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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".

ndic
naver english dictionary
7422 uses - Created 2007-07-17 17:11:56 - Last used 2024-03-15 08:01:27 - Nominate - Description - http://endic.naver.com/search.nhn?dic_where=endic&query=%s

gimage
Google image search
7365 uses - Created 2005-06-24 23:31:38 - Last used 2024-02-07 23:41:09 - Nominate - Description - http://images.google.com/images?q=%s&hl=en

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
7336 uses - Created 2007-08-15 14:41:43 - Last used 2024-03-06 12:57:08 - Nominate - Description - http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?company=&CIK=%s&filenum=&State=&SIC=&owner=exclude&action=getcompany

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 - Created 2007-05-18 11:02:06 - Last used 2021-07-16 04:23:36 - Nominate - Description - 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.
7302 uses - Created 2006-01-07 00:00:25 - Last used 2023-11-30 13:21:34 - Nominate - Description - 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
7274 uses - Created 2006-03-21 06:31:23 - Last used 2023-10-12 22:59:49 - Nominate - Description - http://finance.google.com/finance?q=%s

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 - Created 2006-01-28 05:55:56 - Last used 2013-05-13 10:31:36 - Description - 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]

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. _______ _______ _______ _____ _____ |_____| |______ | | | | | ______| |_____ __|__ __|__
7256 uses - Created 2005-06-15 19:10:53 - Last used 2024-02-28 05:46:01 - Description - 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

dictio
dict
7188 uses - Created 2006-07-21 18:04:40 - Last used 2023-12-18 23:36:55 - Nominate - Description - http://www.dict.cc/?s=%s

mc
Search all sections of Metacritic (metacritic.com)
7184 uses - Created 2005-06-10 18:30:45 - Last used 2024-03-12 04:32:37 - Nominate - Description - http://www.metacritic.com/search/all/%s/results

xkcd
A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.
7179 uses - Created 2007-03-06 05:43:53 - Last used 2024-01-23 05:38:27 - Nominate - Description - http://www.xkcd.com

ytube
Preforms a search in youtube
7173 uses - Created 2006-08-05 13:42:05 - Last used 2023-04-29 15:57:56 - Nominate - Description - http://youtube.com/results?search_type=search_videos&search_sort=relevance&search_query=%s&search=Search

cnn
Search cnn.com
7168 uses - Created 2005-06-17 16:03:01 - Last used 2024-02-01 06:20:43 - Nominate - Description - http://search.cnn.com/pages/search.jsp?query=%s

alc
Japanese <==> English Dictionary Search. Works like "SPA", but allows for both Japanese and English to be translated.
7161 uses - Created 2008-05-23 01:28:41 - Last used 2024-03-11 08:56:00 - Nominate - Description - http://eow.alc.co.jp/%s/UTF-8/?reg=sa

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
7125 uses - Created 2009-05-24 04:05:11 - Last used 2023-10-04 14:50:47 - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%2B{strReplace -find + -replace +%2B -string %s}

fren
WordReference French to English
7096 uses - Created 2005-06-21 10:31:08 - Last used 2023-11-30 03:05:50 - Nominate - Description - http://fr.wordreference.com/fr/en/translation.asp?fren=%s

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)
7067 uses - Created 2006-03-22 19:21:59 - Last used 2024-02-21 20:09:06 - Nominate - Description - http://www.facebook.com{ifThen -value1 %s -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then /s.php?q=%s}

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.
7052 uses - Created 2008-11-02 12:59:24 - Last used 2024-03-08 04:07:46 - Description - https://translate.google.com/translate_t#${from}|${to}|${text}

333
startpage.com "Privacy is a basic human right" Robert E.G. Beens StartPage CEO
7026 uses - Created 2018-02-26 15:02:03 - Last used 2024-03-18 21:31:59 - Nominate - Description - https://www.startpage.com/do/search?query=%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
6986 uses - Created 2005-08-20 21:18:45 - Last used 2023-04-14 04:18:00 - Nominate - Description - http://del.icio.us/%s[use / for spaces]

pbs
Search for torrents using pirate bay.
6967 uses - Created 2006-01-17 14:22:35 - Last used 2024-01-01 17:48:13 - Nominate - Description - http://thepiratebay.org/search/%s/0/7/0[use %20 for spaces]

amfr
SYNOPSIS amfr [keywords] EXAMPLE am linux in a nutshell Searches Amazon.fr using the given keyword (e.g. book title, author, etc.)
6965 uses - Created 2006-02-13 10:58:00 - Last used 2024-03-17 05:08:18 - Nominate - Description - http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/external-search?mode=blended&keyword=%s[use %20 for spaces]

ede
Lädt ebay Deutschland mit oder ohne Suchbegriff.
6949 uses - Created 2006-05-09 12:39:13 - Last used 2024-03-17 03:45:32 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ebay.de/sch/items/?_nkw=%s

hotmail
Hotmail
6933 uses - Created 2005-06-11 02:21:21 - Last used 2024-01-13 12:14:04 - Nominate - Description - http://www.hotmail.com

faes
Busca en FilmAffinity España la película o serie que le indicas. Ejemplo: faes el padrino
6921 uses - Created 2009-03-13 19:01:48 - Last used 2024-03-18 12:00:11 - Nominate - Description - utf8to iso-8859-1 http://www.filmaffinity.com/es/search.php?stext=%s&stype=all

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
6913 uses - Created 2006-02-22 20:55:52 - Last used 2024-03-13 08:16:12 - Nominate - Description - https://tools.usps.com/go/TrackConfirmAction?qtc_tLabels1=%s

v3
Searches v3.newzbin.com posts
6781 uses - Created 2007-04-26 00:28:41 - Last used 2017-01-19 02:26:50 - Nominate - Description - http://v3.newzbin2.es/search/query/?fpn=p&q=%s&searchaction=Go

wayback
alias to the command "arch" wayback is easier to remember, just like other commands netcraft, alexa or whois
6755 uses - Created 2005-12-24 03:27:00 - Last used 2024-03-16 23:07:51 - Nominate - Description - http://web.archive.org/web/*/%s[no url encoding]

download
CNET's download.com
6751 uses - Created 2005-07-08 21:14:15 - Last used 2024-03-15 08:30:05 - Nominate - Description - http://www.download.com/3120-20_4-0.html?qt=%s&tg=dl-2001

kcclp
Searches the "Personals" section of Kansas City Craigslist
6729 uses - Created 2009-11-11 16:57:32 - Last used 2022-07-21 12:45:02 - Nominate - Description - http://kansascity.craigslist.org/search/ppp?query=%s

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.
6727 uses - Created 2005-06-12 07:00:05 - Last used 2024-01-01 18:04:17 - Description - http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?q=&url=%s

tro
Search TVTropes.org website
6726 uses - Created 2009-07-15 12:28:54 - Last used 2024-03-17 10:25:16 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/cse?cx=partner-pub-6610802604051523%3A2szln92pqym&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%s&sa=Search

wow

6725 uses - Created 2005-06-10 04:48:49 - Last used 2024-01-09 06:44:06 - Nominate - Description - http://worldofwarcraft.com

gmde
Google Maps Search in maps.google.de
6705 uses - Created 2006-07-30 14:01:20 - Last used 2024-03-17 12:28:23 - Nominate - Description - http://maps.google.de/maps?q=%s

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 - Created 2011-01-08 10:49:24 - Last used 2020-06-22 08:36:09 - Nominate - Description - https://ixquick.com/do/metasearch.pl?pl=ff&query=%s&cat=web&language=deutsch

revs (Golden Egg)
reverse lookup of telephone number search: revs [number]
6665 uses - Created 2005-08-14 03:27:00 - Last used 2023-12-24 22:07:20 - Description - http://pg.wolfetech.com/pgsigma_java/pgsigma.cgi?DEVICE_ID=PG_SIGMA_TEST&SERVICE_CODE=1c&VAR0=%s

m (Golden Egg)
Get showtimes for movies in your area. Usage: ymovies zipcode (eg. ymovies 95603)
6645 uses - Created 2005-06-10 01:12:42 - Last used 2024-03-01 15:04:07 - Description - 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…
6620 uses - Created 2006-05-02 07:19:29 - Last used 2024-03-08 05:34:28 - Description - 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.
6580 uses - Created 2006-06-15 06:54:24 - Last used 2023-11-09 05:20:22 - Nominate - Description - http://dict.leo.org/esde?search=%s

bsfire
Takes you to the Chicago Fire forum on BigSoccer. ---------- Old implementation: http://www.bigsoccer.com/fire
6572 uses - Created 2006-07-03 06:22:26 - Last used 2014-07-21 11:57:27 - Nominate - Description - http://www.bigsoccer.com/community/forums/chicago-fire.21/

sgr
Opens the secure (https) version of google reader.
6526 uses - Created 2006-10-31 11:47:19 - Last used 2024-02-17 08:23:06 - Nominate - Description - https://www.google.com/reader

expressfacture

6521 uses - Created 2019-05-27 02:44:47 - Last used 2023-01-30 06:12:56 - Nominate - Description - http://expresscommande.icu/document?%s

tz
Searches www.torrentz.com Keywords: torrent, torrents, bittorent, p2p
6505 uses - Created 2005-06-07 19:12:07 - Last used 2022-06-21 23:59:19 - Nominate - Description - http://www.torrentz.com/search?q=%s

pornhub
Here is a little command to make your friend grow XD
6484 uses - Created 2010-02-01 22:21:03 - Last used 2024-03-15 07:21:23 - Nominate - Description - http://www.pornhub.com/video/search?search=%s&x=0&y=0

hypem
searches the hype machine for mp3s. like hypep, but returns a webpage of found mp3s
6452 uses - Created 2007-03-18 22:56:15 - Last used 2024-01-07 07:17:03 - Nominate - Description - http://hypem.com/search/%s/1/

cmd
Alias for cmdline
6422 uses - Created 2005-08-07 17:00:24 - Last used 2024-03-18 06:46:28 - Nominate - Description - http://www.yubnub.org/parser/parse?command=cmdline+%s

dn
demonoid.me search Example: dn "linux" ========== Old implementation: http://www.demonoid.com/torrents/?s=%s
6411 uses - Created 2005-06-17 17:37:54 - Last used 2023-11-11 20:04:44 - Nominate - Description - http://www.demonoid.me/files/?query=%s

lifehacker
Uses Google.com to search the Lifehacker website. Example: lifehacker reminders
6398 uses - Created 2007-01-31 03:29:06 - Last used 2023-11-22 02:32:20 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Alifehacker.com+%s

mendic

6385 uses - Created 2016-05-28 03:32:28 - Last used 2018-12-15 05:32:46 - Nominate - Description - http://m.endic.naver.com/search.nhn?query=%s

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