Command List (ls)

wpme
Takes you to your user page (Special:MyPage) on English Wikipedia.
569 uses - Created 2011-08-31 08:37:07 - Last used 2012-12-25 16:06:39 - Nominate - Description - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MyPage

nbc
Look up a Bible chapter the excellent NextBible (net.bible.org)tool Syntax: nbc <book> <chapter> <tab> Example: nbc jn 3 xref The third parameter (tab) is optional but allows the selection of a tab within the page Note: this is a simplified positional version of nextbiblechapter
568 uses - Created 2007-10-25 09:31:09 - Last used 2026-04-04 20:05:56 - Nominate - Description - nextbiblechapter -book {% 1 %s} -chapter {% 2 %s} -tab {% 3 %s}[no url encoding]

wnt (Golden Egg)
Create a note in Webnote ( http://www.aypwip.org/webnote/ ) usage: wnt [title] ex: wnt zoonim wnt hahanim wnt kimchi.recipes wnt kimchi.kinds mnemonic: WebNoTe --> WNT
566 uses - Created 2006-03-09 00:24:21 - Last used 2016-11-30 00:45:45 - Description - http://www.aypwip.org/webnote/%s

ao3
search Archive of Our Own (aka ao3)
565 uses - Created 2012-10-12 12:14:16 - Last used 2025-10-03 08:41:23 - Nominate - Description - https://archiveofourown.org/works/search?utf8=✓&query[text]=%s

tarr!
Busca en TARINGA y ordena los resultados por relevancia (los comandos TARINGA, TAR! y TA! no te lo ordenan) (command by l3utterfish) Ejemplo: tarr! photoshop portable
563 uses - Created 2009-11-23 19:01:04 - Last used 2017-10-30 09:03:56 - Nominate - Description - http://www.taringa.net/buscador-taringa.php?q=%s&cat=-1&autor=&sort_by=0

current
NAME current - Go to and/or search Current TV (current.com). SYNOPSIS current [SEARCH TERM] EXAMPLES current #will go to current.com current colbert #will search current.com videos for the term "colbert" current plane current formula one current how to Current is a peer-to-peer news and information network. On Current.com, you can find and share the stories, videos, and viewpoints that are interesting to you. You can clip stories and videos from around the web. You can post comments and videos …
560 uses - Created 2007-11-02 04:20:59 - Last used 2026-05-18 14:47:04 - Nominate - Description - http://current.com{eop /search/search.do?indexName=barca-search&renderer=jsp&q=@%s@}

lim
Microsoft Live Image Search Microsoft Live actually has a better interface than Google Images (as of the day of its release) including zoom from within the search pane and helpful sidebars. Example: lim Kristen Bell
559 uses - Created 2006-09-14 03:17:32 - Last used 2023-07-22 20:39:58 - Nominate - Description - http://beta.search.live.com/images/results.aspx?q=%s

pearls
Goes to <i>Pearls Before Swine</i> (a comic strip by Stephen Pastis)
559 uses - Created 2007-03-06 05:58:19 - Last used 2017-12-16 16:53:21 - Nominate - Description - http://www.comics.com/comics/pearls

coral (Golden Egg)
Enter a URL and this command will load it using the Coral Content Distributed Network (http://coralcdn.org/ ). Coral is peer-to-peer content distribution network, comprised of a world-wide network of web proxies and nameservers. This will only work after the root domain (e.g. urls ending in .com, .edu, etc.) but not subdirectories. And don't include the trailing slash if any (e.g. "coral www.vischeck.com", not "coral www.vischeck.com/") Usage: coral [URL] Example: coral www.vischeck.com
555 uses - Created 2005-06-24 15:41:09 - Last used 2025-06-06 13:52:48 - Description - http://%s.nyud.net:8090

frl
French dictionary search on cntrl.fr, using the tlfi dictionary, lexicographie tab (hence the 'l'). Example: frl téléphone You can also submit the word without accents: Example: frl telephone
553 uses - Created 2009-05-10 21:10:27 - Last used 2026-06-15 05:35:28 - Nominate - Description - http://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/%s

randstring
Generates a random alphanumeric string. Useful for generating random passwords randstr <lenght> -n [on|off] -u [on|off] -l [on|off] -count <number of strings> -seed id.<string> <length> : Number of characters in the string -n : Whether you want numbers in the string (on) or not (off) -l : Whether you want lowercase letters in the string (on) or not (off) -u : Whether you want uppercase letters in the string (on) or not (off) -count : Number of strings you want to get -seed : How the data will b…
549 uses - Created 2008-05-16 16:28:18 - Last used 2017-10-12 23:51:18 - Nominate - Description - http://random.org/strings/?num=${count=1}&len=%s&digits=${n=on}&upperalpha=${u=on}&loweralpha=${l=on}&unique=on&format=plain&rnd=${seed=new}

!login
Logs you in your existing YubNub (aliases) account. If you use incorrect login name you will have the opportunity to create a new account. SYNTAX !login [username]![password] RELATED COMMANDS !, !set, !seta, !unset, !logout, !ls, !mls. CREATED BY Jacob Ensor, jjefferydesign.com/ Thanks to Brian for idea of "!logout", which gave me the idea of this command.
549 uses - Created 2006-02-04 05:34:24 - Last used 2018-06-20 03:07:41 - Nominate - Description - http://www.jakeisgod.com/yubnub/aliases/setcookie.cfm?username=%s

ap
Searches for the AP Stylebook entry. (Subscribers only)
546 uses - Created 2005-06-16 14:16:06 - Last used 2025-05-18 17:13:58 - Nominate - Description - http://www.apstylebook.com/online/index.php?do=search_results&search_term=%s

tres
NAME tres - TRanslate to or from ESpañol to English SYNOPSIS tres KEYWORD EXAMPLES tres carro tres car tres rojo tres red The simplest, most concise translation command I so far know how to make. It translates from English to Spanish, both ways, every time, so it takes the decision of picking the direction from you. Compared with str, from which it evolves, it saves you half the typing (4 letters as opposed to 8), by assuming English is one of the languages you want to translate too and by inco…
546 uses - Created 2009-01-13 18:32:35 - Last used 2025-08-03 06:09:06 - Nominate - Description - str es en %s

FPE
Searches the Featuresexec database for people's names (must be logged in) ---------- Old implementation: http://www.featuresexec.com/search/mainsearch.php?is_reload=2&msrch=%s&search_mode=ec&countries%5B%5D=UK
543 uses - Created 2007-05-04 14:43:04 - Last used 2023-02-20 14:32:47 - Nominate - Description - http://www.featuresexec.com/search/results.php?search_mode=ec&for=%s&hilite=%s

tadclock
NAME tadclock - opens a digital clock from Time and Date.com for a location. SYNOPSIS tadclock [ CITY/COUNTRY ] OR [ -n LOCATION_NUMBER ] tadclock displays a digital clock courtesy of Time and Date.com for the location of your choice. It was developed with split-frame display in mind. OPTIONS -n [LOCATION_NUMBER] (Can be used instead of a City or Country.) NOTE: You can use the YubNub command `tad' to search and find this number. EXAMPLES Example: tadclock Result: Returns a web interface to sel…
542 uses - Created 2008-05-07 19:31:08 - Last used 2022-01-15 22:35:48 - Nominate - Description - http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fullscreen.html?n={ifEmpty -value ${n} -then {scrape -tokens city.html?n= %22 -dirs 0 0 -url http://www.timeanddate.com/search/results.html?query=%s} -else ${n}}

tpl
Searches the Toronto Public Library catalogue ---------- Old implementation: http://catalogue.torontopubliclibrary.ca/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/5?srchfield1=GENERAL^SUBJECT^GENERAL^^Words+or+phrase&searchdata1=%s&searchoper1=AND&srchfield2=AU^AUTHOR^AUTHORS^Author+Processing^Author&searchdata2=${au}&searchoper2=AND&srchfield3=TI^TITLE^SERIES^Title+Processing^Title&searchdata3=${ti}&searchoper3=AND&srchfield4=SU^SUBJECT^SUBJECTS^^Subject&searchdata4=${su}&searchoper4=AND&srchfield5=SER^SERIES^SERIES…
540 uses - Created 2008-12-03 20:17:53 - Last used 2023-01-01 13:58:24 - Nominate - Description - http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/search.jsp?Ntt=%s

b1
Launches google bookmarks (just another short alt. command)
539 uses - Created 2006-11-21 12:47:16 - Last used 2021-02-07 16:56:48 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/bookmarks

vds
NAME vds - VDOWN Forums Search with all the parameters. SYNOPSIS vds KEYWORDS [-f NUMBER] [-a USERNAME [-ae 0]] [-in posts] [-out posts] [-sk posts|starter_name] [-so asc] [-p NUMBER] [-pt older] Mandatory arguments: KEYWORDS the string, words separated by spaces. Optional arguments: -f all|NUMBER search in `all` forums or the specified forum number (default is `all`). -a USERNAME search by author as USERNAME. -ae 0 partial USERNAME (default is exact USERNAME). -in posts search in the posts (de…
538 uses - Created 2007-10-06 22:16:20 - Last used 2023-10-15 13:38:09 - Nominate - Description - http://bbs.betabbs.com/index.php?act=Search&CODE=01&forums=${f=all}&searchsubs=1&keywords=%s&namesearch=${a}&exactname=${ae=1}&search_in=${in=titles}&result_type=${out=topics}&sort_key=${sk=last_post}&sort_order=${so=desc}&prune=${p=0}&prune_type=${pt=newer}

buffed
Searches Buffed.de for given wow-item (german database)
537 uses - Created 2007-09-24 08:23:29 - Last used 2020-11-24 13:26:32 - Nominate - Description - http://www.buffed.de/?f=%s

gm2
Google Maps Search. Google Maps has several handy features included within it. To map out a single location, just type the address. Example: gmaps 123 Maple Dr. Detroit, MI To find businesses or other specific things, simply give the location and business. Example: pizza in Detroit To get directions from one location to another, type both locations. Example: from 123 Maple Dr. Detroit, MI to 321 Oak Street Dayton, OH To find the route from one location to another, type -from/-von ... -to/-nach …
535 uses - Created 2007-02-25 15:32:36 - Last used 2015-01-15 09:17:53 - Nominate - Description - http://maps.google.com/maps?{ifThen -value1 X${from}${von}${to}${nach}X -value2 XX -test EQUAL -then q=%s -else saddr=${from=${von}[no url encoding]}&daddr=${to=${nach}[no url encoding]}}

yell
Searches Yell.com (the UK Yellow Pages) To find a company by name, type -who Example: yell -who Mr Smith's Grocery Shop To find a type of business,type -what Example: yelluk -what pizza To narrow your search even further, enter your postcode or town after -where Example: yelluk -what pizza -where AB1 2CD
534 uses - Created 2006-10-17 06:46:13 - Last used 2021-08-24 05:52:45 - Nominate - Description - http://www.yell.com/ucs/UcsSearchAction.do;jsessionid=?searchType=classic&ooa=on&companyName=${who}&keywords=${what}&&location=${where}

=?
Get Synonyms using Thesaurus.com (Toad the Toad)
534 uses - Created 2005-06-20 23:56:27 - Last used 2023-09-10 07:37:20 - Nominate - Description - http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/%s

edc
Gives the weekly menu for the Ekdahl Dining Commons (Mrs. E's). Mrs. E's serves as the main cafeteria for dorms at the University of Kansas.
531 uses - Created 2007-09-19 21:48:15 - Last used 2024-02-26 05:19:21 - Nominate - Description - http://www2.ku.edu/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/foodweb/weekly_menu?location=e

isis
Link to the ISIS (International Species Information Systems) global sharepoint Portal.
531 uses - Created 2009-01-04 17:51:00 - Last used 2026-05-07 23:00:12 - Nominate - Description - http://portal.isis.org/%s

shrink (Golden Egg)
TinyUrl! To shorten those HUGE URls that take up so much space, type in shrink, then the long URL (website address). Example: shrink http://www.google.com/mail
528 uses - Created 2005-06-15 19:13:19 - Last used 2025-09-07 14:18:38 - Description - http://tinyurl.com/create.php?url=%s[no url encoding]

hourly
Check Weather.com's hour-by-hour forecast (Use either a ZIP code or the Weather code, i.e. USNV0014)
528 uses - Created 2006-01-02 11:30:58 - Last used 2023-11-02 11:29:57 - Nominate - Description - http://www.weather.com/weather/hourbyhour/%s

address
WhitePages.com Residential Directory Assistance Search Find phone book listings by searching based on name, address, or phone number. Examples: address 4802 Third, Seattle, WA address 4802 Third, 98107 address (206) 802-2120 address 206-802-2120 address John Smith, Seattle, WA address John Smith, 98107
521 uses - Created 2005-08-07 02:52:09 - Last used 2023-07-09 22:12:57 - Nominate - Description - http://www.whitepages.com/search/Single_Field?q=%s

traceroute
Online traceroute (uses fifi.org). To traceroute google.com. Example: traceroute google.com ( Made by XmasBug )
519 uses - Created 2005-06-20 20:51:29 - Last used 2025-09-05 14:48:55 - Nominate - Description - http://www.fifi.org/services/traceroute?submit=Traceroute&nprobes=1&resolved=yes&hostname=%s

sid
Search packages in Debian Sid (=unstable) Linux distribution. ---------- Old implementation: http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=%s&searchon=names&subword=1&version=unstable&release=all
519 uses - Created 2006-12-24 17:53:37 - Last used 2025-03-16 19:03:23 - Nominate - Description - http://packages.debian.org/search?suite=sid&keywords=%s

evernn
Searches your Evernote account for the supplied keyword(s). (Must be logged in.) If no keyword is supplied, this command will take you to the Evernote Web home screen. Example: evernn baltimore - will search your account for "baltimore" evernn - will take you to www.evernote.com/Home.action made by (e)nb(a)r 30-IV-2015
518 uses - Created 2015-04-30 19:43:28 - Last used 2022-06-05 11:44:32 - Nominate - Description - https://www.evernote.com/Home.action{ifEmpty -value %s -then -else #ses=1&sh=5&sds=3&x=%s&}[no url encoding]

or
Cerca una data parola chiave su OndaRock (http://www.ondarock.it/)
517 uses - Created 2006-07-23 14:59:06 - Last used 2026-03-10 01:26:25 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%s+site%3Aondarock.it

lisp
Search the common lisp hyperspec (alias for then 'clhs' command)
515 uses - Created 2006-02-15 18:52:22 - Last used 2026-06-06 13:51:02 - Nominate - Description - http://www.xach.com/clhs?q=%s

qwt
Make a research on the french search engine Qwant (http://www.qwant.com/) This engine can display result on web, pictures, and many more at the same time
514 uses - Created 2013-07-19 08:40:24 - Last used 2026-05-14 14:44:36 - Nominate - Description - http://ww.qwant.com/?q=%s

mls
Performs an MLS (Real Estate Multiple Listing Service) number search on realtor.com
513 uses - Created 2006-02-28 22:19:40 - Last used 2025-07-26 21:43:10 - Nominate - Description - http://realtor.com/FindHome/HomeListings.asp?frm=bymlsid&pgnum=1&mls=xmls&lnksrc=&js=off&fid=so&vtsort=&ss_aywr=&optInCheckbox=&locallnk=&poe=realtor&ct=&st=&zp=&primaryZp=&nearbyZp=&mnprice=0&mxprice=99999999&mnbed=0&mnbath=0&typ=1&typ=2&typ=4&mnsqft=0&exft=0&exft=0&exft=0&exft=0&lid=%s

delime
Search your own deli.cio.us bookmarks (not everyone else) Must be logged on first.
513 uses - Created 2006-09-27 21:22:33 - Last used 2011-02-23 05:50:39 - Nominate - Description - http://del.icio.us/search/?fr=del_icio_us&p=%s&type=user

ras
Resident Advisor Search (they don't have a search wtf!)
508 uses - Created 2009-03-03 14:27:13 - Last used 2025-03-31 08:29:17 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Aresidentadvisor.net+%s

qtc
This command loads the manual page for a certain Qt class (that's where qtc comes from ;)) example: qtc qlabel redirects to http://doc.trolltech.com/qlabel.html
504 uses - Created 2010-05-13 21:15:46 - Last used 2019-02-23 18:44:08 - Nominate - Description - http://doc.trolltech.com/%s.html

hns
Heise-News-Search (German) by Heise-Online Lots of Computer-News Also see: http://www.heise.de/newsticker/search.shtml?help=1 ========== Old implementation: http://www.heise.de/newsticker/search.shtml?T=%s&button=los%21
504 uses - Created 2005-06-19 06:28:03 - Last used 2024-11-16 07:03:48 - Nominate - Description - http://www.heise.de/newsticker/suche?q=%s&search_submit=Suchen&rm=search

ltu
Search the programming languages weblog Lambda The Ultimate (at http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/) ========== Old implementation: http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/search?keys=%s
503 uses - Created 2005-06-19 11:04:47 - Last used 2016-11-18 04:07:26 - Nominate - Description - http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/search/node/%s

tex
Search the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN) for TeX package descriptions.
503 uses - Created 2006-06-28 14:35:31 - Last used 2025-11-14 09:56:50 - Nominate - Description - http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/search.py?metadataSearch=%s&metadataSearchSubmit=Search

nzlibraries
Search for books in New Zealand Libraries' Catalogue (http://nzlc.natlib.govt.nz/) http://nzlc.natlib.govt.nz/ using the NZ National Bibliographic Database
502 uses - Created 2009-05-26 12:25:15 - Last used 2013-02-10 15:38:10 - Nominate - Description - http://nzlc.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=%s&SL=None&Search_Code=GKEY^*&CNT=25&HIST=1

rounddown
NAME rounddown - rounddown rounds a number off, but does NOT round up the last digit even if it is 5 or more. SYNOPSIS rounddown -val [VALUE] -prec [PRECISION] (valid precision values range from 6 to -6) The rounddown command will round a given value you specify without rounding up the digit associated with precision. It relies on the "correction" command and is therefore limited in its precision to numbers corresponding to the millions down to the millionth place. EXAMPLES Example: rounddown -…
502 uses - Created 2010-05-21 15:23:23 - Last used 2011-06-03 15:38:53 - Nominate - Description - ifThen -value1 ${val} -value2 0 -test GREATEREQUAL -then {ifThen -value1 ${val} -value2 {round ${val} -precision ${prec}} -test LESS -then {subtract {round ${val} -precision ${prec}} {correction ${prec}}} -else {round ${val} -precision ${prec}}} -else {ifThen -value1 ${val} -value2 {round ${val} -precision ${prec}} -test GREATER -then {sum {round ${val} -precision ${prec}} {correction ${prec}}} -else {round ${val} -precision ${prec}}}

page
IBM Blue Pages people search made easy (only accessible for IBM employees) People outside IBM can use: http://www.ibm.com/contact/employees/
501 uses - Created 2009-01-08 15:18:51 - Last used 2025-10-14 14:03:16 - Nominate - Description - http://w3.ibm.com/jct03019wt/bluepages/simpleSearch.wss?searchBy=Name&location=All+locations&searchFor=%s

dinorand (Golden Egg)
NAME dinorand - Load a random Dinosaur Comic EXAMPLES dinorand (no arguments) Random Dinosaur Comics! http://www.qwantz.com/ AUTHOR b.a. ========== Old implementation: http://www.qwantz.com/index.pl?comic={rand {scrape -tokens http://www.qwantz.com/index.pl?comic= < -dirs 0 0 -url http://www.qwantz.com/}} ========== Old implementation: http://www.qwantz.com/archive/{scrape -tokens archive/ . -dirs 0 0 -url http://www.qwantz.com/}.html [no url encoding]
501 uses - Created 2007-02-16 17:00:56 - Last used 2026-03-22 18:32:30 - Description - http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic={scrape -tokens http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic= %22 -dirs 0 0 -url http://www.qwantz.com/index.php}

odeoplayer (Golden Egg)
Generate a Flash player (from Odeo.com) for any web-hosted MP3. Supply the full URL of the audio file as a parameter. Example: odeoplayer http://www.tradebit.com/usr/scheme05/pub/8/What-Can-You-Bring-Me-.mp3
500 uses - Created 2007-10-03 02:01:45 - Last used 2023-07-22 23:11:45 - Description - echo <embed src="http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_standard_gray.swf" quality="high" width="300" height="52" allowScriptAccess="always" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars= "valid_sample_rate=true&external_url=%s" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed>

zai
Shortcut to some popular image search/tools. SYNOPSIS ZAI [COMMAND] [QUERY] COMMANDS h=>(bimj), baidu in japanese.Hong Kong? f=>(flk) , flcker k=>(nvi), Korea:Naver r=>(як) ,Russia:Yandex j=>(gooi) Japan: Goo c=>(baidui),China:Baidu t=>tineye , send the url to tineye p=>pcs , Picsearch z=>zimage, Zuula Anything else is send to ZAX EXAMPLES ZAI p hello princess To use picsearch ZAI i hello princess calls zax to do a search with google and yahoo
500 uses - Created 2010-10-19 18:45:36 - Last used 2023-03-09 12:16:41 - Nominate - Description - { switch {% 1 %s} | h=>bimj,f=>flk ,k=>nvi,r=>як ,j=>gooi ,c=>baidui,t=>tineye ,p=>pcs ,z=>zimage, * => zax {% 1 %s} } {% 2- %s}

graz
Uses the javascript panel OPML reader at Grazr.com to read an OPML file. As a parameter, use the URL of any OPML file on the web. This is an updated version of the command "grazr" which apparently no longer works. Example: graz http://share.opml.org/opml/top100.opml Created by (e)nb(a)r
499 uses - Created 2006-12-29 02:05:34 - Last used 2026-04-23 02:06:27 - Nominate - Description - http://grazr.com/gzpanel.html?file=%s[no url encoding]

opensearch (Golden Egg)
NAME opensearch - Creates OpenSearch XML for a YubNub command SYNOPSIS opensearch [YUBNUB COMMAND] EXAMPLES opensearch g opensearch ls NOTES This kind of functionality, if YubNub supported it, could be even cooler. If YubNub let us actually specify different kinds of URLs for commands (and the other kinds of parameters OpenSearch has natively) YubNub would be like an OpenSearch over-layer for the web. AUTHOR Stephen Paul Weber http://singpolyma-tech.blogspot.com/
498 uses - Created 2007-01-23 01:03:49 - Last used 2025-08-13 03:38:50 - Description - http://jonathanaquino.com/singpolymaplay/yubnub-opensearch.php?xn_auth=no&cmd=%s

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