Command List (ls)

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

gmes
Google Maps España
1188 uses - Created 2006-05-17 16:42:11 - Last used 2026-06-08 23:54:41 - Nominate - Description - http://maps.google.com/maps?q=%s

,,

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 <b> </b> -dirs 0 0 0 -url http://www.google.com/search?q=conversion+{strreplace -find " " -replace + -string %s}

gina
Google.Co.Id, search google with Result in Indonesian Language Example: gina Gus dur
1167 uses - Created 2008-06-10 15:55:44 - Last used 2026-01-16 08:05:00 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.co.id/search?hl=id&q=%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

mit
Searched MITs Open Courseware database.
1166 uses - Created 2005-10-10 15:27:42 - Last used 2026-05-19 05:35:20 - Nominate - Description - http://gb-server.mit.edu/search?__EVENTTARGET=&__EVENTARGUMENT=&site=mit&client=mit&output=xml_no_dtd&proxystylesheet=http%3A%2F%2Focw.mit.edu%2FOcwWeb%2Fsearch%2Fgoogle-ocw.xsl&proxyreload=1&as_dt=i&restrict=ocw&q=%s

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

vcds
Search Verycd.com
1141 uses - Created 2007-01-21 13:34:44 - Last used 2013-03-16 13:00:29 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%s site:lib.verycd.com

gfuk
Display Google Finance UK page for a given stock code
1137 uses - Created 2008-08-31 16:27:56 - Last used 2013-05-14 08:25:07 - Nominate - Description - http://finance.google.co.uk/finance?q=%s

greal
Searches using Google Realtime search
1136 uses - Created 2010-09-01 02:21:46 - Last used 2024-11-04 07:46:04 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?tbs=mbl:1&hl=en&source=hp&q=%s&btnG=Search

lucky> (Golden Egg)
NAME lucky> - An extension to Google's "I'm feeling lucky" search. SYNOPSIS lucky> [KEYWORDS TO DESCRIBE SITE] -k [KEYWORDS TO SEARCH WITHIN SITE] EXAMPLES lucky> victoria tourism -k gardens [returns information about gardens at www.tourismvictoria.com] lucky> chicago reader -k improv [returns the improv listings at www.chicagoreader.com] This command allows you to do a Google "I'm Feeling Lucky" search with the ability to use one set of search terms to desribe the site, and a separate set of s…
1135 uses - Created 2006-07-30 12:42:38 - Last used 2025-08-19 07:39:23 - Description - gfl site:{ extractDomainName { luckyecho %s } } ${k} [no url encoding]

logit
Searches local.google.it fot a specific location. Example of C.A.P. search: logit 20047 Example of a specific address search: logit milano, via melzo 11
1135 uses - Created 2006-10-04 17:56:10 - Last used 2014-11-11 05:47:01 - Nominate - Description - http://local.google.it/local?q=%s

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}

geb
Google search in Hebrew!
1115 uses - Created 2008-04-23 16:22:58 - Last used 2021-02-09 11:02:22 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.co.il/search?hl=iw&q=%s

gnded
Google News DE - sort by date
1114 uses - Created 2007-01-12 16:58:57 - Last used 2008-02-13 21:59:00 - Nominate - Description - http://news.google.de/news?hl=de&ned=de&ie=UTF-8&scoring=d&q=%s

wave
Google Wave is a new tool for communication and collaboration on the web
1114 uses - Created 2009-05-30 02:57:55 - Last used 2022-09-12 18:36:49 - Nominate - Description - http://wave.google.com

sgread
Secure Google Reader
1106 uses - Created 2006-12-12 20:30:21 - Last used 2012-03-19 23:37:02 - Nominate - Description - https://www.google.com/reader/view/

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

gno
google notebook
1087 uses - Created 2006-05-16 15:21:58 - Last used 2024-06-14 09:33:45 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/notebook/

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

android

1057 uses - Created 2008-04-29 14:24:07 - Last used 2024-06-23 05:44:44 - Nominate - Description - http://code.google.com/android/

lsplit (Golden Egg)
NAME lsplit (for Split via Links) - provide a way to easily access multiple YubNub commands on one screen via links SYNOPSIS lsplit cmd1;cmd2;cmd3 SUMMARY Displays a set of links, one for each command, that when clicked, open up that command in the IFRAME (rest of the page) below. The commands can have parameters, and a command can simply be a URL. This is an alternative to 'split' for when you want quick access to multiple commands, but you either don't want them all to run except as needed, *…
1055 uses - Created 2009-04-03 21:41:34 - Last used 2025-07-01 17:11:38 - Description - echo <head><script src="http://elzr.com/javascripts/yn/lsplit.js"></script><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://elzr.com/stylesheets/yn/lsplit.css" /></head><body><div>{foreach {explode {match %s -pattern /^(.*?);*\s*$/ -capture 1 -as text} -token ;} -cmd echo {linktag [|url %25s|]!!%25s -t lsplit} -as text}</div><iframe src="{url {match %s -pattern /^(.*?);/ -as text -capture 1}}" name="lsplit"></iframe></body>

gcon4
Search your Google contacts. gcon4 [contact name] b.a.
1055 uses - Created 2017-02-07 14:04:59 - Last used 2026-06-03 10:12:01 - Nominate - Description - https://contacts.google.com/search/%s

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

sa
Does a Google search on Something Awful
1049 uses - Created 2005-06-11 20:00:43 - Last used 2026-02-27 05:33:39 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?query=%s&as_sitesearch=somethingawful.com

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

gnewsuk
Google news UK. The UK headlines. Can be used by itself or with a specific search Example: gnewsuk Example: gnewsuk pizza
1046 uses - Created 2005-08-01 07:47:14 - Last used 2023-08-28 06:46:06 - Nominate - Description - http://news.google.co.uk/news?q=%s

freeware (Golden Egg)
Search alt.comp.freeware.* with Google. alt.comp.freeware is an active group -- it's consistently a good place to find / research freeware. Example: freeware backup Returns a number of discussions on what is the best free backup software.
1024 uses - Created 2005-06-29 20:26:55 - Last used 2026-03-10 20:08:07 - Description - http://groups-beta.google.com/groups?as_q=%s&as_ugroup=alt.comp.freeware.*

l3u
Busca en el blog http://l3utterfish.blogspot.com Search within the blog http://l3utterfish.blogspot.com
1024 uses - Created 2007-07-17 06:50:44 - Last used 2026-02-22 21:17:05 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%s&sitesearch=l3utterfish.blogspot.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

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

similar (Golden Egg)
NAME similar -- find YubNub commands similar to a given command or a given URL. SYNOPSIS similar [URL or yubnub command] This command uses Eliazar's extractDomainName command to get the domain name for the input YubNub command or URL. It then does a YubNub "ls" command on that domain name to see if there are commands already created for that domain. This is useful for checking if there is a command already created for a website you want to search, or checking to see other commands similar to a …
1009 uses - Created 2006-03-03 21:40:09 - Last used 2024-01-14 19:07:51 - Description - ls {extractDomainName {url[no url encoding] %s}}[no url encoding]

>& (Golden Egg)
Extract images from the site, modified code used for the command ">". (that extracts the URL and redirects to Google's first result) The following command will list all the images from Yahoo shop site. >& yshop ipod
1007 uses - Created 2006-01-22 04:15:04 - Last used 2024-10-21 22:48:16 - Description - gim site:{ extractDomainName { url {% 1 %s} } } {% 2- %s} [no url encoding]

gmch
Search Google Maps using maps.google.ch (in English), searching within (more or less) Switzerland ---------- Old implementation: http://maps.google.ch/maps?q=%s&hl=en&sll=46.362093,9.036255&sspn=6.323409,12.205811&hq=%s&t=m&z=7
1000 uses - Created 2012-02-16 20:33:41 - Last used 2026-06-08 05:53:25 - Nominate - Description - http://maps.google.ch/maps?q=%s&t=m

gmapde
Google Maps germany
997 uses - Created 2008-10-04 08:43:22 - Last used 2016-05-31 02:45:12 - Nominate - Description - http://maps.google.de/maps?q=%s

ctitle
Launch an URL but allow you to specify the title. Syntax: ctitle -title <title> -url <url> Example: ctitle -title Best search engine -url http://www.google.com
991 uses - Created 2008-10-17 16:40:19 - Last used 2012-03-24 02:29:01 - Nominate - Description - echo <title>${title}</title><iframe src="${url}" style="border: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%">

rssread (Golden Egg)
Uses Google's RSS feed reader to read an RSS feed. SYNTAX: rssread <feed url> EXAMPLE: Reading a slashdot feed given the feed url: rssread http://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdot Using a feed that has already been YubNubed: rssread {url rssslashdot} rssread {url rssbbcnewsuk}
991 uses - Created 2005-12-07 20:40:01 - Last used 2022-01-20 15:17:01 - Description - http://www.google.com/reader/preview/*/feed/%s[no url encoding]

ipg
google search optimized for iphone
990 uses - Created 2009-02-09 17:42:06 - Last used 2026-05-30 10:42:21 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/#/search?source=gp&q=%s&channel=gp

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

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

!seta (Golden Egg)
Sets personal commands and memos in YubNub (aliases). SYNTAX !seta [command alias name] [url] (sets a command alias in YubNub (aliases)) WHAT IS YUBNUB (ALIASES)? YubNub (aliases) is an extension for YubNub allowing you to create your own commands, shortcuts, memos, etc. using a YubNub-based cookies system. HOW DO I USE YUBNUB (ALIASES)? YubNub (aliases) uses several YubNub commands to operate properly.In order to set a personal command, such as a bookmark command use the !set command as follo…
972 uses - Created 2006-02-02 23:05:03 - Last used 2023-05-07 13:18:47 - Description - http://www.jakeisgod.com/yubnub/aliases/jobactions.cfm?action=seta&cmd={% 1 %s}&ucmd={% 2- %s}[no url encoding]

yubgroup
Yubnub's google group
969 uses - Created 2005-07-05 23:42:04 - Last used 2023-03-29 03:47:17 - Nominate - Description - http://groups-beta.google.com/group/YubNub

grand
Google Randomize If there is a Google search you do repeatedly, it can get boring seeing the same few links at the top of the results each time. The "grand" command adds a random word to your search to get new results each time. Usage: grand [search term] Thanks to Philipp Lenssen at http://www.findforward.com/ for inspiration for this command. b.a.
965 uses - Created 2005-08-04 20:23:05 - Last used 2026-03-04 02:23:47 - Nominate - Description - g %s {randwd}

strip (Golden Egg)
Get Google's text-only cache of web page. Like the cachefromg, but strips images and scripts (I hope) from cache. Example: strip yahoo.com
963 uses - Created 2005-06-21 03:14:06 - Last used 2024-12-15 03:36:43 - Description - http://google.com/search?q=cache:%s&strip=1

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