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nbrts
Search nbr.tumblr.com for the supplied keyword(s). Enclose phrases in quotes. Space-separated keywords will be treated as if joined by an AND.
166 uses - Created 2009-08-08 12:34:44 - Last used 2025-07-14 06:04:32 - Nominate - Description - http://nbr.tumblr.com/search/%s

peeps
People Search using spock.com. Type in a name (first last) and it will return the matches. e.g. To find info on Bill Gates type: peeps bill gates
166 uses - Created 2007-08-10 11:49:04 - Last used 2022-03-05 06:27:03 - Nominate - Description - http://www.spock.com/q/%s

sbemail
NAME sbemail - Takes you either to the strongbad emails menu, or to the strongbad email number specified. SYNOPSIS sbemail [EMAIL NUMBER (OPTIONAL)] AUTHOR Stephen Paul Weber a.k.a. Singpolyma http://singpolyma-tech.blogspot.com/
166 uses - Created 2006-08-02 02:35:37 - Last used 2014-02-22 16:29:27 - Nominate - Description - http://homestarrunner.com/sbemail%s.html

am> (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS am> [KEYWORDS TO DETERMINE BOOK] -q [WHAT YOU WANT TO LOOK FOR INSIDE THE BOOK (optional)] EXAMPLE am> modern mind Since no query is provided, you're simply taken to Amazon's online reader set to Peter Watson's The Modern Mind. am> interface culture -q senselessness Searches Steven Johnson's Interface Culture with the query "senselessness." am> search battelle -q feeding the conversation Searches John Battelle's The Search with the query "feeding the conversation." Notice the keywords …
165 uses - Created 2006-07-25 00:37:03 - Last used 2023-05-09 22:23:00 - Description - http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/{scrape -tokens ?v= / -dirs 1 1 -url {url luckyecho site:amazon.com %s}}?v=search-inside&keywords=${q}[no url encoding]

yii
Yii API lookup. Lookup a class, method, property or event in the official yii api documentation (currently 1.1).
165 uses - Created 2011-03-29 22:13:41 - Last used 2021-11-09 13:32:39 - Nominate - Description - http://www.yiiframework.com/doc/api/1.1/%s

nzb3
Newzbin v3 General Search (NZB Indexing)
165 uses - Created 2007-07-09 17:10:47 - Last used 2019-11-16 12:20:11 - Nominate - Description - http://v3.newzbin2.es/search/query/?q=%s&area=-1&fpn=p&searchaction=Go&areadone=-1

gii
Search Google(g) + IxQuick(ii) at the same time ... Adds a 2nd opinion to Google Search ;) Example: gii yubnub
164 uses - Created 2008-05-14 15:48:06 - Last used 2026-05-15 02:08:15 - Nominate - Description - mash2 %s -cmd g ii

cui
Cuil Search Engine (see http://www.cuil.com/info/).
164 uses - Created 2008-07-28 06:13:55 - Last used 2021-11-11 07:00:02 - Nominate - Description - http://www.cuil.com/search?sl=long&q=%s

flvs
makes my life easier, just a shortcut to my virtual school login. (homeschool yay) sorry if anybody uses a different version of flvs, this is just for flex. made by superloach
164 uses - Created 2018-03-23 14:00:29 - Last used 2019-05-16 15:58:39 - Nominate - Description - http://vsa.flvs.net/

wktn
NAME wktn - gives the definition of the requested word in wiktionary SYNTAX wktn "word" "language name OR language code" This command is interesting because it's universal. It supports 92 languages. Actually I've not verified that Wiktionary has definitions for the 92 languages, but at least it will work if one day they introduce either the language or the definition. Another attribute is that it works either with the language name (in English) or with the language code. Default value for the …
164 uses - Created 2010-05-18 13:56:29 - Last used 2012-03-04 21:42:28 - Nominate - Description - wktnstep1 -lcode {if {% 2 %s} -eq {langcode {invlangcode {% 2 %s}}} -then {% 2 %s} -else {langcode {% 2 %s}}} -text {% 1 %s}

ffi
Search images in multiple engines through fefoo (google, bing, picasa, etc)
163 uses - Created 2011-03-31 06:33:25 - Last used 2021-08-04 08:23:43 - Nominate - Description - http://fefoo.com/#Search/Images/Google Image Search/?q=%s

elo
This command takes a person's name as a parameter. It returns a page from the World Chess Federation (FIDE), providing links to the world ranking and elo rating of that person, if it exists.
162 uses - Created 2007-07-10 13:31:51 - Last used 2025-02-17 03:29:13 - Nominate - Description - http://www.fide.com/ratings/seek.phtml?idcode=&name=%s&offset=0

eventid
Search EventID.Net for a specific event log ID (windows systems) Example: eventid 539
161 uses - Created 2006-09-29 23:06:49 - Last used 2023-06-14 01:05:55 - Nominate - Description - http://eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=%s

distance
NAME distance - returns the distance between two points. SYNOPSIS distance -x1 [VALUE_X1] -y1 [VALUE_Y1] -x2 [VALUE_X2] -y2 [VALUE_U2] The distance command uses the javascript Math function to calculate the distance between two sets of x,y coordinates. EXAMPLES Example: distance -x1 0 -y1 0 -x2 4 -y2 0 Result: 4 Example: distance -x1 0 -y1 0 -x2 2 -y2 2 Result: 2.8284271247461903 AUTHOR Paul M. Boren pmboren AT gmail DOT com
161 uses - Created 2010-05-09 01:51:05 - Last used 2024-09-29 05:09:31 - Nominate - Description - jscalc Math.sqrt(Math.pow(((${x2})-(${x1})),2)+Math.pow((((${y2})-(${y1}))),2))[no url encoding]

tarot
Tarot card reading (Golden Tarot - one card) for any string. e.g. Tarot "Will I Get The Job I want?"
161 uses - Created 2005-06-16 18:46:47 - Last used 2025-07-22 05:17:07 - Nominate - Description - http://www.facade.com/tarot/personal/?UID=119262&Date=6%2F16%2F2005&Name=YubNub&Query=%s&Deck=golden&Reading=single&Reverse=on

nabava
Search on nabava.net Example: nabava mp3 -from 500 -to 1000 (from and to are optional)
160 uses - Created 2006-01-10 15:49:24 - Last used 2010-07-31 16:59:05 - Nominate - Description - http://www.nabava.net/katalog/trazilica.php?sstring=%s&submit=Tra%9Ei&od=${from}&do=${to}

mesh
Searches the NCBI MeSH database (provided by the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health) for the search term you provide. ---------- Old implementation: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=mesh&EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Mesh.SearchBar.Term=%s
160 uses - Created 2008-09-30 12:22:27 - Last used 2023-04-01 15:16:59 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh?term=%s

gapass
Link for creating and managing Google app (application) passwords.
159 uses - Created 2015-11-30 13:54:20 - Last used 2026-06-01 11:16:00 - Nominate - Description - https://security.google.com/settings/security/apppasswords

ve
Searches MSN VirtualEarth (http://virtualearth.msn.com) for the address or landmark that you enter using this command. To use, type "ve" plus the address (without the quotes) For example, to find the white house, you could type the following into yubnub: "ve 1600 pennsylvania ave, washington, dc" (without the quotes) or you could type: "ve white house" (without the quotes) In certain special circumstances, such as searching for well known landmarks such as the "white house", "grand canyon" or "…
158 uses - Created 2005-07-30 11:51:12 - Last used 2023-09-14 03:37:13 - Nominate - Description - http://virtualearth.msn.com/default.aspx?sp=adr.%s&style=h

ucl
Search University College London (UCL) Library Catalogue. To find non-adjacent words in any field, just enter the words: Example: ucl Hutchins Cognition To find adjacent words, add the "-adjacent" parameter Y: Example: ucl Cognition in the Wild -adjacent Y
158 uses - Created 2006-03-22 11:36:46 - Last used 2024-10-17 13:23:00 - Nominate - Description - http://library.ucl.ac.uk/F/?func=find-b&request=%s&find_code=WRD&adjacent=${adjacent=n}&x=0&y=0

bd (Golden Egg)
Search BD Paradisio (french comics site)
157 uses - Created 2005-06-07 17:13:53 - Last used 2026-05-31 16:02:17 - Description - http://www.bdparadisio.com/scripts/BdP_SearchResults.cfm?SearchedKey=%s

fest
Speaks the given sentence through your computer's speakers. Text-to-speech (TTS) using the Festival Speech Engine. Example: fest Why did the chicken cross the road?
157 uses - Created 2005-08-27 17:18:00 - Last used 2022-05-14 06:00:20 - Nominate - Description - http://www.festvox.org/cgi-bin/gen_fest.wav?format=wav&voice=us1+(American+Female,+MBROLA)&text=%s[post]

unixtime
Unix timestamp. Convert dates into timestamps. Syntax: unixtime day month year hour minute second timezone Example: unixtime -d 11 -m 09 -Y 2007 -H 10 -M 52 -S 00 -T 3 (meaning 11-09-2007 @ 10:52:00 GMT +3) Made by XmasBug.
157 uses - Created 2007-09-11 10:16:58 - Last used 2025-09-27 12:23:36 - Nominate - Description - http://www.4webhelp.net/us/timestamp.php?action=date&day=${d}&month=${m}&year=${Y}&hour=${H}&minute=${M}&second=${S}&timezone=${T}

anki
Anki is a program designed to help you remember facts (such as words and phrases in a foreign language) as easily, quickly and efficiently as possible. To do this, it tracks how well you remember each fact, and uses that information to optimally schedule review times. With a minimal amount of effort, you can greatly increase the amount of material you remember, making study more productive, and more fun.
157 uses - Created 2008-04-27 12:16:12 - Last used 2025-05-03 04:29:46 - Nominate - Description - http://anki.ichi2.net/

whatcd
Search what.cd (all categories)
156 uses - Created 2008-01-16 20:54:43 - Last used 2016-05-14 22:30:05 - Nominate - Description - http://what.cd/browse.php?search=%s

<<
SYNOPSIS << [Yubnub command|URL] [query, optional] -pool [number, optional, default is 7] EXAMPLES << lj ruby on rails Searches for "Ruby on Rails" (via Google) within sites related to Live Journal --like Blogger, Movable Type, Six Apart, etc... << cnn muhammad Searches for "Muhammad" (via Google) within sites related to CNN --like ABC News, NYTimes, MSNBC, FOX News, BBC, etc... << dilbert microsoft Searches for "Microsoft" (via Google) within sites related to Dilbert.com --like User Friendly, …
156 uses - Created 2006-01-31 10:43:36 - Last used 2012-07-27 15:35:02 - Nominate - Description - http://eemadges.com/rel?url={url {% 1 %s}}&query={% 2- %s}&pool=${pool=7}&md=nogfl[no url encoding]

a4d
Search subtitles (in english and spanish) in all4divx database wich includes 24 different subtitles search enfgines. (command by l3utterfish)
156 uses - Created 2009-09-20 20:45:13 - Last used 2022-10-22 03:17:39 - Nominate - Description - http://www.all4divx.com/subtitles/%s/English+Spanish/1

gzd
Google Dictionary (from english to traditional chinese) gzd > google zi dian [googleå­—å…¸] Enjoy!
156 uses - Created 2010-04-18 10:22:29 - Last used 2012-06-07 17:42:18 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com.hk/dictionary?langpair=en|zh-TW&q=%s&langpair=${from=en}%7C${to=zh-TW}

tfive
Uses TorrentFinder (torf) to search the five most useful torrent sites: btjunkie, Mininova, isohunt, Demonoid, ThePirateBay
155 uses - Created 2009-06-28 05:23:49 - Last used 2018-07-10 15:15:01 - Nominate - Description - http://torrent-finder.com/show.php?q=%s&Browse=tabs&PageLoad=loadall&select=9&sids=1-4-3-6-29-

hcm
https://messenger.com (ipb)
155 uses - Created 2019-11-21 03:53:26 - Last used 2025-03-19 10:30:02 - Nominate - Description - https://messenger.com

qpostal (Golden Egg)
Canada Postal Code (Quick) Search. To find a postal code, type in an address in the following way. Example: qpostal -n 123 -s main -t street -c winnipeg -p MB Switches: -n the street number -s the street name -t the street type (this is optional; also "street" or "st" works) -c the town or city -p the province (AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT)
155 uses - Created 2005-06-24 11:36:36 - Last used 2024-04-02 20:11:15 - Description - http://www.canadapost.ca/common/tools/pcl/bin/cp_search_response-e.asp?street_number=${n}&street_name=${s}&street_type=${t}&city=${c}&prov=${p}[post]

eurogamer
Eurogamer (www.eurogamer.net) Search. Example: eurogamer ico
154 uses - Created 2005-12-14 08:43:44 - Last used 2023-01-08 10:41:27 - Nominate - Description - http://www.eurogamer.net/gamedb.php?searchtext=%s

qwi
Qwant image research (qwant.com)
154 uses - Created 2021-01-13 02:58:21 - Last used 2023-09-05 07:29:33 - Nominate - Description - https://www.qwant.com/?q=%s&t=images

boursorama
Boursorama ( France ) par oli.b2
153 uses - Created 2008-04-18 13:37:49 - Last used 2026-02-05 08:47:55 - Nominate - Description - http://www.boursorama.com/recherche/recherche_rapide.phtml?query=%s&searchType=rapide&searchCategorie=STK&searchChoixBourse=pays%3D33

checkemail
Use this command to check if an e-mail address is valid or not. USAGE checkemail example@server.com WORKINGS The command will attempt to send an e-mail to the e-mail address. If the address is valid, you will get this response: sending RCPT TO <address> response: 250 ___________ OK If the address is not valid, you will get: sending RCPT TO <address> response: 550 - Mailbox unavailable (or something similar) Author VkLJ
153 uses - Created 2008-04-27 20:49:06 - Last used 2016-11-04 10:09:32 - Nominate - Description - http://www.hq42.net/net_tools/test_email_addr.php?mail_address=%s

0s
Adds zeros to a number until a number of digits is reached. (leading zeros) USAGE 0s <number> -n <number of digits> (n is 3 by default) EXAMPLES 0s 1 : 001 0s 17 -n 5 : 0017 0s 0 -n 2 : 00 0s 150 -n 3 : 150 0s 36 -n 0 : <nothing> Author VkLJ
153 uses - Created 2008-05-04 13:02:45 - Last used 2022-06-14 11:58:57 - Nominate - Description - strReplace -string {runphp <? echo substr((%s*10+9)/pow(10,${n=3}),0,-1) ?>} -find . -replace

radius
NAME radius - returns the distance to the center the earth. SYNOPSIS radius -units [UNIT] where the default unit is "mi" (miles). Other values that can be specified are "nmi" (nautical miles), "km" (kilometers), "ft" (feet), and "m" (meters). The radius command returns the mean distance from the surface to the center of the Earth for the associated units. It can be used to calculate distance across the Earth's surface. EXAMPLES Example: scale -units mi Result: 3959 Example: scale Result: 3959 E…
153 uses - Created 2010-05-09 05:18:39 - Last used 2023-09-22 02:52:57 - Nominate - Description - switch ${units=mi} | mi => 3959, nmi => 3440, km => 6371, ft => 20902258, m => 6371009

domain
Register cheap domain names of all popular types. Great affordable rates for .com, .net, .org and competitive rates for international TLDs (like .co.uk, .de, .it, .tv, .biz, .info, .us, com.au, .ca, etc). Bulk Rates, Transfers and Hosting are available. Each registration includes FREE E-Mail and URL forwarding, Online Advanced DNS Tools. Multiple currancies are supported (US$, Cdn$, Yen, Euro, UK, AUD$, NZ$, HK$, etc.) along with multiple languages.
152 uses - Created 2005-06-20 17:59:39 - Last used 2024-06-02 01:41:45 - Nominate - Description - http://www.cheekydomains.com/

hgp
Login to Protonmail (ipb)
152 uses - Created 2019-11-15 06:19:04 - Last used 2026-02-10 13:34:43 - Nominate - Description - https://mail.protonmail.com/login

ebookee
Search for ebooks in search engine "ebookee" (by l3utterfish)
151 uses - Created 2010-07-25 08:05:15 - Last used 2022-02-17 06:01:42 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ebookee.com/search.php?q=%s&sa=Search

pira
Creates a new PiratePad (collaborative real-time web text editor). Usage: pira
151 uses - Created 2010-09-14 17:59:51 - Last used 2017-11-14 18:42:52 - Nominate - Description - http://piratepad.net/ep/pad/newpad

emto
Performs a search in Early Modern Thought Online (EMTO), a database of early modern philosophical texts that are available on the web.
150 uses - Created 2011-03-23 00:35:06 - Last used 2013-06-21 07:06:19 - Nominate - Description - http://emto.fernuni-hagen.de/emto/#/EmtoWithStruts/search.do?author=&title=&year=&keyword=&all=%s&selectedItems=intern&resultsPerPage=20

lbn
Find books in libgen (libgen.io) [100 results per page] ---------- Old implementation: http://libgen.io/search.php?req=%s&lg_topic=libgen&open=0&view=simple&res=100&phrase=1&column=def
150 uses - Created 2017-03-21 00:56:34 - Last used 2025-11-13 22:33:21 - Nominate - Description - http://libgen.is/search.php?req=%s&lg_topic=libgen&open=0&view=simple&res=100&phrase=1&column=def

ingram
Search Ingram Micro's Database (requires reseller access) Example: ingram CMRP0000
150 uses - Created 2007-11-05 19:44:15 - Last used 2021-11-24 14:42:51 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ingrammicro.com/ims/search/productSearch?searchKeyword=%s&mode=keywordSearchMode&catalog=itna

ccsb
NAME ccsb - searches the Creative Commons Search Beta SYNOPSIS ccsb [SEARCH] -c [true|false] -d [true|false] -f [FORMAT] EXAMPLES ccsb stuff -d false -c true -f Audio (finds audio items matching search query 'stuff' that can be used for commercial purposes, but no preference on whether derivatives can be made) ccsb things -d true -f Image (finds images matching 'things' from which derivatives can be made but no preference on commercial use) Searches search.creativecommons.org with options. '-c …
150 uses - Created 2005-08-31 19:24:02 - Last used 2015-12-28 13:54:20 - Nominate - Description - http://search.creativecommons.org/?q=%s&commercial=${c=false}&derivatives=${d=true}&format=${f}

foodinfo
Looks up the nutritional data for a given food at nutritiondata.com. (e.g., "foodinfo apple")
150 uses - Created 2005-11-21 04:54:40 - Last used 2008-12-05 22:19:32 - Nominate - Description - http://www.nutritiondata.com/search.php?q=%s

qu
Standard Quoory search. Given two search queries, Quoory draws a Venn diagram visualizing the number of Google search hits you get for each query, plus how much these results overlap. You also get the top search results for each subset, and you can click on the diagram to get the full results directly from Google. Examples: qu -1 porsche -2 911 (graphically shows you how many web pages are about Porsche in general, how many are specifically about the Porsche 911, and how many use the number 911…
150 uses - Created 2006-01-16 18:15:30 - Last used 2025-08-16 21:30:28 - Nominate - Description - http://www.quoory.com/cgi-bin/quoory.py?q1=${1}&q2=${2}

debman
Man page lookup. This command retrieves the unix manpage (manual page) of the given name from the vast repository of the Debian project. There are more than 80,000 pages available (including translations). This is made possible by the site http://man.cx/. If there are several manpages by the same name in different sections, you can specify the section number in the man.cs's menu on the left. You can also choose to view translations in different languages. To show information about /etc/exports:…
150 uses - Created 2007-03-27 20:53:57 - Last used 2022-09-29 22:29:00 - Nominate - Description - http://man.cx/%s

fast
usetools f.a.s.t. (fast and smart tools) pack
150 uses - Created 2007-08-30 19:03:04 - Last used 2026-01-22 14:22:32 - Nominate - Description - http://www2.usetools.googlepages.com/fast

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