Command List (ls)

yweather
Searc weather.yahoo.com for local weather in the city or zip/postal code provided. Works for Canadian cities as well
221 uses - Created 2005-06-28 17:48:21 - Last used 2016-02-12 06:17:58 - Nominate - Description - http://weather.yahoo.com/search/weather2?p=%s

lpak
Linux Packages dot net find Slackware tgz install packs with this. Usage: lpak searchterm -xybre
221 uses - Created 2005-07-20 08:50:09 - Last used 2013-06-02 17:46:36 - Nominate - Description - http://www.linuxpackages.net/search_view.php?by=name&name=%s

infspain

221 uses - Created 2007-01-09 12:20:02 - Last used 2009-07-30 08:02:44 - Nominate - Description - http://www.infobel.com/teldir/result.asp?country=152&URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.infobel.com%2Fspain%2Fwp%2Fsearch%2Fdefault.asp

anf
Searches animenfo.com (Anime titles search by keywords) This is the default search on the site.
221 uses - Created 2007-05-22 21:19:49 - Last used 2018-10-30 04:35:19 - Nominate - Description - http://animenfo.com/search.php?option=keywords&query=%s&queryin=anime_titles&action=Go

sgv2
Like 'sgv', but this time I got it right. THIS command actually searches http://video.google.com for videos at video.google.com and nowhere else. Why would you want to only search Google Video and not a larger video base like, say, YouTube? If YouTube has been blocked at your place of employment of course.
221 uses - Created 2007-06-28 00:07:58 - Last used 2014-08-05 09:13:00 - Nominate - Description - http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=site:video.google.com %s

fcop
Search for the best search engine using coop search. Example:fcop java
221 uses - Created 2007-07-18 10:35:26 - Last used 2026-07-21 12:09:19 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/custom?cx=006220872262304550041%3Ahpoa4qugio0&q=%s

fount
Search fountainpennetwork.com. Example: fount sheaffer viewpoint
221 uses - Created 2007-08-25 23:55:33 - Last used 2014-08-20 22:56:00 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Afountainpennetwork.com+%s&btnG=Search

ppcgs
Search PPCGeeks.com using Google
221 uses - Created 2009-03-24 11:56:46 - Last used 2010-11-11 19:41:49 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Appcgeeks.com+%s

mapy
search mapy.cz
220 uses - Created 2007-03-08 07:07:25 - Last used 2024-10-24 06:16:10 - Nominate - Description - http://mapy.seznam.cz/?query=%s

bmc
Searches particular city or village in the czech republic. There is possibility to switch to satellite map. You can find restaurants, banks etc. example: bmc Prague, bmc Brno, bmc Ostrava
220 uses - Created 2006-02-23 22:12:08 - Last used 2025-04-18 04:49:46 - Nominate - Description - http://beta.mapy.cz/?st=search&fr=%s&pw=938&ph=629&ocx=135289962&ocy=135163596&ozm=5&omp=base

gsmp3
Refined mp3 search using google. For best results separate multi-word titles with periods. Example: gsmp3 smoke.on.the.water
220 uses - Created 2007-05-18 02:18:09 - Last used 2024-04-01 12:12:52 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=intitle%3A%22index.of%22+%28mp3%29+%s+-html+-htm+-php+-asp+-cf+-jsp&btnG=Search

crucial
To search crucial.com for memory for a computer system. Example: crucial dell dimension 9200
220 uses - Created 2007-09-11 18:05:02 - Last used 2022-12-21 13:41:00 - Nominate - Description - http://crucial.com/search/searchresults.aspx?keywords=%s

googlocal (Golden Egg)
Google Local search. simplified with Positional Parameters Example: googlocal pizza seattle
220 uses - Created 2005-12-14 18:39:50 - Last used 2021-07-02 21:13:32 - Description - gloc -what {% 1 %s} -where {% 2 %s}[no url encoding]

ssd
search on sexy desktop
220 uses - Created 2006-01-24 09:52:10 - Last used 2025-11-08 05:30:15 - Nominate - Description - http://www.sexydesktop.co.uk/%s.htm

lojban
NAME lojban - Lookup words in the Lojban dictionary SYNOPSIS lojban [ENGLISH OR LOJBAN WORD] EXAMPLES lojban hello lojban mi AUTHOR Stephen Paul Weber a.k.a. Singpolyma <http://singpolyma.net> ---------- Old implementation: http://www.lojban.org/cgi-bin/dict.pl?Form=dict.pl1&Strategy=*&Database=en%3C-%3Ejbo&Query=%s&submit=Search
220 uses - Created 2010-01-23 21:35:34 - Last used 2025-02-05 03:50:55 - Nominate - Description - http://vlasisku.lojban.org/%s

willhaben
Searches Willhaben Marktplatz (Austria) for Offers.
219 uses - Created 2010-01-23 13:57:24 - Last used 2024-09-24 14:25:56 - Nominate - Description - http://willhaben.at/iad/bap/all/result?keyword=%s

railscasts
search Railscasts by Ryan Bates
219 uses - Created 2008-09-15 20:51:39 - Last used 2013-12-08 14:22:05 - Nominate - Description - http://railscasts.com/episodes?search=%s

dotnet
Search using SearchDotNet.com
219 uses - Created 2007-12-18 16:11:31 - Last used 2025-03-04 04:12:08 - Nominate - Description - http://www.searchdotnet.com/results.aspx?cx=002213837942349435108%3Ajki1okx03jq&q=%s&sa=Search+.NET+sites&cof=FORID%3A9

uscript
userscripts.org tag search
219 uses - Created 2005-12-31 13:13:29 - Last used 2014-03-07 06:47:45 - Nominate - Description - http://userscripts.org/tags/%s

dylan
Search Bob Dylan's lyrics from his website: Example: dylan take the motherless children off the street and place them at the feet of a harlot
218 uses - Created 2005-10-28 19:03:26 - Last used 2024-07-25 13:39:44 - Nominate - Description - http://search.bobdylan.com/lyricsearch/searchResults.jsp?doSearch=true&exact=off&range=50&q=%s

encrypgo
Busqueda segura en https://encrypted.google.com
218 uses - Created 2015-10-19 19:14:58 - Last used 2016-11-03 20:40:51 - Nominate - Description - https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=%s

zq
Search in Zooqle verified torrents [by l3utterfish]]
218 uses - Created 2016-07-27 14:27:24 - Last used 2023-02-17 20:48:27 - Nominate - Description - https://zooqle.com/search?q=%s

upp
Search Swedish personal identification numbers (personnummer) by address. To get the names and personal identification numbers of the people living at a certain address, just type the address. Example: upp kungsgatan 90 stockholm You need to register for an account and log on to upplysning.se to get the results.
218 uses - Created 2007-11-27 15:46:40 - Last used 2017-01-20 06:40:34 - Nominate - Description - utf8to iso-8859-1 http://www.upplysning.se/search.aspx?tab=person&where=%s&bs=S%F6k&searchkey=64600499

gamet
GameTrailers.com search. Watch gameplay movies, previews and reviews of your favorite games! To search for a game profile just type "gamet" followed by the name of your game!
218 uses - Created 2007-06-12 15:50:16 - Last used 2014-06-09 13:36:33 - Nominate - Description - http://www.gametrailers.com/search.php?s=%s&submit.x=0&submit.y=0

youp
You Porn Search
218 uses - Created 2007-11-22 00:30:57 - Last used 2025-03-20 09:38:38 - Nominate - Description - http://youporn.com/search?query=%s

evec
eve-central.com search
217 uses - Created 2009-01-14 04:23:37 - Last used 2010-03-05 21:34:33 - Nominate - Description - http://eve-central.com/home/typesearch.html?search=%s

bkk
Blekko search. Example: bkk global warming /conservative
217 uses - Created 2010-11-01 04:20:26 - Last used 2026-01-06 22:56:47 - Nominate - Description - http://blekko.com/ws/%s

plug
Searches Plugged In Online, a movie appropriateness review database from Focus on the Family. Ex: plug the village
217 uses - Created 2006-09-29 21:46:59 - Last used 2024-01-09 08:46:51 - Nominate - Description - http://search.family.org/query.cfm?qt=%s&style=pluggedin

cli
cli stands for command line interface. "cli <command seached for>" searches via google on the site ss64.com, which lists many commands for Bash (Gnu/Linux and OS X), Oracle 9i, SQL Server 2005 and Windows NT/XP. Example: cli alias It will return helpfull information on the alias command (Bash shell).
216 uses - Created 2006-08-21 15:49:48 - Last used 2026-02-10 22:23:28 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Awww.ss64.com&q=%s

rsd
searches rec.sport.disc, the most active message board about ultimate frisbee. sorts the results by date since that is usually what you want.
216 uses - Created 2007-02-05 14:57:52 - Last used 2020-01-02 01:24:12 - Nominate - Description - http://groups.google.com/group/rec.sport.disc/search?q=%s&start=0&scoring=d&hl=en&

istockphoto
Searches istockphoto.com
216 uses - Created 2007-06-07 19:01:03 - Last used 2021-09-27 03:50:43 - Nominate - Description - http://www.istockphoto.com/file_search.php?action=file&text=%s

nlt
Find a scripture on Bible Gateway in the New Living Translation.
216 uses - Created 2007-11-17 14:05:30 - Last used 2018-03-20 15:21:56 - Nominate - Description - http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=%s&version=51;

ala (Golden Egg)
Search the A List Apart archives (XHTML, CSS, Design, etc.)
216 uses - Created 2005-06-17 00:26:39 - Last used 2026-03-24 13:46:32 - Description - http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp-q=%s&sp-a=sp1002d27b&sp-f=ISO-8859-1&sp-p=All&sp-k=All

Filemaker
Searches the FIlmeaker Developer Notes section
215 uses - Created 2005-06-20 03:26:37 - Last used 2023-11-22 09:05:54 - Nominate - Description - http://filemaker.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/filemaker.cfg/php/enduser/std_alp.php?p_sid=bhBaUpIh&p_lva=&p_li=&p_page=1&p_cv=&p_pv=&p_prods=0&p_cats=&p_hidden_prods=&prod_lvl1=0&p_search_text=%s&p_new_search=1

olga
Searches OLGA (the Online Guitar Archive - http://olga.net) for the given artist or song.
215 uses - Created 2005-06-20 18:19:15 - Last used 2026-04-24 00:24:47 - Nominate - Description - http://olga.net/dynamic/search.php?search=%s

nj
Searches Ninjawords: Example: nj insidious
215 uses - Created 2009-12-10 00:54:58 - Last used 2023-03-17 06:05:30 - Nominate - Description - http://ninjawords.com/%s

cite
Search on Cite Seer Scientific Digital Library.
215 uses - Created 2006-09-04 08:31:38 - Last used 2025-05-28 04:00:04 - Nominate - Description - http://citeseer.ifi.unizh.ch/cis?q=%s&submit=Search+Documents&cs=1

wikia2
Take you to a page on any wikia. Use "wikia <project name>" to go to a project's homepage, or "wikia <projectname>:<pagename>" to jump to a page. Does not do search, goes right to the page. Examples: wikia furry -- Goes to Wikifur wikia creatures:Docking Station -- goes to the Creatures Wiki page on Docking Station
215 uses - Created 2006-10-06 00:12:25 - Last used 2011-02-18 05:51:19 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wikia.com/wiki/c:%s[no url encoding]

ffs
Search Friendfeed Example: ffs iPhone Multiple search arguments are supported. Example: ffs iPhone 3G
215 uses - Created 2008-05-07 23:16:16 - Last used 2025-09-16 00:42:51 - Nominate - Description - http://friendfeed.com/search?q=%s

ning
NAME ning -- search ning.com for social web applications ning [optional search term] EXAMPLES ning results: takes you to the Ning browse page ning google results: searches ning for applications that mention Google AUTHOR chicagosage b.a.
215 uses - Created 2006-02-22 20:12:26 - Last used 2017-05-05 02:33:20 - Nominate - Description - http://browse.ning.com/{ifnotempty %s -then search?q=%s&x=0&y=0}

canlii

215 uses - Created 2013-10-24 07:42:14 - Last used 2022-01-13 04:58:39 - Nominate - Description - http://www.canlii.org/en/search/search.do?all=%s

pins
Search images on Pinterest without the login bullshit (or browse the website with w3m or blocking Javascript with a regular browser)
215 uses - Created 2017-11-12 11:04:47 - Last used 2026-04-28 16:32:40 - Nominate - Description - https://pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=%s

smf
Search mediafire via google site: option. Add parameter as needed. smf radiohead
214 uses - Created 2010-05-09 00:50:58 - Last used 2019-01-21 18:42:05 - Nominate - Description - g site:mediafire.com %s

fdy
Finday, a social search engine and community powered by Google.
214 uses - Created 2010-07-21 07:49:55 - Last used 2017-05-05 02:33:49 - Nominate - Description - http://finday.com/search?q=%s

lincjpn
NUS LINC Japanese Search. Search National University of Singapore LINC (Library INtegrated Catalogue), but only items which are in Japanese language.
214 uses - Created 2010-08-03 15:10:26 - Last used 2011-08-22 17:31:35 - Nominate - Description - http://linc.nus.edu.sg/search/X?SEARCH=%s&l=jpn

mefiuserg
Search for Metafilter.com users via Google It works best if you use the whole user name however it will do partial matches if the user name contains spaces Example: mefiuserg mathowie
214 uses - Created 2005-09-27 13:37:58 - Last used 2007-04-15 14:59:23 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%s+inurl%3Auser+site%3Awww.metafilter.com

tsc
torrentscan meta-search for torrents
214 uses - Created 2009-08-29 16:35:27 - Last used 2025-09-04 12:28:35 - Nominate - Description - http://www.torrentscan.com/?q=%s

ks
Search the KinderStart.com directory! KinderStart is the largest (and most popular) indexed directory and search engine focused on children zero to seven on the 'net. Find adoption related information Example: ks adoption Find all listings pertaining to birthday cakes Example: ks birthday cake
214 uses - Created 2005-06-21 01:15:53 - Last used 2025-11-28 09:40:52 - Nominate - Description - http://www.kinderstart.com/cgi-bin/sqlsearch.cgi?pos=1&query=%s&language=&advanced=&urlonly=&withid=

gamecopyworld
Search Gamecopyworld database. Example: gamecopyworld mythology
214 uses - Created 2006-09-29 22:56:22 - Last used 2026-05-14 14:47:45 - Nominate - Description - http://search.gamecopyworld.com:9999/data/gcw.shtml?Search=%s&submit=Go

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