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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.
Tip: You can search the descriptions by typing "ls [word or phrase]". For example, to search for all commands about music, type "ls music".

fspell (Golden Egg)
Spell with Flickr. Have flickr spell out works for you. Example: fspell yubnub
8923 uses - Created 2005-06-22 17:54:26 - Last used 2024-03-09 14:32:04 - Description - http://metaatem.net/words/%s

jol
Searches the very useful porn search engine www.askjolene.com Has an optional parameter -type: -type pic will show pictures, -type mov will show movies. Not defining -type will show both. Have fun :P Examples: jol femjoy jol lesbian -type mov
8895 uses - Created 2006-05-19 16:22:50 - Last used 2024-03-24 18:20:32 - Nominate - Description - http://search.askjolene.com/search?qr=%s&aid=3&pq=&mgc=&sort=date&media=${type}

ggn
Search Google in "Browse by Name" mode (explanation at http://snurl.com/gbn). Acts like "I'm Feeling Lucky" if there is a clear match, otherwise goes to Google search. Example: ggn oxford university --> will take you to www.ox.ac.uk - the Oxford University homepage ggn digital cameras --> will take you to a Google search for "digital cameras"
8829 uses - Created 2006-04-11 05:15:35 - Last used 2024-03-28 10:27:07 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=%s

bbc (Golden Egg)
A mashup of bbc and bbc+, it gives you the bbc homepage if you don't specify anything, and if you do, the following holds true: A better search of the BBC site. Synopsis: bbc++ topic [-tab news|sport|allbbc|www] In English: You can search bbc news just by typing bbc++ follwed by one or more words of the subject to search for. Examples: bbc++ tony blair bbc++ shuttle Discovery launch To search for sports news, other items at the BBC, or to search the web, add the -tab keyword, followed by one of…
8789 uses - Created 2005-06-09 03:56:42 - Last used 2024-03-19 07:34:20 - Description - {ifnotempty %s -then http://newssearch.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?scope=newsukfs&q=%s&tab=${tab=news} -else http://news.bbc.co.uk}

Dig

8776 uses - Created 2005-06-09 23:47:41 - Last used 2021-06-20 23:01:17 - Nominate - Description - http://www.digg.com

open
open a new tab with the URL you passes or open several tabs if you passes several URLs separated by a semicolon (It uses the JavaScript window.open method, so your pop-up blocker will avoid the functionality of this command)
8718 uses - Created 2006-01-13 17:11:25 - Last used 2024-03-27 06:26:05 - Nominate - Description - http://www.saraswaticlasses.net/yubnub/open.php?text=%s

utf8to
Converts the URL query-string values from UTF-8 (YubNub's default encoding) to another encoding. Example: utf8to eucjp http://pt.afl.rakuten.co.jp/c/03988311.d77f8002/?sitem=%E3%81%8B%E3%82%93%E3%81%98&sv=2&p=0 utf8to iso-8859-1 http://www.upplysning.se/search.aspx?what=%C3%A5%2C+%C3%A4+or+%C3%B6&where=&bs=S%F6k&searchkey=54578586&tab=person Supported character encodings: * UCS-4 * UCS-4BE * UCS-4LE * UCS-2 * UCS-2BE * UCS-2LE * UTF-32 * UTF-32BE * UTF-32LE * UTF-16 * UTF-16BE * UTF-16LE * UTF-…
8643 uses - Created 2007-11-27 05:01:13 - Last used 2015-03-23 15:16:32 - Nominate - Description - http://jonathanaquino.com/utf8to?inputs=%s

wolfram
Search Wolfram|Alpha.
8620 uses - Created 2009-05-16 11:08:53 - Last used 2024-03-25 16:23:26 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%s

sinview
Shows the sinfest comic for a certain day. Enter the day in yyyy-mm-dd format. Made by XmasBug.
8616 uses - Created 2007-03-05 11:18:09 - Last used 2017-05-03 12:14:58 - Nominate - Description - http://www.sinfest.net/comikaze/comics/%s.gif

convert (Golden Egg)
Convert FROM any unit TO any unit, usage: "convert 50 km to miles" does just what you expect.
8596 uses - Created 2005-07-19 20:22:19 - Last used 2024-03-26 23:34:24 - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%s

msdn (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS msdn [keywords] EXAMPLE msdn arraylist Searches the Microsoft Developer Network for the given keywords. For more information on query syntax, see http://search.microsoft.com/search/help.aspx?View=msdn ========== Old implementation: http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdn-online/shared/components/mscomsearch30.aspx?qu=%s
8547 uses - Created 2005-06-07 16:13:46 - Last used 2023-11-10 04:28:34 - Description - http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Search/en-us/?query=%s

mys (Golden Egg)
quick myspace navigation
8535 uses - Created 2005-06-20 19:17:11 - Last used 2017-12-23 00:10:51 - Description - http://www.myspace.com/%s

def (Golden Egg)
www.dictionary.com
8500 uses - Created 2005-06-06 04:21:07 - Last used 2024-03-23 16:48:19 - Description - http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=%s

drae
Búsqueda "escalonada" en el Diccionario de la Real Academia Española (DRAE). Para hacer una búsqueda escriba el comando "drae" (sin comillas), un espacio en blanco y luego la palabra que desea buscar. Ejemplo: drae yuxtaponer. El sitio de DRAE es: http://buscon.rae.es/diccionario/drae.htm ---------- Old implementation: http://www.rae.es/drae/SrvltGUIBusUsual?TIPO_BUS=3&LEMA=%s
8496 uses - Created 2005-07-15 01:56:43 - Last used 2024-03-27 12:20:08 - Nominate - Description - http://lema.rae.es/drae/?val=%s

ppa
Search user-contributed software packages published in any Ubuntu PPA. Personal Package Archives (PPA) allow you to upload Ubuntu source packages to be built and published as an apt repository by Launchpad. You can find out more about PPAs and how to use them in our quick-start guide.
8496 uses - Created 2008-08-14 14:24:46 - Last used 2024-03-10 11:55:23 - Nominate - Description - https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ppas?name_filter=%s

ups
Track UPS packages. Exampe: ups [tracking number]
8451 uses - Created 2005-06-16 15:26:25 - Last used 2024-03-20 08:48:17 - Nominate - Description - http://wwwapps.ups.com/WebTracking/processInputRequest?sort_by=status&tracknums_displayed=1&TypeOfInquiryNumber=T&loc=en_US&InquiryNumber1=%s&track.x=0&track.y=0

enfr
WordReference English to French.
8451 uses - Created 2005-06-21 10:29:24 - Last used 2023-12-17 07:41:31 - Nominate - Description - http://fr.wordreference.com/fr/translation.asp?enfr=%s

beo
Searches Beolingus, an English to German and German to English dictionary.
8432 uses - Created 2006-10-13 15:54:35 - Last used 2021-12-14 03:39:04 - Nominate - Description - http://dict.tu-chemnitz.de/dings.cgi?lang=en&service=&opterrors=0&optpro=0&query=%s&comment=

dpop (Golden Egg)
Find recently popular links from del.icio.us. Examples: dpop -> http://del.icio.us/popular/ dpop favicon -> http://del.icio.us/popular/favicon dpop -from tag -> http://del.icio.us/tag/ dpop favicon -from tag -> http://del.icio.us/tag/favicon
8366 uses - Created 2005-07-06 18:34:19 - Last used 2023-07-20 16:10:03 - Description - http://del.icio.us/${from=popular}/%s

amazonde
alias for amde
8335 uses - Created 2005-11-05 23:30:12 - Last used 2024-02-21 23:48:34 - Nominate - Description - http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/external-search?keyword=%s&index=blended[use %20 for spaces]

help
SYNOPSIS help command-name EXAMPLE help gim Displays helpful information about the given command. (help is an alias for man)
8318 uses - Created 2005-06-09 23:59:07 - Last used 2024-03-24 18:40:45 - Nominate - Description - http://yubnub.org/kernel/man?args=%s

sudoku (Golden Egg)
Generate a Sudoku puzzle. Examples: sudoku sudoku -level 2 sudoku -worksheet The levels are: 1 Easy 2 Medium 3 Hard 4 Evil The "-worksheet" option will go to a PDF of a blank worksheet that you can print out. It is useful because it has little numbers that you can cross out.
8209 uses - Created 2005-09-19 01:44:20 - Last used 2024-01-27 04:39:26 - Description - {ifThen -value1 %s -value2 -worksheet -test EQUAL -then http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/ramsdell/tools/sudoku.pdf}{ifThen -value1 %s -value2 -worksheet -test NOTEQUAL -then http://play.websudoku.com/?level=${level=1}}

gdrive
With no parameter opens Google Drive, with parameters searches Google drive for parameters. In the vein of gmail, gim, gmaps, gdocs.
8168 uses - Created 2012-04-24 22:28:19 - Last used 2024-03-29 06:02:51 - Nominate - Description - https://drive.google.com/#search/%s

jquery
Go to the jquery website. jQuery is a fast and concise JavaScript Library that simplifies HTML document traversing, event handling, animating, and Ajax interactions for rapid web development. jQuery is designed to change the way that you write JavaScript. Examples: jquery jquery bind
8160 uses - Created 2008-10-16 08:59:22 - Last used 2023-05-03 13:34:44 - Nominate - Description - {eop http://api.jquery.com/@%s@/ -else http://jquery.com/}

wik
Wikipedia search
8149 uses - Created 2005-06-21 00:01:56 - Last used 2024-02-13 05:21:54 - Nominate - Description - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%s

delw
A quick remix of strReplace to make it easier to delete some words in a string.
8128 uses - Created 2006-01-31 00:42:50 - Last used 2019-04-13 18:48:57 - Nominate - Description - strReplace -find ${w} -replace -string ${s}

g9
SYNOPSIS g9 [keywords] EXAMPLE g9 loveholic g9 unit 731 g9 kaist Google's "Browse By Name" and "Google Suggest" combined in one command. If the first search result is the one that almost all users click on, g9 takes you directly to that page. Otherwise (and most of the time) it displays the usual list of Google search results and Google will offer suggestions as you type. For example, "g9 loveholic" will display a list of Google search results for the K-Pop group loveholic. But "g9 kaist" will …
8088 uses - Created 2006-05-07 20:15:34 - Last used 2023-08-17 11:10:59 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=%s&complete=1

esv (Golden Egg)
Look up the text of a Bible passage in the English Standard Version. examples: esv joshua 1:9 esv ecclesiastes 3 esv 1 cor. 13 esv john 19:17-22
8078 uses - Created 2007-02-21 04:47:12 - Last used 2024-03-09 10:49:23 - Description - http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=%s

btjunkie
Default search for torrents at metasearch engine btjunkie.org
8056 uses - Created 2006-09-30 17:55:00 - Last used 2023-08-04 04:13:28 - Nominate - Description - http://btjunkie.org/search?q=%s

eatFeed (Golden Egg)
NAME eatFeed - Pull data out of a web feed (RSS,XML,etc). SYNOPSIS eatFeed [ELEMENTS] -url [FEED URL] EXAMPLES eatFeed items[0].link -url http://digg.com/rss/toplinks.xml Returns the url of the current top story on digg.com eatFeed items[2].description -url http://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdot Returns the description of the third story currently on slashdot. eatFeed items[4].title -url http://del.icio.us/rss/popular Returns the title of the fifth item on the del.icio.us list. Note that ite…
8006 uses - Created 2006-05-03 02:42:24 - Last used 2022-11-01 01:33:40 - Description - http://jonathanaquino.com/yubscripts/yn-opt.php?xn_auth=no&input=%s&url=${url}

jd (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS jd [class] EXAMPLE jd String Displays the JavaDoc for the given Java class, courtesy of javadocs.org. ---------- Old implementation: http://javadocs.org/%s
8001 uses - Created 2005-06-06 23:09:38 - Last used 2023-09-17 19:34:03 - Description - http://www.legistar.com/docs2web/s.jsp?q=%s&t=q

wpf (Golden Egg)
French Wikipedia search
7933 uses - Created 2005-06-13 19:13:28 - Last used 2024-03-28 08:49:25 - Description - http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/?search=%s

amaz
Search Amazon.com. Usage: amaz item
7861 uses - Created 2006-03-14 15:06:08 - Last used 2024-03-25 08:33:08 - Nominate - Description - http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search?mode=blended&keyword=%s

reddit
Reddit Search Usage example: reddit yubnub Author: Kai (www.feverishmind.com)
7851 uses - Created 2006-01-31 02:39:19 - Last used 2024-03-28 15:58:15 - Nominate - Description - http://reddit.com/search?q=%s

gadv (Golden Egg)
Advanced Google search: no more clicking on advanced options! To use Google’s Advanced Search filters (like the filetype, language, and publication date of the search results), just use the switches detailed below. Note: this was adapted from my Advanced Google Images search (maybe more specialized Google searches to follow). For a basic search (very similar if not exactly the same as using YubNub’s default Google search), type “gadv” and then the term(s) to be searched for. Example: ga…
7830 uses - Created 2006-01-23 16:08:58 - Last used 2023-06-22 05:16:49 - Description - http://www.google.com/search?as_q=%s&num=${number=30}&hl=en&as_epq=${exact}&as_oq=${atleast}&as_eq=${excluded}&lr=lang_${language}&as_filetype=${filetype}&as_qdr=${when}&as_occt=${where}&as_sitesearch=${site}&safe=${filtered}

marchives
Metal Archives Search Perform various kinds of searches on metal archives. Just put in text for a band search: marchives arch enemy Or use -t and a search type: marchives -t album -- reality marchives -t genre -- death metal Note the double dash seperating the search type from the search text! This is important! The available search types are: band - Band name genre - Music genre lyrics - Lyrical themes album - Album title song - Song title label - Label lineup - Lineup user - User profile trad…
7807 uses - Created 2005-11-26 21:16:10 - Last used 2024-02-16 19:52:30 - Nominate - Description - http://www.metal-archives.com/search.php?type=${t=band}&string=${-}%s

ames
SYNOPSIS ames [keywords] EXAMPLE am linux in a nutshell Searches Amazon.es using the given keyword (e.g. book title, author, etc.) --- Credits to the creator of `amfr`
7795 uses - Created 2011-09-22 15:51:41 - Last used 2024-03-29 06:34:29 - Nominate - Description - http://www.amazon.es/exec/obidos/external-search?mode=blended&keyword=%s[use %20 for spaces]

paview (Golden Egg)
Shows the Penny-Arcade comic for a certain day. Enter the day in yyyy-mm-dd format.
7789 uses - Created 2005-06-20 22:40:41 - Last used 2024-03-09 23:36:35 - Description - http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php?date=%s

yu
Runs a YubNub command. Useful for maintaining a consistent interface across different YubNub environments e.g. Firefox Search bar, SlickRun, YubNub itself, etc. Example: yu gim porsche
7752 uses - Created 2006-08-25 17:25:54 - Last used 2024-02-06 05:20:26 - Nominate - Description - http://yubnub.org/parser/parse?command=%s

amazonuk
Search any product in Amazon UK, for example: amazonuk Bill Bryson
7746 uses - Created 2006-01-22 22:49:03 - Last used 2023-08-18 16:27:49 - Nominate - Description - http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/ref=pd_kk_sr_1/002-3099881-7244046?index=blended&field-keywords=%s[use %20 for spaces]

st
Scrapetorrent is a torrent site that searches all the major public torrent sites.
7737 uses - Created 2007-05-28 18:47:57 - Last used 2024-02-04 17:31:22 - Nominate - Description - http://scrapetorrent.com/Search/searchplugin.php?search=%s

tr2
NAME tr2 - Translates any language -text or URL- to your language SYNOPSIS tr2 [TEXT or URL] EXAMPLES tr2 Comment allez vous? tr2 ¿Cuál es su nombre tr2 お元気ですか tr2 http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro-onde tr2 http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dichte Translates text or URL from any language autodectected by Google to the language you normally use with Google translate NOTES If no language parameters are entered for the output language, Google automatically c…
7706 uses - Created 2009-08-01 14:53:44 - Last used 2024-03-28 08:04:53 - Nominate - Description - https://translate.google.com/translate_t?text=%s&sl=auto{ifThen -value1 %s -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then http://translate.google.com/translate?u=%s

change (Golden Egg)
NAME change - encode and decode text using a number of different methods Note: The code isn't mine, I've only changed the Post method to Get and added the simple mode for use it inside other commands You can find the original code here: SNEAK: Snarkles.Net Encryption Assortment Kit v 1.27 http://snarkles.net/ SYNOPSIS change TEXT -method METHOD [-simple YES] Mandatory arguments: TEXT the string you want to convert -method METHOD the conversion method. Can be one of these: asc2bin - for ASCII to…
7694 uses - Created 2006-01-30 21:17:25 - Last used 2024-02-07 23:19:10 - Description - http://www.saraswaticlasses.net/yubnub/convert.php?text=%s&cryptmethod=${method}&submit=OK&simple=${simple=no}

gjp
Google.co.jp
7638 uses - Created 2005-06-24 04:39:52 - Last used 2024-01-17 05:54:46 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.co.jp/search?q=%s

filestube
Searches filestube.com for the term you enter and optionally the the file type. To chose a file type, just add -type then avi, mp3, mpeg, mpg, rar, wma, wmv, and zip.
7618 uses - Created 2008-02-13 09:22:49 - Last used 2022-10-11 21:27:32 - Nominate - Description - http://www.filestube.com/search.html?q=%s&select=${type=All}&Submit=Search

digg (Golden Egg)
Digg - cool site about tech news ---------- Old implementation: http://www.digg.com/search?search=%s&submit=Search&area=promoted&type=both&age=all
7598 uses - Created 2005-06-10 20:29:03 - Last used 2023-05-11 02:24:59 - Description - http://digg.com/search?s=%s

gukuk
Google UK search: UK Specific Type in the search term and Google will return pages from the UK.
7533 uses - Created 2006-03-16 17:47:31 - Last used 2013-01-18 14:14:48 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=%s&btnG=Search&meta=cr%3DcountryUK%7CcountryGB

zsp
search with startpage.com, the worlds most private search engine
7482 uses - Created 2012-04-14 17:21:09 - Last used 2021-10-10 01:16:56 - Nominate - Description - https://startpage.com/do/search?q=%s

hulu
Hulu.com Search. Hulu.com features many episodes of popular (and not-so-popular) new and classic television shows. To search for a particular show, actress, keyword, etc. Example: hulu nip/tuck
7465 uses - Created 2008-05-09 09:02:08 - Last used 2024-02-11 18:12:52 - Nominate - Description - http://www.hulu.com/videos/search?query=%s

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