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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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up (Golden Egg)
browse upcoming.org events by tag
396 uses - Created 2005-06-08 03:52:18 - Last used 2025-06-28 05:31:45 - Description - http://upcoming.org/tag/%s

tech
A pretty good tech forum for anyone!
396 uses - Created 2005-06-09 23:10:04 - Last used 2024-11-04 13:53:25 - Nominate - Description - http://kozmosis.proboards19.com

food
Step by step recipes with pictures.
396 uses - Created 2005-06-18 02:20:39 - Last used 2024-10-16 05:27:05 - Nominate - Description - http://visualrecipes.com

qbfs
searches the QuickBase User Forum for the specified keyword
396 uses - Created 2005-09-22 21:38:45 - Last used 2011-08-08 08:50:03 - Nominate - Description - https://www.quickbase.com/db/8emtadvk?act=QuickSearch&srchtxt=%s

quotes
Yahoo!Finance quotes. To receive a financial quotes and info. Example: quotes slb
396 uses - Created 2006-01-16 14:51:53 - Last used 2024-08-20 07:15:03 - Nominate - Description - http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=%s

todoist

396 uses - Created 2007-03-03 06:39:56 - Last used 2024-11-07 15:05:27 - Nominate - Description - http://todoist.com/

posix
Search POSIX standards for anything.
395 uses - Created 2007-10-10 16:43:25 - Last used 2025-05-05 07:20:56 - Nominate - Description - http://opengroup.org/cgi-bin/kman?value=%s

nmk
NOMASKEINE. Busca en www.nomaskeine.com Estadísticas de comunio España.
395 uses - Created 2010-01-29 22:50:50 - Last used 2023-05-22 01:50:38 - Nominate - Description - http://www.nomaskeine.com/search/node/%s

jstor
Searches for sociology and business articles on www.jstor.org using the Jstor syntax: -q is to be followed by the query (Jstor search syntax -- e.g. au:(AUTHORNAME) AND ti:(TITLE)) -year is to be followed by the starting year. Example: jstor -q au:(paul dimaggio) -year 1983
394 uses - Created 2005-07-02 21:18:10 - Last used 2023-02-03 22:36:07 - Nominate - Description - http://www.jstor.org/search/ExpertSearch?so=OldestFirst&si=1&hp=25&Query=${q}%0D%0A&si=1&hp=25&sd=${year}&ed=&jt=&dc=Business&dc=Sociology&Search=Search

mydeli
Log into your del.ico.us account. Example: mydeli username
394 uses - Created 2005-09-14 18:42:38 - Last used 2012-01-31 15:37:43 - Nominate - Description - http://del.icio.us/%s

week
week = Wikiseek! Use the new Wikiseek.com search engines to get faster wikipedia search results.
394 uses - Created 2007-01-17 14:56:02 - Last used 2023-07-05 06:32:30 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wikiseek.com/results.php?q=%s

ngg
Newgrounds most recent games.
394 uses - Created 2007-10-23 23:42:08 - Last used 2012-06-08 08:17:22 - Nominate - Description - http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/list.php?which=mr&type=G&order=date

radio
Online Radio station
393 uses - Created 2005-06-10 18:05:20 - Last used 2023-07-24 11:45:59 - Nominate - Description - http://mixfevers.com

glinux
Google search for linux related pages only
393 uses - Created 2005-09-21 02:09:57 - Last used 2023-01-23 12:48:27 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/linux?hl=en&lr=&q=%s

garfield
View the Garfield comics for an entire month. Input parameters: year - a value between 1978 and present month - a value between 1 and 12 (6 to 12 for 1978) ---------- Old implementation: http://www.jikos.cz/~zikap9am/garfield.php?year=${year}&month=${month}
393 uses - Created 2006-01-16 13:57:26 - Last used 2011-10-18 04:30:52 - Nominate - Description - http://pt.jikos.cz/garfield/{$year}/{$month}/

c++
http://www.cafelinux.org/edu/
393 uses - Created 2006-08-23 02:55:56 - Last used 2021-10-22 09:08:18 - Nominate - Description - http://www.cafelinux.org/edu/

dww
Distrowatch Weekly direct link!
393 uses - Created 2007-03-05 13:09:15 - Last used 2019-12-17 12:42:19 - Nominate - Description - http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php

sugar
Execute a sugarcodes command. Ex: sugar show yubnub
393 uses - Created 2007-07-11 03:29:42 - Last used 2024-01-08 14:59:48 - Nominate - Description - http://www.sugarcodes.com/sugar/?q=%s

ino
Search your feeds in Inoreader (free feaature, not like Feedly) [by l3utterfish]]
393 uses - Created 2013-12-02 04:19:24 - Last used 2023-05-11 23:40:54 - Nominate - Description - https://www.inoreader.com/#search/%s

randwd2
alias for randwd so two randwds can be used in same command resulting in different words
392 uses - Created 2005-10-02 03:20:08 - Last used 2013-04-24 05:21:41 - Nominate - Description - randwd

gdk
Google Denmark Search, the localized, danish version of Google Example: gdk hello
392 uses - Created 2005-12-09 22:51:06 - Last used 2025-05-26 05:46:32 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.dk/search?q=%s

lespac
Lespac.com Site d'annonces classee au Quebec
392 uses - Created 2006-02-22 12:45:10 - Last used 2011-11-14 17:12:37 - Nominate - Description - http://www.lespac.com/search/index.php?cp=0&region=&majalerte=&a=&o=%2Fsearch%2Findex.php&r=1655&parindex=0&page=&total=&nbrpages=&categorie_titre=&filename=1&orderby=dateparution&mots=%s&tr=4&distancemax=0&agemax=0&yf=0&yt=0&prixfrom=De...&prixto=%C0...&offre=t&etatb=t&x=0&y=0

stup
http://www.stumbleupon.com/session.php
392 uses - Created 2006-04-17 19:45:05 - Last used 2017-11-17 10:02:06 - Nominate - Description - http://www.stumbleupon.com/session.php

rz

392 uses - Created 2007-01-21 00:44:38 - Last used 2022-10-09 05:38:40 - Nominate - Description - http://rhymezone.com/r/rhyme.cgi?Word=%s&typeofrhyme=perfect&org1=syl&org2=l

msbs
Goes directly to Micro$oft's Security Bulletin page for a given MSYY-NNN. Ex: msbs ms11-001
392 uses - Created 2011-09-12 22:33:07 - Last used 2013-01-09 21:12:40 - Nominate - Description - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/%s

garr

392 uses - Created 2010-12-18 21:30:14 - Last used 2018-08-05 12:12:29 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com.ar/search?hl=es&cr=countryAR&tbs=ctr%3AcountryAR&q=%s&btnG=Buscar&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=

arukereso
Search on arukereso.hu. This is a hungarian site where you can find the prices of things from several webshops. To search the price of a product, just type the name of it. Example: arukereso LED TV
392 uses - Created 2013-12-05 07:27:40 - Last used 2017-11-16 00:33:08 - Nominate - Description - http://www.arukereso.hu/CategorySearch.php?st=%s

kelkoo
Kelkoo Search. Search kelkoo for web shopping prices. Just type "kelkoo" followed by whatever it is you are shopping for. Examples: kelkoo ipod kelkoo wifi router
391 uses - Created 2005-07-27 17:42:58 - Last used 2023-05-23 02:30:16 - Nominate - Description - http://www.kelkoo.co.uk/ctl/do/search?siteSearchQuery=%s

Bandwidth
This is a Bandwidth Meter that can be used to test the speed of your internet connection.
391 uses - Created 2005-10-03 19:52:07 - Last used 2017-05-18 21:05:03 - Nominate - Description - http://www.2wire.com/?p=154&inc=bm500&9247

tvr
tvr brings you to TVRage.com tvr <text> searches for the show or person on TVRage
391 uses - Created 2007-04-25 12:50:44 - Last used 2020-06-04 04:56:34 - Nominate - Description - http://tvrage.com/{eop search.php?search=@%s@}

lwo
Lyrics Search. Searches the site lyricwiki.org for songs. Type in the name of the band, artist, or album you want to search for. Specific songs may or may not work... examples: lwo system of a down lwo dark side of the moon
391 uses - Created 2007-06-02 19:37:04 - Last used 2020-10-20 02:06:56 - Nominate - Description - http://lyricwiki.org/index.php?search=%s&fulltext=search&sourceid

appbrain
search android applications in appbrain.com (applications from google market etc).
391 uses - Created 2010-11-08 14:05:23 - Last used 2023-09-19 14:58:38 - Nominate - Description - http://appbrain.com/search?q=%s

stata
Searches Stata 11 command help. Example usage: stata summarize stata tabulate
391 uses - Created 2010-03-16 16:10:30 - Last used 2021-01-31 14:42:18 - Nominate - Description - http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?%s

pad
A simple notepad using echo. You can also pass text to use, too. However, I don't think newlines are properly preserved. Example: pad → just a blank page that you can type stuff in. pad something → editable page containing the word "something". Made by Superloach, because I care. ^~^
391 uses - Created 2018-04-12 06:35:42 - Last used 2024-09-11 08:00:34 - Nominate - Description - echo <title>pad - yubnub notepad</title><body contenteditable>%s

turinmap
searches google maps for locations in Turin Italy
390 uses - Created 2008-02-20 12:59:53 - Last used 2015-05-01 08:58:02 - Nominate - Description - http://maps.google.com/maps?q=%s+turin+italy

unity
Search the Fedora Unity Project. A place for community based documentation on all things Fedora
390 uses - Created 2010-04-29 18:25:52 - Last used 2025-05-13 22:08:30 - Nominate - Description - http://fedoraunity.org/search?SearchableText=%s

tvdb2
Searches tvdb.com for shows (and movies). Made this one since original command 'tvdb' is broken Example: tvdb2 Rick and Morty
390 uses - Created 2022-03-29 17:58:55 - Last used 2025-06-30 13:15:27 - Nominate - Description - https://thetvdb.com/search?query=%s

airbnb
Search Airbnb for a room. Syntax: -loc [location] -st start-date (dd-mm-yyyy) -end end-date (dd-mm-yyyy) -g [number of guests, default 1] Note that those dates might actually need to be mm-dd-yyyy if you're searching from the USA.
390 uses - Created 2014-11-16 14:46:11 - Last used 2025-07-13 08:29:17 - Nominate - Description - https://www.airbnb.com/s/${loc}?checkin=${st}&checkout=${end}&guests=${g=1}

bugzilla
BugZilla
389 uses - Created 2006-05-16 16:53:57 - Last used 2021-08-13 13:04:21 - Nominate - Description - http://10.16.253.122/taskzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=%s

monitor
Searches the Christian Science Monitor, one of the best news sources in the world. Use example: monitor iraq
389 uses - Created 2006-06-06 20:00:46 - Last used 2025-05-25 09:10:09 - Nominate - Description - http://www.csmonitor.com/cgi-bin/getSearch.pl?NS-query=%s

mww
Search http://www.mediawiki.org including Go
389 uses - Created 2009-03-02 02:32:29 - Last used 2021-05-31 08:04:58 - Nominate - Description - http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s&go=Go

imdb.es
The Internet Movie Database IMDB en español! Searches for anything on the International Movie Database in Spanish!
389 uses - Created 2009-09-20 18:54:07 - Last used 2018-09-13 13:44:44 - Nominate - Description - http://imdb.es/find?q=%s

epg
Searches epguides.com for a show. Just type the show in all lowercase with no spaces, and no "The" if it's the first word. i.e. - epg secretlifeoftheamericanteenager epg howimetyourmother epg heroes
388 uses - Created 2009-12-21 23:08:56 - Last used 2018-09-20 14:21:56 - Nominate - Description - http://epguides.com/%s

usdisk
Convert US Dollars to Icelandic Kronur via coinmill.com Usage: usdisk AMOUNT Example: usdisk 650
388 uses - Created 2011-06-05 23:08:41 - Last used 2016-02-06 07:08:13 - Nominate - Description - http://coinmill.com/ISK_USD.html#USD=%s

wowarmory
World of Warcraft Armory Character Search. Use this to look up players on any US server.
387 uses - Created 2007-04-06 16:56:32 - Last used 2014-07-22 08:26:42 - Nominate - Description - http://armory.worldofwarcraft.com/#search.xml?searchQuery=%s&searchType=characters

summi
Submit your search terms to the Summize conversation search engine (as of now, Summize searches only Twitter, as far as I know). See Summize.com for information on specific search syntax. Example: summi "dogwood festival" summi barack OR hillary Made by (e)nb(a)r
387 uses - Created 2008-05-25 03:53:28 - Last used 2011-10-25 12:38:03 - Nominate - Description - http://summize.com/search?q=%s

evolt (Golden Egg)
Search Evolt.org theList's archive
386 uses - Created 2005-06-09 16:41:46 - Last used 2013-01-16 08:47:05 - Description - http://www.google.com/search?as_q=%s&as_sitesearch=lists.evolt.org

123
Search 123pricecheck for (UK) prices for DVDs, CDs, videos and books. Supply just some search text and 123 will search for CDs. Examples: 123 darkness 123 franz ferdinand To search for other items, add the keyword -format followed by the format. Valid formats are MUSIC, BOOK, DVD, VIDEO. Examples 123 earl okin -format MUSIC 123 dan brown -format BOOK 123 buffy slayer -format DVD 123 star wars -format VIDEO
386 uses - Created 2005-07-27 17:59:11 - Last used 2025-07-10 09:01:20 - Nominate - Description - http://www.123pricecheck.com/cgi-bin/aws/displaytitles.cgi?STRING=%s&FORMAT=${format=MUSIC}

whf
Opens food-list of World Healthiest Foods
386 uses - Created 2006-11-07 03:48:00 - Last used 2023-01-29 06:12:20 - Nominate - Description - http://www.whfoods.com/foodstoc.php

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