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".

fdroid
Search the F-Droid repository for free libre software apps.
325 uses - Created 2019-06-12 18:26:58 - Last used 2025-06-13 09:14:52 - Nominate - Description - https://search.f-droid.org/?q=%s&lang=en

mg
vs system
324 uses - Created 2005-06-10 20:35:09 - Last used 2024-06-08 18:38:30 - Nominate - Description - http://metagame.com

allo
---------- Old implementation: Interface to allocine.fr web site http://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=%s.html
324 uses - Created 2005-06-13 21:20:13 - Last used 2024-11-21 07:43:06 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=allocine+%s&btnI=I'm+Feeling+Lucky

nyn
Oppslag i nynorskordboka med ae, oe og aa.
324 uses - Created 2012-01-02 11:58:52 - Last used 2016-07-16 05:56:58 - Nominate - Description - http://www.nob-ordbok.uio.no/perl/ordbok.cgi?OPP=%s&nynorsk=Søk i Nynorskordboka&ordbok=nynorsk&s=n&alfabet=o&renset=j&

m-w
Search of The Mobile Technology Weblog
324 uses - Created 2005-06-21 13:40:08 - Last used 2019-08-10 12:55:01 - Nominate - Description - www.mobile-weblog.com?q=%s

river
Searches for whitewater rivers on AmericanWhitewater.org, in any state in the United States.
324 uses - Created 2005-06-24 11:39:31 - Last used 2025-06-11 06:30:09 - Nominate - Description - http://www.americanwhitewater.org/search/?rivername=%s&state=any&level=any&atleast=I&atmost=V%2B&sr=River+Search

bishop
Searches the movie reviews of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Films are reviewed for their moral suitability and artistic merit.
324 uses - Created 2006-01-09 00:03:10 - Last used 2024-09-15 09:08:43 - Nominate - Description - http://search.usccb.org/search?q=%s&site=Movies&btnG=Search&client=default_frontend&proxystylesheet=default_frontend&output=xml_no_dtd&Go.x=0&Go.y=0&Go=Go&sort=date%3AD%3AL%3Ad1&entqr=3&entsp=a&lr=lang_en|lang_es&oe=UTF-8&ie=UTF-8&ud=1

disk
discographies
324 uses - Created 2006-08-12 18:45:30 - Last used 2025-06-03 19:16:53 - Nominate - Description - http://www.diskografie.cz/vyhledavani?co=%s

eswp
Spanish Wikipedia shortcut. It goes directly to te article named in the parameter (instead of using Special:Search as wpes command).
324 uses - Created 2007-07-14 05:08:26 - Last used 2023-03-08 10:54:14 - Nominate - Description - http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/%s[use _ for spaces]

mejort
Comando para buscar en la web de torrents www.mejortorrent.com
324 uses - Created 2012-03-12 22:22:08 - Last used 2020-11-10 09:02:38 - Nominate - Description - http://www.mejortorrent.com/secciones.php?sec=buscador&valor=%s

nkr
Naver Korean Dictionary
324 uses - Created 2013-11-23 04:46:50 - Last used 2024-11-14 18:25:58 - Nominate - Description - http://krdic.naver.com/search.nhn?query=%s

grcscan
Using GRC/ShieldsUp, scans the specefic port.
323 uses - Created 2005-06-20 18:13:14 - Last used 2025-03-10 10:06:24 - Nominate - Description - https://www.grc.com/x/portprobe=%s

se
shockEnterprise web development
323 uses - Created 2005-06-20 19:04:08 - Last used 2025-06-17 03:49:31 - Nominate - Description - www.shockEnterprise.net

slick
SYNOPSIS slick {-from [date YYYY-MM-DD] -to [date YYYY-MM-DD]} EXAMPLE slick -from 2005-07-01 -to 2005-07-31 Checks slickdeals.net for today's deals or deals for a date range NOTES If you just specify a from date, -to will default to today and the from date is at the bottom of the list. If you specify a to date without a from date slickdeals will NOT return anything.
323 uses - Created 2005-07-12 15:30:14 - Last used 2023-11-23 02:00:36 - Nominate - Description - http://www.slickdeals.net/?from=${from}&to=${to}

weatheril
weather in Israel
323 uses - Created 2005-12-14 21:04:38 - Last used 2011-12-25 21:10:16 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ynet.co.il/home/0,7340,L-286,00.html

broken
Search www.thisisbroken.com
323 uses - Created 2006-07-22 23:22:47 - Last used 2024-10-04 10:00:02 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/custom?&sitesearch=thisisbroken.com&q=%s&btnG=Search

machall
Mac Hall Comics. An online comic written by Matt Boyd and drawn by Ian McCoville. To see the current comic, use the command with no arguments: machall To see an archived comic, use the strip number as an argument: machall 53
322 uses - Created 2005-10-06 22:12:02 - Last used 2008-04-23 03:45:17 - Nominate - Description - http://www.machall.com/index.php?strip_id=%s

note
Create a note in Yahoo Notepad (http://notepad.yahoo.com ) usage: note [contents of note to create] b.a.
322 uses - Created 2005-12-20 15:33:05 - Last used 2024-11-05 07:55:51 - Nominate - Description - http://notepad.yahoo.com/?v=161&DESC=%s

flickrid
NAME flickrid - Get a Flickr ID using a Flickr username SYNOPSIS flickrid [FLICKR USERNAME] EXAMPLES flickrid sage -- returns 49503095260@N01 Input a flickr username (the one that is in a user's Flickr URL, http://flickr.com/photos/[USERNAME] ) and this command will return the user's Flickr ID. This is useful in certain external applications that pull Flickr data using Flickr ID. AUTHOR Brian Armknecht b.a.
322 uses - Created 2006-09-05 21:35:42 - Last used 2019-06-13 07:50:34 - Nominate - Description - scrape -tokens photos_public.gne?id= & -dirs 0 0 -url http://flickr.com/photos/%s

worldpb

322 uses - Created 2007-01-09 12:34:57 - Last used 2013-04-19 17:12:52 - Nominate - Description - http://www.phonebookoftheworld.com/

psuph
Penn State Directory Search. Search the Penn State directory for someone's name. Search first, last, or first and last name.
322 uses - Created 2007-04-14 17:07:43 - Last used 2009-08-18 13:38:26 - Nominate - Description - http://www.personal.psu.edu/cgi-bin/ph.cgi?cn=%s

gul
gujaratilexicon.com English to Gujarati dictionary Type in an English word and get back the Gujarati translation
322 uses - Created 2009-06-28 22:48:22 - Last used 2019-10-31 12:45:42 - Nominate - Description - http://www.gujaratilexicon.com/index.php?action=dictionary&chngdictype=EG&sitem=%s

mobilism
Updated command of ppcwarez. Now the forum is called mobilism. Search for android, wm, iphone apps. (by l3utterfish) Example: mobilism skype
322 uses - Created 2010-06-23 10:06:43 - Last used 2025-06-30 22:50:15 - Nominate - Description - http://forum.mobilism.org/search.php?keywords=%s&fid[]=0&sc=1&sr=topics&sf=titleonly

azlyrics
Search the AZLyrics.com lyrics database
321 uses - Created 2005-06-18 11:38:30 - Last used 2014-09-10 20:20:44 - Nominate - Description - http://search.azlyrics.com/cgi-bin/azseek.cgi?q=%s

blah
google
321 uses - Created 2005-06-20 19:34:40 - Last used 2025-07-03 15:39:30 - Nominate - Description - google.com

scl
www.soundcloud.com soundcloud is a music streaming service which enables artists to upload their sets and connect with their audience. You'll find many genres and artists there, from j-dilla to marek hemmann :-) Find a popular artist whose tracks have seen some traffic and you'll be amazed by the neat comment feature. I have no personal affiliation to the website or its owners, I am just a big fan of the service and highly recommend checking it out until something better pops up.
321 uses - Created 2010-11-04 18:31:04 - Last used 2023-11-19 04:42:28 - Nominate - Description - http://soundcloud.com/

uw
UWhub, a search engine for content related to the University of Waterloo
321 uses - Created 2006-01-02 20:35:44 - Last used 2021-02-12 21:05:31 - Nominate - Description - http://uwhub.ca/?q=%s

pacman
Searches for Arch linux pacman packages. usage: pacman keyword ---------- Old implementation: http://archlinux.org/packages.php?s_repo=all&s_category=all&s_keyword=%s&s_lastupdate=&pp=50
321 uses - Created 2006-05-29 19:19:14 - Last used 2025-07-18 12:40:57 - Nominate - Description - https://archlinux.org/packages/?q=%s

mamw2
NOAA Storm Prediction Center Hourly Mesoscale Ananlysis page for the Midwest (sector 14). "mamw" command no longer works.
321 uses - Created 2011-03-22 19:33:33 - Last used 2014-07-06 17:27:18 - Nominate - Description - http://www.spc.noaa.gov/sfctest/new/viewsector.php?sector=14&parm=pmsl&underlay=1

lexi
Lexilogo, French best dictionnary. Pour avoir la définition de "medium", type "lexi medium"
321 uses - Created 2007-05-19 13:18:45 - Last used 2025-05-19 05:25:41 - Nominate - Description - http://atilf.atilf.fr/dendien/scripts/fast.exe?mot=%s

done
The done command redirects the user to one of the many ends of the internet, thereby saving him time and sometimes providing words of wisdom. It was designed using the random command, but this can be bypassed using the code option as follows: done -code [NUMBER] Read more about it at... http://www.users.cloud9.net/~bradmcc/eoti.html pablo7 AT inbox DOT com
321 uses - Created 2008-02-06 16:17:24 - Last used 2024-07-07 18:41:59 - Nominate - Description - http://{switch ${code={random -min 0 -max 19}} | 0 => www.shibumi.org/eoti.htm, 1 => www.hmpg.net, 2 => n.ethz.ch/student/stadleja/, 3 => www.schaft.com/endofit.html, 4 => www.sillybirds.com, 5 => home.att.net/~cecw/lastpage.htm, 6 => bw.org/end/, 7 => www.romlist.com/end/, 8 => www.wwwdotcom.com, 9 => captainpackrat.com/Misc/end.htm, 10 => www.kisstv.ro.ro, 11 => www.red-squirrel.com/eof.html, 12 => www.cybermeme.net/end.html, 13 => www.lastpageoftheinternet.co.uk, 14 => www.bloodbook.com/end-net.htm, 15 => home.att.net/~cecw/lastpage.htm, 16 => www.end.com, 17 => www.joesherlock.com/the-end.html, 18 => www.jrdias.com/internet-end.htm, 19 => bachholm.dk, 20 => www.shibumi.org/eoti.htm}

jyumot
Dictionary search on MOT (formerly NetMOT) by Kielikone, accessible for University of Jyväskylä.
321 uses - Created 2008-09-15 19:40:23 - Last used 2013-08-25 00:10:08 - Nominate - Description - http://mot.kielikone.fi/mot/jyu/netmot.exe?UI=file&dic=all&SearchWord=%s

bluray
Search Blu-ray.com for specified movie. Example: bluray slumdog millionaire
321 uses - Created 2010-12-10 10:18:13 - Last used 2024-05-25 11:14:34 - Nominate - Description - http://www.blu-ray.com/search/?quicksearch=1&section=movies&quicksearch_keyword=%s&searchbutton.x=0&searchbutton.y=0

HSR
Homestar Runner
320 uses - Created 2005-06-10 04:32:37 - Last used 2019-12-25 13:35:35 - Nominate - Description - http://www.homestarrunner.com

cheese
Web site dedicated to cheese lovers! Also includes recipes, and even a cheese locater!
320 uses - Created 2005-06-14 16:36:38 - Last used 2025-06-06 05:22:28 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ilovecheese.com/{eop search.asp?search=@%s@}

phpmyadmin

320 uses - Created 2005-10-02 22:16:28 - Last used 2022-12-28 15:15:49 - Nominate - Description - http://www.phpmyadmin.net/

pgs
Net teller login in for Pilot Grove Savings Bank in Iowa.
320 uses - Created 2006-02-03 15:51:37 - Last used 2011-06-21 18:28:03 - Nominate - Description - https://www.netteller.com/pilotgrovesavingsbank/login.cfm

mono
Mono reference
320 uses - Created 2006-11-11 19:56:42 - Last used 2024-12-01 16:25:46 - Nominate - Description - http://hoffstaetter.com/documentation/mono/reference?q=%s

product
Finds a plone product
320 uses - Created 2007-06-08 21:24:50 - Last used 2025-05-29 11:55:40 - Nominate - Description - http://plone.org/search?SearchableText=%s&portal_type%3Alist=PSCProject&portal_type%3Alist=PSCRelease&submit=Search

bbci
BBC iPlayer Search Find a programme on the BBC iPlayer using any keyword Example: bbci eastenders
320 uses - Created 2007-12-13 19:43:36 - Last used 2014-03-28 11:51:49 - Nominate - Description - http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/search/?q=%s&go=Find+Programmes

ajm
AskJolene movie search only with deep search activated sorted by date ---------- Old implementation: http://search.askjolene.com/search?aid=3&qr=%s&deep=yes&media=mov&sort=date&
320 uses - Created 2008-08-16 20:30:26 - Last used 2024-05-21 11:05:18 - Nominate - Description - http://galleries.askjolene.com/?qr=%s&l=grid&t=dark&sort=date&groupmax=0&media=mov

pichunt
porn
319 uses - Created 2005-06-25 04:05:28 - Last used 2023-12-18 11:50:50 - Nominate - Description - http://www.pichunter.com

ss
Sidestep, traveler's search engine
319 uses - Created 2005-07-01 09:17:24 - Last used 2025-07-15 19:06:06 - Nominate - Description - http://www.sidestep.com/air/

gtrend
Google trends: plots search frequency, geographic data, and news articles for any subject Examples: gtrend earthquake gtrend gyms, new years resolutions
319 uses - Created 2006-05-11 14:54:53 - Last used 2024-11-03 00:43:28 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/trends?q=%s

kidsof (Golden Egg)
Example: kidsof gim This will show you commands that use "gim" in their definition. Unfortunately, if there are more than a page of kids, they are omitted. Trying to iron out this problem.
319 uses - Created 2006-09-14 03:19:52 - Last used 2023-11-19 07:19:27 - Description - foreach {match -url {url ls %s} -pattern /args=(.*)" class.*\n.*\n.*hint">.*\n*?%s .*\n*?</ -capture 1} -cmd 2html

etimo
Etimo. Cerca sul famoso Vocabolario Etimologico della Lingua Italiana di Ottorino Pianigiani
319 uses - Created 2007-03-18 10:30:56 - Last used 2022-01-07 13:34:54 - Nominate - Description - http://www.etimo.it/?term=%s&find=Cerca

doc

319 uses - Created 2007-05-18 16:28:04 - Last used 2025-05-17 16:51:02 - Nominate - Description - http://wien1-23.at/aerzte.php

wsmn
To find german synonyms on www.wie-sagt-man-noch.de
319 uses - Created 2007-06-27 16:01:12 - Last used 2013-10-17 13:09:53 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wie-sagt-man-noch.de/synonyme/?q=%s

hfs
Forum search at HongFire Anime Networks
319 uses - Created 2007-09-27 19:05:44 - Last used 2024-04-17 18:01:29 - Nominate - Description - http://www.hongfire.com/forum/search.php?query=%s

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