Command List (ls)

serchilo
Use the service serchilo (similar to yubnub) To search via google for "pizza chicago" (as possible with yubnub) Example: serchilo g pizza chicago To show serchilo commands in the category "shopping" Example: serchilo wiki Category:Shopping
30 uses - Created 2009-06-20 15:45:04 - Last used 2015-12-30 05:33:25 - Nominate - Description - http://serchilo.net/%s

tarr
Submit a URL to the URL shortening service TinyArro.ws. This service uses Unicode characters to provide extremely short URLs (as short as six) in the form http://➡.ws/늸 . Syntax: tarr URL (Copied from "tinyarrows" command.)
30 uses - Created 2009-10-02 17:08:08 - Last used 2016-03-21 07:34:10 - Nominate - Description - http://tinyarro.ws/api-create.php?url=%s

gsrch
NAME gsrch - Google search based command with the possibility of chosing a country and a language SYNOPSIS gsrch [QUERY] ; [LANGUAGE NAME OR LANGUAGE CODE] ; [COUNTRY NAME OR COUNTRY CODE] EXAMPLES gsrch Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo -> google search in English gsrch Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo ; Italian gsrch Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo ; it -> google search in Italian gsrch pizza ; fr ; it -> google search Italy for pizza, in French Google search in different languages and countries…
30 uses - Created 2010-06-14 23:35:08 - Last used 2011-07-18 14:19:17 - Nominate - Description - ugsch1 -ctry {if {% 3 {s.p.+ %s}} -ne {ctrycodes2 {invctrycodes2 {% 3 {s.p.+ %s}}}} -then {gccd2 {% 3 {s.p.+ %s}}} -else {gccd2 {invctrycodes2 {% 3 {s.p.+ %s}}}}} -q { % 1 {s.p.+ %s} } -l {if {% 2 {s.p.+ %s}} -eq {langcode {invlangcode {% 2 {s.p.+ %s}}}} -then {% 2 {s.p.+ %s}} -else {langcode {% 2 {s.p.+ %s}}}}

syc
Search Hacker News (news.ycombinator.com) ----------- Old implementation: http://searchyc.com/%s
30 uses - Created 2011-03-22 20:16:36 - Last used 2025-07-05 19:22:31 - Nominate - Description - https://hn.algolia.com/?q=%s

in-domain-name
Search Web by Domain. Find quite a few sites containing given keyword within their own names (host, hostname). Synopsis: in-domain-name KEYWORD Example: in-domain-name google [list sites (each with Site Report) which have `google' keyword in their hostnames] Example: in-domain-name blog* [list sites start with `blog'] Example: in-domain-name *.w3c.* [list subdomain matches] The search program can take patterns containing the valid domain name characters A-z, 0-9, '.', underscore ('_') and minus…
30 uses - Created 2006-08-19 04:51:43 - Last used 2015-12-24 14:36:49 - Nominate - Description - http://searchdns.netcraft.com/?restriction=${restriction=site+contains}&host=%s&lookup=lookup%21&position=limited[no url encoding]

PSCX
PowerShell Community Extensions. PowerShell Community Extensions (PSCX) is aimed at providing a widely useful set of additional cmdlets, providers, aliases, filters, functions and scripts for Windows PowerShell that members of the community have expressed interest in.
30 uses - Created 2007-02-08 12:34:06 - Last used 2011-12-12 23:24:20 - Nominate - Description - http://www.codeplex.com/PowerShellCX

emnok
Use .mobi's emulator to simulate how a particular web page appears on a Nokia n70 device. Sample: emnok yubnub.org (Leave out the page's http:// prefix.)
30 uses - Created 2007-04-02 17:58:29 - Last used 2011-08-09 01:40:35 - Nominate - Description - http://emulator.mtld.mobi/emulator.php?emulator=&emulator=nokiaN70&webaddress=%s

plzahl
Find the postal code of a german city. You have to enter the name of the town and you can enter (optionally) the name of a street. Example: plz -city frankfurt -street zeil (Note: It is possible that you obtain more than one result) Important: To avoid problems do not type the german letters ä, ü, ö or ß. Use ae, ue, oe or ss instead.
30 uses - Created 2006-04-19 20:08:34 - Last used 2015-01-19 08:19:06 - Nominate - Description - http://www.postleitzahlen.de/search.php?sid=gceftjh9ir8gqvtighl4s5sd92&field=ort&newSearch=1&plzort=${city}&street=${street}&sa=

wp2
An international version of the wp command. Goes to a wikipedia topic. Use -ln <language> to choose the wikipedia in that language (eg, fr, to use fr.wikipedia.org). The default is en.wikipedia.org. Use -q <topic> to go to a topic. The default is to take you to the homepage. So, for example, to go to the Beethoven page: wp2 -q Beethoven To do the same in German: wp2 -ln de -q Beethoven And to go to the Japanese homepage: wp2 -ln ja Tip: you can set your default wikipedia to something else than …
30 uses - Created 2006-05-13 20:37:36 - Last used 2014-05-27 15:07:40 - Nominate - Description - http://${ln=en}.wikipedia.org/wiki/${q=Main_Page}

osforum
Operation Sports Forum (sportsgaming discussion boards)
30 uses - Created 2005-06-10 19:54:15 - Last used 2005-08-08 02:03:13 - Nominate - Description - http://forums.operationsports.com/vBulletin/index.php?

tvshow
Uses TV.com (formerly TVTome) to search for television shows/series. Example: tvshow entourage
30 uses - Created 2005-07-04 19:38:34 - Last used 2017-02-06 10:59:51 - Nominate - Description - http://www.tv.com/search.php?type=11&stype=all&qs=%s&x=0&y=0

postalcode
Canada Postal Code (Quick) Search. To find a postal code, type in an address in the following way. Example: postalcode -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)
30 uses - Created 2005-07-05 03:46:41 - Last used 2013-09-06 12:25:24 - Nominate - Description - http://efridge.net/yubnub/parse.php?yndesturl=http://www.canadapost.com/tools/pcl/bin/cp_search_response-e.asp&street_number=${n}&street_name=${s}&street_type=${t}&city=${c}&prov=${p}&ynp_tokens[]=%3EPostal+Code%3C&ynp_tokens[]=%3Ctr%3E&ynp_tokens[]=%3C/tr%3E&ynp_tokens[]=tblcell&ynp_tokens[]=%3Cbr%3E&ynp_tokens[]=%3E&ynp_dirs[]=0&ynp_dirs[]=0&ynp_dirs[]=0&ynp_dirs[]=1&ynp_dirs[]=0&ynp_dirs[]=1&ynp_http=post&yncmd=${COMMAND}

bbctv
BBC TV & Radio Search. Searches bbc.co.uk for upcoming TV and Radio programs matching the keyword(s) Examples: List times for upcoming Eastenders episodes: bbctv eastenders Search for upcoming programs on dinosaurs: bbctv dinosaurs Search for programs featuring Jonathan Ross bbctv jonathan ross
30 uses - Created 2005-09-27 05:24:38 - Last used 2016-11-13 05:01:37 - Nominate - Description - http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-perl/whatson/search/advance_search.cgi?keyword=%s

idsch
Setzt eine Wortsuche im IDS-Vebund Schweiz ab. (http://www.zb3.unizh.ch/ids/)
30 uses - Created 2006-01-10 14:13:26 - Last used 2011-11-28 20:25:06 - Nominate - Description - http://aleph.unisg.ch/ids-mbs/direct.htm?find=WTI=%s&site=DSV

vide
clustering searchmachine with good ad-filtering. type in (german search): vide [searchstring]
29 uses - Created 2005-06-20 17:48:17 - Last used 2024-06-28 23:54:42 - Nominate - Description - http://de.vivisimo.com/search?language=german&dlang=de&query=%s

dwin
NAME dwin - search the DarwinPorts ports archive SYNOPSIS dwin [QUERY] -by [BY] EXAMPLES dwin screensaver -by desc (searches for all packages with 'screensaver' in the description) dwin emacs (searches for emacs) searches darwinports.opendarwin.org. BY takes these options: name (the default; so normally you can leave BY blank) desc (port description) cat (port category) maintainer (port maintainer)
29 uses - Created 2005-08-31 19:31:18 - Last used 2008-07-14 18:53:43 - Nominate - Description - http://darwinports.opendarwin.org/ports/?substr=%s&by=${by=name}&Search=

sr2eng
translate from english to serbian + serbian to english in real time (ruby on rails, ajax....)
29 uses - Created 2006-01-08 22:31:47 - Last used 2008-07-17 00:11:03 - Nominate - Description - http://www.metak.com/pretraga/pretraga?word=%s

helveticat
Sucht in allen Feldern des Bibliothekskatalogs Helveticat der Schweiz. Landesbibliothek (www.helveticat.ch)
29 uses - Created 2006-01-24 11:54:49 - Last used 2008-07-10 14:07:19 - Nominate - Description - http://topaz.snl.ch/cgi-bin/gw/chameleon?host=topaz.snl.ch%2b4156%2bDEFAULT&search=KEYWORD&function=INITREQ&SourceScreen=BROADCAST_INTR&skin=helveticat&conf=.%2fchameleon.conf&lng=de&itemu1=1016&u1=1016&t1=%s&elementcount=3&pos=1&beginsrch=1

hfdf
Huffduffer is to audio (mostly spoken word) what delicious is to bookmarks. Use this to find interesting audio nuggets about a person or topic, and then huffduff the stuff you like.
29 uses - Created 2009-01-29 12:45:30 - Last used 2012-06-30 17:28:12 - Nominate - Description - http://huffduffer.com/search?q=%s

ydna-jamu
Ysearch.org retrieval of id# 2y4q7, the results for Joseph August (Magner) Unrein
29 uses - Created 2011-05-14 17:07:29 - Last used 2014-01-05 07:49:30 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ysearch.org/search_view.asp?uid=2y4q7&viewuid=2y4q7&p=1

mil
Welcome to eBenefits! This site is the result of a collaboration between the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DoD). We serve Veterans, Service members, Wounded Warriors, their family members, and their authorized caregivers.
29 uses - Created 2016-05-03 10:57:39 - Last used 2025-10-29 15:29:27 - Nominate - Description - https://myaccess.dmdc.osd.mil/identitymanagement/authenticate.do?gotoUrl=https://myaccess.dmdc.osd.mil/opensso/SAMLAwareServlet?TARGET=https://eauth.va.gov/ebenefits-portal

shrug
Prints out the shrug emoticon so you can copy and paste it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ b.a.
29 uses - Created 2017-06-29 09:28:17 - Last used 2026-04-02 02:50:37 - Nominate - Description - script document.write(decodeURI('%C2%AF%5C_%28%E3%83%84%29_/%C2%AF'))

tidal
Tidal search! (A)//(E)
29 uses - Created 2026-04-17 17:10:20 - Last used 2026-05-31 18:15:49 - Nominate - Description - https://tidal.com/search?q=%s

maximize
A simple command to maximize your browser window (useful for Macs!). AUTHOR elzr.com
29 uses - Created 2008-03-30 08:06:05 - Last used 2019-04-22 05:57:37 - Nominate - Description - script window.moveTo(0,0); window.resizeTo(1920,1200);

yacktrack
A meta-search engine for current content. Searches blogs, StumbleUpon and Twitter. As a parameter, supply a full URL. Example: yacktrack http://knol.google.com made by (e)nb(a)r
29 uses - Created 2008-07-24 14:13:25 - Last used 2011-03-19 04:25:17 - Nominate - Description - http://yacktrack.com/home?query=%s

30m
Go to the mobile version of 30boxes.com (http://m.30boxes.com). 30m without arguments just takes you there. If you give an argument, this will be added as an entry in your calendar if you are logged in (if you don't log out it will remember you for later sessions). Examples: 30m Takes you to http://m.30boxes.com 30m lunch thursday 1pm Creates an event called "lunch" on the next thursday at 1pm. 30m meeting 1/19 2-3pm repeat weekly (bring laptop) Creates an event called "meeting" at January 1st …
29 uses - Created 2006-03-07 01:10:39 - Last used 2010-08-29 16:21:57 - Nominate - Description - http://m.30boxes.com{ifThen -value1 %s -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then /index.php%3Faction=newEvent%26input=%s}

varPrepend
NAME varPrepend - Prepend a string to the beginning of a 'var' variable. SYNOPSIS varPrepend [VARIABLE] -set [STRING] EXAMPLES Assume that the variable xyz equals "slime": varPrepend xyz -set ball Results in "ballslime". NOTES See 'var' command for more details. AUTHOR Allen Ormond - aormond (at) gmail (dot) com Uses the 'var' command created by Stephen Paul Weber.
29 uses - Created 2006-05-02 01:38:51 - Last used 2006-11-19 17:22:56 - Nominate - Description - var %s -set ${set}{var %s}

hsv
HSV (HSB) Color mixer, Example: [hsv 50,100,100] displays the gold color. Hue is in 0..360 range, Saturation + Brightness in 0..100 range. (the 'rgb' command exists as well) JavaScript-based, made by David [dgx] Grudl
29 uses - Created 2006-06-05 17:43:08 - Last used 2023-04-22 19:37:38 - Nominate - Description - http://www.dgx.cz/tools/colormixer/stripe.php?hsv=%s[no url encoding]

gaspr
This retrieves gas prices for your zipcode from MSN Autos (rated as the best service for this by Lifehacker.com .) Syntax: gaspr ZIP, where ZIP=the desired zip code. That's it!
29 uses - Created 2006-08-29 06:34:04 - Last used 2015-10-11 17:21:06 - Nominate - Description - http://autos.msn.com/everyday/gasstations.aspx?zip=%s

grayscale
NAME grayscale - turn a web page to it's grayscale equivalent using graybit.com SYNOPSIS grayscale [URL OF THE PAGE TO DISPLAY IN GRAYSCALE] EXAMPLES grayscale http://accessites.org/ will lead you to a grayscale version of http://accessite.org AUTHOR Yann Perrin (see http://yann.perrin.googlepages.com/ for contact info)
29 uses - Created 2006-09-16 17:43:16 - Last used 2012-09-28 12:23:35 - Nominate - Description - http://graybit.com/files/graybit.php?url=%s

gtc
NAME gtc - Searches Guitar Center website for SEARCH TERM. Guitar Center has almost every product a musician could need to create music. SYNOPSIS gtc [SEARCH TERM] EXAMPLES mfs djembe # You can search for an instrument. mfs vibraslap mfs digidesign # You can search for a brand of equipment. mfs foam # You can search for a product type. mfs stand mfs sm58 # The Sure SM58, this search should give you anything with sm58 in the title, at this time only mics and accessories for the SM58. You should …
29 uses - Created 2006-11-08 10:07:03 - Last used 2021-11-25 01:48:30 - Nominate - Description - http://www.guitarcenter.com/shop/home/navigation?q=%s&x=0&y=0

gende2
(G)oogle (En)glish to (Ge)rman in 2 Frames Translate an URL from English to German using Google. Author: Stefan Schwingeler
29 uses - Created 2006-11-14 10:57:46 - Last used 2011-06-01 07:05:14 - Nominate - Description - splith http://translate.google.com/translate?u=%s&langpair=en%7Cde&hl=en&ie=UTF8 %s

qrn
List verse or set of verses from the Quran/Koran. usage : Two arguments are to be supplied, firt verse no or set of verses. As second argument you also specify a combination of following letters as second argument to customize the display a - arabic display t - transliteration s - subjects refered in verse c - display chapter name above each verse(helpful if range covers more than one chapter/sura) l - display link to play audio for each verse and also whole range In addition to combination of …
29 uses - Created 2006-11-23 14:58:44 - Last used 2012-10-26 22:17:46 - Nominate - Description - http://www.islamicity.com/Quransearch/action.lasso.asp?-database=Quran&-Table=tblMasterTranslit&-Response=Sreply1.asp&-Error=SReply1.asp&-MaxRecords=25&-token={if {strFind -find y -string {% 2 %s}} -gt 0 -then English -else {if {strFind -find p -string {% 2 %s}} -gt 0 -then English_P -else {if {strFind -find m -string {% 2 %s}} -gt 0 -then Asad -else {if {strFind -find u -string {% 2 %s}} -gt 0 -then Turkish -else {if {strFind -find f -string {% 2 %s}} -gt 0 -then French -else {if {strFind -find n -string {% 2 %s}} -gt 0 -then Spanish -else {if {strFind -find w -string {% 2 %s}} -gt 0 -then Malay -else {if {strFind -find g -string {% 2 %s}} -gt 0 -then German -else }}}}}}}}||<ta>{if {strFind -find a -string {% 2 %s}} -gt 0 -then true -else false}</ta><tt>{if {strFind -find t -string {% 2 %s}} -gt 0 -then true -else false}</tt><ts>{if {strFind -find s -string {% 2 %s}} -gt 0 -then true -else false}</ts><dc>{if {strFind -find c -string {% 2 %s}} -gt 0 -then true -else false}</dc><tx>{if {strFind -find y -string {% 2 %s}} -gt 0 -then true -else {if {strFind -find p -string {% 2 %s}} -gt 0 -then true -else {if {strFind -find m -string {% 2 %s}} -gt 0 -then true -else {if {strFind -find u -string {% 2 %s}} -gt 0 -then true -else {if {strFind -find f -string {% 2 %s}} -gt 0 -then true -else {if {strFind -find n -string {% 2 %s}} -gt 0 -then true -else {if {strFind -find w -string {% 2 %s}} -gt 0 -then true -else {if {strFind -find g -string {% 2 %s}} -gt 0 -then true -else false}}}}}}}}</tx><al>{if {strFind -find l -string {% 2 %s}} -gt 0 -then true -else false}</al>&-op=qrange&CV={% 1 %s}[no url encoding]

airport2
NAME airport2 - Finds airport information and airport details, including location and FAA diagrams (when applicable). Able to search by ICAO, IATA, or FAA airport code, city name, country name, country abbreviation. SYNPOSIS airport2 [airport code | city name | country name | country abbreviation] EXAMPLES airport pdk Shows airport details for Peachtree-DeKalb airport airport atlanta Shows all airports in New York City airport United States Shows all airports in the United States airport US Sho…
29 uses - Created 2007-01-13 21:53:08 - Last used 2012-07-25 15:06:36 - Nominate - Description - http://gc.kls2.com/airport/%s

hermann
hermann-bulach.de is the website of Hermann Bulach. It shows you some very funny pictures and you can find usefull links (such as youtube, skype, 1und1{internet service provider} controlcenter, etc.) Im still working on it and some day it will be one of the best websites at all. Thank you for a Visit.
29 uses - Created 2007-03-01 12:54:42 - Last used 2020-02-04 14:26:36 - Nominate - Description - http://www.hermann-bulach.de/

amlinkb
Combines commands amlink and scrapeisbn1 (s.v.) to create an Amazon.com link based on keywords you specify (books only). First searches ISBNdb.com and scrapes the first ISBN number found, then submits that ISBN to Eli Robillard's Amazon Link Generator as an ASIN to create an Amazon image link. Example: amlinkb "assembling the shepherd" - will search ISBNdb.com for the keyword phrase and find the ISBN 0820321680 - then will send 0820321680 to Robillard's link generator to create the link <a href…
29 uses - Created 2007-03-24 01:33:36 - Last used 2008-12-18 17:39:14 - Nominate - Description - amlink {scrapeisbn1 %s}

cleanup
Cleans the code with the tidy command and outputs the tidied html (instead of the errors and stuff) - Logan Koester <logan@logankoester.com>
29 uses - Created 2007-06-28 10:10:54 - Last used 2022-10-09 11:43:14 - Nominate - Description - http://logankoester.com/tools/tidy.php?q=%s

joeyday
Search Joey Day's blog (joeyday.com).
29 uses - Created 2007-08-15 17:27:48 - Last used 2010-11-03 03:35:08 - Nominate - Description - http://www.joeyday.com/?s=%s

klick
Durchsucht das (deutsche) Klicktel Telefonbuch Beispiel: klick -n maier -o berlin (Anzeige aller Maiers aus Berlin)
29 uses - Created 2007-09-06 09:39:24 - Last used 2025-03-01 11:19:41 - Nominate - Description - http://www.klicktel.de/telefonbuch/search.html?boxtype=standard&newSearch=1&name=${n}&plzort=${o}

iprwire
Shortcut to IPR Wire (http://iprwire.com). >||;)
28 uses - Created 2006-10-13 17:56:54 - Last used 2007-02-28 03:09:11 - Nominate - Description - http://iprwire.com

colis
Check colissimo state (French Postal Service)
28 uses - Created 2007-01-03 13:28:12 - Last used 2012-10-07 11:23:56 - Nominate - Description - http://www.coliposte.fr/gp/services/main.jsp?m=10003005&colispart=%s

oodiloki
Avaa oman Oodi-lokin MetaFrame-palvelimelta (Helsingin yliopisto)
28 uses - Created 2007-02-05 12:56:55 - Last used 2015-09-07 12:41:15 - Nominate - Description - http://rontti.helsinki.fi/oodi/oodiloki.ica

419
The funniest site on the web! Many true stories of (mostly Nigerian) 419 scammers getting beat at their own game. ~jbrown~
28 uses - Created 2007-02-18 21:00:58 - Last used 2021-04-16 19:14:19 - Nominate - Description - http://www.419eater.com/

d|
Pipe search for delicious, see http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/7ml4tTnH2xG2SDeMJZhxuA/ Usage: d| -query WHAT -username USER (Author: Stefan Schwingeler)
28 uses - Created 2007-02-28 15:08:20 - Last used 2012-02-27 09:19:30 - Nominate - Description - http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/7ml4tTnH2xG2SDeMJZhxuA/?query=${query=rss}&username=${username=joshua}[post]

straightdope
Straight Dope (straightdope.com) search.
28 uses - Created 2007-07-02 23:47:29 - Last used 2010-02-19 18:36:28 - Nominate - Description - http://www.straightdope.com/script/search?terms=%s[post]

jargonfile
Searches Eunjea's version of the jargon file (version 4.4.5) for the given term.
28 uses - Created 2007-08-04 17:33:06 - Last used 2011-02-01 22:54:09 - Nominate - Description - http://people.kldp.org/~eunjea/jargon/index.php?query=%s&keyword=on

golft
Search German mygolf.de for competition Usage: golft [ClubID] ClubID can be found here: http://www.mygolf.de/club/club_clubsuche.cfm (Author: Stefan Schwingeler)
28 uses - Created 2014-05-16 06:35:25 - Last used 2014-08-23 04:01:48 - Nominate - Description - http://www.mygolf.de/club/turnierkalender.cfm?clubnr_clubinfo=%s

hsd
Search on DiscoFreq's Guitar Effects Database ( ipb )
28 uses - Created 2021-03-17 13:06:53 - Last used 2023-08-13 08:11:54 - Nominate - Description - http://www.effectsdatabase.com/search?search=%s&op=Search

snops
Invidiuous (Snopyta) search
28 uses - Created 2022-01-21 15:54:58 - Last used 2024-05-16 10:01:13 - Nominate - Description - https://invidious.snopyta.org/search?q=%s

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