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".

mdbg
Queries the Chinese-English dictionary MDBG. Searches can be in the form of characters, either traditional or simplified, or Pinyin, with or without tone markers (e.g. xihuan or xi3huan1). Results display traditional and simplified characters, Pinyin with tones, audio pronunciation, and a "snip apart" for phrases and words of multiple characters.
439 uses - Created 2008-12-23 16:29:58 - Last used 2019-12-08 05:53:19 - Nominate - Description - http://us.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php?page=worddictbasic&wdqb=%s&wdrst=1&wddmtm=1&wdeac=0

doimit
Lookup scientific literature based on Digital Object Identifier (DOI) using the MIT library proxy.
439 uses - Created 2009-05-20 21:17:42 - Last used 2012-05-16 02:14:44 - Nominate - Description - http://dx.doi.org.libproxy.mit.edu/%s

instapaper

439 uses - Created 2010-04-25 04:29:52 - Last used 2013-03-17 00:04:40 - Nominate - Description - http://javascript:function iprl5(){var d=document,z=d.createElement('scr'+'ipt'),b=d.body;try{if(!b)throw(0);d.title='(Saving...) '+d.title;z.setAttribute('src','http://www.instapaper.com/j/NU6nR3jPQJPC?u='+encodeURIComponent(d.location.href)+'&t='+(new Date().getTime()));b.appendChild(z);}catch(e){alert('Please wait until the page has loaded.');}}iprl5();void(0)

ghs
NAME ghs - Search your Google History. SYNOPSIS ghs [SEARCH TERM] EXAMPLE ghs yubnub Searches your Google History. Requires a Google account of some sort. AUTHOR Tommy B. <tommy04@gmail.com>
438 uses - Created 2005-08-27 03:06:54 - Last used 2025-06-19 01:42:02 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/searchhistory/find?q=%s

acine
Recherche sur Allo Ciné
438 uses - Created 2006-06-09 18:33:20 - Last used 2012-10-09 21:05:09 - Nominate - Description - http://www.allocine.fr/recherche/?motcle=%s&f=3&rub=0

vw
Search English Heritage's Viewfinder database of images relating to English social history, architecture and archaeology,dating from the 1840s to the present day. E.g. vw factory will find images of factories
438 uses - Created 2006-10-30 09:14:12 - Last used 2025-04-16 03:46:03 - Nominate - Description - http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk/search/checkInput.asp?main_query=%s&index=1&theme=&place_name=&county=&district=

udeb
NAME udeb - search software packages for any release of the Ubuntu Linux distribution. SYNOPSIS udeb [ KEYWORD ] [-s SEARCH_TYPE ] [ -x ] [ -v RELEASE_NAME ] [ -repo SOFTWARE_REPOSITORY ] [ -arch COMPUTER_ARCHITECTURE ] [ -mode CONTENT_SEARCH_MODE ] udeb provides commandline access to all of the parameters used to query the Ubuntu package information hosted at Ubuntu.com. It was developed to be both comprehensive and as stop-gap measure for similar YubNub commands such as upk or upkg that are c…
438 uses - Created 2008-02-21 23:14:11 - Last used 2022-01-15 22:36:45 - Nominate - Description - http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=%s&searchon=${s=names}{ifEmpty -value ${x} -then -else &exact=1}&suite=${v=all}&section=${repo=all}&arch=${arch=any}{ifEmpty -value ${mode} -then -else {ifThen -value1 ${mode} -value2 exact -test EQUAL -then &mode=exactfilename -else {ifThen -value1 ${mode} -value2 end -test EQUAL -then &mode= -else &mode=filename}}}

blc
Check bloglines citations
437 uses - Created 2005-06-22 15:49:26 - Last used 2017-01-29 20:49:33 - Nominate - Description - http://www.bloglines.com/citations?url=%s

DB29
Search DB2 for z/OS V9.1 Documentation for a string. Example: db29 sysibm.systablespace There are more yubnub commands for the most important manuals: db29c Codes db29m Messages db29a Administration Guide db29i Installation Guide db29p Application Programming and SQL Guide db29s SQL Reference
437 uses - Created 2008-04-10 12:53:03 - Last used 2012-03-24 03:42:48 - Nominate - Description - http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr/Shelves/dsnshka2?searchRequest=%s&SEARCH=Search&Type=FUZZY&SearchTopic=TOPIC&searchText=TEXT&searchIndex=INDEX&rank=RANK

QRcode
http://www.i-nigma.com/personal/Create.asp Create a QRcode for a given URL. Excellent for downloading .cab files to your windows mobile phone. (You need to install the reader in your phone) Accepts an URL as param. Optional parameter size: 3 - Small 4 - Medium 6 - Large (default) Example: QRcode http://rs476l33.rapidshare.com/files/144920976/3719261/Soft_Reset.cab -size 4 Fuska
437 uses - Created 2009-01-27 00:29:43 - Last used 2024-10-02 07:11:44 - Nominate - Description - http://encode.i-nigma.com/QRCode/img.php?d=URL%3A{urlencode2 %s}&c=&s=${size=6}

ierdp
Remote desktop onto a host (using TSWEB activex). This works with any browser NOTE: You need to REGSVR32 /s npmeadax.dll
437 uses - Created 2009-03-05 19:21:03 - Last used 2021-03-01 15:11:07 - Nominate - Description - ctitle -title %s -url http://yubnub.org/example/echo?text=%3Cembed+type%3D%22application%2Fx-meadco-neptune-ax%22+pluginspage%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.meadroid.com%2Fneptune%2Fdownload%2F%22+width%3D%22100%25%22+height%3D%22100%25%22+param-location%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trisys.biz%2Ftsweb%2FConnect.asp%3FResolution%3D4%26Server%3D%s%22%3E%3C%2Fembed%3E

walf
use Wolfram Alpha
437 uses - Created 2009-05-16 03:26:53 - Last used 2020-05-12 13:21:14 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%s

wpfl
Search Wikipedia with Google's Feeling Lucky Usage: wpfl [query]. (Author: Stefan Schwingeler)
437 uses - Created 2009-08-21 08:49:01 - Last used 2015-09-23 03:53:27 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aen.wikipedia.org+%s&btnG=Suche&meta=&btnI=I'm+Feeling+Lucky

qr
Find the Quickest Recipes on the net using qr.
436 uses - Created 2006-01-09 10:26:09 - Last used 2025-03-26 12:18:51 - Nominate - Description - http://theminutechef.com/ViewRecipeList.aspx?Search=%s

wikibooks
Searches Wikibooks (if no parameter named, it will go to the main page).
436 uses - Created 2006-12-26 11:54:49 - Last used 2021-03-19 04:54:00 - Nominate - Description - http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/?search=%s[use %20 for spaces]

tinyurl!
Chainable tinyurl creator, simply returns the new tinyurl as text. "tinyurl! [url]" to make it tiny, "tinyurl? [url]" to get the original :) Enjoy. - Logan Koester <logan@logankoester.com>
436 uses - Created 2007-07-02 09:21:38 - Last used 2022-12-05 03:07:18 - Nominate - Description - http://logankoester.com/tools/urls.php?action=tinyurl&url=%s

tagoo
Searches tagoo.ru , a music download site.
436 uses - Created 2008-02-26 18:21:07 - Last used 2015-01-19 10:53:38 - Nominate - Description - http://tagoo.ru/?search=%s

digwp (Golden Egg)
NAME digwp - returns text description from a Wikipedia page. SYNOPSIS digwp [QUERY] The digwp command uses DNS to return the text description from a given Wikipedia page. EXAMPLES Example: digwp linux Result: Returns the text description for the Linux Wikipedia page. SEE ALSO http://www.digwebinterface.com AUTHOR Paul M. Boren pmboren AT gmail DOT com
436 uses - Created 2010-06-10 02:57:34 - Last used 2025-07-01 21:49:13 - Description - scrape -tokens <pre> </pre> -dirs 0 0 -url http://www.digwebinterface.com/?hostnames=%s.wp.dg.cx&type=TXT&short=on&ns=resolver&useresolver=69.65.17.101

cachefromg (Golden Egg)
get the cached copy of web pages from Google
435 uses - Created 2005-06-15 04:33:47 - Last used 2024-11-06 17:54:03 - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:%s

vd
Zoek een woord op in het online Van Dale woordenboek Voorbeeld: vandale slaapmuts
435 uses - Created 2005-06-20 20:12:53 - Last used 2025-04-03 11:58:56 - Nominate - Description - http://www.vandale.nl/opzoeken?pattern=%s&lang=nn

history

435 uses - Created 2005-07-22 05:20:36 - Last used 2024-02-26 08:16:25 - Nominate - Description - http://www.historybooks.us

zappos
go to zappos.com the internets largest show store
435 uses - Created 2005-08-24 23:48:57 - Last used 2023-06-20 19:36:37 - Nominate - Description - http://www.zappos.com

getnova
Searches Mininova.org with the option to use some of the advanced search features. Like IMDb, Gamez, Hash, and just plain advanced search. To use the plain Advanced search you have the following options which can be used together or separate (just remember to keep the general search phrase first). Search for exact phrase: Example: getnova American History X -exact DVDRip Example: getnova -exact American History X Exclude certain words: Example: getnova American History X -not CAM Example: getno…
435 uses - Created 2008-02-21 06:48:39 - Last used 2015-06-29 12:33:40 - Nominate - Description - http://www.mininova.org/{ifthen (${imdb}<>null)imdb/?imdb=${imdb},{ifthen (${gamez}<>null)gamez/?gamez=${gamez},{ifthen (${hash}<>null)hash/?hash=${hash},{ifthen (%s<>null)search/%s{ifthen (${exact}<>null)%20%22${exact}%22,}{ifthen (${no}<>null)%20-${no},{ifthen (${not}<>null)%20-${not},}}{ifthen (${cat}<>null)/{switch ${cat} | featured => 10, anime => 1, book => 2, books => 2, game => 3, games => 3, movie => 4, movies => 4, music => 5, picture => 6, pic => 6, pictures => 6, pics => 6, software => 7, tv => 8, other => 9, * => 0}}}}}}

subtv
Search for TV Show and TV Series subtitles at tvsubtitles.net. (BETTER THAN tvsub command)
435 uses - Created 2008-04-05 17:24:50 - Last used 2017-02-18 14:51:25 - Nominate - Description - http://www.tvsubtitles.net/search.php?q=%s

okcupid
Launches Okcupid mainpage.
435 uses - Created 2008-06-03 00:00:38 - Last used 2021-06-04 22:10:45 - Nominate - Description - http://www.okcupid.com

empornium
Search live torrents on the Empornium tracker.
434 uses - Created 2006-01-20 21:14:47 - Last used 2019-10-22 11:46:22 - Nominate - Description - http://empornium.us/browse.php?search=%s&cat=0&incldead=0

fan
Search Fandango by location (city or ZIP) to see theater listings. Example: fan 10023
434 uses - Created 2006-05-11 09:58:19 - Last used 2024-03-22 15:04:31 - Nominate - Description - http://www.fandango.com/TheaterListings.aspx?location=%s

eci
Search images with ecosia
434 uses - Created 2019-08-13 17:46:35 - Last used 2025-07-16 09:34:39 - Nominate - Description - https://www.ecosia.org/images?q=%s

Kevin
Kevin Pereira
433 uses - Created 2005-06-10 18:07:19 - Last used 2019-11-12 08:03:58 - Nominate - Description - http://kevinpereira.com

oertlichinvers
Inverssuche auf DasOertliche.de (Auflösung von Telefonnummern nach dem zugehörigen Adresseintrag). Erstellt von Felix Brenk.
433 uses - Created 2005-06-19 08:55:07 - Last used 2015-04-10 09:24:19 - Nominate - Description - http://www.dasoertliche.de/DB4Web/es/oetb2suche/home.htm?main=Antwort&AKTION=START_SUCHE&SEITE=INVERSSUCHE&rg=1&s=2&kw_invers=%s

net
.NET Development blog
433 uses - Created 2005-06-20 09:14:24 - Last used 2025-07-12 02:08:25 - Nominate - Description - http://blogs.gotdotnet.ru/personal/Torero/Referrers.aspx

event
Search Upcoming.org Usage: event [search term] Example: event okkervil river b.a.
433 uses - Created 2005-10-06 17:57:38 - Last used 2025-06-04 09:49:03 - Nominate - Description - http://upcoming.org/search/?type=Events&scope=mymetros&metro_id=&q=%s

bby
Best Buy search.
433 uses - Created 2006-03-20 01:37:29 - Last used 2022-01-24 09:29:37 - Nominate - Description - http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1&_dynSessConf=-4268119219330931904&id=pcat17071&type=page&st=%s&sc=Global&cp=1&nrp=15&sp=&qp=&list=n&iht=y&usc=All+Categories&ks=960

sensei
Sensei's Library google site search. This is a resource for Go players
433 uses - Created 2007-11-18 20:58:30 - Last used 2020-10-06 04:10:25 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Asenseis.xmp.net+%s&btnG=Google+Search

dii
Updated search on Diigo own's bookmark
433 uses - Created 2011-03-09 07:50:08 - Last used 2021-07-02 13:30:47 - Nominate - Description - http://www.diigo.com/search/my?q=%s

spk
SYNOPSIS spk word [number] EXAMPLES spk hello spk be 2 Speaks a single word using the audio files of the Mirriam-Webster Online Dictionary. You may append a number after the word to specify a particular pronunciation if there are more than one for the word. For example, "spk be 2" will speak "was" because that is the second listed form of "be." The default is to pick the first pronunciation available.
433 uses - Created 2008-10-01 20:10:00 - Last used 2018-02-02 05:45:34 - Nominate - Description - http://www.lehnerstudios.com/stuff/speak.php?%s

gamerank
gamerankings search
433 uses - Created 2009-04-04 17:07:50 - Last used 2011-12-09 10:03:34 - Nominate - Description - http://www.gamerankings.com/browse.html?numrev=3&search=%s

spurl
Creates a Spurl.net entry for the given URL. Use -title after the URL to add a title if you want (otherwise you can type it in on the add spurl page).
432 uses - Created 2005-08-31 19:18:34 - Last used 2016-12-07 23:29:33 - Nominate - Description - http://www.spurl.net/spurl.php?v=3&url=%s&title=${title}[use %20 for spaces]

lmi
Web site for installation and administration of remote control software that enables the user to operate computers from another computer, via the Internet.
431 uses - Created 2007-12-27 02:15:38 - Last used 2011-10-31 17:28:48 - Nominate - Description - https://secure.logmein.com/

kwp
Search Korean languge version of wikipedia.org 위키백과 찾기
431 uses - Created 2010-01-11 13:16:59 - Last used 2024-11-17 21:33:34 - Nominate - Description - http://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%s

lsdel
personal use: open my del.ico.us with given-account ;)
430 uses - Created 2007-07-07 20:43:23 - Last used 2010-03-11 13:09:01 - Nominate - Description - http://del.icio.us/linuxswords/%s

adrb
Searches the Ruby API using APIDock
430 uses - Created 2010-01-21 11:50:03 - Last used 2018-09-24 07:22:31 - Nominate - Description - http://apidock.com/ruby/search?query=%s

lib
Keyword based search in vtech's library
429 uses - Created 2005-06-20 21:40:14 - Last used 2024-08-05 10:08:36 - Nominate - Description - http://addison.lib.vt.edu/cgi-bin/vtls.web.gateway?lang=english&searchtype=keyword&searcharg=%s&f_lang=&f_format1=&f_pub_start=&f_pub_end=

sluggy
Web comic Sluggy Freelance by Pete Abrams. Is it not nifty? Date of comic can be selected by entering a date in format YYMMDD. Example: sluggy -date 051006 # for the comic from October 6th, 2005 sluggy # for the most recent comic
429 uses - Created 2005-10-07 21:17:44 - Last used 2015-01-19 00:15:43 - Nominate - Description - http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=${date}

в

429 uses - Created 2008-10-25 07:32:34 - Last used 2013-01-09 09:43:32 - Nominate - Description - http://ru.wikipedia.org/?search=%s

boost
boostermp3, listen and download millions of songs mp3. (by l3utterfish)
429 uses - Created 2009-08-21 16:53:01 - Last used 2025-06-08 03:36:35 - Nominate - Description - http://www.boostermp3.com/audio/index.php?search=%s

calbar
A shortcut to searching for lawyers listed in the California Bar Association's website.
429 uses - Created 2012-04-09 15:12:29 - Last used 2025-02-11 09:29:34 - Nominate - Description - http://members.calbar.ca.gov/fal/MemberSearch/QuickSearch?FreeText=%s

plre
www.plre.org Programming Language Research Engine Example: plre lisp continuations
428 uses - Created 2006-11-28 06:46:16 - Last used 2009-07-25 11:26:44 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/custom?hl=en&lr=&client=pub-7816195964996213&cof=FORID%3A1%3BL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdiggins.com%2Fimages%2Fplre.png%3BLH%3A100%3BLP%3A1%3BS%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.plre.org%2F%3BCX%3APLRE%252Eorg%3B&q=%s&btnG=Search&cx=014747201223551113285%3Avpu0sfjjqpe

newl3
Crear un nuevo post en l3utterfish
428 uses - Created 2011-02-18 11:40:26 - Last used 2025-05-29 06:48:54 - Nominate - Description - http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=28375652

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