Command List (ls)

hat
Hatena bookmarks tag search. Hatena bookmarks is a japanese social bookmarking service ========== Old implementation: http://b.hatena.ne.jp/t/%s
1233 uses - Created 2006-03-26 12:47:05 - Last used 2026-01-20 09:46:09 - Nominate - Description - http://b.hatena.ne.jp/t/%s[post]

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

koohii
Search kanji.koohii.com, a site for learning the meanings of Japanese kanji.
1228 uses - Created 2007-09-22 19:51:06 - Last used 2013-02-03 06:40:56 - Nominate - Description - http://kanji.koohii.com/study/?search=%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

oxld
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary search.
1227 uses - Created 2022-08-31 15:34:58 - Last used 2026-05-17 01:52:45 - Nominate - Description - https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/search/english/?q=%s

fad
Firefox Addons search. eg: fad smooth
1226 uses - Created 2008-02-24 10:05:39 - Last used 2024-10-06 12:51:01 - Nominate - Description - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search?q=%s&status=4

mpa

1222 uses - Created 2013-09-25 05:15:39 - Last used 2024-06-03 09:28:04 - Nominate - Description - http://delicious.com/search/%s/mine

qt
To search for the yahoo finance quote for a given symbold. Example: qt QCOM will fetch the quote on that day for the company Qualcomm.
1220 uses - Created 2006-07-07 05:18:35 - Last used 2026-05-12 05:45:33 - Nominate - Description - http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=%s

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

glw
Google Last Week Results: Return web pages first seen in the past week Example: glw Ruby This command was inspired by http://doubleparity.net/2007/09/googling-the-recent-web
1210 uses - Created 2007-09-12 05:46:04 - Last used 2024-03-12 06:52:59 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?as_q=%s&hl=en&num=50&as_qdr=w&safe=off

album (Golden Egg)
Allmusic Album search
1209 uses - Created 2005-06-09 03:52:32 - Last used 2025-12-17 04:41:55 - Description - http://www.allmusic.com/search/album/%s

shc
Search Shacknews comments
1208 uses - Created 2005-07-27 07:45:29 - Last used 2020-08-02 23:22:50 - Nominate - Description - http://www.shacknews.com/jazz/search.x?query=%s

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

dksearch
Search digikey
1203 uses - Created 2007-07-09 05:27:50 - Last used 2014-05-01 10:47:39 - Nominate - Description - http://www.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?site=US&keywords=%s&x=0&y=0

lstfm
Search the social music site last.fm for music.
1201 uses - Created 2007-07-05 09:51:35 - Last used 2016-12-16 05:11:12 - Nominate - Description - http://www.last.fm/music/?q=%s

amd
amazon.de
1200 uses - Created 2007-07-20 14:14:15 - Last used 2026-03-25 06:31:03 - Nominate - Description - http://amazon.de/s/ref=nb_ss_w/028-2406913-3523700?__mk_de_DE=%C5M%C5Z%D5%D1&initialSearch=1&url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=%s&Go.x=0&Go.y=0&Go=Go

mup
Search Macupdate website. ---------- Old implementation: http://www.macupdate.com/search.php?keywords=%s&os=macosx&button.x=0&button.y=0
1199 uses - Created 2005-10-09 05:44:12 - Last used 2016-10-04 07:21:49 - Nominate - Description - http://www.macupdate.com/search.php?keywords=%s&starget=google

kickass
Search kickasstorrents.com
1199 uses - Created 2011-01-11 05:29:44 - Last used 2023-08-12 22:50:06 - Nominate - Description - http://www.kickasstorrents.com/search/%s/

chick
Chickipedia is a wiki set up only for good looking women. To look for the name of a model or actress just type: Example: chick Laetitia Casta
1198 uses - Created 2008-03-14 10:48:00 - Last used 2026-02-27 14:17:50 - Nominate - Description - http://www.chickipedia.com/Special:Search?search=%s

enhu
English-Hungarian dictionary at sztaki.hu WITH inline pronounciation.
1194 uses - Created 2005-06-28 10:40:33 - Last used 2023-12-30 03:08:48 - Nominate - Description - http://dict.sztaki.hu/dict_search.php?L=ENG%3AHUN%3AEngHunDict&O=ENG&flash=&E=1&in_form=1&W=%s&M=2&P=1&C=1&A=1&T=1&F=0

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}

,,

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}

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

opens
checks opensubtitles.org for english subs - by asymmetric
1172 uses - Created 2007-08-08 12:43:23 - Last used 2026-05-17 12:11:27 - Nominate - Description - http://www.opensubtitles.org/en/search2/sublanguageid-eng/moviename-%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

wrei
Searches the English-Italian Word Reference Dictionary
1165 uses - Created 2007-06-03 23:00:16 - Last used 2013-01-29 16:37:03 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wordreference.com/enit/%s

mit
Searched MITs Open Courseware database.
1165 uses - Created 2005-10-10 15:27:42 - Last used 2026-03-29 14:42:19 - 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

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

tubegalore
Search Tubegalore.
1158 uses - Created 2010-04-11 14:34:49 - Last used 2025-08-15 09:15:58 - Nominate - Description - http://tubegalore.com/search/?q=%s

libgc
Library Genesis Search for a comic
1156 uses - Created 2015-01-07 02:44:33 - Last used 2023-10-05 04:44:57 - Nominate - Description - http://gen.lib.rus.ec/comics/index.php?s=%s

wh
Another alias for finding out how to do things with WikiHow! ---------- Old implementation: http://www.wikihow.com/Special:LSearch?fulltext=Search&search=%s
1151 uses - Created 2006-07-05 15:06:18 - Last used 2026-05-16 08:42:16 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wikihow.com/wikiHowTo?search=%s&lo=1

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

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

wimi (Golden Egg)
Create mind maps based on the structure and links of Wikipedia pages using WikiMindMap. Supports different language versions of Wikipedia, defaults to English. Usage: wimi page_title [-lang xx] Example: "wimi constitution" Mind map based on the Wikipedia page "Constitution" "wimi constitution -lang fr" Mind map for that page in the French version of Wikipedia Wikipedia versions currently supported by WikiMindMap: * English * French * Spanisch * German * Italian * Catalan * Indonesian
1144 uses - Created 2007-07-22 18:09:22 - Last used 2021-02-08 13:58:55 - Description - http://www.wikimindmap.org/viewmap.php?wiki=${lang=en}.wikipedia.org&topic=%s&Submit=Search

code
Search for a Codesnippet, Function or Class
1143 uses - Created 2005-06-21 11:17:26 - Last used 2026-02-18 18:53:05 - Nominate - Description - http://www.koders.com/?s=%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

costco
Search Costco.com
1140 uses - Created 2005-12-11 20:54:40 - Last used 2026-02-02 23:55:11 - Nominate - Description - http://www.costco.com/Common/Search.aspx?whse=&topnav=&search=%s&N=0&Ntt=%s&cm_re=1-_-Top_Left_Nav-_-Top_search

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

ia
Internet Archive Search. Example: ia physics.
1138 uses - Created 2005-06-21 22:58:59 - Last used 2026-04-19 23:14:16 - Nominate - Description - http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=%s

pret

1137 uses - Created 2007-05-14 07:05:23 - Last used 2018-12-21 09:37:37 - Nominate - Description - http://www.price.ro/?action=search&text=%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]

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