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".

jdic2
wwwjdic search, but on an european mirror (usually faster than the main wwwjdic site)
575 uses - Created 2007-03-30 11:03:43 - Last used 2010-12-16 23:05:03 - Nominate - Description - http://jp.msmobiles.com/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi?1MUJ%s

View
Get movie description from IMBD
574 uses - Created 2005-11-28 08:21:43 - Last used 2024-07-29 08:06:44 - Nominate - Description - http://www.imdb.com/find?q= %s

ysgs
Yahoo Singapore. Searches yahoo.com.sg for pages in Singapore only.
574 uses - Created 2006-02-04 15:13:48 - Last used 2012-07-21 14:19:44 - Nominate - Description - http://sg.search.yahoo.com/search?p=%s&y=Singapore&fr=FP-tab-web-t&toggle=1

mla
Search on Mercado Libre Argentina
574 uses - Created 2009-04-04 14:57:35 - Last used 2024-02-15 07:02:34 - Nominate - Description - http://listado.mercadolibre.com.ar/%s

VNUs
This searches across all articles within the UK publishing house VNU. This includes CRN, IT Week, Computing etc. Example: VNUs broadband - finds all articles on VNU sites pertaining to broadband. ========== Old implementation: http://www.vnu.co.uk/search/?q=%s&articlesMax=&downloadsMax=&forumsMax=&reviewsMax=&staticMax=&source=+AND+%28information-technology%3ASOURCE%29&articlesMinscore=65&zone=
573 uses - Created 2007-04-18 13:26:35 - Last used 2012-04-03 08:29:57 - Nominate - Description - http://www.vnu.co.uk/search/?sort=date&section=all&category=all&page=1&source=all&q=%s&x=7&y=10

muo
MakeUseOf.com search. This site is a great resource for cool software, services, and hacks...all for free. Example: muo start menu Made my loyaleagle.
573 uses - Created 2008-06-05 15:32:05 - Last used 2020-08-22 12:45:35 - Nominate - Description - http://www.makeuseof.com/tech-fun/search/?cx=009717636731598800244%3Aqhe4rh7wuxs&cof=FORID%3A11&q=%s

gemcutter
Search gemcutter.org for rubygems.
573 uses - Created 2009-11-25 01:13:37 - Last used 2013-01-11 02:25:09 - Nominate - Description - http://gemcutter.org/search?query=%s

gtd
Search the Getting Things Done forums. Example: gtd palm pocket pc
572 uses - Created 2005-10-06 03:36:30 - Last used 2022-09-08 01:39:41 - Nominate - Description - http://www.davidco.com/forum/search.php?do=process&query=%s

nedic
Naver English-English Dictionary, (Based on Collins) To see what fruit means, just type this: Example: nedic fruit This command is the same as the eedic command except: 'eedic' shows result in small window mode, while 'nedic' shows result in normal mode. the normal mode detects mis-spellings and suggests corrected words, but the normal mode also shows annoying flash ads.
572 uses - Created 2006-01-08 14:45:32 - Last used 2015-06-15 11:03:05 - Nominate - Description - http://eedic.naver.com/search.naver?query=%s

emed
Searches the eMedicine clinical reference: a medical information website written for doctors.
572 uses - Created 2010-01-20 17:20:40 - Last used 2018-05-09 22:51:31 - Nominate - Description - http://search.medscape.com/emedicine-search?queryText=%s

att
Att Calladvantaqe Login
571 uses - Created 2005-12-26 03:22:07 - Last used 2025-01-01 13:55:22 - Nominate - Description - https://www.callvantage.att.com/

decu

571 uses - Created 2006-09-20 02:56:41 - Last used 2022-10-24 18:12:10 - Nominate - Description - http://www.deltacommunitycu.com/main/index1.aspx

uin
ICQ Number2Profile Search. Every user on ICQ Network, has his own unique identifying number (UIN). You can watch the profile of an icq user by knowing his UIN. Example: uin 123123
570 uses - Created 2005-07-07 10:44:33 - Last used 2022-02-15 14:53:29 - Nominate - Description - http://www.icq.com/whitepages/about_me.php?uin=%s

yav
Yahoo Messenger Avatar View some ID's avatar. Example: yav user
569 uses - Created 2007-09-28 14:26:55 - Last used 2014-01-18 11:16:46 - Nominate - Description - http://img.msg.yahoo.com/avatar.php?yids=%s

wpme
Takes you to your user page (Special:MyPage) on English Wikipedia.
569 uses - Created 2011-08-31 08:37:07 - Last used 2012-12-25 16:06:39 - Nominate - Description - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MyPage

babel
Translations into various languages in babel fish of altavista.
568 uses - Created 2006-04-18 11:03:01 - Last used 2024-10-28 10:09:57 - Nominate - Description - http://babelfish.altavista.com/

arin
search Arin whois Database syntax: arin [host name or IP] ~jbrown
568 uses - Created 2008-03-27 02:01:37 - Last used 2024-10-25 21:38:31 - Nominate - Description - http://ws.arin.net/whois/?queryinput=%s

fo
Freeones.com - Pornstar database
568 uses - Created 2008-06-02 16:54:44 - Last used 2021-02-07 11:17:41 - Nominate - Description - http://www.freeones.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?b=%s

cygwin
Search cygwin's package list.
567 uses - Created 2008-04-25 16:47:21 - Last used 2023-01-15 08:37:54 - Nominate - Description - http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-grep.cgi?grep=%s

enham
angel halo wiki mirror
567 uses - Created 2013-08-20 23:58:13 - Last used 2015-05-08 21:35:01 - Nominate - Description - http://mirror.enha.kr/wiki/%s[use %20 for spaces]

xnxx

567 uses - Created 2014-06-18 23:28:54 - Last used 2024-12-17 21:32:43 - Nominate - Description - http://www.xnxx.com/?k=%s

de

566 uses - Created 2005-07-08 13:12:56 - Last used 2024-08-02 08:12:12 - Nominate - Description - http://www.digitalexpressions.nu

wnt (Golden Egg)
Create a note in Webnote ( http://www.aypwip.org/webnote/ ) usage: wnt [title] ex: wnt zoonim wnt hahanim wnt kimchi.recipes wnt kimchi.kinds mnemonic: WebNoTe --> WNT
566 uses - Created 2006-03-09 00:24:21 - Last used 2016-11-30 00:45:45 - Description - http://www.aypwip.org/webnote/%s

nbc
Look up a Bible chapter the excellent NextBible (net.bible.org)tool Syntax: nbc <book> <chapter> <tab> Example: nbc jn 3 xref The third parameter (tab) is optional but allows the selection of a tab within the page Note: this is a simplified positional version of nextbiblechapter
566 uses - Created 2007-10-25 09:31:09 - Last used 2024-11-06 12:30:11 - Nominate - Description - nextbiblechapter -book {% 1 %s} -chapter {% 2 %s} -tab {% 3 %s}[no url encoding]

single
Search Allmusic by songtitle.
565 uses - Created 2005-10-22 22:11:20 - Last used 2024-10-21 09:32:04 - Nominate - Description - http://allmusic.com/search/song/%s

dnsmx
Syntax: dnsmx {domain} Displays the DNS MX record for the specified domain using DNSStuff.com Example: dnsmx yahoo.com
565 uses - Created 2006-04-21 07:15:43 - Last used 2014-02-07 14:27:38 - Nominate - Description - http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/lookup.ch?name=%s&type=MX

ñ
Busca en zippyshare.com a través de Google
565 uses - Created 2010-03-22 16:08:34 - Last used 2013-05-27 23:20:38 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.es/#hl=es&source=hp&q=site%3Azippyshare.com+%s

ext
FilExt Search. Find the file type associated with a file extension.
563 uses - Created 2005-07-04 10:45:59 - Last used 2022-03-17 22:09:09 - Nominate - Description - http://filext.com/detaillist.php?extdetail=%s&Submit3=Go%21

freebox
To access your Freebox Profile [Pour accéder à votre page d'identifiant Freebox]
563 uses - Created 2008-05-05 23:36:41 - Last used 2019-08-09 22:38:13 - Nominate - Description - http://subscribe.free.fr/login/

marc
NAME marc - search the marc.info mailing list archive. SYNOPSIS marc [ <keywords> [ -list <listname> | -type {t,a,b} ] ] -list Specify the mailing list to search in. -type What fields to search. Can be one of: t = topic / subject a = authors b = body Full body search requires a list name. Thus, the default is "t" when no list is given, otherwise it's "b". EXAMPLES marc (goes to http://marc.info) marc foo (searches for subject "foo" in all lists in the archive) marc foo -list openbsd-misc (searc…
563 uses - Created 2008-07-09 11:56:26 - Last used 2024-08-03 01:46:40 - Nominate - Description - http://marc.info/{ifEmpty -value %s -then -else ?s=%s&q=${type={ifEmpty -value ${list} -then t -else b}}&l=${list}}

jira

563 uses - Created 2009-11-05 04:01:18 - Last used 2024-11-25 01:11:04 - Nominate - Description - https://kompass.objectconsulting.com.au/jira/browse/%s

tarr!
Busca en TARINGA y ordena los resultados por relevancia (los comandos TARINGA, TAR! y TA! no te lo ordenan) (command by l3utterfish) Ejemplo: tarr! photoshop portable
563 uses - Created 2009-11-23 19:01:04 - Last used 2017-10-30 09:03:56 - Nominate - Description - http://www.taringa.net/buscador-taringa.php?q=%s&cat=-1&autor=&sort_by=0

pizza
Order pizza online from Papa John's
562 uses - Created 2005-06-20 19:16:07 - Last used 2024-07-23 01:00:09 - Nominate - Description - http://www.papajohnsonline.com/index.html

ubs
Search for bugs in Launchpad, Ubuntu's bug tracking system. Example - to find bugs relating to Thinkpad laptops: ubs thinkpad NB: If you are looking for bugs in a particular package, use lupb instead
562 uses - Created 2007-03-11 22:16:34 - Last used 2024-05-05 11:33:08 - Nominate - Description - https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?field.searchtext=%s

ent
Search Torrent site Entertane, which searches other torrent sites. fuck you
562 uses - Created 2009-09-13 02:29:43 - Last used 2024-11-28 04:56:30 - Nominate - Description - http://www.entertane.com/?searchq=%s

kass
KickAssTorrents
562 uses - Created 2010-01-02 16:57:53 - Last used 2016-05-17 04:56:02 - Nominate - Description - http://www.kickasstorrents.com/torrents/search/?q=%s

cltor
Search Toronto Craigslist For Sale
561 uses - Created 2006-01-18 18:49:13 - Last used 2014-04-16 17:19:59 - Nominate - Description - http://toronto.craigslist.org/cgi-bin/search?areaID=25&subAreaID=0&query=%s&catAbbreviation=sss&minAsk=min&maxAsk=max

No
Runescape
560 uses - Created 2005-06-14 18:57:32 - Last used 2024-10-19 13:35:51 - Nominate - Description - http://nomadgaming.com

iploc
Use geobytes.com to determine the physical location of any IP address.
560 uses - Created 2005-07-03 12:23:17 - Last used 2024-07-08 15:49:48 - Nominate - Description - http://geobytes.com/IpLocator.htm?GetLocation&ipaddress=%s

kaannos
Searches word from finnish Kaannos.com translation site. Word can be finnish, english, swedish, german or french.
560 uses - Created 2007-01-18 21:50:33 - Last used 2016-06-13 11:28:16 - Nominate - Description - http://www.kaannos.com/search.html?word=%s

omwi
Search the openmoko wiki.
560 uses - Created 2008-08-18 12:38:45 - Last used 2009-11-10 05:22:39 - Nominate - Description - http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s&go=Go

sap
NAME: sap - Goto SAP Service Marketplace USAGE: sap [sap-quicklink] EXAMPLE: sap sp-stacks NOTE: you need a account to login to the marketplace.
559 uses - Created 2005-06-16 02:50:12 - Last used 2024-11-04 01:47:38 - Nominate - Description - http://service.sap.com/%s

process
Searches the wintasks process library, use this to find out just what those files running in the background are actually doing. ========== Old implementation: http://www.processlibrary.com/directory/files/%s/index.php
559 uses - Created 2005-06-28 17:22:16 - Last used 2024-06-05 07:05:58 - Nominate - Description - http://www.processlibrary.com/directory/?files=%s

gcwp
For the geocaching community, this command goes straight to a cache page by waypoint. e.g. gcwp GCTX0N goes to Waters On High
559 uses - Created 2006-06-24 17:40:54 - Last used 2022-12-26 14:26:40 - Nominate - Description - http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=%s&Submit6=Find

lim
Microsoft Live Image Search Microsoft Live actually has a better interface than Google Images (as of the day of its release) including zoom from within the search pane and helpful sidebars. Example: lim Kristen Bell
559 uses - Created 2006-09-14 03:17:32 - Last used 2023-07-22 20:39:58 - Nominate - Description - http://beta.search.live.com/images/results.aspx?q=%s

aws
Alexa Internet's text search
559 uses - Created 2007-01-20 18:24:12 - Last used 2025-01-02 06:48:56 - Nominate - Description - http://alexa.com/search?q=%s

pearls
Goes to <i>Pearls Before Swine</i> (a comic strip by Stephen Pastis)
559 uses - Created 2007-03-06 05:58:19 - Last used 2017-12-16 16:53:21 - Nominate - Description - http://www.comics.com/comics/pearls

wpca
Wikipedia in catalan language
559 uses - Created 2009-03-23 19:29:28 - Last used 2023-12-26 03:50:43 - Nominate - Description - http://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Especial:Search?search=%s

ao3
search Archive of Our Own (aka ao3)
559 uses - Created 2012-10-12 12:14:16 - Last used 2024-12-10 15:37:28 - Nominate - Description - https://archiveofourown.org/works/search?utf8=✓&query[text]=%s

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