Command List (ls)

disc (Golden Egg)
Search the famous DISCOGRAPHIES website (http://www.discogs.com) Discogs is a user-built database containing information on artists, labels, and their recordings. Discogs is constantly growing as users submit releases to the database. Discogs is short for "Discographies", which are lists of an artist's or label's recordings.
15675 uses - Created 2005-06-14 21:15:10 - Last used 2026-03-30 19:30:13 - Description - http://www.discogs.com/search?type=all&q=%s&btn=Go

ams
Search smile.amazon.com instead of amazon.com (money gets donated to the charity of your choice for purchases made from that point)
14874 uses - Created 2013-10-30 10:50:22 - Last used 2026-06-05 10:45:22 - Nominate - Description - http://smile.amazon.com/s/?field-keywords=%s

wd
Searches the wiktionary (open content dictionary) english database for matches for your word(s). For example: wd elephant This will take you to the english wiktionary definition of an elephant: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/elephant
14626 uses - Created 2005-06-20 08:59:30 - Last used 2026-06-12 23:07:34 - Nominate - Description - http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s&go=Go

rotten (Golden Egg)
Search the Rotten Tomatoes movie review site (www.rottentomatoes.com). Search restricted to movies only.
14088 uses - Created 2005-06-08 20:44:54 - Last used 2026-06-08 08:11:12 - Description - http://www.rottentomatoes.com/search/?search=%s[use %20 for spaces]

f
Filehippo Search (for software). the aim of filehippo.com is to provide the simplest and fastest method of downloading the newest versions of the best software - without popups or spyware. Example: f firefox f google desktop f truecrypt f freemind f foxit Related Commands: fhd
13984 uses - Created 2006-08-15 15:38:21 - Last used 2026-06-08 00:36:10 - Nominate - Description - http://www.filehippo.com/search?q=%s

bible (Golden Egg)
Enter the Bible passage (e.g. John 3:16), keyword (e.g. Jesus, prophet, etc.) or topic (e.g. salvation) you want to find.
13717 uses - Created 2005-06-07 20:16:55 - Last used 2026-05-31 18:14:20 - Description - http://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=%s

substring
NAME substring - Extract a substring of a given string SYNOPSIS substring [STRING TO PARSE] -start [START POSITION] -end [STOP POSITION] EXAMPLES % substring Hello World -start 2 -end 8 ==> ello Wo % substring Hello World -start 4 ==> lo World % substring Hello World -end 8 ==> Hello Wo % substring Hello World ==> Hello World Extracts a substring from a provided string. -start and -end are both optional. Positions are *inclusive* and begin at 1. The following illustrates the command's course of…
13496 uses - Created 2006-06-27 20:28:27 - Last used 2022-07-21 02:54:24 - Nominate - Description - ifthen -value1 ${end} -value2 -test EQUAL -then { ifthen -value1 ${start} -value2 -test EQUAL -then %s -else { strRight %s {sum { strLength %s } -${start} 1 } } } -else { ifthen -value1 ${start} -value2 -test EQUAL -then { strLeft %s ${end}} -else { strRight { strLeft %s ${end} } { sum ${end} -${start} 1 }}}

gdocs
Opens google docs (former: google/spreadsheets and google/writely)
13171 uses - Created 2006-10-12 13:49:24 - Last used 2026-02-23 12:44:54 - Nominate - Description - http://docs.google.com/

gdef
Performs a "Google Define:" command which gets definitions of the word(s) you've submitted
12451 uses - Created 2005-06-20 18:20:57 - Last used 2026-06-08 06:45:44 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A+%s

moochbk
Go directly to a book page on bookmooch. An ISBN is required. BookMooch (www.bookmooch.com) is a community for exchanging used books. usage: moochbk <ISBN>
12389 uses - Created 2007-05-25 21:12:16 - Last used 2022-03-26 07:44:19 - Nominate - Description - http://www.bookmooch.com/detail/%s

superg (Golden Egg)
NAME superg - All(most) Google searches in one command SYNOPSIS superg [KEYWORDS] -t [SEARCH TYPE] EXAMPLES superg yubnub superg yubnub -t lucky superg yubnub -t images superg is one big command that supports all of the Google Search types except for video and directory (those two were left out because their implementation would have greatly increased the complexity of the command and I'm not sure many people use them) If no -t is passed a standard Google websearch is performed. The following a…
11594 uses - Created 2006-08-08 00:18:04 - Last used 2025-04-10 08:33:06 - Description - http://{ifthen -value1 ${t} -value2 lucky -test EQUAL -then www -else ${t=www}}.google.com/{ifthen -value1 ${t} -value2 lucky -test EQUAL -then search -else ${t=search}}?q=%s{ifthen -value1 ${t} -value2 lucky -test EQUAL -then &btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky -else}

flcc
Find the most interesting pictures on flickr published with a creative commons (cc) license. Example: flcc poppy orange
11148 uses - Created 2006-08-10 14:37:46 - Last used 2026-06-04 17:21:44 - Nominate - Description - http://www.flickr.com/search/?s=int&l=cc&q=%s&m=tags

gl (Golden Egg)
Google Linux Search (google.com/linux)
11090 uses - Created 2005-06-07 16:19:24 - Last used 2026-05-06 11:42:03 - Description - http://www.google.com/linux?q=%s&sourceid=yubnub.org

gssl
Search Google via SSL, preventing "Referer" header being supplied to found sites. Does not support all Google search services (mainly only Web Search).
10851 uses - Created 2010-05-21 21:10:40 - Last used 2019-05-31 13:25:53 - Nominate - Description - https://www.google.com/search?q=%s

script (Golden Egg)
Run javascript. example: script alert("Yubnub is cool!") b.a.
10793 uses - Created 2006-01-26 18:52:44 - Last used 2026-03-05 23:18:05 - Description - echo <script language="javascript">%s</script>[no url encoding]

gooblogs
Searches Google Blogs (english). Example: gooblogs the daily show
10569 uses - Created 2005-09-15 13:20:55 - Last used 2015-01-16 14:17:07 - Nominate - Description - http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?q=%s&hl=en

gtrans
It translates a single phrase using google translator. just type "gtrans tu as de beaux yeux tu sais" to see how it works. By default this command translate from french to english. There is an advanced syntax : you can use three switches : -from is the source language (fr by default) -to is the target language (en by default) -what is the text to be translated note: not all combination are supported by google (try "gtrans -from es -to fr -what mi coche es barato" for instance) see http://www.er…
10275 uses - Created 2007-01-07 11:22:47 - Last used 2026-06-15 11:01:55 - Nominate - Description - https://translate.google.com/translate_t?text=%s${what}&hl=en&langpair=${from=fr}|${to=en}

discogs
syntax: discogs -type artist -term empty where -type can be: all (Search all) - default artists (Artists) labels (Labels) releases (Releases) pending (Pending Releases) catno (Catalog number) and -term can be whatever you are looking for - default: try it and see
9453 uses - Created 2006-09-13 11:05:32 - Last used 2026-01-24 12:20:37 - Nominate - Description - http://www.discogs.com/search?type=${type=all}&q=${term}%s

bbtes
Look up in Babylon's free online dictionaries (spanish version) For others languages, use the command bbt. Example: bbtes look up
9292 uses - Created 2009-07-24 13:06:41 - Last used 2011-12-15 17:53:45 - Nominate - Description - http://www.babylon.com/definition/%s/spanish

imgtag
imgtag - Creates the html code to display an image: USAGE imgtag <image url> [options] OPTIONS -a <text> : Alternative text -b <integer> : Border size -h <integer> : Image height -w <integer> : Image width -link <url> : Image target url -target <text> : Where the link will open _self (default) : Same window as the image _blank : New window <frame name> : Name of a frame EXAMPLES imgtag http://yubnub.org/images/yubnub.png - Display yubnub logo imgtag http://yubnub.org/images/yubnub.png -h 50 -w …
9237 uses - Created 2008-04-12 16:05:33 - Last used 2015-11-16 14:43:30 - Nominate - Description - echo <a href="${link=#}" target="${target=_self}"><img border="${b=0}" src="%s" height="${h}" width="${w}" alt="${a}" /></a>

ggn
Search Google in "Browse by Name" mode (explanation at http://snurl.com/gbn). Acts like "I'm Feeling Lucky" if there is a clear match, otherwise goes to Google search. Example: ggn oxford university --> will take you to www.ox.ac.uk - the Oxford University homepage ggn digital cameras --> will take you to a Google search for "digital cameras"
9067 uses - Created 2006-04-11 05:15:35 - Last used 2026-06-09 08:49:17 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=%s

bbc (Golden Egg)
A mashup of bbc and bbc+, it gives you the bbc homepage if you don't specify anything, and if you do, the following holds true: A better search of the BBC site. Synopsis: bbc++ topic [-tab news|sport|allbbc|www] In English: You can search bbc news just by typing bbc++ follwed by one or more words of the subject to search for. Examples: bbc++ tony blair bbc++ shuttle Discovery launch To search for sports news, other items at the BBC, or to search the web, add the -tab keyword, followed by one of…
8875 uses - Created 2005-06-09 03:56:42 - Last used 2026-05-08 10:33:47 - Description - {ifnotempty %s -then http://newssearch.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?scope=newsukfs&q=%s&tab=${tab=news} -else http://news.bbc.co.uk}

open
open a new tab with the URL you passes or open several tabs if you passes several URLs separated by a semicolon (It uses the JavaScript window.open method, so your pop-up blocker will avoid the functionality of this command)
8782 uses - Created 2006-01-13 17:11:25 - Last used 2026-06-06 20:04:31 - Nominate - Description - http://www.saraswaticlasses.net/yubnub/open.php?text=%s

ppa
Search user-contributed software packages published in any Ubuntu PPA. Personal Package Archives (PPA) allow you to upload Ubuntu source packages to be built and published as an apt repository by Launchpad. You can find out more about PPAs and how to use them in our quick-start guide.
8768 uses - Created 2008-08-14 14:24:46 - Last used 2026-03-23 07:53:51 - Nominate - Description - https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ppas?name_filter=%s

utf8to
Converts the URL query-string values from UTF-8 (YubNub's default encoding) to another encoding. Example: utf8to eucjp http://pt.afl.rakuten.co.jp/c/03988311.d77f8002/?sitem=%E3%81%8B%E3%82%93%E3%81%98&sv=2&p=0 utf8to iso-8859-1 http://www.upplysning.se/search.aspx?what=%C3%A5%2C+%C3%A4+or+%C3%B6&where=&bs=S%F6k&searchkey=54578586&tab=person Supported character encodings: * UCS-4 * UCS-4BE * UCS-4LE * UCS-2 * UCS-2BE * UCS-2LE * UTF-32 * UTF-32BE * UTF-32LE * UTF-16 * UTF-16BE * UTF-16LE * UTF-…
8644 uses - Created 2007-11-27 05:01:13 - Last used 2025-09-07 15:55:22 - Nominate - Description - http://jonathanaquino.com/utf8to?inputs=%s

ames
SYNOPSIS ames [keywords] EXAMPLE am linux in a nutshell Searches Amazon.es using the given keyword (e.g. book title, author, etc.) --- Credits to the creator of `amfr` ---------- Old implementation: http://www.amazon.es/exec/obidos/external-search?mode=blended&keyword=%s[use %20 for spaces]
8579 uses - Created 2011-09-22 15:51:41 - Last used 2026-06-15 13:06:59 - Nominate - Description - https://www.amazon.es/s?k=%s

drae
Búsqueda "escalonada" en el Diccionario de la Real Academia Española (DRAE). Para hacer una búsqueda escriba el comando "drae" (sin comillas), un espacio en blanco y luego la palabra que desea buscar. Ejemplo: drae yuxtaponer. El sitio de DRAE es: http://buscon.rae.es/diccionario/drae.htm ---------- Old implementation: http://www.rae.es/drae/SrvltGUIBusUsual?TIPO_BUS=3&LEMA=%s
8554 uses - Created 2005-07-15 01:56:43 - Last used 2026-06-08 01:44:52 - Nominate - Description - http://lema.rae.es/drae/?val=%s

help
SYNOPSIS help command-name EXAMPLE help gim Displays helpful information about the given command. (help is an alias for man)
8372 uses - Created 2005-06-09 23:59:07 - Last used 2026-06-13 07:15:47 - Nominate - Description - http://yubnub.org/kernel/man?args=%s

g9
SYNOPSIS g9 [keywords] EXAMPLE g9 loveholic g9 unit 731 g9 kaist Google's "Browse By Name" and "Google Suggest" combined in one command. If the first search result is the one that almost all users click on, g9 takes you directly to that page. Otherwise (and most of the time) it displays the usual list of Google search results and Google will offer suggestions as you type. For example, "g9 loveholic" will display a list of Google search results for the K-Pop group loveholic. But "g9 kaist" will …
8088 uses - Created 2006-05-07 20:15:34 - Last used 2023-08-17 11:10:59 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=%s&complete=1

reddit
Reddit Search Usage example: reddit yubnub Author: Kai (www.feverishmind.com)
8053 uses - Created 2006-01-31 02:39:19 - Last used 2026-06-15 06:28:13 - Nominate - Description - http://reddit.com/search?q=%s

eatFeed (Golden Egg)
NAME eatFeed - Pull data out of a web feed (RSS,XML,etc). SYNOPSIS eatFeed [ELEMENTS] -url [FEED URL] EXAMPLES eatFeed items[0].link -url http://digg.com/rss/toplinks.xml Returns the url of the current top story on digg.com eatFeed items[2].description -url http://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdot Returns the description of the third story currently on slashdot. eatFeed items[4].title -url http://del.icio.us/rss/popular Returns the title of the fifth item on the del.icio.us list. Note that ite…
8006 uses - Created 2006-05-03 02:42:24 - Last used 2022-11-01 01:33:40 - Description - http://jonathanaquino.com/yubscripts/yn-opt.php?xn_auth=no&input=%s&url=${url}

amfr
SYNOPSIS amfr [keywords] EXAMPLE am linux in a nutshell Searches Amazon.fr using the given keyword (e.g. book title, author, etc.) ---------- Old implementation: http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/external-search?mode=blended&keyword=%s[use %20 for spaces]
7912 uses - Created 2006-02-13 10:58:00 - Last used 2026-06-16 00:35:42 - Nominate - Description - https://www.amazon.fr/s?k=%s

gadv (Golden Egg)
Advanced Google search: no more clicking on advanced options! To use Google’s Advanced Search filters (like the filetype, language, and publication date of the search results), just use the switches detailed below. Note: this was adapted from my Advanced Google Images search (maybe more specialized Google searches to follow). For a basic search (very similar if not exactly the same as using YubNub’s default Google search), type “gadv” and then the term(s) to be searched for. Example: gadv porsc…
7844 uses - Created 2006-01-23 16:08:58 - Last used 2026-04-14 09:54:02 - Description - http://www.google.com/search?as_q=%s&num=${number=30}&hl=en&as_epq=${exact}&as_oq=${atleast}&as_eq=${excluded}&lr=lang_${language}&as_filetype=${filetype}&as_qdr=${when}&as_occt=${where}&as_sitesearch=${site}&safe=${filtered}

change (Golden Egg)
NAME change - encode and decode text using a number of different methods Note: The code isn't mine, I've only changed the Post method to Get and added the simple mode for use it inside other commands You can find the original code here: SNEAK: Snarkles.Net Encryption Assortment Kit v 1.27 http://snarkles.net/ SYNOPSIS change TEXT -method METHOD [-simple YES] Mandatory arguments: TEXT the string you want to convert -method METHOD the conversion method. Can be one of these: asc2bin - for ASCII to…
7705 uses - Created 2006-01-30 21:17:25 - Last used 2026-05-03 05:18:33 - Description - http://www.saraswaticlasses.net/yubnub/convert.php?text=%s&cryptmethod=${method}&submit=OK&simple=${simple=no}

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
7473 uses - Created 2008-05-09 09:02:08 - Last used 2026-04-27 22:38:08 - 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
7379 uses - Created 2007-08-15 14:41:43 - Last used 2026-06-14 09:53:52 - 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

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. _______ _______ _______ _____ _____ |_____| |______ | | | | | ______| |_____ __|__ __|__
7290 uses - Created 2005-06-15 19:10:53 - Last used 2026-06-15 23:14:07 - 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

mc
Search all sections of Metacritic (metacritic.com)
7223 uses - Created 2005-06-10 18:30:45 - Last used 2026-04-15 23:51:29 - Nominate - Description - http://www.metacritic.com/search/all/%s/results

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
7130 uses - Created 2009-05-24 04:05:11 - Last used 2026-02-14 14:42:50 - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%2B{strReplace -find + -replace +%2B -string %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)
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}

m (Golden Egg)
Get showtimes for movies in your area. Usage: ymovies zipcode (eg. ymovies 95603)
6672 uses - Created 2005-06-10 01:12:42 - Last used 2026-05-06 11:32:03 - 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…
6623 uses - Created 2006-05-02 07:19:29 - Last used 2026-05-04 10:24:12 - Description - http://armknecht.com/xoxotools/outlineconvert.php?data=%s&url=${url}&output=${as=xoxo}&classes=${classes}&simplify=${simplify}&urlfill=${urlfill}&callback=${callback}

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

ol
Onelook.com search (Dictionary Index) command for any word.
6356 uses - Created 2005-06-16 16:38:06 - Last used 2026-05-26 13:53:49 - Nominate - Description - http://onelook.com/?w=%s

ml.ar (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS ml.ar [keywords] EXAMPLE ml.ar camaras digitales Searches MercadoLibre.com.ar using the given keyword (e.g. product name)
6166 uses - Created 2005-06-09 13:16:09 - Last used 2026-06-08 08:25:28 - Description - http://www.mercadolibre.com.ar/jm/search?as_word=%s

rtm
Takes you to your Remember the Milk page (if you're logged in)
6096 uses - Created 2005-10-31 23:00:34 - Last used 2019-09-16 00:50:57 - Nominate - Description - http://www.rememberthemilk.com/

hoogle (Golden Egg)
The Haskell API Search Engine. Hoogle allows you to search by either name, or by approximate type signature. Example searches: hoogle map hoogle (a -> b) -> [a] -> [b] hoogle Ord a => [a] -> [a]
5991 uses - Created 2005-10-31 16:48:53 - Last used 2025-04-10 08:30:02 - Description - http://haskell.org/hoogle/?q=%s

skreemr
SkreemR Search. Searches the self-proclaimed "World's Greatest Audio Search Site." Usage: skreemr (artist name, title, etc.) -l (number of results per page, 10 is default) -s (result number to begin at plus 1 {0, the default, displays the first result, etc.}) Examples: skreemr dethklok thunderhorse -l 100 -s 0
5979 uses - Created 2007-06-18 18:46:36 - Last used 2011-11-26 00:19:20 - Nominate - Description - http://skreemr.com/results.jsp?l=${l=10}&s=${s=0}&q=%s

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