Command List (ls)

gpdf
use google search pdf file
1527 uses - Created 2005-06-26 09:59:57 - Last used 2024-01-26 17:26:31 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=filetype%3Apdf+%s&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

lyr (Golden Egg)
Search lyricsdir.com for lyrics ========== Old implementation: http://www.lyricsdir.com/search/?q=%s
1429 uses - Created 2005-06-06 23:56:45 - Last used 2019-05-16 04:48:14 - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site:www.lyricsdir.com+%s

yt2
Youtube search via Google site search with I feel Lucky feature. Put in title of a song, or a sufficient part of the lyrics, and it will play right away. Peter Huesken http://www.twitter.com/nph
1423 uses - Created 2013-07-25 04:27:03 - Last used 2026-05-09 23:38:09 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%s&btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky&as_sitesearch=youtube.com

rstats
Searches www.RSeek.org for R (the statistical computing environment) related materials. RSeek.org is a customized Google search that searches the internet, introductory material from CRAN, list-serve responses, R code, Books, and other related materials.
1335 uses - Created 2007-08-15 12:38:16 - Last used 2014-11-05 09:40:51 - Nominate - Description - http://www.rseek.org/?cx=010923144343702598753%3Aboaz1reyxd4&q=%s&sa=Search+functions%2C+lists%2C+and+more&cof=FORID%3A11#966

ggch
NAME ggch - Google swiss webpages search preserving your default interface language. SYNOPSIS gchch [KEYWORD] EXAMPLES ggch cinéma lausanne ggch kino zurich ggch cinema lugano G : Suche nach Web-Seiten der Schweiz. Die Sprache der Oberfläche bleibt erhalten. FR : Recherche les pages web en suisse. Le langage de l'interface sera préservé. I : Cerca pagine web in Svizzera. La lingua di interfaccia sia riprodotta. NOTES The 'gch' command also searches suisse pages but returnes the UI in german. AU…
1319 uses - Created 2009-05-22 18:25:17 - Last used 2025-07-24 01:00:02 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.ch/search?q=%s&btnG=Recherche+Google&meta=cr%3DcountryCH

gam
searches amazon.com (via google)
1289 uses - Created 2010-09-25 06:52:23 - Last used 2025-05-07 05:44:32 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aamazon.com+%s&pws=0

ibmname
Searches for IBM Employee Names within the Blue Pages (http://w3.ibm.com). It only works within IBM's Intranet. For non-IBM Employees, this yubnub command is not accessible.
1288 uses - Created 2006-09-08 09:34:30 - Last used 2013-01-09 10:36:49 - Nominate - Description - http://w3.ibm.com/bluepages/simpleSearch.wss?location=All+locations&searchBy=Name&searchFor=%s&task=viewrecord

jscalc (Golden Egg)
Use javascript as a calculator. Example: jscalc 5+6*7 Output: 47 Example: jscalc 5/6 Output: 0.8333333333333334 Example: jscalc Math.sqrt(25) Output: 5 The command uses document.write(your argument), so it can also output other things for you. Example: jscalc "Put strings in quotes" Output: Put strings in quotes Example: jscalc "5+5="+(5+5) Output: 5+5=10
1283 uses - Created 2006-03-09 19:49:41 - Last used 2026-04-05 13:58:34 - Description - script document.write(%s) [no url encoding]

yout
This is *another* YouTube search. But this one works with the new search. Just go for [yout + your search terms] to search all of YouTube's videos.
1278 uses - Created 2006-08-19 12:00:34 - Last used 2025-11-20 12:18:50 - Nominate - Description - http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=search_videos&search_sort=relevance&search_query=%s&search=Search

smll
SongMeanings.net (lyrics) site search, using Google "I'm Feeling Lucky" to return the first result. To return a list of results, use the command "sml" instead. Example: smll bye bye miss american pie smll plush dogs find her smll she's a brick and i'm drowning slowly
1277 uses - Created 2006-01-04 21:09:00 - Last used 2015-05-08 02:50:35 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?btnI&q=site%3Asongmeanings.net+%s

pondus (Golden Egg)
Get a random strip from the comic Pondus.
1275 uses - Created 2006-03-09 04:49:15 - Last used 2026-06-01 18:14:05 - Description - script var cd=new Date(); var fd=new Date(); fd.setFullYear(2001); fd.setMonth(8); fd.setDate(7); var cdmill=cd.getTime(); var fdmill=fd.getTime(); var diff=cdmill-fdmill; var nd=new Date(); var ndmill=Math.round(diff*Math.random())+fdmill; nd.setTime(ndmill); var month=nd.getMonth()+1; var day=nd.getDate(); if (month<10) month="0"+month; if (day<10) day="0"+day; document.write("<img src=http://my.opera.com/community/graphics/pondus/"+nd.getFullYear()+"/"+month+"/"+day+".gif> <a href=http://www.yubnub.org/parser/parse?command=pondus>New random Pondus</a> | <a href=http://my.opera.com/community/pondus/>Go to todays Pondus</a> | <a href=http://www.yubnub.org>Go to YubNub</a>");

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! ") 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

amr (Golden Egg)
I really like this command. It uses a single parameter, your search phrase, but whats so good about it is it takes that parameter and uses google to pick out a page from amazon with product reviews of your search and automatically direct you to it. Try it out: amr ipod shuffle amr micro hard drive amr memorex traveldrive A very useful command, especially for looking up an item before purchasing it off of ebay. I almost bought the result for "micro hard drive" from ebay before I read those revie…
1249 uses - Created 2006-01-21 06:11:06 - Last used 2026-03-18 12:32:46 - Description - http://www.google.com/search?btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%s+%22Customer+Reviews%22+site:amazon.com

svn
37signals' Signals vs. Noise blog.
1229 uses - Created 2005-10-04 03:48:57 - Last used 2023-10-26 20:33:25 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?as_q=%s&num=10&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=http%3A%2F%2F37signals.com%2Fsvn%2F&as_rights=&safe=images

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}

bggs
Searches BoardGameGeek.com.
1204 uses - Created 2008-06-15 21:09:48 - Last used 2025-11-25 09:49:07 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?aq=f&num=100&hl=en&safe=off&q=site%3Aboardgamegeek.com+%s&btnG=Search

,,

1186 uses - Created 2009-04-19 13:25:40 - Last used 2016-09-06 06:02:49 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Aresidentadvisor.net+%s+nightclub&btnG=Search

cnv (Golden Egg)
Conversion search. Convert anything to anything. Weight, Distance, Time, Currency, and more. | Examples: | cnv 30 feet to meter | cnv 100 usd to cad | cnv 20 fl oz to liter | cnv 500 days to years | cnv 1 year to seconds | cnv 80 kg to pounds Key words: Conversion convert metric imperial foreign exchange currency Author: Andreas T
1178 uses - Created 2007-08-07 17:22:43 - Last used 2025-09-20 06:12:59 - Description - scrape -tokens calc_img.gif -dirs 0 0 0 -url http://www.google.com/search?q=conversion+{strreplace -find " " -replace + -string %s}

gdl
search rapidshare links with google
1166 uses - Created 2007-07-14 08:50:08 - Last used 2025-06-18 20:45:18 - Nominate - Description - http://google.com/search?q=%22%s%22+rapidshare.com

gmy
does a search on google for myspace then the query, useful for looking up bands myspaces. Made to save me from typing g myspace BANDNAME every time.
1146 uses - Created 2008-01-30 18:31:43 - Last used 2016-08-25 10:00:12 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=myspace+%s

bestbuy
Best Buy search. ---------- Old implementation: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=cat12085&type=page&sc=ALL&qs=%s&cp=1&sp=Relevance&mipp=25&uq=%s&_requestid=53936
1144 uses - Created 2005-07-12 19:19:53 - Last used 2025-12-30 16:19:01 - Nominate - Description - http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1&_dynSessConf=-4268119219330931904&id=pcat17071&type=page&st=%s&sc=Global&cp=1&nrp=15&sp=&qp=&list=n&iht=y&usc=All+Categories&ks=960

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 -url {url g %s}} {strFind -find = -string {scrape -tokens -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 /(.*?)<\/b>/ -capture 1 -matchnbr 1} -token =<space>} -idx 1}

sdltm
A google search of HM Revenue & Customs' SDLT manual
1105 uses - Created 2007-09-14 10:38:20 - Last used 2024-03-04 01:53:27 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.hmrc.gov.uk%2Fmanuals%2Fsdltmanual%2F+%s&meta=

goobooks
Google Books Search Example: goobooks martian timeslip
1103 uses - Created 2005-12-04 18:36:40 - Last used 2013-05-22 20:17:54 - Nominate - Description - http://books.google.com/books?q=%s&btnG=Search+Books&hl=en

gfrfl
Google search in french, "Feeling lucky". Recherche sur Google france, "J'ai de la chance"
1072 uses - Created 2007-11-07 16:25:01 - Last used 2012-01-07 23:12:40 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.fr/search?hl=fr&q=%s&btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky

relooking

1070 uses - Created 2007-09-07 12:43:33 - Last used 2014-02-05 06:55:34 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=relooking+rouen

g.is
Google Advanced Search: Search webpages in Iceland only. To search Icelandic webpages: g.is visa requirements ---------- Old implementation: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en-IS&as_q=%s&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&lr=&cr=countryIS&as_qdr=all&as_sitesearch=&as_occt=any&safe=active&as_filetype=&tbs=
1064 uses - Created 2020-09-19 18:02:07 - Last used 2026-02-16 17:03:36 - Nominate - Description - https://www.google.is/search?as_q=%s&as_eq=ubuy+desertcart+inurl%3Aindex.php&cr=countryIS&as_qdr=all&as_sitesearch=is&as_occt=any

gvi
google video...gv just doesn't work...
1051 uses - Created 2005-06-30 09:04:14 - Last used 2025-03-31 11:15:39 - Nominate - Description - http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=%s&btnG=Search+Video

askmefi
Ask Metafilter search using Google
1047 uses - Created 2005-06-18 03:32:30 - Last used 2017-02-26 11:31:51 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/custom?q=%s&sa=Google+Search&cof=GIMP%3A%23ffffcc%3BT%3Awhite%3BALC%3A%23FFFFCC%3BGFNT%3A%23cccccc%3BLC%3A%23CCCC00%3BBGC%3A%23426746%3BAH%3Aleft%3BVLC%3A%23CCCC99%3BGL%3A2%3BGALT%3A%23999999%3BAWFID%3A6bb0ad67a4a8d3e0%3B&domains=ask.metafilter.com&sitesearch=ask.metafilter.com

cad
Ctrl+Alt+Del - Tragically l337
1029 uses - Created 2005-06-13 14:30:43 - Last used 2023-12-12 16:39:01 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/

impa
Searches the Internet Movie Poster Awards (www.impawards.com)
1022 uses - Created 2008-09-19 16:15:05 - Last used 2021-04-29 01:43:55 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/custom?domains=www.impawards.com&q=%s&sa=Google+Search&sitesearch=www.impawards.com&client=pub-6811780361519631&forid=1&ie=ISO-8859-1&oe=ISO-8859-1&cof=GALT%3A%2333CC33%3BGL%3A1%3BDIV%3A%23000000%3BVLC%3A33FF33%3BAH%3Acenter%3BBGC%3A000000%3BLBGC%3A000000%3BALC%3A33CC33%3BLC%3A33CC33%3BT%3ACCCCCC%3BGFNT%3AFFFFFF%3BGIMP%3AFFFFFF%3BFORID%3A1%3B&hl=en

guardian
Search the Guardian
1021 uses - Created 2005-06-17 09:15:17 - Last used 2025-08-15 16:07:37 - Nominate - Description - http://search.guardian.co.uk/search97cgi/s97networkr_cgi?QueryText=%s&Action=Search&Collection=archive_artifact&ResultTemplate=Archive_Artifact.hts&SortSpec=VdkPublicationDate+Desc

imdbs
NAME IMDb Search, improved SYNOPSIS imdbs Movie, actor, whatever EXAMPLE imdbs amelie ---goes straight to imdb movie page, not search results AUTHOR ++ Axlemax ++
1019 uses - Created 2009-04-16 09:55:28 - Last used 2016-05-02 01:39:50 - Nominate - Description - > imdb %s

fedora
Fedora documentation search. Searches the userdocs on www.fedora.info. To search the documentation, just type your keywords. Example: fedora release notes
1014 uses - Created 2005-08-18 00:51:03 - Last used 2026-03-12 13:51:53 - Nominate - Description - http://google.com/search?q=site:www.fedora.info+inurl:userdocs+%s

gset
Google Sets. To see more prefixes if you know some of them, type: Example: gset mega, tera, giga, To find out most-mentioned UNIX command line commands, type: Example: gset man, cat SEE ALSO: sets, set
988 uses - Created 2008-05-20 00:21:38 - Last used 2026-06-02 22:04:47 - Nominate - Description - {runphp <? $a=explode(",", "%s"); echo "http://labs.google.com/sets?"; foreach($a as $i => $q) echo "q".($i+1)."=".urlencode(trim($q))."&"; echo "btn=Large+Set" ?>}[no url encoding]

impawa
Performs an IMP Awards (Internet Movie Poster Awards) search using the given keyword(s), and brings up the closest matching page. It uses Google to do this, and was inspired by the "trailer" command. For example, if your keyword is "YubNub", type "impawa yubnub".
979 uses - Created 2010-08-08 14:52:10 - Last used 2015-07-13 15:27:11 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Aimpawards.com+%s&btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky

ADULTCHAT
ADULT CHAT +18 http://lustgall.xxxpart.com/main.php?f=120128865
978 uses - Created 2017-08-26 04:04:36 - Last used 2018-08-03 20:38:24 - Nominate - Description - http://lustgall.xxxpart.com/main.php?f=120128865

gmapt
Google Maps search for Toronto, Canada
972 uses - Created 2011-06-30 18:47:06 - Last used 2026-06-05 06:04:30 - Nominate - Description - http://maps.google.com/maps?q=%s%2C+Toronto%2C+Canada

recurse
Recursively recurses recursively. [jarrin.net]
949 uses - Created 2007-08-12 17:49:09 - Last used 2021-08-24 11:25:33 - Nominate - Description - http://yubnub.org/parser/parse?command=recurse+%s

unicode (Golden Egg)
Uses Unihan Database to get a character set glyphs using any unicode in this set Example: Unihan 0600 returns: Unihan Index for U+600 through U+6FF use Unihan 0 for english character set Author: Essam Eliwa
904 uses - Created 2005-08-19 09:59:16 - Last used 2026-05-07 04:28:55 - Description - http://www.unicode.org/cgi-bin/UnihanGrid.pl?codepoint=U+%s&useutf8=false

etn
Search www.ethnologue.com e.g. etn English
904 uses - Created 2007-03-02 12:34:27 - Last used 2021-03-18 20:36:18 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=ethnologue+%s

rotom
NAME Rotten Tomatoes Search, improved SYNOPSIS rotom Movie, actor, whatever EXAMPLE rotom amelie ---goes straight to rotten tomatoes movie page, not search results AUTHOR ++ Axlemax ++
901 uses - Created 2010-05-24 23:49:36 - Last used 2017-10-06 10:57:54 - Nominate - Description - > rotten tomatoes %s

ace
This command structures a search of the FAA aircraft database by owner name. It can be sorted by N-Number, Serial Number, Manufacturer Name/Model, Owner Name. Arrange YubNub string this way: "ace" last-name first-name sort-code [see below] ace -l smith -f -sort 1 [This command line gives you all owner names with the name "Smith" sorted by aircraft N-Number.] Sortcode 1: N-name Sortcode 2: Serial Number Sortcode 3: Manufacturer Name Sortcode 4: Model Name Sortcode 5: Owner Name Author: M.Druskof…
894 uses - Created 2006-04-27 16:46:09 - Last used 2025-12-29 13:50:05 - Nominate - Description - http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/nameSQL.asp?nametxt=${l}+${f}&sort_option=${sort=5}

uofa
Does a google search of the University of Arizona site, Tucson, AZ
893 uses - Created 2006-04-26 14:11:32 - Last used 2024-09-03 02:17:45 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=site:arizona.edu+%s

luck
Google's I'm feeling lucky search.
889 uses - Created 2005-06-24 23:45:12 - Last used 2026-05-02 22:48:50 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?biw=1020&hl=en&q=%s&btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky

bkf
Search for a book on bookfinder. example: bkf -a Lewis -t Plurality (This submits a search with 'Lewis' in the author field and 'Plurality' in the title field.) or: bkf Lewis (This submits a search just with 'Lewis' in the author field)
889 uses - Created 2005-07-10 18:28:03 - Last used 2026-01-18 10:30:34 - Nominate - Description - http://www.bookfinder.com/search/?author=%s${a}&title=${t}&submit=Begin+Search&new_used=*&currency=USD&mode=basic&st=sr&ac=qr

freshmeat
Simple+search+for+freshmeat.net.
883 uses - Created 2005-06-26 20:59:06 - Last used 2015-03-23 03:32:57 - Nominate - Description - http://freshmeat.net/search/?q=%s&section=projects&Go.x=0&Go.y=0

hmrc
General google search of HM Revenue & Customs' website
871 uses - Created 2007-09-14 10:34:13 - Last used 2025-02-27 11:39:16 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.hmrc.gov.uk+%s&meta=

luc
Search using Google's "I'm Feeling Lucky" feature. Instead of returning a list of matches for your search, it redirects you to the best match right away. Example: lucky Zhang Ziyi
867 uses - Created 2005-11-16 20:03:22 - Last used 2024-08-22 07:53:12 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%s&btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky

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