The Most-Used Commands
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nndb
Search the NNDB for an individual. Example: nndb Bill Gates
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Created 2006-01-29 18:08:47
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2021-11-10 10:20:24
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http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi?nndb=1&omenu=unspecified&query=%s
forvo
Forvo Search. Search for the pronunciation of words.
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Created 2008-04-06 22:37:23
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2022-09-12 08:54:10
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http://www.forvo.com/search/%s/
hittavem
Look up a person/organization using the location/person/organization finder hitta.se
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Created 2005-11-30 15:06:04
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2012-02-09 08:05:40
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http://www.hitta.se/SearchMixed.aspx?UCSB%3aTextBoxWho=%s
swit
Swiss Telephone Directory Search / Suche im Schweizer Telefonbuch Syntax: swit [-n name] [-b profession] [-s street] [-o town] [-k canton] [-t phone number] Examples: 1. Look up all Kurt Furglers in Switzerland swit -n furgler kurt 2. Look up former Federal Councilman Kurt Furgler swit -n furgler kurt -b bundesrat 3. Look up restaurant 'Il Gallo' in Zurich swit -n il gallo -o zürich 4. Look up all inhabitants of Nordstrasse 7 in Wettingen swit -s nordstr. 7 -o Wettingen Please note that -o als…
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Created 2006-11-02 20:16:27
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2024-01-30 05:51:33
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http://tel.search.ch/result.html?name=${n}&misc=${b}&strasse=${s}&ort=${o}&kanton=${k}&tel=${t}
crev
Uses context.reverso.net to translate from Spanish to English.
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Created 2017-09-06 06:59:38
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2022-02-12 08:55:57
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http://context.reverso.net/traduccion/espanol-ingles/%s
turl
Converts a looong url into a tinyurl. eg: turl http://big.long.ugly.url.com/hdfkjhkhjf?blah=bloa&gaga=34 becomes: http://tinyurl.com/bnp3m
556 uses
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Created 2005-06-21 00:03:24
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2022-08-25 10:11:04
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http://tinyurl.com/create.php?url=%s[no url encoding]
tits
gets pretty pictures of boobs
556 uses
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Created 2005-06-21 16:51:23
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2024-12-01 16:17:52
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http://images.google.com/images?q=tits
patent
Quick search of the US Patent DB
556 uses
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Created 2005-06-24 18:49:53
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2023-07-18 22:12:06
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http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fsearch-adv.htm&r=0&p=1&f=S&l=50&Query=%s&d=ptxt
jwp
Wikipedia for Japanese
556 uses
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Created 2007-08-10 09:07:11
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2023-08-12 15:21:57
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http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%s
current
NAME current - Go to and/or search Current TV (current.com). SYNOPSIS current [SEARCH TERM] EXAMPLES current #will go to current.com current colbert #will search current.com videos for the term "colbert" current plane current formula one current how to Current is a peer-to-peer news and information network. On Current.com, you can find and share the stories, videos, and viewpoints that are interesting to you. You can clip stories and videos from around the web. You can post comments and videos …
556 uses
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Created 2007-11-02 04:20:59
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2025-01-06 07:37:44
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http://current.com{eop /search/search.do?indexName=barca-search&renderer=jsp&q=@%s@}
rlpraep
Durchsucht die Rote Liste nach dem entsprechenden Präparatenamen.
556 uses
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Created 2007-12-12 10:14:01
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2011-10-31 07:53:01
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http://www.rote-liste.de/Online/report_n?FELD1=RLnam&FELD1text=%s&FELD2=RLfkb&FELD2text=&FELD3=RLhgl&FELD3text=&FELD4=RLawb&FELD4text=&FELD5=RLanw&FELD5text=&FELD6=RLpzn&FELD6text=&FELD7=ALLE&FELD7text=&FELD1AndOr=AND&FELD2AndOr=AND&FELD3AndOr=AND&FELD4AndOr=AND&FELD5AndOr=AND
cf9
Adobe ColdFusion 9 CFML Reference Search Just type the search string you want to use. Example: cf9 string functions
556 uses
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Created 2009-12-13 03:50:08
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2015-05-05 13:27:24
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http://community.adobe.com/help/search.html?q=%s&hl=en_US&lr=en_US&l=coldfusion_product_adobelr&requiredfields=book:ColdFusion%25C2%25A09%25C2%25A0CFML%25C2%25A0Reference&self=1&filter=0
mg3
Search Metager, a privacy-focused search engine.
556 uses
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Created 2022-05-10 15:25:16
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2024-10-13 10:15:22
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https://metager.org/meta/meta.ger3?eingabe=%s
frooglede
Search Froogle in German
555 uses
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Created 2005-10-24 18:00:39
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2018-08-02 11:46:08
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http://froogle.google.de/froogle?q=%s&hl=de
typophile
Search typophile.com, the premier destination for typographic aficionados, with active forums and a growing wiki. Example: "typophile palatino" returns Typophile pages referencing Palatino, both in the forums and in the wiki. Created by Auricfuzz using my gadv command. Related Commands: gadv, myfonts, linotype
555 uses
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Created 2006-11-05 23:10:43
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2011-12-15 15:36:23
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gadv %s -site www.typophile.com
djdd
Searches the development trunk docs for Django, based on the docs site as of late 2010 or so.
554 uses
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Created 2011-04-08 00:29:33
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2014-03-07 14:38:01
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http://docs.djangoproject.com/search/?q=%s&release=1
coral
(Golden Egg)
Enter a URL and this command will load it using the Coral Content Distributed Network (http://coralcdn.org/ ). Coral is peer-to-peer content distribution network, comprised of a world-wide network of web proxies and nameservers. This will only work after the root domain (e.g. urls ending in .com, .edu, etc.) but not subdirectories. And don't include the trailing slash if any (e.g. "coral www.vischeck.com", not "coral www.vischeck.com/") Usage: coral [URL] Example: coral www.vischeck.com
554 uses
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Created 2005-06-24 15:41:09
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2024-08-04 13:22:30
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http://%s.nyud.net:8090
mye
Search Myspace profiles by email. Example: mye gsollinger@livingproofsingers.org
554 uses
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Created 2006-01-06 18:23:42
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2020-01-07 19:26:58
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http://search.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=find&circuitaction=search&searchType=network&interesttype=&country=&searchBy=Email&f_first_name=%s&Submit=Find
=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1
ebayat
Search www.ebay.at.
554 uses
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Created 2006-03-03 22:39:07
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2018-10-05 04:02:31
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http://search.ebay.at/search/search.dll?cgiurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.at%2Fws%2F&fkr=1&from=R8&satitle=%s&category0=
getdeb
Search getdeb.net - an ubuntu software portal
554 uses
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Created 2007-09-03 12:48:07
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2019-06-26 19:57:30
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http://www.getdeb.net/search.php?keywords=%s
scour
Search Google, Yahoo and MSN. Social search engine. http://www.scour.com/index.html
554 uses
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Created 2008-07-14 17:08:44
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2022-05-14 12:03:13
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http://www.scour.com/search/web/%s
rubyforge
usage: rubyforge projectname Brings you to a rubyforge project page
553 uses
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Created 2006-06-02 04:18:05
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2013-01-21 08:59:27
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http://rubyforge.org/projects/%s
mtc
Searches MetaCritic, an website that combines reviews from all over the internet.
553 uses
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Created 2007-04-15 05:49:53
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2021-05-18 07:28:26
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http://www.metacritic.com/search/all/%s/results
boobs
This is pretty cool, just starting out.
552 uses
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Created 2005-06-10 23:01:31
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2024-10-12 12:53:39
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http://www.purevolume.com/faceagainstthepavement
gur
Searches Guru Intranet.
552 uses
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Created 2010-08-19 15:41:36
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2017-07-03 12:36:15
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http://guru/Search.aspx?search=%s
scrape2
551 uses
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Created 2005-07-22 16:38:55
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2023-11-10 23:48:14
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http://efridge.net/yubnub/parse.php?ynp_tokens=${tokens}&ynp_dirs=${dirs}&yndesturl=${url}&ynp_debug=${debug=0}&ynp_http=${method=get}&ynp_scrape=${textonly=1}[no url encoding]
ian
(Golden Egg)
Internet Archive Netlabel Search Example: "ia techno" searches for techno music available at archive.org Example: "ia comatronic" lists all releases from netlabel comatronic available at archive.org
550 uses
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Created 2005-06-15 12:03:57
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2025-01-01 16:58:23
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http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=%s%20AND%20mediatype%3Aaudio%20AND%20collection%3Anetlabels
nlb
Searches the National Library of Singapore catalogue by keyword. Example: nlb harry potter should bring up all instances of 'Harry Potter' within the catalogue. ========== Old implementation: http://vistaweb.nlb.gov.sg/cgi-bin/cw_cgi?10100+REDIRX+useDatabase_3002_w_%s[use %20 for spaces]
550 uses
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Created 2005-06-20 03:24:05
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2016-08-11 21:32:15
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http://catalogue.nlb.gov.sg/cgi-bin/cw_cgi?10100+REDIRX+useDatabase_3002_w_%s[use %20 for spaces]
anm
Anonymously browse a website using "ANONYMOUSE". Every time you visit a site, you leave a calling card that reveals where you're coming from, what kind of computer you have, and other details. With this command you can surf the web without revealing any personal information, and now it's even easier! Just use the this command: anm [url] You must not put the "http://www." in front of the URL, YubNub does that for you! Here is an example: anm yahoo.com It's that easy!
550 uses
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Created 2005-12-27 21:45:27
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2024-03-14 12:43:15
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http://anonymouse.org/cgi-bin/anon-www.cgi/http://www.%s
gmus
SYNOPSIS gmus [keywords] EXAMPLE gmus Madredeus Performs a Musical Google search using the given keywords. Really cool. A glimpse of Google's future. -elzr
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Created 2006-01-11 10:35:48
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2019-02-19 07:04:06
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http://www.google.com/musicsearch?q=%s
c2t
Converts the results of a YubNub command to Markdown format, a simple text format. Inspired by Tom Roarty, "Idea for a YubNub command", http://www.troarty.com/blog/2007/02/14/idea-for-a-yubnub-command/ EXAMPLE c2t slashdot c2t /. AUTHOR jonathan.aquino@gmail.com
550 uses
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Created 2007-02-15 06:30:40
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2021-03-27 06:06:29
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2t {url %s}
!login
Logs you in your existing YubNub (aliases) account. If you use incorrect login name you will have the opportunity to create a new account. SYNTAX !login [username]![password] RELATED COMMANDS !, !set, !seta, !unset, !logout, !ls, !mls. CREATED BY Jacob Ensor, jjefferydesign.com/ Thanks to Brian for idea of "!logout", which gave me the idea of this command.
549 uses
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Created 2006-02-04 05:34:24
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2018-06-20 03:07:41
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http://www.jakeisgod.com/yubnub/aliases/setcookie.cfm?username=%s
sep
To search the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Example: sep socrates
549 uses
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Created 2007-04-28 19:31:36
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2024-08-08 22:12:37
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http://plato.stanford.edu/search/searcher.py?query=%s
randstring
Generates a random alphanumeric string. Useful for generating random passwords randstr <lenght> -n [on|off] -u [on|off] -l [on|off] -count <number of strings> -seed id.<string> <length> : Number of characters in the string -n : Whether you want numbers in the string (on) or not (off) -l : Whether you want lowercase letters in the string (on) or not (off) -u : Whether you want uppercase letters in the string (on) or not (off) -count : Number of strings you want to get -seed : How the data will b…
549 uses
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Created 2008-05-16 16:28:18
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2017-10-12 23:51:18
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http://random.org/strings/?num=${count=1}&len=%s&digits=${n=on}&upperalpha=${u=on}&loweralpha=${l=on}&unique=on&format=plain&rnd=${seed=new}
tweet
Twitter.com Smart Keyword Search
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Created 2008-09-12 17:46:32
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2022-08-11 11:58:46
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http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%s
whatismyip
Find your IP address
548 uses
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Created 2005-06-11 00:52:14
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2024-09-05 04:33:56
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http://www.ipdonkey.com
mdb
MixesDB Search. Just type "mdb ...", e.g. mdb mills sonar
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Created 2008-06-06 22:13:35
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2024-01-03 00:59:15
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http://www.mixesdb.com/db/index.php/Special:Search?search=%s&go=Go
enar
Translates a word from English to Arabic
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Created 2008-09-11 22:55:23
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2014-11-24 21:56:57
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http://www.tps.edu.ee/nastik/ar-en/index.php?q=%s
ac
Search Absurdlycool.com freebies. Example: ac t-shirt ac sample
546 uses
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Created 2005-06-17 04:10:17
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2024-10-12 10:16:23
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http://absurdlycool.com/search.cgi?test=%s&age=30
gnewsfr
Google News Search for France. To find news for gouvernement in google news france : Example: gnewsfr gouvernement
546 uses
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Created 2005-06-23 16:50:53
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2023-08-11 07:37:42
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http://news.google.fr/news?q=%s
install
546 uses
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Created 2005-06-24 21:13:49
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2021-01-13 10:46:43
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http://www.kuhnelectronics.com
ssec
Seznam.cz - Slovník - English to Czech
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Created 2006-02-25 10:51:18
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2012-12-22 17:48:24
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http://slovnik.seznam.cz/search.py?wd=%s&lg=en_cz
table
to access spreadsheet data from editgrid.com website. Type the username followed by the the sheet name.
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Created 2006-04-26 06:07:50
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2024-11-10 21:29:17
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http://www.editgrid.com/user/{% 1 %s}/{% 2 %s} [no url encoding]
core
A .onion hidden service of SSL proxy provided by German Privacy Foundation.
546 uses
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Created 2008-07-09 01:50:16
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2024-12-05 14:18:59
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https://www.awxcnx.de/cgi-bin/proxy3/nph-proxy.cgi/000000A/http/eqt5g4fuenphqinx.onion/%s
topsya
SYNOPSIS topsya [domain] EXAMPLE topsya google.com Performs a topsy search on the given domain.
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Created 2009-08-21 09:47:04
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2012-01-24 13:49:23
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http://topsy.com/s?q=site%3A%s&window=a
ap
Searches for the AP Stylebook entry. (Subscribers only)
545 uses
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Created 2005-06-16 14:16:06
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2025-01-07 09:59:03
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http://www.apstylebook.com/online/index.php?do=search_results&search_term=%s
pgp
Search for PGP keys n the DFN PGP keyserver. Output format is verbose, with fingerprint.
545 uses
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Created 2005-06-25 10:52:20
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2024-04-02 17:44:34
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http://pgpkeys.pca.dfn.de:11371/pks/lookup?search=%s&fingerprint=on&op=vindex
beer
Beer Advocate beer search. You have to sign up for a membership but then enjoy!!!
545 uses
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Created 2006-03-29 13:28:20
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2024-11-25 19:05:17
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http://beeradvocate.com/beer/index/?searcht=beers&search=%s
l>>
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NAME l>> - Google site-specific search on a site for which you do not know the URL. SYNOPSIS l>> [KEYWORDS TO DESCRIBE SITE];[KEYWORDS TO SEARCH WITHIN SITE] EXAMPLES l>> chicago metromix;sushi restaurants [returns Google results for 'sushi restuarants' at metromix.chicagotribune.com] l>> omaha reader;old market [returns Google results for 'old market' at www.thereader.com] This command is allows you to do a search within a given site. The first parameter should describe the site you are lookin…
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Created 2006-07-31 22:24:36
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2023-05-02 16:46:11
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lucky>> {param s;k %s}
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