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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".

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
7468 uses - Created 2008-05-09 09:02:08 - Last used 2024-10-26 19:43:37 - Nominate - Description - http://www.hulu.com/videos/search?query=%s

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 - Created 2007-08-15 14:41:43 - Last used 2024-05-06 09:42:49 - Nominate - Description - http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?company=&CIK=%s&filenum=&State=&SIC=&owner=exclude&action=getcompany

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

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.
7303 uses - Created 2006-01-07 00:00:25 - Last used 2024-09-30 10:48:28 - 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

amfr
SYNOPSIS amfr [keywords] EXAMPLE am linux in a nutshell Searches Amazon.fr using the given keyword (e.g. book title, author, etc.)
7278 uses - Created 2006-02-13 10:58:00 - Last used 2024-12-22 11:50:33 - Nominate - Description - http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/external-search?mode=blended&keyword=%s[use %20 for spaces]

gfi
Google Finance Search. To search for stock quotes for Google simply give the ticker/stock symbol of Google Example: gfi goog
7275 uses - Created 2006-03-21 06:31:23 - Last used 2024-05-28 00:12:53 - Nominate - Description - 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. _______ _______ _______ _____ _____ |_____| |______ | | | | | ______| |_____ __|__ __|__
7268 uses - Created 2005-06-15 19:10:53 - Last used 2024-09-24 01:37:13 - 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

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]

dictio
dict
7229 uses - Created 2006-07-21 18:04:40 - Last used 2024-12-09 13:46:54 - Nominate - Description - http://www.dict.cc/?s=%s

cnn
Search cnn.com
7200 uses - Created 2005-06-17 16:03:01 - Last used 2024-12-06 12:13:53 - Nominate - Description - http://search.cnn.com/pages/search.jsp?query=%s

mc
Search all sections of Metacritic (metacritic.com)
7193 uses - Created 2005-06-10 18:30:45 - Last used 2024-12-21 09:34:44 - Nominate - Description - http://www.metacritic.com/search/all/%s/results

xkcd
A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.
7181 uses - Created 2007-03-06 05:43:53 - Last used 2024-09-06 08:10:35 - Nominate - Description - http://www.xkcd.com

alc
Japanese <==> English Dictionary Search. Works like "SPA", but allows for both Japanese and English to be translated.
7175 uses - Created 2008-05-23 01:28:41 - Last used 2024-06-14 20:10:09 - Nominate - Description - http://eow.alc.co.jp/%s/UTF-8/?reg=sa

ytube
Preforms a search in youtube
7174 uses - Created 2006-08-05 13:42:05 - Last used 2024-09-03 02:15:15 - Nominate - Description - 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 - Created 2009-05-24 04:05:11 - Last used 2024-11-30 15:28:24 - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%2B{strReplace -find + -replace +%2B -string %s}

ede
Lädt ebay Deutschland mit oder ohne Suchbegriff.
7112 uses - Created 2006-05-09 12:39:13 - Last used 2024-12-19 02:10:10 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ebay.de/sch/items/?_nkw=%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

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.
7073 uses - Created 2008-11-02 12:59:24 - Last used 2024-12-20 18:12:45 - Description - 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 - Created 2006-03-22 19:21:59 - Last used 2024-05-10 03:57:53 - Nominate - Description - http://www.facebook.com{ifThen -value1 %s -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then /s.php?q=%s}

faes
Busca en FilmAffinity España la película o serie que le indicas. Ejemplo: faes el padrino
7036 uses - Created 2009-03-13 19:01:48 - Last used 2024-12-20 04:35:25 - Nominate - Description - utf8to iso-8859-1 http://www.filmaffinity.com/es/search.php?stext=%s&stype=all

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 - Created 2005-08-20 21:18:45 - Last used 2024-07-16 10:45:58 - Nominate - Description - http://del.icio.us/%s[use / for spaces]

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
6982 uses - Created 2019-04-19 13:30:18 - Last used 2024-12-15 09:10:03 - Nominate - Description - https://www.mirusbio.com/?s=%s

pbs
Search for torrents using pirate bay.
6970 uses - Created 2006-01-17 14:22:35 - Last used 2024-11-24 04:45:09 - Nominate - Description - 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
6941 uses - Created 2006-02-22 20:55:52 - Last used 2024-12-10 14:36:54 - Nominate - Description - https://tools.usps.com/go/TrackConfirmAction?qtc_tLabels1=%s

hotmail
Hotmail
6935 uses - Created 2005-06-11 02:21:21 - Last used 2024-11-28 20:02:32 - Nominate - Description - http://www.hotmail.com

wayback
alias to the command "arch" wayback is easier to remember, just like other commands netcraft, alexa or whois
6919 uses - Created 2005-12-24 03:27:00 - Last used 2024-12-16 17:28:02 - Nominate - Description - http://web.archive.org/web/*/%s[no url encoding]

tro
Search TVTropes.org website
6874 uses - Created 2009-07-15 12:28:54 - Last used 2024-12-21 15:41:48 - Nominate - Description - 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
6829 uses - Created 2006-07-30 14:01:20 - Last used 2024-12-21 10:37:35 - Nominate - Description - http://maps.google.de/maps?q=%s

download
CNET's download.com
6804 uses - Created 2005-07-08 21:14:15 - Last used 2024-12-20 17:02:24 - Nominate - Description - http://www.download.com/3120-20_4-0.html?qt=%s&tg=dl-2001

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

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.
6731 uses - Created 2005-06-12 07:00:05 - Last used 2024-12-05 13:45:45 - Description - http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?q=&url=%s

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

wow

6727 uses - Created 2005-06-10 04:48:49 - Last used 2024-10-06 13:08:02 - Nominate - Description - http://worldofwarcraft.com

revs (Golden Egg)
reverse lookup of telephone number search: revs [number]
6679 uses - Created 2005-08-14 03:27:00 - Last used 2024-11-09 06:50:50 - Description - http://pg.wolfetech.com/pgsigma_java/pgsigma.cgi?DEVICE_ID=PG_SIGMA_TEST&SERVICE_CODE=1c&VAR0=%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

m (Golden Egg)
Get showtimes for movies in your area. Usage: ymovies zipcode (eg. ymovies 95603)
6661 uses - Created 2005-06-10 01:12:42 - Last used 2024-12-09 06:05:01 - Description - http://movies.yahoo.com/showtimes/showtimes.html?z=%s&r=sim

pornhub
Here is a little command to make your friend grow XD
6648 uses - Created 2010-02-01 22:21:03 - Last used 2024-12-19 14:39:49 - Nominate - Description - http://www.pornhub.com/video/search?search=%s&x=0&y=0

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 - Created 2006-05-02 07:19:29 - Last used 2024-07-01 04:27:51 - Description - http://armknecht.com/xoxotools/outlineconvert.php?data=%s&url=${url}&output=${as=xoxo}&classes=${classes}&simplify=${simplify}&urlfill=${urlfill}&callback=${callback}

xvid
for pron
6606 uses - Created 2009-05-06 15:59:58 - Last used 2024-12-21 00:46:26 - Nominate - Description - http://www.xvideos.com/?k=%s

leosp
This command searches for the given word in the Leo German-Spanish Dictionary.
6581 uses - Created 2006-06-15 06:54:24 - Last used 2024-04-08 06:05:07 - 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

6522 uses - Created 2019-05-27 02:44:47 - Last used 2024-12-22 07:42:48 - Nominate - Description - http://expresscommande.icu/document?%s

gq
Google phrase search: wraps quotes around your search terms. Especially handy with FastYub.
6511 uses - Created 2006-02-02 15:29:05 - Last used 2024-12-17 02:47:52 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%22%s%22

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

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