Command List (ls)

cdbaby
Run a keyword search on the CD Baby database (cdbaby.com). Examples: cdbaby "iron maiden" cdbaby damned cdbaby mozart
111 uses - Created 2006-10-12 18:44:14 - Last used 2021-05-04 03:55:43 - Nominate - Description - http://cdbaby.com/found?allsearch=%s&allsearchsubmit=Search

gmanes
NAME gmanes - search gmane.org for mailing lists. SYNOPSIS gmanes [ KEYWORD(S) ] gmanes searches the mail to news and back again service hosted by gmane.org and returns any matching mailing lists. EXAMPLES Example: gmanes ubuntu Result: Displays search results for the mailing lists associated with Ubuntu Linux. Example: gmanes ratpoison Result: Displays the ratpoison-devel mailing list. SEE ALSO http://search.gmane.org/ AUTHOR Paul M. Boren pmboren AT gmail DOT com
111 uses - Created 2007-03-03 03:29:08 - Last used 2012-11-20 13:03:04 - Nominate - Description - http://dir.gmane.org/search.php?match=%s

ldb
National Rail Live Departure Boards search (United Kingdom) Syntax: abc: 3-letter station code Example: ldb LST - gives train departure times for London Liverpool Street
111 uses - Created 2008-02-03 12:52:35 - Last used 2016-05-25 02:40:04 - Nominate - Description - http://www.livedepartureboards.co.uk/ldb/sumdep.aspx?T={ ucase %s }

fps
Use Google to search Facepunch studios. (They keep disabling searching, those bastards,)
110 uses - Created 2008-02-13 08:13:25 - Last used 2024-04-08 01:16:44 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aforums.facepunchstudios.com+%s

livedb
uk national rail live departure boards. adds to functionality of existing ldb command with a destination parameter. livedb -start LST -end BCV will show you all journeys beginning at liverpool street (LST) and going via bruce grove (BCV)
110 uses - Created 2009-03-25 17:02:30 - Last used 2009-09-15 14:15:13 - Nominate - Description - http://www.livedepartureboards.co.uk/ldb/sumdep.aspx?T={ ucase ${start} }&S={ ucase ${end} }

trn
A free translation site which includes different languages. Including but not limited to; English, Hebrew, Chinese(China & Taiwan), Japanese, Dutch, Farsi, Russian, Ukrainian, Arabic, and much more.
110 uses - Created 2005-12-25 20:45:37 - Last used 2024-04-08 10:28:26 - Nominate - Description - http://free.translated.net/

fireftp
Launches the Firefox FireFTP extension.
110 uses - Created 2006-01-26 07:31:38 - Last used 2018-11-30 22:23:23 - Nominate - Description - echo <script language="javascript">w = window.open("chrome://fireftp/content/fireftp.xul");w.close();history.go(-1);</script>

freecycle
The Freecycle Network(tm)...because one person's trash really *can* be another person's treasure!
109 uses - Created 2005-06-10 12:43:12 - Last used 2024-02-29 05:31:42 - Nominate - Description - http://www.freecycle.org

jis
Search Jisho Beta. Enter Japanese or English words (or texts). Examples: jis 新幹線 jis あなたの辞書はすごいね。 jis economy
109 uses - Created 2014-11-24 06:14:52 - Last used 2026-03-29 13:24:20 - Nominate - Description - http://jisho.org/search/%s

ypipename
Runs a Yahoo pipe by name (more info in man ypipeid). Example: ypipename grahamedgecombe/slashdoten2de
108 uses - Created 2008-01-13 13:58:39 - Last used 2013-05-03 18:35:06 - Nominate - Description - http://pipes.yahoo.com/%s?_render=rss

football
General football (soccer) site with thousands of articles on coaching, training, famous players, history and more.
108 uses - Created 2005-06-13 04:48:44 - Last used 2026-02-09 14:49:51 - Nominate - Description - http://expertfootball.com

dga
Dusty Groove (dustygroove.com) simple search. They are really called Dusty Groove America, hence 'dga' as the command name. Example: dga steve arrington
108 uses - Created 2007-05-10 14:31:18 - Last used 2024-01-09 03:35:27 - Nominate - Description - http://www.dustygroove.com/browse.php?kwfilter=%s&x=0&y=0&incl_oos=1&incl_cs=1

pics
NAME pics - search for images on Picasa Web Albums. SYNOPSIS pics [ KEYWORD(S) ] pics does a keyword search of PicasaWeb.Google.com and returns a list of thumbnail results. EXAMPLES Example: pics linux Result: Displays thumbnail images related to the Linux operating system. SEE ALSO http://picasaweb.google.com AUTHOR Paul M. Boren pmboren AT gmail DOT com
107 uses - Created 2008-01-27 19:58:58 - Last used 2024-07-01 00:23:51 - Nominate - Description - http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/searchbrowse?q=%s

glastfl
Search last.fm with google, taking you directly to the first result (ie: I'm feeling lucky). Example: glastfl tostaky
106 uses - Created 2008-09-16 15:25:36 - Last used 2009-10-28 10:05:28 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%s+site:www.last.fm/music&btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky

sgc
Geocaching Quick (and Smart) Search via http://boulter.com/gqs/
106 uses - Created 2006-05-19 00:44:25 - Last used 2021-11-28 03:02:09 - Nominate - Description - http://boulter.com/gqs/check.php?key=%s&type=Auto&mode=cache

nato
An alternative to the phon command. This site is a bit easier to look at and use. Converts the given text to the phonetic alphabet (Alpha, Bravo, Zulu, ...) Example: phon hello world returns: Hotel Echo Lima Lima Oscar Whiskey Oscar Romeo Lima Delta Useful for conveying important information over the phone (like zip codes)
106 uses - Created 2009-01-28 00:42:15 - Last used 2026-04-09 14:20:19 - Nominate - Description - http://www.phoneticise.com/?q=%s

scale
NAME scale - calculates the distance "as the crow flies" between two places. SYNOPSIS scale -pt1 [POINT_1] -pt2 [POINT_2] -units [UNITS] The scale command uses Tiny Geo-coder to generate the latitude/ longitude coordinates for the specified places or points and the "jscalc" command to return the numeric distance between them for the associated units. EXAMPLES Example: scale -pt1 New York -pt2 Newark Returns: 12.823779445216037 (in miles) Example: scale -pt1 New York -pt2 Newark -units km Return…
106 uses - Created 2010-05-09 06:46:35 - Last used 2013-04-29 17:43:07 - Nominate - Description - jscalc Math.acos(Math.sin({idx {explode {tcode ${pt1}},{tcode ${pt2}}} -idx 0})*Math.sin({idx {explode {tcode ${pt1}},{tcode ${pt2}}} -idx 2})+Math.cos({idx {explode {tcode ${pt1}},{tcode ${pt2}}} -idx 0})*Math.cos({idx {explode {tcode ${pt1}},{tcode ${pt2}}} -idx 2})*Math.cos(({idx {explode {tcode ${pt1}},{tcode ${pt2}}} -idx 3})-({idx {explode {tcode ${pt1}},{tcode ${pt2}}} -idx 1})))*{radius -units ${units=mi}}*3.14159/180

gtuflex
Google Translate URLs: Flexible. Translates the URL given, with optional -from <lang> and -to <lang> parameters. Example: gtuflex http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erdapfel - automatically picks source language; translates to English gtuflex http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erdapfel -from de -to ja - translates from German (de) to Japanese (ja)
106 uses - Created 2010-07-12 18:22:45 - Last used 2019-04-17 00:15:26 - Nominate - Description - https://translate.google.com/translate?prev=&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=%s{ifempty -value ${from} -else &sl=${from}}&tl=${to=en}

college
comity (kom'-it-ee) n. 1a: friendly social atmosphere; social harmony. b: a loose widespread community based on common social institutions. A blog providing college info by college students. Submit any tips, tricks, help, freebies, ideas, rants, raves, and anything else that would be useful to the average college student. Just submit a comment, send an email, make smoke signals or use any way possible to contact us with your information. Make this your college nexus.
106 uses - Created 2005-06-11 04:34:12 - Last used 2022-06-13 08:31:19 - Nominate - Description - http://collegecomity.blogspot.com

esit
Spanish > Italian (sapere.it)
106 uses - Created 2005-10-20 18:38:52 - Last used 2019-05-14 15:33:44 - Nominate - Description - http://www.sapere.it/gr/DictionarySearchServlet?DS_action=ForeignSearch&DS_userInput=%s&x=0&y=0&DS_resType=23

conversion
converts anything (e.g., size, temparature) to anything
106 uses - Created 2005-12-04 14:31:36 - Last used 2021-03-06 14:57:34 - Nominate - Description - http://www.onlineconversion.com/

gdp
Most recent Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of any given country. To get the GDP, just provide the country name. Example: gdp china
105 uses - Created 2005-06-19 14:45:30 - Last used 2025-12-22 17:13:53 - Nominate - Description - http://www.indexmundi.com/%s/gdp.html

hsk
Busca Supermercados Koch por preço mínimo (ipb)
105 uses - Created 2020-03-17 12:05:02 - Last used 2024-08-28 05:03:03 - Nominate - Description - https://www.superkoch.com.br/busca?order=PD&num_reg_pag=30&visualizacao=CARD&q=%s

degs
Searches on the Danish Yellow pages (De Gule Sider) for people, businesses, phone numbers etc.
105 uses - Created 2008-02-19 08:20:21 - Last used 2012-06-23 17:00:53 - Nominate - Description - http://www.degulesider.dk/vbw/super/resultat.do?twoFieldName=%s&twoFieldAddr=

styles
userstyles.org is a collection of styles that puts you in control of the appearance of websites and of Mozilla applications. These styles can remove annoying parts of websites, change the colour scheme, streamline your browser, and much more. How does it work? First, install the Stylish extension into Firefox, Flock, or Thunderbird. This is the application that'll let you manage styles. (Users of other browsers, see your options here.) Next, find a style you like. You can do this by searching o…
105 uses - Created 2008-07-25 14:36:34 - Last used 2022-08-31 16:26:15 - Nominate - Description - http://userstyles.org/styles/search/%s

ihop
Searches the iHOP (Information Hyperlinked over Proteins) service, which uses gene networks to help navigate the biomedical literature.
105 uses - Created 2008-11-11 06:21:47 - Last used 2023-04-27 08:42:43 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ihop-net.org/UniPub/iHOP/?search=%s

bas
SYNOPSIS bas search arguments EXAMPLES bas origami Invokes Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE) BASE is the multi-disciplinary search engine to scholarly internet resources at Bielefeld University, provided and developed by the Bielefeld University Library and BASEd on technology by the Norwegian company FAST The BAS command will return only free resources.
105 uses - Created 2006-09-30 11:30:21 - Last used 2022-09-01 00:55:45 - Nominate - Description - http://www.base-search.net/index.php?q=%s&s=free

wplogin
Comando para loguearce en WordPress.com (solo para usuarios de wordpress.com) espero que les sea util. saludos!! artux (cutepaste.wordpress.com)
105 uses - Created 2006-10-13 19:57:16 - Last used 2013-09-10 05:32:29 - Nominate - Description - http://wordpress.com/wp-login.php

cz
NAME cz - Searches conceptcarz.com for VEHICLE. SYNOPSIS cz [VEHICLE] EXAMPLES cz Porsche 911 cz Chrysler 300 C cz Opel Astra extreme cz 1964 Dodge Charger cz Honda Civic ConceptCarz.com is a web site that displays a database of both concept cars and production cars. Not every car is in there but it has general mechanical information about the engine and transmission etc. including benchmark times. This and user ratings, and photos makes this my automotive fiend of a friend's favorite car site.…
105 uses - Created 2006-10-30 10:02:11 - Last used 2025-11-25 05:16:20 - Nominate - Description - http://www.conceptcarz.com/view/results.aspx?vs=1&txtVehicle=%s&submitBtnSearch=Search&returnPath=

hcd
Disqus home " https://disqus.com/home/ " (ipb)
104 uses - Created 2019-11-25 12:54:26 - Last used 2026-01-15 04:25:40 - Nominate - Description - https://disqus.com/home/

kuf
Search kubuntuforums.org (thanks Stian!)
104 uses - Created 2006-04-15 20:35:41 - Last used 2007-09-01 04:02:43 - Nominate - Description - http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?action=search2&search=%s&advanced=0

tmgcache
Browse the Google cache for Mountain Goats tabs (themountaingoats.net/wiki) by song title.
104 uses - Created 2011-12-24 00:25:29 - Last used 2015-01-07 16:45:02 - Nominate - Description - http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://www.themountaingoats.net/wiki/doku.php?id=tabs:%s[use _ for spaces]

gbc
German Boardgame Company Search. (germangames.com) A Canadian boardgame company, with good prices and excellent service. To find a game by title, just type the title (or part of it). Example: gbc settlers
104 uses - Created 2008-01-22 21:58:29 - Last used 2026-05-03 09:31:26 - Nominate - Description - http://germangames.com/search-doit.asp?title=%s

kuwaitse
searches the Kuwait Stock Exchange website (www.kuwaitse.com) using google site specifice search.
104 uses - Created 2008-04-03 12:18:05 - Last used 2014-02-03 05:08:37 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=%s+site%3Akuwaitse.com+&btnG=Search

twitterconv
View a "Twitter conversation" in a Grazr window. Supply as a parameter a space-delimited list of Twitter usernames, and you will see only tweets from those users. Tweets beginning with "@" are filtered out, except when they are from one of the users you list to another user you list. For example, if you typed: twitterconv davewiner scobleizer susanreynolds queenofspain you would see all davewiner's regular updates but only those "reply" updates (those starting with @) addressed to scobleizer, s…
103 uses - Created 2008-01-30 05:10:56 - Last used 2017-05-05 01:32:34 - Nominate - Description - http://grazr.com/gzpanel.html?file=http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?Usernames=%s&_id=c267da346c45b032873d288959194149&_render=rss

lynx2
NAME lynx2 - lynx-like 'browser' SYNOPSIS lynx2 [URL] EXAMPLES lynx2 singpolyma-tech.blogspot.com Clears cruft from webpages. Supports images (so a little more than lynx), but not forms (a little less). Basically a cruft remover. NOTES Not a proxier... URLs are not rewritten. AUTHOR Stephen Paul Weber http://singpolyma.net/
103 uses - Created 2007-02-15 15:45:05 - Last used 2021-03-27 06:13:23 - Nominate - Description - markdown -url {url 2t {url resolveUrls {normalizeUrl %s}}}

301
Uses 301URL.com to shorten URLs. 301URL.com is different from other link shortening services in that it uses a 301 Redirect and thus (they say) preserves link value. Submit a full URL as a parameter. You will be taken to a confirmation screen where you can enter an alias and/or a password (for stats and editing), both optional. I haven't been able to figure out how to bypass this. Example: 301 http://www.slideshare.net/snbeach/congratulations-you-are-the-time-magazine-person-of-the-year/
103 uses - Created 2007-03-26 21:33:44 - Last used 2022-08-02 10:04:56 - Nominate - Description - http://301url.com/aac.php?l=%s

melwayaddr
Look up an address in the Ausway map database. A companion to the "melwayref" command. Arguments: -no [street number] -street [street name] -suburb [suburb name] (pretty much required) -pc [postcode] -state [number] (defaults to 1, which is Victoria)
103 uses - Created 2007-05-17 09:53:09 - Last used 2013-11-27 22:15:25 - Nominate - Description - http://www.street-directory.com.au/sd_new/mapsearch.cgi?&StateID=&RegionID=&CouncilID=&SuburbID=&StreetNo=${no}&StreetName=${street}&Suburb=${suburb}&PostCode=${pc}&FrmStateID=${state=1}&submitSearchAddress.x=0&submitSearchAddress.y=0[post]

dmik
Opens the danish weather forecast service for Copenhagen (the danish meteorological institute).
103 uses - Created 2007-06-21 08:18:05 - Last used 2009-07-31 09:00:11 - Nominate - Description - http://www.dmi.dk/dmi/index/danmark/regionaludsigten/kbhnsj.htm

pnicer
Submit a URL to PrintNicer.com (alternative URL: PrintFriendly.com), which cleans up a page for printing and can export PDFs. Does not work on all pages; best on blog posts and similar layouts. Supply the URL as the only parameter (with or without http://). Example: pnicer http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/009895.html (compare results to http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/009895.html) made by (e)nb(a)r
103 uses - Created 2009-05-23 03:26:59 - Last used 2025-10-30 11:35:01 - Nominate - Description - http://www.printfriendly.com/print?url=%s[no url encoding]

flockd
Uses the Flock'd Online Converter (http://www.outraged-artists.com/flockd/) to make Firefox extensions compatible with the Flock browser. To use, just type 'flockd' followed by the URL of the extension you want to convert. You will then be directed to the Flock'd Online Converter website with your (hopefully working) Flock-compatible extension. Example: flockd http://www.extensions.com/extension.xpi
103 uses - Created 2006-01-31 15:19:27 - Last used 2009-03-16 08:42:12 - Nominate - Description - http://www.outraged-artists.com/flockd/flockd.php?target=%s

gblog-en
Google Blog Search (English) Also see gtec, which combines Google, Google Blog Search, and Technorati Search
103 uses - Created 2006-02-05 19:08:45 - Last used 2011-01-21 07:59:09 - Nominate - Description - http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?q=%s

cjb
NAME cjb - opens a website through cjb proxy. (proxy.cjb.net) SYNOPSIS cjb [domain] [optional path] EXAMPLES cjb google.ca opens http://www.google.ca.proxy.cjb.net/ cjb www.google.ca opens http://www.google.ca.proxy.cjb.net/ cjb google.ca intl/en/options/ opens http://www.google.ca.proxy.cjb.net/intl/en/options/ This is a very simple command, just adds .proxy.cjb.net to the domain provided. DO NOT add http:// in your argument, yubnub is taking care of this. If the proxy can't find the website, …
103 uses - Created 2006-02-27 16:13:20 - Last used 2012-11-28 09:04:29 - Nominate - Description - http://{% 1 %s}.proxy.cjb.net/{filterstring 1 %s}[no url encoding]

cip
This is for finding where an IP address is located geographically. www.dnsstuff.com wil tell you the country and city where the IP is (probably) located, or at least where it's registered at. Usage: CIP <IP ADDRESS> Example: cip 72.14.207.99 Result: IP: 72.14.207.99 Country: United States City: Mountain View, California Country Code: US Currency: USD [United States Dollars] Private IP? No Known Proxy? No -xybre
102 uses - Created 2006-03-25 15:42:33 - Last used 2025-07-10 04:06:12 - Nominate - Description - http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/city.ch?ip=%s

courseguide
Lookup your professors on Senate Couse Guide (USC students)
102 uses - Created 2006-04-08 18:42:11 - Last used 2024-08-27 18:23:46 - Nominate - Description - http://www.senatecourseguide.com/search.asp?return=%2Fprofile%2Easp&type=quick&LastName=%s

mpb
An alias to Mapblast driving directions search.
102 uses - Created 2006-05-15 08:44:52 - Last used 2016-01-15 08:01:29 - Nominate - Description - http://www.mapblast.com/(lyz1noev3rc1irfwrw0s44m3)/DirectionsFind.aspx

pit
Cerca una data parola chiave tra le notizie di Punto Informatico (http://punto-informatico.it/)
102 uses - Created 2006-07-23 10:01:57 - Last used 2024-01-11 00:33:37 - Nominate - Description - http://punto-informatico.it/cerca.asp?s=%s&B=CERCA&t=4

wpl
Wikipedia log wpl [-type s] [-user u] [-page p] [-limit m] [-offset n] View English Wikipedia logs. type can be protect, delete, block, newusers, move, rights (for bureaucrat log), upload, renameuser
102 uses - Created 2005-12-22 15:36:20 - Last used 2021-10-31 05:45:35 - Nominate - Description - http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&limit=${limit}&offset=${offset}&type=${type}&user=${user}&page=${page}

trja
NAME trja - TRanslate between JApanese and English SYNOPSIS trja KEYWORD EXAMPLES trja 車 trja car trja 赤 trja red The simplest, most concise translation command I so far know how to make. It translates from English to Japanese, 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 incorporati…
102 uses - Created 2009-01-13 18:39:15 - Last used 2018-04-09 15:46:26 - Nominate - Description - str ja en %s

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