The Most-Used Commands
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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
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Created 2008-02-13 09:22:49
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2022-10-11 21:27:32
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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
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Created 2005-06-10 20:29:03
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2023-05-11 02:24:59
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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
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Created 2006-03-16 17:47:31
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2013-01-18 14:14:48
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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
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Created 2012-04-14 17:21:09
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2021-10-10 01:16:56
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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
7468 uses
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Created 2008-05-09 09:02:08
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2024-10-26 19:43:37
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http://www.hulu.com/videos/search?query=%s
amfr
SYNOPSIS amfr [keywords] EXAMPLE am linux in a nutshell Searches Amazon.fr using the given keyword (e.g. book title, author, etc.)
7386 uses
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Created 2006-02-13 10:58:00
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2025-04-17 02:44:10
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http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/external-search?mode=blended&keyword=%s[use %20 for spaces]
edgar
Retrieves SEC EDGAR filings for a company. Parameter is the company's ticker symbol. Insider ownership forms (3/4/5) are excluded. To retrieve filings for Microsoft: edgar MSFT
7369 uses
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Created 2007-08-15 14:41:43
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2024-05-06 09:42:49
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http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?company=&CIK=%s&filenum=&State=&SIC=&owner=exclude&action=getcompany
gimage
Google image search
7365 uses
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Created 2005-06-24 23:31:38
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2024-02-07 23:41:09
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http://images.google.com/images?q=%s&hl=en
mathsci
Mathscinet search (US master site) mathsci [title] [-author name [-author2 name2] ] [-any text] By default, searches in title. -author name search for name in the author field -author2 name search for name in a second author field -any text search for text in the anywhere field. EXAMPLES mathsci physical applications mathsci physical applications -author guo -author2 xu -any square well mathsci -author xu -any square well BUGS This doesn't do anything sensible if you don't feed it arguments.
7307 uses
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Created 2007-05-18 11:02:06
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2021-07-16 04:23:36
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http://www.ams.org/mathscinet/search/publications.html?pg4=AUCN&s4=${author}&co4=AND&pg5=AUCN&s5=${author2}&co5=AND&pg6=TI&s6=%s&co6=AND&pg7=ALLF&s7=${any}&co7=AND&Submit=Search
drupal
Performs a search of Drupal.org using Google, because Drupal's search engine sucks.
7303 uses
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Created 2006-01-07 00:00:25
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2024-09-30 10:48:28
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http://www.google.com/search?as_q=%s&num=10&hl=en&c2coff=1&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=drupal.org&as_rights=&safe=off
gfi
Google Finance Search. To search for stock quotes for Google simply give the ticker/stock symbol of Google Example: gfi goog
7277 uses
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Created 2006-03-21 06:31:23
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2025-04-16 02:07:35
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http://finance.google.com/finance?q=%s
ASCII
(Golden Egg)
This command will display any text you type as ASCII art in all the avaliable fonts. (From the site http://www.network-science.de/ascii/) Example: ASCII ascii Produces a page including the following lines. _______ _______ _______ _____ _____ |_____| |______ | | | | | ______| |_____ __|__ __|__
7269 uses
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Created 2005-06-15 19:10:53
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2025-01-23 18:39:07
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http://www.network-science.de/ascii/ascii.php?TEXT=%s&x=8&y=7&FONT=_all+fonts+with+your+text_&RICH=no&FORM=left&STRE=no
multi
(Golden Egg)
Allows you to invoke a command up to 10 times Examples: multi gim porsche ferrari lamborghini bmw multi am thoreau dickens austen multi random 49 49 49 49 49 49 multi gmaps seattle vancouver los-angeles san-francisco
7260 uses
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Created 2006-01-28 05:55:56
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2013-05-13 10:31:36
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split {url[no url encoding] {% 1 %s} {% 2 %s}} {url[no url encoding] {% 1 %s} {% 3 %s}} {ifthen -value1 0 -value2 {strlength {% 4 %s}} -test EQUAL -then -else {url[no url encoding] {% 1 %s} {% 4 %s}} } {ifthen -value1 0 -value2 {strlength {% 5 %s}} -test EQUAL -then -else {url[no url encoding] {% 1 %s} {% 5 %s}} }[no url encoding]
dictio
dict
7230 uses
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Created 2006-07-21 18:04:40
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2025-02-03 14:09:12
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http://www.dict.cc/?s=%s
cnn
Search cnn.com
7210 uses
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Created 2005-06-17 16:03:01
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2025-04-13 21:44:39
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http://search.cnn.com/pages/search.jsp?query=%s
mc
Search all sections of Metacritic (metacritic.com)
7205 uses
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Created 2005-06-10 18:30:45
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2025-04-08 00:25:12
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http://www.metacritic.com/search/all/%s/results
xkcd
A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.
7181 uses
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Created 2007-03-06 05:43:53
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2024-09-06 08:10:35
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http://www.xkcd.com
ede
Lädt ebay Deutschland mit oder ohne Suchbegriff.
7175 uses
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Created 2006-05-09 12:39:13
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2025-04-18 14:15:17
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http://www.ebay.de/sch/items/?_nkw=%s
alc
Japanese <==> English Dictionary Search. Works like "SPA", but allows for both Japanese and English to be translated.
7175 uses
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Created 2008-05-23 01:28:41
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2024-06-14 20:10:09
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http://eow.alc.co.jp/%s/UTF-8/?reg=sa
ytube
Preforms a search in youtube
7174 uses
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Created 2006-08-05 13:42:05
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2024-09-03 02:15:15
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http://youtube.com/results?search_type=search_videos&search_sort=relevance&search_query=%s&search=Search
gx
(Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS gx [keywords] EXAMPLE gx diakonos mined editor Google exact search. Places a + in front of each search term to force Google not to use synonyms. SEE ALSO "Search exactly as is (+)" http://www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=136861
7128 uses
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Created 2009-05-24 04:05:11
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2024-11-30 15:28:24
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http://www.google.com/search?q=%2B{strReplace -find + -replace +%2B -string %s}
fren
WordReference French to English
7096 uses
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Created 2005-06-21 10:31:08
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2023-11-30 03:05:50
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http://fr.wordreference.com/fr/en/translation.asp?fren=%s
faes
Busca en FilmAffinity España la película o serie que le indicas. Ejemplo: faes el padrino
7083 uses
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Created 2009-03-13 19:01:48
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2025-04-11 02:32:09
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utf8to iso-8859-1 http://www.filmaffinity.com/es/search.php?stext=%s&stype=all
gtranslate
(Golden Egg)
This command translates text using google translator. To use, type gtranslate -from language -to language -text texttobetranslated. For example, typing gtranslate -from en -to es -text lamp would translate the word "lamp" from english to spanish. Please note that you must use the first 2 letters of a language for it to work.
7075 uses
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Created 2008-11-02 12:59:24
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2025-02-24 20:03:28
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https://translate.google.com/translate_t#${from}|${to}|${text}
fbk
facebook search for keyword or shortcut to facebook main page (if no keyword given) searches Names, Profiles, Groups, Events in All Networks for keyword Examples: fbk john doe alaska (goes to http://www.facebook.com/s.php?q=john+doe+alaska) fbk (goes to http://www.facebook.com)
7070 uses
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Created 2006-03-22 19:21:59
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2024-05-10 03:57:53
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http://www.facebook.com{ifThen -value1 %s -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then /s.php?q=%s}
mrs
Mirus Bio Search. This command will search the Mirus Bio webpage for instances of a given query. To search for something, just type a keyword. Example: mrs insect ---------- Old implementation: https://www.mirusbio.com/search?q=%s
7055 uses
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Created 2019-04-19 13:30:18
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2025-04-17 10:37:41
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https://www.mirusbio.com/?s=%s
dss
del.icio.us user + tag. use this to get bookmarks for a specific user. dss username tag Example: dss racter php separate multiple tags with a '+' Example: dss racter php+programming+rss
6987 uses
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Created 2005-08-20 21:18:45
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2024-07-16 10:45:58
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http://del.icio.us/%s[use / for spaces]
pbs
Search for torrents using pirate bay.
6971 uses
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Created 2006-01-17 14:22:35
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2025-02-20 07:33:13
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http://thepiratebay.org/search/%s/0/7/0[use %20 for spaces]
usps
To retrieve tracking information for a United States Postal Service Tracking number Example: usps 1234 5678 9012 3456 7890 12 Example: usps 1234567890123456789012 ---------- Old implementation: http://trkcnfrm1.smi.usps.com/PTSInternetWeb/InterLabelInquiry.do?origTrackNum=%s
6969 uses
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Created 2006-02-22 20:55:52
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2025-04-14 14:47:15
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https://tools.usps.com/go/TrackConfirmAction?qtc_tLabels1=%s
wayback
alias to the command "arch" wayback is easier to remember, just like other commands netcraft, alexa or whois
6960 uses
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Created 2005-12-24 03:27:00
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2025-04-15 22:46:22
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http://web.archive.org/web/*/%s[no url encoding]
hotmail
Hotmail
6935 uses
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Created 2005-06-11 02:21:21
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2024-11-28 20:02:32
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http://www.hotmail.com
tro
Search TVTropes.org website
6920 uses
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Created 2009-07-15 12:28:54
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2025-04-17 03:27:37
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http://www.google.com/cse?cx=partner-pub-6610802604051523%3A2szln92pqym&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%s&sa=Search
gmde
Google Maps Search in maps.google.de
6879 uses
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Created 2006-07-30 14:01:20
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2025-04-16 06:05:56
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http://maps.google.de/maps?q=%s
xvid
for pron
6849 uses
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Created 2009-05-06 15:59:58
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2025-04-19 00:16:48
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http://www.xvideos.com/?k=%s
download
CNET's download.com
6816 uses
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Created 2005-07-08 21:14:15
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2025-04-03 23:02:37
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http://www.download.com/3120-20_4-0.html?qt=%s&tg=dl-2001
l&c
Law&Crime website seach
6784 uses
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Created 2023-03-23 18:02:11
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2025-04-10 17:23:36
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https://lawandcrime.com/?s=%s
v3
Searches v3.newzbin.com posts
6781 uses
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Created 2007-04-26 00:28:41
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2017-01-19 02:26:50
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http://v3.newzbin2.es/search/query/?fpn=p&q=%s&searchaction=Go
alexa
(Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS alexa [url EXAMPLE alexa http://yubnub.org Alexa traffic rankings. Displays a graph and other statistics about the traffic to the given website.
6733 uses
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Created 2005-06-12 07:00:05
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2025-04-11 23:54:41
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http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?q=&url=%s
kcclp
Searches the "Personals" section of Kansas City Craigslist
6729 uses
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Created 2009-11-11 16:57:32
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2022-07-21 12:45:02
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http://kansascity.craigslist.org/search/ppp?query=%s
wow
6727 uses
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Created 2005-06-10 04:48:49
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2024-10-06 13:08:02
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http://worldofwarcraft.com
revs
(Golden Egg)
reverse lookup of telephone number search: revs [number]
6683 uses
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Created 2005-08-14 03:27:00
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2025-03-31 11:17:18
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http://pg.wolfetech.com/pgsigma_java/pgsigma.cgi?DEVICE_ID=PG_SIGMA_TEST&SERVICE_CODE=1c&VAR0=%s
pornhub
Here is a little command to make your friend grow XD
6680 uses
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Created 2010-02-01 22:21:03
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2025-04-14 03:47:38
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http://www.pornhub.com/video/search?search=%s&x=0&y=0
iqs
SSL secured search on Ixquick metasearch. This command uses german language. Fragt die Metasuchmaschine ixquick.com via SSL-Verbindung auf deutsch ab.
6673 uses
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Created 2011-01-08 10:49:24
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2020-06-22 08:36:09
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https://ixquick.com/do/metasearch.pl?pl=ff&query=%s&cat=web&language=deutsch
m
(Golden Egg)
Get showtimes for movies in your area. Usage: ymovies zipcode (eg. ymovies 95603)
6666 uses
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Created 2005-06-10 01:12:42
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2025-03-18 03:43:05
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http://movies.yahoo.com/showtimes/showtimes.html?z=%s&r=sim
oconv
(Golden Egg)
NAME oconv - Convert outline data from one format to another SYNOPSIS oconv [OUTLINE DATA] -url [URL TO OUTLINE DATA] -as [FORMAT] -classes [CLASSES] -simplify [SIMPLIFY?] -urlfill [URLFILL?] -callback [CALLBACK] EXAMPLES oconv {explode 1,2,3,4 -as xoxo} -as opml convert the XOXO-style array 1,2,3,4 to OPML oconv -url http://bloglines.com/export?id=singpolyma -as xoxo convert bloglines OPML to XOXO oconv -url http://bloglines.com/export?id=singpolyma -as json [-callback x] convert bloglines OPM…
6621 uses
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Created 2006-05-02 07:19:29
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2024-07-01 04:27:51
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http://armknecht.com/xoxotools/outlineconvert.php?data=%s&url=${url}&output=${as=xoxo}&classes=${classes}&simplify=${simplify}&urlfill=${urlfill}&callback=${callback}
leosp
This command searches for the given word in the Leo German-Spanish Dictionary.
6584 uses
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Created 2006-06-15 06:54:24
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2025-04-17 18:33:44
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http://dict.leo.org/esde?search=%s
gq
Google phrase search: wraps quotes around your search terms. Especially handy with FastYub.
6574 uses
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Created 2006-02-02 15:29:05
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2025-04-02 02:01:58
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http://www.google.com/search?q=%22%s%22
bsfire
Takes you to the Chicago Fire forum on BigSoccer. ---------- Old implementation: http://www.bigsoccer.com/fire
6572 uses
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Created 2006-07-03 06:22:26
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2014-07-21 11:57:27
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http://www.bigsoccer.com/community/forums/chicago-fire.21/
sgr
Opens the secure (https) version of google reader.
6526 uses
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Created 2006-10-31 11:47:19
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2024-02-17 08:23:06
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https://www.google.com/reader
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