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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".

wikia2
Take you to a page on any wikia. Use "wikia <project name>" to go to a project's homepage, or "wikia <projectname>:<pagename>" to jump to a page. Does not do search, goes right to the page. Examples: wikia furry -- Goes to Wikifur wikia creatures:Docking Station -- goes to the Creatures Wiki page on Docking Station
215 uses - Created 2006-10-06 00:12:25 - Last used 2011-02-18 05:51:19 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wikia.com/wiki/c:%s[no url encoding]

bkk
Blekko search. Example: bkk global warming /conservative
215 uses - Created 2010-11-01 04:20:26 - Last used 2022-05-25 07:33:02 - Nominate - Description - http://blekko.com/ws/%s

nj
Searches Ninjawords: Example: nj insidious
215 uses - Created 2009-12-10 00:54:58 - Last used 2023-03-17 06:05:30 - Nominate - Description - http://ninjawords.com/%s

canlii

215 uses - Created 2013-10-24 07:42:14 - Last used 2022-01-13 04:58:39 - Nominate - Description - http://www.canlii.org/en/search/search.do?all=%s

olga
Searches OLGA (the Online Guitar Archive - http://olga.net) for the given artist or song.
214 uses - Created 2005-06-20 18:19:15 - Last used 2025-07-06 05:46:57 - Nominate - Description - http://olga.net/dynamic/search.php?search=%s

plz
To find a specific Zip Code (PLZ in German) in Germany. Example: plz 10117
214 uses - Created 2005-06-21 16:00:40 - Last used 2024-12-27 08:44:45 - Nominate - Description - http://www.stadtplandienst.de/map.asp?sid=bd6fbc9f2021817f2fc5f04bd7026ab3&start.x=5&plz=%s&city=&str=&Abschicken=GO

co
Link to Clickonline, BBC World
214 uses - Created 2005-08-03 05:23:18 - Last used 2023-11-09 06:21:38 - Nominate - Description - http://www.bbcworld.com/content/template_clickonline.asp?pageid=666&co_pageid=6

mefiuserg
Search for Metafilter.com users via Google It works best if you use the whole user name however it will do partial matches if the user name contains spaces Example: mefiuserg mathowie
214 uses - Created 2005-09-27 13:37:58 - Last used 2007-04-15 14:59:23 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%s+inurl%3Auser+site%3Awww.metafilter.com

cli
cli stands for command line interface. "cli <command seached for>" searches via google on the site ss64.com, which lists many commands for Bash (Gnu/Linux and OS X), Oracle 9i, SQL Server 2005 and Windows NT/XP. Example: cli alias It will return helpfull information on the alias command (Bash shell).
214 uses - Created 2006-08-21 15:49:48 - Last used 2025-01-24 07:56:53 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Awww.ss64.com&q=%s

printer
download service manual and resetter printer
214 uses - Created 2007-12-10 21:24:14 - Last used 2022-03-02 10:02:17 - Nominate - Description - http://printer1.blogspot.com

ffs
Search Friendfeed Example: ffs iPhone Multiple search arguments are supported. Example: ffs iPhone 3G
214 uses - Created 2008-05-07 23:16:16 - Last used 2016-07-19 05:15:17 - Nominate - Description - http://friendfeed.com/search?q=%s

TA!
Buscador Taringa! Inteligencia Colectiva
214 uses - Created 2009-03-10 03:00:20 - Last used 2013-01-04 02:22:10 - Nominate - Description - http://www.taringa.net/buscador.php?q=%s

smf
Search mediafire via google site: option. Add parameter as needed. smf radiohead
214 uses - Created 2010-05-09 00:50:58 - Last used 2019-01-21 18:42:05 - Nominate - Description - g site:mediafire.com %s

fdy
Finday, a social search engine and community powered by Google.
214 uses - Created 2010-07-21 07:49:55 - Last used 2017-05-05 02:33:49 - Nominate - Description - http://finday.com/search?q=%s

lincjpn
NUS LINC Japanese Search. Search National University of Singapore LINC (Library INtegrated Catalogue), but only items which are in Japanese language.
214 uses - Created 2010-08-03 15:10:26 - Last used 2011-08-22 17:31:35 - Nominate - Description - http://linc.nus.edu.sg/search/X?SEARCH=%s&l=jpn

aart (Golden Egg)
Create ASCII art from text suitable for using in an email signiture.
213 uses - Created 2005-06-08 18:37:35 - Last used 2018-03-03 18:49:22 - Description - http://www.network-science.de/ascii/ascii.php?TEXT=%s&x=29&y=12&FONT=ogre&RICH=no&FORM=left&STRE=no

computer

213 uses - Created 2005-06-10 00:02:33 - Last used 2025-07-26 11:23:33 - Nominate - Description - cybearsys

AL
The Official "Weird Al" Yankovic Website!
213 uses - Created 2005-06-15 10:44:24 - Last used 2024-03-20 08:14:36 - Nominate - Description - http://www.weirdal.com

myweb
Search My Web - Yahoo! Search
213 uses - Created 2005-06-17 20:18:24 - Last used 2012-06-05 12:50:21 - Nominate - Description - http://myweb.search.yahoo.com/myweb/search?fr=yubnub-mw&p=%s

ks
Search the KinderStart.com directory! KinderStart is the largest (and most popular) indexed directory and search engine focused on children zero to seven on the 'net. Find adoption related information Example: ks adoption Find all listings pertaining to birthday cakes Example: ks birthday cake
213 uses - Created 2005-06-21 01:15:53 - Last used 2025-05-26 04:06:49 - Nominate - Description - http://www.kinderstart.com/cgi-bin/sqlsearch.cgi?pos=1&query=%s&language=&advanced=&urlonly=&withid=

oo

213 uses - Created 2005-07-07 04:39:24 - Last used 2024-12-22 13:16:51 - Nominate - Description - http://www.yahoomail.com

g+
when you include google as the first term of a search query, this is interpreted as the google comand, so the resulting query doesn't have the word google. You can search google on google with this command
213 uses - Created 2005-11-16 19:54:50 - Last used 2024-08-02 14:34:02 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=google+%s

jword
Search Japanese words at jisho.org (edict) Examples: jword baka jword &#22818; jword -j ai -e love jword -e escape
213 uses - Created 2007-09-25 21:02:39 - Last used 2020-06-01 20:59:22 - Nominate - Description - http://jisho.org/words?jap=${j}%s&eng=${e}&dict=edict

bgs
Blingo and Google Search
213 uses - Created 2008-03-15 01:56:33 - Last used 2023-11-24 14:02:14 - Nominate - Description - http://yubnub.org/parser/parse?command=mash2 %s -cmd g ,

gaotd
Take me to Giveawayoftheday!
213 uses - Created 2008-03-22 05:07:56 - Last used 2015-02-09 18:27:57 - Nominate - Description - http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/

notam
Retrieve airfield notices to airmen information from the Defense Internet NOTAM Service. To retrieve NOTAM information for an airfield, enter the ICAO identifier for the airfield. Example: notam krno
213 uses - Created 2008-06-11 08:23:50 - Last used 2011-11-21 00:16:30 - Nominate - Description - https://www.notams.jcs.mil/dinsQueryWeb/queryRetrievalMapAction.do?reportType=Report&retrieveLocId=%s%0D%0A&submit=View+NOTAMs

genbug
This is the same as b.g.o., but I think this is easier to type. It searches bugs.gentoo.org for bugs. If given a number, it will go to that number bug.
213 uses - Created 2008-07-21 18:10:23 - Last used 2023-06-11 11:57:08 - Nominate - Description - http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=%s

tsc
torrentscan meta-search for torrents
213 uses - Created 2009-08-29 16:35:27 - Last used 2022-02-09 08:41:51 - Nominate - Description - http://www.torrentscan.com/?q=%s

uvu
uvu shortcut to utah valley university uvlink
213 uses - Created 2009-12-17 05:27:46 - Last used 2016-08-14 22:17:23 - Nominate - Description - http://uvlink.uvu.edu

sanet
Searches insides the web https://my.sanet.cd/
213 uses - Created 2018-01-23 03:51:01 - Last used 2021-01-20 02:03:27 - Nominate - Description - https://my.sanet.cd/search/?q=%s

sbang
Spankbang search
213 uses - Created 2021-11-03 04:56:02 - Last used 2024-09-02 15:23:10 - Nominate - Description - https://spankbang.com/s/%s/

shemale
Stories including a "Shemale" section of erotic stories.
212 uses - Created 2005-06-10 11:18:10 - Last used 2024-12-02 12:13:01 - Nominate - Description - http://www.nifty.org

ala (Golden Egg)
Search the A List Apart archives (XHTML, CSS, Design, etc.)
212 uses - Created 2005-06-17 00:26:39 - Last used 2025-05-01 21:10:53 - Description - http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp-q=%s&sp-a=sp1002d27b&sp-f=ISO-8859-1&sp-p=All&sp-k=All

nex
nexopia is an online community.
212 uses - Created 2006-07-28 03:05:14 - Last used 2018-09-24 13:41:57 - Nominate - Description - http://www.nexopia.com/

fm4
Opens radio stream of FM4 (Austrian radio station with music and news)
212 uses - Created 2006-07-29 07:53:09 - Last used 2023-01-29 00:43:09 - Nominate - Description - http://fm4.orf.at/static/stream/index.html

gamecopyworld
Search Gamecopyworld database. Example: gamecopyworld mythology
212 uses - Created 2006-09-29 22:56:22 - Last used 2023-04-23 16:35:15 - Nominate - Description - http://search.gamecopyworld.com:9999/data/gcw.shtml?Search=%s&submit=Go

snes
Search for backup copies of SNES games.
212 uses - Created 2007-02-14 12:53:48 - Last used 2024-10-16 22:51:26 - Nominate - Description - http://www.romnation.net/srv?field=rom&system[]=snes&search=1&searchquery=%s[post]

wrfe
Searches the French-English Word Reference Dictionary
212 uses - Created 2007-06-03 22:57:43 - Last used 2019-03-26 15:53:13 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wordreference.com/fren/%s

mtaf
Get current TAF as well as current METAR observations for a specified airfield. Identify airfield via ICAO identifier. To get TAF and METAR for Reno, NV, enter airfield ICAO Example: mtaf krno
212 uses - Created 2008-06-11 08:15:19 - Last used 2018-05-18 07:18:07 - Nominate - Description - http://adds.aviationweather.gov/metars/index.php?station_ids=%s&std_trans=standard&chk_metars=on&hoursStr=most+recent+only&chk_tafs=on&submitmet=Submit.

hack
this site will teach you and let you explore hacking
211 uses - Created 2005-06-16 01:19:18 - Last used 2024-08-27 18:08:35 - Nominate - Description - http://www.hackthissite.org

uf
Search University of Florida's website
211 uses - Created 2005-06-20 21:06:38 - Last used 2025-06-29 21:44:29 - Nominate - Description - http://search.ufl.edu/web?query=%s

pixoh (Golden Egg)
Pixoh.com is an online picture editor. Use this command to visit the website, or to open an url in the editor. EXAMPLES pixoh (go to pixoh.com) pixoh http://www.google.com/intl/en/images/logo.gif (opens the URL in the pixoh editor) AUTHOR Allen Ormond - aormond (at) gmail (dot) com
211 uses - Created 2006-03-26 00:08:54 - Last used 2018-02-09 19:10:19 - Description - ifthen -value1 %s -value2 -test EQUAL -then http://pixoh.com/ -else http://open.pixoh.com/import?url=%s -redirect true

kvk
Setzt eine Such im KVK - Metakatalog ab. http://www.ubka.uni-karlsruhe.de/kvk.html
211 uses - Created 2006-06-08 13:06:34 - Last used 2024-02-21 07:39:08 - Nominate - Description - http://kvk.ubka.uni-karlsruhe.de/hylib-bin/kvk/nph-kvk2.cgi?maske=kvk-last&title=UB+Karlsruhe%3A+KVK+Ergebnisanzeige&header=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ubka.uni-karlsruhe.de%2Fkvk%2Fkvk%2Fkvk-header_neu_de_28_09_05.html&spacer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ubka.uni-karlsruhe.de%2Fkvk%2Fkvk%2Fkvk-spacer.html&footer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ubka.uni-karlsruhe.de%2Fkvk%2Fkvk%2Fkvk-footer_neu_de_04_02_04.html&css=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ubka.uni-karlsruhe.de%2Fkvk%2Fkvk%2Fkvk-neu2.css&input-charset=utf-8&kvk-session=X7YZ1GHU&TI=%s&PY=&AU=&SB=&CI=&SS=&ST=&PU=&VERBUENDE=&kataloge=SWB&kataloge=BVB&kataloge=NRW&kataloge=HEBIS&kataloge=KOBV&kataloge=GBV&kataloge=DDB&kataloge=STABI_BERLIN&kataloge=TIB&kataloge=OEVK_GBV&kataloge=VD17&kataloge=ZDB&OESTERREICH=&kataloge=BIBOPAC&kataloge=LBOE&kataloge=OENB_1501&kataloge=OENB_1930&kataloge=OENB_1992&SCHWEIZ=&kataloge=HELVETICAT&kataloge=BASEL&kataloge=ZUERICH&kataloge=ETH&kataloge=VKCH_RERO&target=_blank&Timeout=120

pron
XGFX - Bernhard Luginbühl
211 uses - Created 2007-01-11 15:06:54 - Last used 2025-02-16 22:07:11 - Nominate - Description - http://www.xgfx.net

aladd
On-line book store in South Korea
211 uses - Created 2007-06-23 17:39:48 - Last used 2010-02-25 07:35:55 - Nominate - Description - http://aladdin.co.kr

sitetraf
Site Traffic Reports Runs traffic reports for the given domain in three major website traffic analysis services: compete, alexa, quantcast Displays the results using split. Example: sitetraf yahoo.com
211 uses - Created 2007-11-21 00:59:49 - Last used 2023-05-17 17:45:34 - Nominate - Description - split {url compete %s} {url alexa %s} {url quantcast %s}

const
NAME const - names and [re]sets the value of a variable. const is a tool based on Stephen Paul Weber's var command. It is a proof of concept that is also a useful work-around if you need to keep things the same. EXAMPLES Example: const -name rose -value sweet Issuing the command `var rose' Result: Returns the value "sweet". AUTHOR Paul M. Boren pmboren AT gmail DOT com
211 uses - Created 2008-07-11 13:03:16 - Last used 2023-07-02 11:52:56 - Nominate - Description - var ${name} -set ${value}

gbtext
Google Books Full View - search the text of books freely available on Google Books. You can see books in Full View if the book is out of copyright, or if the publisher or author has asked to make the book fully viewable. The Full View allows you to view any page from the book, and if the book is in the public domain, you can download, save and print a PDF version.
211 uses - Created 2008-09-06 03:44:58 - Last used 2016-10-17 09:40:08 - Nominate - Description - http://books.google.com/books?q=%s&btnG=Search+Books&as_brr=1

ixus
Searches informations in Ixus.fr Forums [Network Security and Secure Linux Distributions] [in french] (chercher des informations sur les forums d'Ixus.fr). ixus icop sme => trouver des informations sur ipcop et sme
211 uses - Created 2008-09-18 10:38:14 - Last used 2012-12-06 14:00:23 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=fr&q=%s+site%3Aforums.ixus.fr&btnG=Rechercher&lr=

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