Command List (ls)

ubhq
Search http://www.ubuntuhq.com/. They collect all Ubuntu related articles in one place.
26 uses - Created 2007-10-03 21:21:41 - Last used 2014-09-13 05:47:11 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ubuntuhq.com/search/node/%s

hpsupport
HP Support & Troubleshooting Product Support search. I never liked their navigation, and it seems like their Web site changes every other month. Just give it a model. Shorthand is fine. Example: hpsupport lj 5mp
26 uses - Created 2007-10-09 18:27:46 - Last used 2011-09-01 20:26:15 - Nominate - Description - http://h20180.www2.hp.com/apps/Lookup?h_query=%s

lives
Live Search: Microsoft Live Search Example: lives windows vista
26 uses - Created 2007-10-12 22:35:36 - Last used 2024-04-17 05:45:56 - Nominate - Description - http://search.live.com/results.aspx?q=%s&mkt=en-gb&scope=&FORM=LIVSOP

piple
Alias for a Pipl search that searches only by the given email address.
26 uses - Created 2009-12-24 06:21:26 - Last used 2011-05-04 06:52:18 - Nominate - Description - http://pipl.com/search/?Email=%s&CategoryID=4&Interface=1

apd2
Performs an Apple downloads search using the given keyword(s). Use this to search through the Apple trailers, iTunes database, etc. For example, if your keyword is "YubNub", type "apd yubnub". This is version 2 of the command.
26 uses - Created 2010-01-06 20:03:52 - Last used 2014-02-11 09:43:59 - Nominate - Description - http://www.apple.com/search/?q=%s&sec=downloads

unread
View unread mails in your Gmail account
26 uses - Created 2010-02-03 14:25:24 - Last used 2013-08-17 18:09:18 - Nominate - Description - https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1#search/in%3Ainbox+%2B+is%3Aunread

uh
Searches Ubuntu Documentation (https://help.ubuntu.com/) for community-maintained how-tos and configuration guides. Remember that the command name is uh for Ubuntu Help, not ud! Example: uh openssh
26 uses - Created 2010-02-15 15:19:03 - Last used 2025-02-13 16:58:11 - Nominate - Description - https://help.ubuntu.com/search.html?cof=FORID%3A9&cx=004599128559784038176%3Avj_p0xo-nng&ie=UTF-8&q=%s&sa=Search

gpnote
GPNotebook search, for general practitioner's reference: Simply type in gpnote <insert query here>
26 uses - Created 2010-03-02 20:41:48 - Last used 2010-03-11 17:01:05 - Nominate - Description - http://www.gpnotebook.co.uk/simpleprocess.cfm?x=0&y=0&querystring=%s

clclt
Searches Craigslist in Charlotte, NC.
26 uses - Created 2010-05-07 14:39:44 - Last used 2010-06-20 03:33:00 - Nominate - Description - http://charlotte.craigslist.org/search/?areaID=41&subAreaID=&query=%s&catAbb=sss

goodmov
NAME Search for movie info, focus on review info SYNOPSIS goodmov Any movie -- This will split the page into Rotten Tomatoes and Wikipedia on top, and IMDB on bottom. EXAMPLE rotom The Rock ---goes straight to rotten tomatoes movie page, , wikipedia film page, and the imdb search page (none are search results, simply the page) AUTHOR ++ Axlemax ++
26 uses - Created 2010-05-29 22:57:57 - Last used 2010-10-31 23:39:38 - Nominate - Description - split {url rotom %s} {url wp %s (film)} {url imdbs %s}

googw
NAME Wikipedia results via google search SYNOPSIS googw some article EXAMPLE googw wiki ---goes straight to (most likely) wikipedia page AUTHOR ++ Axlemax ++
26 uses - Created 2010-07-27 01:43:57 - Last used 2012-12-26 19:06:23 - Nominate - Description - > wikipedia %s

icfin
Search On Incon Finder
26 uses - Created 2010-08-26 14:43:07 - Last used 2015-11-08 08:41:47 - Nominate - Description - http://www.iconfinder.com/search/?q=%s

aueseo
AULEX Spanish-Esperanto dictionary search
26 uses - Created 2010-08-27 10:36:33 - Last used 2013-06-21 07:46:33 - Nominate - Description - http://aulex.org/es-eo/?busca=%s

barton
Keyword search of Barton, the MIT libraries' online catalog.
26 uses - Created 2010-09-21 16:56:46 - Last used 2025-03-18 15:24:13 - Nominate - Description - http://mit.worldcat.org/search?q=%s

stra
search google for words in straatwoordenboek.nl
26 uses - Created 2010-11-05 15:51:16 - Last used 2019-11-13 14:25:55 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.nl/#hl=en&biw=1229&bih=660&q=site%3Astraatwoordenboek.nl+

zfr
Search the Zend Framework manual. You can specify language and version with the -lang and -version switches. Switches: -q the query string (mandatory) -lang the language to search the manual in (optional) -version the version of the Zend Framework you want to search (optional) Defaults: -lang en (English) -version 1.10 Examples: Search the manual for Zend_Controller zfr -q Zend_Controller Search the manual for Zend_Controller verison 1.5 zfr -q Zend_Controller -version 1.5 Search the manual for…
26 uses - Created 2010-11-10 15:44:46 - Last used 2011-03-09 21:47:20 - Nominate - Description - http://framework.zend.com/manual/search?query=${q}&language=${lang=en}&version=${version=1.10}&search=Search+Manual!

u3
Unity 3 ( 3d ) game engine scripting reference search
26 uses - Created 2010-11-17 05:13:05 - Last used 2012-03-26 01:17:15 - Nominate - Description - http://unity3d.com/support/documentation/ScriptReference/30_search.html?q=%s

chomp
Chomp is the search engine that finds the apps you want. Chomp’s proprietary algorithm learns the functions and topics of apps, so you can search based on what apps do, not just what they’re called. Try searching for “puzzle games”, “kids games”, “expense trackers”, “tip calculators” or “chat” and start finding great apps. The search for apps for android.
26 uses - Created 2011-03-07 13:52:31 - Last used 2012-09-03 09:42:52 - Nominate - Description - http://chomp.com/q/search?q=%s&platform=android

stub
Searches StubHub for tickets.
26 uses - Created 2011-03-14 00:01:02 - Last used 2024-09-24 07:24:32 - Nominate - Description - http://www.stubhub.com/search/doSearch?searchStr=%s&pageNumber=1&resultsPerPage=50&searchMode=event&start=0&rows=50&geo_exp=1&channel=

openlibrary
Performs a title search in Open Library (http://openlibrary.org). Open Library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published.
26 uses - Created 2011-04-10 01:36:33 - Last used 2024-12-01 10:44:39 - Nominate - Description - http://openlibrary.org/search?q=%s

bishops
Searches the movie reviews of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Films are reviewed for their moral suitability and artistic merit.
26 uses - Created 2011-05-30 20:53:49 - Last used 2019-05-11 10:41:12 - Nominate - Description - http://search.usccb.org/search?q=%s&site=Movies&btnG=Search&client=default_frontend&proxystylesheet=default_frontend&output=xml_no_dtd&Go.x=0&Go.y=0&Go=Go&sort=date%3AD%3AL%3Ad1&entqr=3&entsp=a&lr=lang_en|lang_es&oe=UTF-8&ie=UTF-8&ud=1

kat.ph
Search http://kat.ph for torrents.
26 uses - Created 2012-02-13 01:32:16 - Last used 2015-06-21 12:20:23 - Nominate - Description - http://kat.ph/usearch/%s/

offrhyme
Dillfrog Off-Rhyme Search finds off-rhymes of a given word. To find an off-rhyme, just type the word you want to (off-)rhyme with. Example: offrhyme freebie See also: rhyme
26 uses - Created 2005-06-20 19:49:41 - Last used 2020-11-16 12:28:29 - Nominate - Description - http://www.dillfrog.com/tools/rhymer/sound.asp?match_type=off_rhyme&word=%s

ganswer (Golden Egg)
Searches Google Answers for questions and answers involving your chosen search term.
26 uses - Created 2005-06-20 21:38:11 - Last used 2024-01-16 11:38:24 - Description - http://answers.google.com/answers/search?q=%s&qtype=all&btnG=Google+Search

ignpc
Search PC section of IGN.com For example: ignpc Dracula Resurrection Finds the PC version of Dracula Resurrection at ign.com
26 uses - Created 2005-06-26 10:00:43 - Last used 2013-05-25 01:20:08 - Nominate - Description - http://my.ign.com/my/sb?pageID=2003&nuaction=gameSearch&gameTitleSearch=%s

thinkgk
Thinkgeek Search. To search thinkgeek. Example: thinkgk Plush Microbe
26 uses - Created 2005-06-27 02:11:11 - Last used 2018-02-26 19:27:12 - Nominate - Description - http://www.thinkgeek.com/brain/whereisit.cgi?t=%s&x=0&y=0

wpedia
wikipedia search
26 uses - Created 2005-06-28 02:30:57 - Last used 2015-05-03 16:47:09 - Nominate - Description - http://en.wikipedia.org?search=%s

pyfunc
Searches www.python.org/doc for the Python function specified.
26 uses - Created 2005-07-12 17:18:51 - Last used 2014-03-06 09:46:52 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.python.org%2Fdoc+%s

csb (Golden Egg)
Searches The Collection ofComputer Science Bibliographies
25 uses - Created 2005-06-09 04:17:25 - Last used 2024-03-29 06:15:05 - Description - http://liinwww.ira.uka.de/searchbib/index?query=%s

scirus
Search for science-related content in Scirus. Scirus is.. "the most comprehensive science-specific search engine on the Internet."
25 uses - Created 2005-06-17 21:48:08 - Last used 2010-12-05 11:25:22 - Nominate - Description - http://www.scirus.com/?q=%s&ds=jnl&ds=web&g=s&t=all

fss
Search the FreeSoftwareShop.org forum Example: fss software Lists FSS articles containing 'software'
25 uses - Created 2005-06-20 18:25:03 - Last used 2022-11-25 07:38:35 - Nominate - Description - http://freesoftwareshop.org/forum/search.php?query=%s&type=stories&topic=&author=&days=0

merc
Search the leading natural healthcare site - mercola.com
25 uses - Created 2005-06-21 19:15:21 - Last used 2024-03-01 09:52:09 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?query=%s&as_sitesearch=mercola.com

aafp
Searches the American Academy of Family Physcians site for journal articles in PDF format. (Much quicker than using their site search.)
25 uses - Created 2005-06-24 18:17:25 - Last used 2024-08-11 15:27:57 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?biw=988&hl=en&q=filetype%3Apdf+site%3Aaafp.org+%s

emyth
The Encyclopedia Mythica is an online encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, and legends. It currently contains over 7,000 entries on gods and goddesses, heroes, legendary creatures and beings from all over the world.
25 uses - Created 2005-07-18 17:56:11 - Last used 2014-02-01 21:09:10 - Nominate - Description - http://www.pantheon.org/cgi-bin/search.pl?Terms=%s

tivos
TiVo Schedule Search Find an upcoming show, so you can use TiVo's online scheduling to record it.
25 uses - Created 2008-11-21 05:04:22 - Last used 2011-08-12 06:01:32 - Nominate - Description - http://www.tivo.com/tivo-tco/search.do?dispatch=simplesearch&searchCategory=&searchFor=%s&submit_button=

v0
type v0 query and it will return results from the v0rtex torrent search engine.
25 uses - Created 2008-11-25 03:55:41 - Last used 2026-06-18 15:19:17 - Nominate - Description - http://v0rtex.appspot.com/index?query=%s&cat=all

tuser
Search for a twitter user (if not logged in, will be redirected to the login page, before being sent to the search.)
25 uses - Created 2009-01-21 18:28:18 - Last used 2014-11-21 15:43:20 - Nominate - Description - http://twitter.com/search/users?q=%s

wkj
Another wikipedia Japan command (I always type this one as I use wk for english wikipedia)
25 uses - Created 2009-02-17 06:44:35 - Last used 2019-02-13 09:03:15 - Nominate - Description - http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s

sno
Snopes can be used as an urban legend search engine. The truth is out there.
25 uses - Created 2009-03-22 01:12:49 - Last used 2020-03-28 00:05:55 - Nominate - Description - http://www.snopes.com{ifThen -value1 %s -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then /?s=%s}

faulib
Search catalogs of FAU libraries
25 uses - Created 2009-07-08 22:35:02 - Last used 2010-05-03 02:42:57 - Nominate - Description - http://fau.catalog.fcla.edu/fa.jsp?Ntt=%s&Ntk=Keyword&N=28&Nty=1&sa.x=0&sa.y=0

qtorrent
REal time torrent search in several trackers (by l3utterfish) example qtorrent watchmen
25 uses - Created 2009-07-22 12:18:04 - Last used 2018-12-23 13:02:02 - Nominate - Description - http://qtorrents.com/search.php?q=%s+&cat=all

ademmer
Site-search on andreas-demmer.de
25 uses - Created 2009-11-05 12:19:01 - Last used 2010-09-07 06:30:46 - Nominate - Description - http://www.andreas-demmer.de/index.php?s=%s

sens
Search Le sens du mot French dictionary e.g. sens chat returns the results derived from the word 'chat' - chat-huant, chat-pard, chat-rochier, etc. Clicking on any hyper-linked result gives a fuller definition.
25 uses - Created 2006-10-30 20:16:01 - Last used 2025-02-20 13:28:00 - Nominate - Description - http://www.lesensdesmots.com/search?q=%s

magtag
Search everyone's bookmark tags at ma.gnolia.com.
25 uses - Created 2006-11-09 05:19:32 - Last used 2007-08-13 15:56:10 - Nominate - Description - http://ma.gnolia.com/tags/%s

uchar
lookup a character in the unicode database
25 uses - Created 2006-12-11 23:09:54 - Last used 2022-01-05 14:52:26 - Nominate - Description - http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/search.htm?q=%s&preview=entity

cinede
Search the webpage of the German movie magazine "cinema".
25 uses - Created 2006-12-17 14:33:40 - Last used 2009-07-01 13:16:45 - Nominate - Description - http://www.cinema.de/cin/suche?d_title=%s&suchtyp=suche

ip2country
This command takes IP address as input and searches for the Country name assiciated with the given IP address.
25 uses - Created 2007-01-18 08:40:34 - Last used 2012-03-26 21:06:52 - Nominate - Description - http://www.getanyip.com/iptocountry.php?ip=%s

dpim
Dogpile image search
25 uses - Created 2007-03-16 01:15:46 - Last used 2011-12-11 03:33:30 - Nominate - Description - http://www.dogpile.com/info.dogpl/search/images/%s

mnzb
Mega NZB Search and Generator
25 uses - Created 2007-12-30 23:18:33 - Last used 2012-12-13 19:13:17 - Nominate - Description - http://www.meganzb.com/search.php?q=%s&a=all&r=250&Submit=Search&g=&s=desc_date&minsize=&maxsize=

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