Command List (ls)

ifa
Keyword search of the NYU library catalog, BobCat for material in the IFA Library collections. This command has two parameters: key and word. -key sets the index type, and takes ti = title au = author sh = Library of Congress Subject Heading kw = all keywords among others. -word sets the actual terms of your search. E.g., bobcat -key sh -word japanese art will return all books in the catalog with both "japanese" and "art" in the subject fields.
41 uses - Created 2007-09-27 18:58:49 - Last used 2025-06-24 19:54:36 - Nominate - Description - http://library.nyu.edu/keywordsearch?database=NYUIfa&index1=${key}%3A&term1=${word}&

viadeo
Search on the social network viadeo
41 uses - Created 2010-04-07 08:20:46 - Last used 2015-07-24 04:07:33 - Nominate - Description - http://www.viadeo.com/recherche/transverse/index.jsp?queryString=%s&search=go

koh
Kohana PHP Forums Search http://forum.kohanaframework.org
41 uses - Created 2010-08-30 08:51:52 - Last used 2024-07-03 09:30:05 - Nominate - Description - http://forum.kohanaframework.org/search.php?PostBackAction=Search&Keywords=%s&Type=Topics&btnSubmit=Search

gsoov
Search soov.ee
41 uses - Created 2010-09-09 12:26:45 - Last used 2012-01-31 12:04:41 - Nominate - Description - g site:soov.ee %s

RTFM
Finds PDF documents (whitepapers) for your query.
41 uses - Created 2005-06-20 20:06:05 - Last used 2020-09-12 16:08:22 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=filetype%3Apdf+%s

fport
FreeBSD Port Search. Provides the ability to search database of FreeBSD ports. Takes one argument: Port Name fport [Port Name] Example: fport gkrellm
41 uses - Created 2005-06-25 18:26:01 - Last used 2021-02-05 11:27:45 - Nominate - Description - http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=%s&stype=all

lehto_io (Golden Egg)
Synopsis lehto_io -s [keywords] -p [page(s)] -l [language] -lb [breaks] -sk [skipping] EXAMPLE lehto_io -s Get A Google Poem: by Leevi Lehto -p 2 -l -lb 4 -sk a Performs AutoPost "Get A Google Poem: by Leevi Lehto" with all arguments. s: search/title text p: number of pages to search [1, 2, 3, ..., 10] l: language any language lang_ar Arabic lang_bg Bulgarian lang_ca Catalan lang_zh-CN Chinese (Simplified) lang_zh-TW Chinese (Traditional) lang_hr Croatian lang_cs Czech lang_da Danish lang_…
41 uses - Created 2005-06-30 01:46:59 - Last used 2015-11-16 11:01:45 - Description - http://www.io.com/~jsm/nph-ap.cgi/http://www.leevilehto.net/google/poem.asp?hae=${s}&pages=${p}&lang=${l}&linebrakes=${lb}&skipping=${sk}&dontskip=${ds}

gnt
Google News "Text" - text version. Can search for a subject or leave blank.
41 uses - Created 2005-07-22 16:54:58 - Last used 2018-11-25 07:25:55 - Nominate - Description - http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=tus&q=%s&btnG=Search+News

wp-sv
Searching the swedish wikipedia.
41 uses - Created 2005-07-25 13:52:33 - Last used 2009-10-13 12:43:16 - Nominate - Description - http://sv.wikipedia.org?search=%s

gnomefiles
NAME gnomefiles - Searches the gnome-files.com database. SYNOPSIS gnomefiles [SEARCH QUERY] EXAMPLE gnomefiles nvu gnomefiles searches the gnomefiles.com application database. AUTHOR Tommy B. <tommy04@gmail.com>
41 uses - Created 2005-08-03 03:43:16 - Last used 2012-05-17 17:02:09 - Nominate - Description - http://gnomefiles.com/search.php?search=%s

rub
forum.ru-board.com qsearch
41 uses - Created 2008-02-08 19:57:26 - Last used 2023-03-19 14:33:05 - Nominate - Description - http://forum.ru-board.com/google.cgi?domains=forum.ru-board.com&q=%s&sa=%CF%EE%E8%F1%EA+%E2+Google&sitesearch=forum.ru-board.com&client=pub-3191513952494802&forid=1&channel=8862539797&ie=windows-1251&oe=windows-1251&flav=0000&sig=ZVRHj8fTJJksJ4sh&cof=GALT%3A%23008000%3BGL%3A1%3BDIV%3A%23336699%3BVLC%3A663399%3BAH%3Acenter%3BBGC%3AFFFFFF%3BLBGC%3A336699%3BALC%3A0000C0%3BLC%3A0000C0%3BT%3A000000%3BGFNT%3A0000C0%3BGIMP%3A0000C0%3BFORID%3A11&hl=ru

man.mac
Search the Mac OS X manual pages (Darwin). Example: man.mac -command ls -section 1
41 uses - Created 2008-02-10 08:11:51 - Last used 2009-12-17 07:16:41 - Nominate - Description - http://developer.apple.com/DOCUMENTATION/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man${section=1}/${command}.${section=1}.html

pfc
Search the Portable Freeware Collection (portablefreeware.com).
41 uses - Created 2008-04-14 18:24:10 - Last used 2022-12-01 15:34:40 - Nominate - Description - http://portablefreeware.com/?q=%s

wpel
searches Greek Wikipedia
41 uses - Created 2008-04-23 09:50:11 - Last used 2015-07-05 13:21:40 - Nominate - Description - http://el.wikipedia.org/?search=%s

slex
Search for keyword in the Electronix Lexicon of the Slovak Language To search for meaning of word "slovenský" Example: slex slovenský
41 uses - Created 2008-04-28 00:26:18 - Last used 2011-01-10 11:34:07 - Nominate - Description - http://www.slex.sk/index.asp?slovo=%s

mljpaddr1
Metlink Journey Planner (Melbourne Australia) This is very obviously a crock. I gave all the variables names and left them blank. Maybe someone else can make it work right? The required flags are -from and -to, which will present a page asking for the time and date of departure/arrival and all the other variables/flags, which can be gleaned from the URL.
40 uses - Created 2007-11-27 10:30:44 - Last used 2008-11-19 05:32:52 - Nominate - Description - http://jp.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/metlink/XSLT_TRIP_REQUEST2?sessionID=0&language=en&requestID=0&command=&itdLPxx_view=&execInst=&ptOptionsActive=1&itOptionsActive=1&useProxFootSearch=1&anySigWhenPerfectNoOtherMatches=1&place_origin=&place_destination=&type_origin=any&anyObjFilter_origin=29&nameState_origin=empty&execIdentifiedLoc_origin=1&execStopList_origin=0&itdLPxx_emailAddress_origin=address&name_origin=${from}&type_destination=any&anyObjFilter_destination=29&nameState_destination=empty&execIdentifiedLoc_destination=1&execStopList_destination=0&itdLPxx_emailAddress_destination=address&name_destination=${to}&ttpFrom=${ttfrom}&ttpTo=${ttto}&itdTripDateTimeDepArr=${da=dep}&itdDateDay=${day}&itdDateYearMonth=${ym}&itdTimeHour=${hour}&itdTimeMinute=${min}&itdTimeAMPM=${apm}&itdLPxx_return=${ret=simple}&x=0&y=0

wqes
Search the spanish Wikiquotes Busca en el wikicitas español Uso/Usage: wqes {topic} Ejemplo/Example: wqes El Padrino
40 uses - Created 2008-03-02 20:52:13 - Last used 2013-08-06 06:52:49 - Nominate - Description - http://es.wikiquote.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s&go=Go

youtor
Searches youtorrent.com for torrents
40 uses - Created 2008-03-08 07:05:55 - Last used 2008-08-11 02:07:56 - Nominate - Description - http://www.youtorrent.com/tag/?q=%s

wpbr
Pesquise a WikiPedia em português.
40 uses - Created 2008-04-29 20:19:18 - Last used 2016-03-20 14:50:42 - Nominate - Description - http://pt.wikipedia.org/?search=%s

3dwiki
Search on the 3Dwiki, a Dutch wiki about Active Worlds.
40 uses - Created 2008-05-07 19:49:36 - Last used 2011-03-12 13:34:58 - Nominate - Description - http://www.3dwiki.nl/?search=%s

powerset
Searches the powerset search engine
40 uses - Created 2008-06-27 18:18:07 - Last used 2011-02-24 16:58:46 - Nominate - Description - http://www.powerset.com/explore/go/%s

geofox_testing
Route Information for the HVV in Hamburg, Germany and Surrounding. Findet eine Strecke mit Hilfe von geofox.de für Hamburg und Umgebung. USAGE geofox_testing -von <start> -nach <ziel> [-um <HH:MM>] [-am <dd.mm.YYYY>] EXAMPLE geofox_testing -von U Luebecker Strasse -nach U S Ohlsdorf geofox_testing -von Marliring 23 -st A -sregion Luebeck -nach Grosse Bleichen 23 -dt A -um 12 -am 10.07.2008 PARAMETER -from, -von Start, Starting Point (default ist Lübeck, Kaufhof) -st Typ des Abfahrtsortes: H für…
40 uses - Created 2008-07-09 23:20:57 - Last used 2018-01-07 15:20:23 - Nominate - Description - http://www.geofox.de/base/showPersonalSchedule.do?startType={ifthen (${st=H}==A)A&startRegion=${sregion=Hamburg},${st=H}}&startName=${from=${von=Luebeck%20Kaufhof}}&destType={ifthen (${dt=H}==A)A&destRegion=${dregion=Hamburg},${dt=H}}&destName=${to=${nach=Informatikum}}&departureOrArrival=${doa=1}&startTime=${when=${um={date -format H:M -offset 0.083}}} &startDate=${date=${am={date -format H:M -offset 0.083}}}&numberOfRoutes={jscalc ${routes=${r=3}}-1}&INIT=false&search=Suche starten[no url encoding][post]

ceh
search for czech language to various games
40 uses - Created 2006-02-27 14:19:36 - Last used 2024-06-03 07:01:32 - Nominate - Description - http://cestiny.idnes.cz/search.html?dotaz=%s&x=0&y=0

wetter.com
Wetter.com search. Enter name or PLZ of place.
40 uses - Created 2006-04-26 12:13:08 - Last used 2022-08-23 05:55:32 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wetter.com/v2/?SID=&LANG=DE&LOC=7004&LOCFROM=0203&LOCFULL=7000&search=%s

g2pbooks
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…
40 uses - Created 2006-06-04 08:49:16 - Last used 2018-02-13 12:44:11 - Nominate - Description - http://www.g2p.org/index.php?user=%s&more=1

feb
feb-web.ru
40 uses - Created 2005-09-24 00:00:48 - Last used 2016-04-16 16:11:39 - Nominate - Description - http://www.yandex.ru/yandsearch?ras=1&date=&text=%s&spcctx=doc&zone=all&linkto=&wordforms=all&lang=all&from_day=&from_month=&from_year=&to_day=&to_month=&to_year=&mime=all&Link=&numdoc=50&site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.feb-web.ru%2Ffeb%2F&ds=

frde
Search Froogle in German
40 uses - Created 2005-10-24 18:00:06 - Last used 2012-09-20 15:03:04 - Nominate - Description - http://froogle.google.de/froogle?q=%s&hl=de

opm
Searches Opinmind.com: Find people that are interested in the things that interest you. Opinmind collects the opinions of bloggers all over the world on every subject imaginable. To get started, click on one of our popular searches or type in your own topic and click the search button. Have fun!
40 uses - Created 2005-12-18 22:35:20 - Last used 2025-11-13 18:22:31 - Nominate - Description - http://opinmind.com/search.jsp?q=%s

getti
Unlike Getty or Gty, this actually does an image search of Getty Images. Usage: Getti fever [returns all images tagged 'fever'] Author: Kai [www.feverishmind.com]
40 uses - Created 2006-02-02 11:14:56 - Last used 2013-09-25 07:54:25 - Nominate - Description - http://creative.gettyimages.com/source/classes/FrameSet.aspx?&UQR=awezzl&pk=4&source=front&lightboxView=1&txtSearch=%s&selImageType=7&chkLicensed=on&chkRoyaltyFree=on

del>
NAME del> - Similar to Google's "I'm Feeling Lucky" feature but for Del.icio.us. SYNOPSIS del> [USER] [TAG] Optional arguments: -USER Your username or the username you want to specifically search. You can also use the keyword "TAG" to do a general search but filtered by a tag. Another possibility is using the keyword "POPULAR" to search the top ranked sites. Or the keyword "RECENT" which returns the last added url. That means diferents sites on every request. -TAG The tag you want to filter the…
40 uses - Created 2006-10-12 13:20:27 - Last used 2010-06-24 14:28:50 - Nominate - Description - dluc %s

kar
To find karaoke songs quickly and easily
40 uses - Created 2007-01-03 14:50:30 - Last used 2017-02-26 12:59:12 - Nominate - Description - http://www.soundchoicestore.com/%s-search-karaoke.html

CLEP
Recherche - Éspèces en péril au Canada. Recherchez par nom de l'espèce en anglais, français ou latin Exemple: CLEP grenouille Canadian endangered species search: Search by specie name in english french or latin. Example: CLEP frog
40 uses - Created 2007-03-14 16:23:08 - Last used 2013-08-24 17:30:21 - Nominate - Description - http://www.speciesatrisk.gc.ca/search/speciesResults_f.cfm?qLang=f&quicksearch=%s

+cat
NAME +cat - building block command to add a value to "cat" option. SYNOPSIS +cat [ CATEGORY_CODE ] The +cat command was designed to work with the gins command, but can be used with other commands having a "cat" option. The command stacking idea was put instroduced by CrEddy with the g++ command. EXAMPLES Example: +cat Result: Returns "&cat=" with no value specified. Example: +cat 5 Result: Returns "&cat=5" Example: +cat 321 Result: Returns "&cat=321" CATEGORY CODES 540 Arts & Humanities 22 Book…
40 uses - Created 2008-08-25 05:50:58 - Last used 2023-03-03 11:27:26 - Nominate - Description - echo &cat=${cat}[no url encoding]

plube
search on plube
40 uses - Created 2008-09-13 22:03:49 - Last used 2025-09-09 14:08:20 - Nominate - Description - http://www.plube.com/?s=%s

gtrail
search gametrailers.com usage: gtrail keywords
40 uses - Created 2008-12-13 17:18:10 - Last used 2011-06-17 01:17:02 - Nominate - Description - http://www.gametrailers.com/search.php?s=%s

beagle
Beagle Search Web Interface: Query local web interface for the Beagle desktop search client.
40 uses - Created 2009-05-21 09:31:47 - Last used 2020-07-08 13:30:03 - Nominate - Description - http://localhost:4000/?search=%s

ynmx
Busqueda en Yahoo News Mexico.
40 uses - Created 2009-07-16 16:13:36 - Last used 2011-02-21 17:57:43 - Nominate - Description - http://mx.news.search.yahoo.com/search/news?p=%s

hickeys
Searches the web catalog for Hickeys, an Ithaca, NY-based music store.
40 uses - Created 2012-05-21 18:42:47 - Last used 2017-02-19 11:05:08 - Nominate - Description - http://www.hickeys.com/cgi/search.cgi?items=%s

d~
Shortcut command pipping search terms to dpar command.
40 uses - Created 2012-07-17 12:30:33 - Last used 2012-08-29 18:00:16 - Nominate - Description - dpar -do synonym for -this %s

convedo
Search the convedo websites for content
40 uses - Created 2013-07-22 08:20:43 - Last used 2014-09-22 05:02:51 - Nominate - Description - https://www.google.com/search?q=%s site:convedo.com

gtm
Search google, but restrict to previous month (*G*oogle *T*ime *M*onth)
40 uses - Created 2014-02-09 07:06:14 - Last used 2025-04-28 16:54:53 - Nominate - Description - https://www.google.com/search?q=%s#q=%s&tbs=qdr:m

ubb
Unbubble Meta Search. It offers a neutral and uncensored search engine hosted in Germany.
40 uses - Created 2014-10-27 03:11:17 - Last used 2016-12-08 05:39:42 - Nominate - Description - https://beta.unbubble.eu/?q=%s

ebays
eBay search for sold listings
40 uses - Created 2015-08-10 17:56:50 - Last used 2022-10-15 14:09:05 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=%s&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1

lnk
24/01/2017 Adjusted LinkedIn user search Peter Huesken @nph
40 uses - Created 2017-01-24 04:30:45 - Last used 2025-06-09 07:33:45 - Nominate - Description - https://www.linkedin.com/vsearch/f?type=all&keywords=%s

foro
Busca en forocoches [by l3utterfish]
40 uses - Created 2019-04-08 06:07:20 - Last used 2026-01-14 08:55:14 - Nominate - Description - https://www.forocoches.com/foro/search.php?do=process&replyless=0&showposts=0&beforeafter=after&sortby=lastpost&order=descending&forumchoice[]=0&childforums=1&titleonly=1&searchdate=0&query=%s

seatss
Search SeriousEats.com for your search terms. (Updated version of seats.) Ex.: seats sous vide eggs seats "char siu" seats "cast iron" seasoning made by (e)nb(a)r 10-VIII-2021
40 uses - Created 2021-08-10 12:17:20 - Last used 2025-11-14 13:20:33 - Nominate - Description - https://www.seriouseats.com/search?q=%s

subject
Alibris Book Search: Find 50 million new & used books from 8000 rated bookstores with guarantee & cheap shipping. To find a book, just type the subject. Example: subject politics
40 uses - Created 2005-06-17 03:39:58 - Last used 2025-12-23 09:56:12 - Nominate - Description - http://www.alibris.com/search/search.cfm?sourceid=YubNub&wtopic=%s

gic
Google icon search same as gim but for small images
40 uses - Created 2005-06-21 10:24:43 - Last used 2022-08-24 15:19:24 - Nominate - Description - http://images.google.com/images?q=%s&hl=fr&lr=&c2coff=1&sa=G&imgsz=icon

redbooks
Search IBM Redbooks. Default is "Exact Phrase." Use AND, OR, NOT to separate keywords.
40 uses - Created 2005-06-23 12:47:17 - Last used 2011-01-05 14:26:31 - Nominate - Description - http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/searchsite.cgi?Query=%s&SearchMax=250&SearchOrder=1&SearchFuzzy=TRUE

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