups.google.com/groups?as_q=%s&as_ugroup=alt.sex.stories.moderated&safe=off

ruckus
Search ruckus for a given value
879 uses - Created 2006-02-27 22:06:44 - Last used 2021-04-01 15:53:23 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ruckus.com/ruckus/music/search/all.do?searchType=%2Fruckus%2Fmusic%2Fsearch%2Fall.do&criteria=%s

rhp
Directs to redhotpawn.com online correspondence chess site.
879 uses - Created 2007-10-01 12:57:46 - Last used 2010-02-09 15:25:53 - Nominate - Description - http://www.redhotpawn.com/

pito
Search Pizza Torrent, a bittorrent meta-search engine.
879 uses - Created 2008-03-02 14:19:51 - Last used 2021-05-09 04:23:56 - Nominate - Description - http://pizzatorrent.com/%s-torrents[use - for spaces]

lyric (Golden Egg)
Search for lyrics on www.toplyrics.com You can use the artist or songname.
877 uses - Created 2005-06-13 16:55:44 - Last used 2022-09-14 09:33:45 - Description - http://www.toplyrics.com/search.php?naam=%s&keuze=1&stage=results

tbot
General search in thottbot.com for world of warcraft
877 uses - Created 2005-06-20 18:32:45 - Last used 2009-10-18 19:45:40 - Nominate - Description - http://www.thottbot.com/?s=%s

sub
Search for subtitles on divxstation.com
874 uses - Created 2005-07-29 19:29:35 - Last used 2023-03-02 07:44:25 - Nominate - Description - http://www.divxstation.com/searchsubtitles.asp?le=%s

telch
Suche im Gratis-Telefonbuch tel.search.ch http://tel.search.ch/result.html?name=%s&strasse=${str}&ort=${ort}&kanton=${kt}&tel=${tel} mögliche parameter zum namen: -beruf -str -ort -kt -tel
874 uses - Created 2006-01-25 19:32:22 - Last used 2017-03-13 02:30:13 - Nominate - Description - http://tel.search.ch/result.html?name=%s&misc=${beruf}&strasse=${str}&ort=${ort}&kanton=${kt}&tel=${tel}

k
Kagi search ---------- Old implementation: http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html
873 uses - Created 2006-08-16 01:13:48 - Last used 2025-01-16 08:36:43 - Nominate - Description - https://kagi.com/search?q=%s

tho
This command commits a search on thottbot.com. It's used for a World of Warcraft site.
873 uses - Created 2008-04-30 01:02:37 - Last used 2019-08-07 11:22:46 - Nominate - Description - http://thottbot.com/?s=%s

hmrc
General google search of HM Revenue & Customs' website
870 uses - Created 2007-09-14 10:34:13 - Last used 2025-01-03 04:07:05 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.hmrc.gov.uk+%s&meta=

allmovie
All Movie Guide. Searches for anything on AllMovie.com To find a movie/dvd title or person's name, just type name Synopsis: allmovie [name] Example: allmovie star wars
869 uses - Created 2005-11-05 08:17:19 - Last used 2021-10-11 12:11:04 - Nominate - Description - http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=32:%s&start=1

alight (Golden Egg)
Search armory-light.com for your or your friends characters. Usage: * 'alight' takes you to our home page * 'alight <char name>' searches for the character * Specify a region like this: '-region us' * Specify a realm like this: '-realm Aegwynn' or '-r Aegwynn' Both the region and realm can be left blank. If you leave the realm blank, it searches for the character in the given region. Examples: * alight Mizzrym -region eu -realm Aegwynn (goes to a profile page) * alight Seferis -region eu (searc…
869 uses - Created 2008-08-28 08:20:34 - Last used 2024-08-22 06:45:52 - Description - http://www.armory-light.com/{ifThen -value1 %s -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then ${region=eu}/${realm=${r=search}}/%s}[use %20 for spaces][no url encoding]

list
personal blog
868 uses - Created 2005-07-26 13:21:44 - Last used 2025-01-05 19:09:20 - Nominate - Description - http://attaboy.cn

lhack
life hacker Examples: lhack lhack gtd
868 uses - Created 2005-08-03 07:09:22 - Last used 2021-05-26 11:23:07 - Nominate - Description - http://www.lifehacker.com/{eop /search/@%s@/}

luc
Search using Google's "I'm Feeling Lucky" feature. Instead of returning a list of matches for your search, it redirects you to the best match right away. Example: lucky Zhang Ziyi
867 uses - Created 2005-11-16 20:03:22 - Last used 2024-08-22 07:53:12 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%s&btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky

tulp
Tulane University Phone Book
867 uses - Created 2009-02-24 23:29:12 - Last used 2012-05-31 04:52:54 - Nominate - Description - http://tulane.edu/phonebook.cfm?%53=&name=%s

tkt
Tokyo Toshokan anime search. 東京図書館 #tokyotosho @ irc.rizon.net A BitTorrent Library for Japanese Media
867 uses - Created 2009-05-01 20:45:56 - Last used 2024-12-08 00:09:59 - Nominate - Description - http://www.tokyotosho.info/search.php?terms=%s&type=1

CEG
Searches Google Chrome Extension Gallery.
867 uses - Created 2009-12-24 11:53:53 - Last used 2020-09-11 07:07:46 - Nominate - Description - https://chrome.google.com/extensions/search?q=%s

sv-en
Translates from Swedish to English
866 uses - Created 2005-06-22 12:47:06 - Last used 2018-09-09 19:23:25 - Nominate - Description - http://lexikon.nada.kth.se/cgi-bin/sve-eng?%s

eti
ETI search. eti <query>
866 uses - Created 2009-08-25 00:10:16 - Last used 2021-08-13 19:51:38 - Nominate - Description - http://links.endoftheinter.net/links.php?s_aw=%s&s_to=0&mode=as&go=Search

te
Searches blogs using Technorati.com
865 uses - Created 2005-06-17 17:06:37 - Last used 2024-08-27 10:30:18 - Nominate - Description - http://technorati.com/search/%s?sub=yubnub

ningd
Search the developer documentation for Ning.com Example: ningd xn_query
865 uses - Created 2005-10-14 03:08:25 - Last used 2009-06-21 04:37:31 - Nominate - Description - http://documentation.ning.com/search.php?q=%s&x=0&y=0

csfdl
csfdL = Lucky csfd = google i'm feeling lucky + site:csfd.cz. Type in movie name / Napiš název filmu e.g. "csfdl predators"
863 uses - Created 2010-11-03 16:29:21 - Last used 2014-07-24 08:56:05 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?&rls=en&q=%s+site:csfd.cz&hl=cs&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&btnI

cakephp
CakePHP 1.1.x.x API Search ---------- Old implementation: http://api.cakephp.org/search.php?query=%s
863 uses - Created 2007-03-27 11:17:13 - Last used 2016-11-23 15:15:30 - Nominate - Description - http://api.cakephp.org/search/%s

gcat
Search Google in catalan
861 uses - Created 2006-12-08 10:17:57 - Last used 2022-03-26 12:02:10 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=ca&q=%s&btnG=Cerca&lr=lang_ca

911s
made by david baynard Searches www.911tabs.com/ for songs Try 911b for bands
860 uses - Created 2006-06-20 16:31:40 - Last used 2018-08-13 20:21:12 - Nominate - Description - http://www.911tabs.com/search.php?search=%s&type=song

easy
Search easynews a.b.w
860 uses - Created 2007-02-02 22:58:34 - Last used 2024-08-05 10:56:35 - Nominate - Description - http://members.easynews.com/search.html?group=alt.binaries.warez&search=%s&pageby=20

bbcf
Direct link to the BBC's Football site.
860 uses - Created 2009-01-08 10:49:12 - Last used 2014-12-15 06:59:42 - Nominate - Description - http://www.bbc.co.uk/football

sourceforge
SourceForge.net: The world's largest development and download repository of Open Source code and applications.
857 uses - Created 2006-09-04 20:32:42 - Last used 2021-06-26 07:05:45 - Nominate - Description - http://sourceforge.net/search/?words=%s

etymology
Perform a search in the online etymological dictionary.
857 uses - Created 2007-03-12 10:08:56 - Last used 2024-07-18 20:43:28 - Nominate - Description - http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=%s&searchmode=none

terw
Terraria Wiki http://wiki.terrariaonline.com/Terraria_Wiki
856 uses - Created 2011-06-28 10:46:25 - Last used 2023-07-07 19:28:39 - Nominate - Description - http://terraria.gamepedia.com/index.php?search=%s

neat
Neatorama is like BoingBoing, but less high-brow and a lot more fun. The whole site is almost a clearinghouse of weird.
855 uses - Created 2008-09-04 02:41:39 - Last used 2023-08-10 12:11:58 - Nominate - Description - http://www.neatorama.com/

groov
allow to search songs in grooveshark
855 uses - Created 2010-03-02 15:29:50 - Last used 2015-05-14 20:04:54 - Nominate - Description - http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/search/songs/?query=%s

fnac
Recherche sur catalogue FNAC
854 uses - Created 2005-06-20 11:04:44 - Last used 2024-11-14 15:06:21 - Nominate - Description - http://www3.fnac.com/search/quick.do?text=%s

json
NAME json - return the text,result and url of a yubnub command in a json object, with optional callback SYNOPSIS json -cmd [YUBNUB COMMAND AND ARGUMENTS] -callback [OPTIONAL CALLBACK] EXAMPLES json -cmd url gim porsche will return : {"cmd":"url gim porsche","data":"http://images.google.com/images?q=porsche","url":"http://yubnub.org/parser/url?command=gim+porsche"} and json -cmd url gim porsche -callback play will return : play({"cmd":"url gim porsche","data":"http://images.google.com/images?q=p…
854 uses - Created 2006-09-28 20:39:28 - Last used 2024-12-15 05:12:42 - Nominate - Description - http://jonathanaquino.com/singpolymaplay/yubnub2json.php?xn_auth=no&cmd=${cmd}&callback=${callback}

funf
General search of torrent tracker funfile.org
853 uses - Created 2009-01-02 22:16:04 - Last used 2017-05-16 12:32:57 - Nominate - Description - http://www.funfile.org/browse.php?search=%s&s_tag=1&s_title=1&cat=0

igoogle

853 uses - Created 2009-08-06 08:58:51 - Last used 2018-06-18 12:39:29 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/ig?hl=en&source=iglk

sza
Search music on Songza
851 uses - Created 2007-11-23 08:12:14 - Last used 2014-07-17 12:43:33 - Nominate - Description - http://songza.com/?q=%s

ptbm
searches on http://thepiratebay.org/ for movie torrents using google search engine
851 uses - Created 2008-12-07 21:27:24 - Last used 2018-11-05 04:26:02 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.gr/search?q=torrent+movie+%s+site%3Athepiratebay.org&

deviantart
Alias for the "dart" command. For more information, type "help dart".
850 uses - Created 2005-06-10 00:49:26 - Last used 2024-10-22 06:12:52 - Nominate - Description - http://yubnub.org/parser/parse?command=dart+%s

bus
Mumbai BEST Bus route guide developed by IIT Mumbai
850 uses - Created 2005-09-11 09:49:57 - Last used 2024-11-04 12:31:52 - Nominate - Description - http://www.cse.iitb.ac.in/navigator/servlet/Route_S?Route=%s

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