Command List (ls)

nr
UK National Rail live train departure boards. Displays the departure board for the specified station. The codes are often guessable, but sometimes you may need to go to the National Rail (http://www.nationalrail.co.uk) site to look it up first. Examples: natrail BHM - Brimingham New Street natrail CRE - Crewe natrail BRI - Bristol Temple Meads
1262 uses - Created 2006-02-03 11:02:36 - Last used 2026-05-17 08:46:41 - Nominate - Description - http://www.livedepartureboards.co.uk/ldb/summary.aspx?T={ucase %s}

<<<
SYNOPSIS <<< [Yubnub command|URL] [query, optional] -pool [number, optional, default is 7] EXAMPLES <<< yshop ipod Searches iPod images (via Google) within sites related to CNN --like shopping.msn.com, froogle.google.com, bizrate.com, etc... <<< dilbert Searches for images (via Google) within sites related to Dilbert.com --like User Friendly, The Onion, Doonesbury, United Media, Penny Arcade, etc... <<< dart girl Searches for images of a "girl" (via Google) within sites related to Deviant Art -…
1261 uses - Created 2006-01-31 10:51:13 - Last used 2020-05-21 05:32:09 - Nominate - Description - http://eemadges.com/rel?url={url {% 1 %s}}&query={% 2- %s}&pool=${pool=7}&md=img[no url encoding]

print (Golden Egg)
A very simple yet useful command. Echos your input and automatically prompts you to print the page. EXAMPLE print 222 Alexander Road; Somewhere, Somestate. (prints the given address) --Jacob Ensor jacobensor.com
1259 uses - Created 2008-06-10 18:35:07 - Last used 2026-05-28 20:14:52 - Description - echo <html><head></head><body onload="javascript:window.print()">%s</body></html>

Yubnublet (Golden Egg)
NAME Yubnublet - Creates a page with the javascript code that you pass to it So you can create bookmarklets in Yubnub SYNOPSIS Yubnublet <JS code> EXAMPLE Yubnublet window.alert("this is cool!") Yubnublet document.write("this is cool too!") Yubnublet for(i=0;i<10;i++)document.write("this is very cool!<br>") You can also include the current url in you code(this is the most common in a bookmarklet) the string [current URL] (note the brackets) will be replaced by the actual url for example: Yubnub…
1254 uses - Created 2005-11-22 13:27:47 - Last used 2026-03-05 21:28:36 - Description - http://saraswaticlasses.net/yubnub/yubnublet.php?code=%s

Round
NAME Round - Rounds a value SYNOPSIS Round [VALUE] -p [PRECISION] EXAMPLES Round 5.82 (returns: 6) Round 5.82 -precision 1 (returns: 5.8) Round 5.82 -precision -1 (returns: 10) Rounds a value to a specified precision (number of digits after the decimal point). Precision can also be negative or zero (default). AUTHOR Allen Ormond <aormond (at) fromrocks (dot) com>
1248 uses - Created 2005-08-13 23:21:19 - Last used 2024-07-26 17:14:53 - Nominate - Description - http://jonathanaquino.com/yubscripts/math/math.php?command=round&input=%s&precision=${precision=0}&xn_auth=no

gbm
Searches Google Bookmarks (same as command "gbk")
1238 uses - Created 2006-10-19 21:43:38 - Last used 2022-11-16 17:24:52 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/bookmarks/find?q=%s

gdo
Google Docs search that work (as of may 2008)
1235 uses - Created 2008-04-20 21:32:42 - Last used 2025-11-25 15:50:51 - Nominate - Description - http://docs.google.com/?searchString=tets&action=search&searchTag=#search/%s

hrwiki
Search the Homestar Runner Wiki (www.hrwiki.org), a comprehensive knowledge-base of all things related to Homestar Runner, including the Strong Bad Emails.
1234 uses - Created 2005-06-20 19:06:41 - Last used 2023-11-25 17:41:10 - Nominate - Description - http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/Special:Search?search=%s

glot-nlen
Interglot translation service from Dutch (Nederlands) to English. USAGE : glot-nlen <word>
1230 uses - Created 2005-06-21 11:41:57 - Last used 2024-01-10 03:31:49 - Nominate - Description - http://interglot.com/interglotresult.php?SrcLang=1&DstLang=2&word=%s

g2p
What is G2P.org? Think of P2P file sharing, except google is one of those people. Using some very special searches, we are able to search for specific files (and file types) using google. We have covered most of the searches this in the previous article Google Hacking. What G2P is currently tuned to find is MP3s, Ebooks, and gives the ability to use google as a Proxy. These searches alone are nothing secret, but G2P puts them easy to use (and remember) interface. Oh, and yes you do truely becom…
1228 uses - Created 2006-06-04 08:47:49 - Last used 2025-04-10 08:39:04 - Nominate - Description - http://www.g2p.org/index.php?user=%s

roger
Searches Roger, the online catalog of the UC San Diego library. Default is a keyword search of all collections except slides. Specify further with optional arguments -type and -coll. Useful options for -type include a (author), t (title), and d (subject) Useful options for -coll include 1 (reference), 2 (journals/serials), 3 (film&video),
1228 uses - Created 2006-07-29 03:04:47 - Last used 2025-05-09 12:43:20 - Nominate - Description - http://roger.ucsd.edu/search/a?searchtype=${type=X}&searcharg=%s&searchscope=${coll=6}&SORT=D&Search=Search

f-e (Golden Egg)
Translate from Fr to En via google (translate from En to Fr via command e-f)
1225 uses - Created 2010-05-12 19:44:26 - Last used 2026-05-19 01:40:32 - Description - http://translate.google.fr/#fr|en|%s

multiTab (Golden Egg)
NAME MultiTab - Open several tabs SYNOPSIS MultiTab url1;url2;url3;... MultiTab command1;command2;command3;... MultiTab parameter1;parameter2;parameter3;... -cmd command EXAMPLES Multitab www.apple.com Open a new tab(useless because closes the current one) Multitab ipod;macbook;g5 -cmd froo Open several tabs with the same command but with different parameters MultiTab cars racer;hamar;norway -cmd flk Same as previous but with the multiword parameter "cars racer" (Stian, Do you want anything els…
1218 uses - Created 2006-03-18 18:26:08 - Last used 2024-12-25 06:32:33 - Description - open {strReplace -find ; -replace %7D;%7Burl+${cmd}+ -string %7Burl+${cmd}+%s%7D}

newwin (Golden Egg)
newwin -- Open a yubnub command in a new window This command will load your YubNub command or a URL in a new window or tab, depending on your browser settings. usage: newwin [yubnub command or URL] example: newwin gim porsche author: chicagosage b.a.
1214 uses - Created 2006-01-26 20:41:07 - Last used 2023-12-28 00:05:34 - Description - script window.open('{url[no url encoding] %s}');history.go(-1)[no url encoding]

eix
eix acts like the Gentoo Linux (www.gentoo.org) tool "eix" and it searches for "ebuilds" (software packages) on portage (gentoo's software collection). The syntax is very simple: "eix bash" is pointing you to the bash shell in portage. Searching/Finding is done via the www.gentoo-portage.com Website (which looks far cooler than the official packages.gentoo.org ;-) ).
1213 uses - Created 2006-09-07 09:06:25 - Last used 2015-04-17 08:24:01 - Nominate - Description - http://www.gentoo-portage.com/Search?search=%s

wede
German weather information, eiter by ZIP (only for germany) or by name (international).
1212 uses - Created 2005-10-25 14:23:40 - Last used 2019-02-17 22:10:12 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wetter.com/v2/?LANG=DE&LOC=7004&LOCFORM=0001&LOCFULL=7000&search=%s

both (Golden Egg)
Executes 2 yubnub commands in sequence (client-side) Example: both command1 -and command2
1210 uses - Created 2006-12-11 16:49:36 - Last used 2021-11-07 06:46:18 - Description - echo <iframe src="{url %s}" onload="location='{url ${and}}'" style="display:none">

flex2c
NAME flex2c - Display class info from Flex 2 LiveDocs USAGE flex2c [class name] EXAMPLES flex2c mx.print.FlexPrintJob This command displays class information for Flex 2 classes from Macromedia LiveDocs. AUTHOR Aral Balkan (http://flashant.org) SPECIAL THANKS Jonathan Aquino for leading me in the right direction. Allen Ormond for his wonderful strReplace command.
1200 uses - Created 2006-01-23 09:58:18 - Last used 2026-06-10 15:57:23 - Nominate - Description - http://livedocs.macromedia.com/labs/1/flex/langref/{strReplace -find . -replace / -string %s}.html

cool
Cool Website Links Example: "Cool travel" for travel links. Other uses (Cool ?): Google, Yahoo, Metacrawler, InfoSpace, forward, other, addons, business, metric, words, foreign, international, guide, computer, jobs, map, train, people, price, religious, science_news, software, space, travel, government, weather, mail
1191 uses - Created 2005-07-12 14:46:50 - Last used 2026-04-08 13:13:52 - Nominate - Description - http://www.whiz.netfirms.com#%s

gdd
Check availability of domain name on GoDaddy.com Usage: godaddy [domainName] godaddy [domainName] -tld [.com/.org/.net ...] -tld - top-level domain, default to .com (abbreviation of the godaddy command)
1188 uses - Created 2007-06-02 06:46:48 - Last used 2025-01-30 07:39:13 - Nominate - Description - https://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/registrar/search.asp?se=%2B&ci=164&domainToCheck=%s&checkAvail=1&tld=${tld=.com}

pachanka
NAME pachanka - Sends you to a random page at http://pachanka.org or executes a command on the site. SYNOPSIS pachanka [command] Pachanka.org is a site based on random texts that can only display randomly, although it is possible to run commands to the main page to navigate it. The reason this command was created was to make navigation possible on the page. EXAMPLE "pachanka help" (Will list all available commands.)
1188 uses - Created 2007-08-20 07:45:27 - Last used 2015-06-11 01:59:54 - Nominate - Description - http://pachanka.org/index.php?%s

fog
it searches http://forums.gentoo.org one of the best linux knowledge repositories on the web. it is good even for the other linux users (not just for gentooists)
1175 uses - Created 2005-09-06 18:05:49 - Last used 2023-08-25 04:56:41 - Nominate - Description - http://forums.gentoo.org/search.php?search_terms=all&show_results=topics&search_keywords=%s&mode=results

redtop (Golden Egg)
Provides a quick and easy way to bring up the top posts in a given reddit category (subreddit). The syntax is redtop [subreddit] [time_duration]. Both parameters are optional. time_duration can be hour, day, week, month, year or all. The default subreddit is economics, and the default time period is one week. For example, redtop (the top economics posts for the last week) redtop japan (the top posts for japan in the last week) redtop pandemic month (the top posts in the pandemic category for th…
1168 uses - Created 2009-11-30 09:14:56 - Last used 2026-03-13 18:51:33 - Description - reddtop -what {% 1 %s} -time {% 2 %s}

deliall
Search Delicious content (not tag)
1159 uses - Created 2005-12-31 18:10:15 - Last used 2015-09-07 12:52:20 - Nominate - Description - http://del.icio.us/search/?all=%s

amo
Answers.com Fact Search (optimized for mobile devices)
1158 uses - Created 2006-02-01 22:00:50 - Last used 2025-12-09 10:33:35 - Nominate - Description - http://mobile.answers.com/%s

lxget
Lxget is identical to lexisget, except that it saves a few letters of typing. Cf. wlfind (rather than "westlawfind"). As explained in the description for lexisget: If you are already signed in to LexisNexis, this command -- if entered without a parameter -- takes you to the LexisNexis "Get a Document" form (a/k/a LEXSEE). If entered with a parameter that LexisNexis recognizes as a citation of a document in its databases, it will take you to the document. If you are not yet signed in, you will b…
1158 uses - Created 2008-05-28 09:15:09 - Last used 2019-08-30 03:04:05 - Nominate - Description - http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?searchtype=get&search=%s

denic
Perform a Whois Search in DENIC Database (DEutsches Network Information Center) German NIC Get information about the Owner, Tech-C and Admin-C of a .de second-level domain Just type the domain name without the .de (it is added automatically, since the DENIC only knows about .de domains afterall) Example: To find domain information associated with uni-bonn.de you type: denic uni-bonn If you use this command you agree to the following term ans conditions: Terms and Conditions of Use All the domai…
1147 uses - Created 2005-10-25 20:14:01 - Last used 2024-11-28 12:21:19 - Nominate - Description - http://www.denic.de/webwhois/?domain=%s&submit=Akzeptieren

create2 (Golden Egg)
NAME create2 - Create a new YubNub command. SYNOPSIS create2 [COMMAND_NAME] EXAMPLES create2 (sends you to a blank 'create2' form) create2 NewCommand (create a command with the name 'NewCommand') Make a YubNub command using an alternate interface. The main difference is that the new interface assists with creating more complete and consistant command descriptions. NOTES The create2 form is not an official YubNub site. Please contact me with any problems/suggestions. AUTHOR Allen Ormond - aormon…
1147 uses - Created 2006-03-30 04:49:26 - Last used 2022-09-20 08:28:09 - Description - ifthen -value1 1 -value2 {commandexists %s} -test EQUAL -then A command with that name already exists. -else http://fromrocks.com/yubnub/create2/create2.php?%s -redirect true

flight
Looks up real-time flight status on flightview.com. Enter both al (airline) and flight number (flight) Example: flight -al aa -flight 2605 (This would look up American flight 2605.)
1141 uses - Created 2005-08-08 20:23:23 - Last used 2026-02-22 18:04:05 - Nominate - Description - https://bwi.flightview.com/fvSabreVT/fvCPL.exe?qtype=htm&AL=${al}&acid=${flight}

art (Golden Egg)
Search the Web Gallery of Art (text)
1139 uses - Created 2005-06-08 08:44:36 - Last used 2026-04-04 18:50:49 - Description - http://www.wga.hu/cgi-bin/search.cgi?comment=%s&lang=2&author=&time=any&form=any

collect
Performs a SoundtrackCollector search using the given keyword(s), and brings up a list of relevant results. For example, if your keyword is "YubNub", type "collect yubnub".
1133 uses - Created 2010-08-08 16:22:07 - Last used 2025-07-29 01:57:31 - Nominate - Description - http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/catalog/search.php?searchon=all&searchtext=%s

flex1c
NAME flex1c - Display class info from Flex 1.5 LiveDocs USAGE flex1c [class name] EXAMPLES flex1c mx.core.Application This command displays class information for Flex 1.5 from Macromedia LiveDocs. AUTHOR Aral Balkan (http://flashant.org) SPECIAL THANKS Jonathan Aquino for leading me in the right direction. Allen Ormond for his wonderful strReplace command.
1132 uses - Created 2006-01-23 10:15:53 - Last used 2026-06-14 01:23:11 - Nominate - Description - http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flex/15/asdocs_en/index.html?{strReplace -find . -replace / -string %s}.html

gru
Поиск страниц на русском с помощью www.google.ru. Performs a Google search in Russian using the given keywords. Чтобы найти какие-либо слова, просто укажите их вслед за командой. Пример: gru мама мыла раму (Ищет `мама мыла раму' в интернете среди страниц на русском языке) Пример: gru (Переходит на страницу www.google.ru) Set character encoding to UTF-8 to view this page properly.
1129 uses - Created 2006-07-19 22:29:04 - Last used 2026-01-22 18:51:58 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.ru/{eop search?hl=ru&q=@%s@&btnG=Поиск&lr=lang_ru}

compete
SnapShots are smart profiles of the websites we visit. Simply enter a domain (e.g. amazon.com) and SnapShot will provide traffic history, a trust assessment and a list of all available coupon codes. Example: compete yubnub.org
1127 uses - Created 2007-05-18 18:51:02 - Last used 2023-05-17 17:50:47 - Nominate - Description - http://snapshot.compete.com/%s

pi-search
SYNOPSIS pi-search [number] EXAMPLES pi-search 911 pi-search [your birthday] Searches for any number inside pi. If pi is a "normal" number (currently unknown), any finite sequence of digits should occur inside pi.
1125 uses - Created 2005-09-02 09:05:58 - Last used 2026-01-13 07:03:55 - Nominate - Description - http://koem.kicks-ass.net/cgi-bin/pisearch.cgi?digits=%s&action=search

fstb
SYNOPSIS fstb [search term] -type [file type] EXAMPLES fstb fstb Need for Speed fstb parkour -type wmv Searches http://www.filestube.com for specified search term using the site's basic search function. Possible values for type parameter are All (default), avi, mp3, mpeg, mpg, rar, wma, wmv, and zip. Executed without parameters the command defaults to the front page.
1118 uses - Created 2008-07-19 03:36:15 - Last used 2014-12-01 18:11:32 - Nominate - Description - http://www.filestube.com/{ifThen -value1 %s -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then search.html?q=%s&select=${type=all}}

sky (Golden Egg)
Skypes the given user. Example: sky jonathan.aquino Tested from the Firefox YubNub search bar. Inspired by the sidebarload command.
1113 uses - Created 2006-01-26 07:28:51 - Last used 2026-06-07 15:22:29 - Description - echo <script language="javascript">w = window.open("callto://%s");w.close();history.go(-1);</script>

pkgsrc
Search in database of current pksgsrc (NetBSD) packages. 2021/01
1110 uses - Created 2021-01-22 15:21:25 - Last used 2026-06-15 18:11:07 - Nominate - Description - http://pkgsrc.se/search.php?so=%s

clc (Golden Egg)
NAME clc - Evaluates a mathematic expression EXAMPLES clc 1+1 clc ((pi*2)/6)+5 AUTHOR Stephen Paul Weber http://singpolyma-tech.blogspot.com/ ========== Old implementation: {url[no url encoding] idx {explode {strRightRev {scrape -tokens <font size=%2B1><b> </b> -url {url g %s}} {strFind -find = -string {scrape -tokens <font size=%2B1><b> </b> -url {url g %s}}}} -token <space>} -idx 0}
1109 uses - Created 2006-04-24 17:13:53 - Last used 2023-10-11 04:30:45 - Description - stripHTML {idx {explode {match -url {url g %s} -pattern /<font size=.1><b>(.*?)<\/b>/ -capture 1 -matchnbr 1} -token =<space>} -idx 1}

rhyme
Retrieves perfect rhymes of a given word. Example: rhyme awesome (Displays rhymes of the word "awesome"). See also: offrhyme
1097 uses - Created 2005-06-20 19:47:50 - Last used 2026-01-26 13:49:26 - Nominate - Description - http://www.dillfrog.com/tools/rhymer/sound.asp?match_type=perfect_rhyme&word=%s

dvee
Searches http://devot-ee.com for ExpressionEngine addons. Defaults to searching for ALL addons; if you want to search for a specific version's addons, use the -ver flag followed by either 'ee1' or 'ee2'. Examples: dvee category (searches ALL EE ADDONS for keyword "category") dvee category -ver ee2 (searches ONLY EE2 ADDONS for keyword "category")
1096 uses - Created 2011-08-15 21:19:57 - Last used 2021-05-16 12:27:20 - Nominate - Description - http://devot-ee.com/search/results/search&channel=addons&keywords=%s&addon_version_support=${ver}/[use %20 for spaces]

pinboardm
SYNOPSIS pinboardm [TAG]... Explore My Pinboard bookmarks with tags (up to 3) EXAMPLES pinboardm a Returns: https://pinboard.in/u:maciej/t:a pinboardm maciej a b c Returns; https://pinboard.in/u:maciej/t:a/t:b%20/t:c (I can't figure out how to get rid of those %20, but it works just fine.) SEE ALSO pinboarda AUTHOR oumu
1092 uses - Created 2013-11-16 03:32:52 - Last used 2026-03-12 20:14:31 - Nominate - Description - https://pinboard.in/u:{% 1 %s}/t:{% 2 %s}{ifthen -value1 {% 3 %s} -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then /t:{% 3 %s}}{ifthen -value1 {% 4 %s} -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then /t:{% 4 %s}}[no url encoding]

guess (Golden Egg)
Guesses the given language. (From Xerox Research Centre Europe) Example: guess tworzy? swoje w?asne z u?yciem create
1076 uses - Created 2006-01-21 04:58:20 - Last used 2025-03-16 15:07:55 - Description - http://www.xrce.xerox.com/cgi-bin/mltt/LanguageGuesser?Text=%s

ec
Retrieves the 5-day forecast from Environment Canada's Weather Office for a named Canadian airport code. ec airport-code For example, ec yvr will return the 5-day forecast for Vancouver, and ec yyz will return the 5-day forecase for Toronto. Samples: ec yvr <- Vancouver BC ec yyz <- Toronto ON ec yyj <- Victoria BC (airport) ec ywh <- Victoria BC (harbour)
1071 uses - Created 2006-02-03 23:59:26 - Last used 2026-03-05 09:50:14 - Nominate - Description - http://www.weatheroffice.pyr.ec.gc.ca/pda/citygen_e.html?Client=PDACDNF_e&city=%s

ebayd
Ebay Deutschland (Germany). Example: ebayd messagebelt
1067 uses - Created 2005-10-13 13:54:10 - Last used 2019-09-19 17:13:09 - Nominate - Description - http://search.ebay.de/search/search.dll?satitle=%s&cgiurl=http%3A//cgi.ebay.de/ws/&fkr=1&from=R8&category0=

wod (Golden Egg)
NAME wod - Webster's Online Dictionary with Multilingual Thesaurus Translation SYNOPSIS wod [WORD(S)] [-lang [LANGUAGE]] EXAMPLES Just try it: wod wod word wod mail fraud wod Maxfield Parrish wod мама -lang Russian wod bachelière -lang French wod 百度 -lang all Who describes better than authors of www.websters-online-dictionary.org: What do you get when you start with Webster’s classic 1913 unabridged dictionary, and you add updated definitions, thousands of images (one picture being worth a thou…
1060 uses - Created 2006-06-20 13:09:12 - Last used 2025-06-29 19:15:15 - Description - http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/[post]{IfEmpty -value ${lang} -then {IfEmpty -value %s -then -else search/?s=%s&R1=en} -else {IfEmpty -value %s -then -else search/?s=%s}&R1=${lang}}

last.fm
General search of last.fm. The other commands (lfm) didn't seem to work. This one also searches everything, not just albums and tracks.
1057 uses - Created 2006-02-07 22:24:33 - Last used 2024-12-23 21:29:31 - Nominate - Description - http://www.last.fm/explore/search.php?q=%s

qdef (Golden Egg)
NAME qdef - Quick Definitions -- get a definition from ninjawords.com in a self-closing window. SYNOPSIS qdef [WORD] -t [OPTIONAL SECONDS] EXAMPLES qdef polysemy << pops open a window with the definition for "polysemy". It automatically closes in 10 seconds. qdef polysemy -t 20 << the same as before, but it waits 20 seconds before closing This command loads definitions from the excellent ninjawords.com. It automatically closes the definition window in 10 seconds. To change the length that the w…
1057 uses - Created 2006-12-13 22:55:25 - Last used 2025-10-19 21:21:16 - Description - echo <script>def=window.open('http://www.ninjawords.com/%s');setTimeout("def.close();history.go(-1);",${t=10}000);</script>

nzl
NewzLeech.com Usenet binaries search engine with nzb creation. Example: nzl linux iso There are options for mininum/maximum age (days) and size (megabytes). Example: nzl linux iso -minage 7 -maxage 30 -minsize 600 -maxsize 700
1056 uses - Created 2008-07-11 06:21:24 - Last used 2019-11-16 12:19:30 - Nominate - Description - http://www.newzleech.com/usenet/?group=&minage=${minage}&age=${maxage}&min=${minsize}&max=${maxsize}&q=%s&mode=usenet&adv=1

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