Command List (ls)

my5
MySQL version 5.1 Online Manual Search ---------- Old implementation: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/search.php?version=5.1&q=%s
56 uses - Created 2008-05-07 20:58:40 - Last used 2024-12-31 08:16:29 - Nominate - Description - https://www.google.com/search?q=%s+%22mysql+5%22+site%3Adev.mysql.com&btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky

pwr
A quick command for Powerset, a copy of Wikipedia that implements an increased search function.
56 uses - Created 2008-05-25 18:12:00 - Last used 2020-03-23 13:30:28 - Nominate - Description - http://www.powerset.com/explore/go/%s[use - for spaces]

kh
Searches www.koxmix.com for health-related issues. For example, to find information on heart disease type kh heart disease
56 uses - Created 2006-02-11 07:17:33 - Last used 2024-01-14 14:08:55 - Nominate - Description - http://www.kosmix.com/search?q=%s&t=vhealth.all&out=health&lid=index

iam
This command takes you to the specific user page of anyone on the IAM series of community pages (the community side of BMEzine.com). It's not really a search engine, as it only works if you enter an accurate user name. However, if you get it wrong, it will take you to an IAM search page, so you can find the right page. i.e. typing in "iam glider" will take you to Shannon Larratt, the founder of BME's page.
56 uses - Created 2006-02-28 23:46:15 - Last used 2023-02-23 11:32:54 - Nominate - Description - http://iam.bmezine.com/?%s

glabel
Search a specified label in gmail. Argument must be only a label, or a label followed by other search criteria. Example: glabel yubnub Will display emails labeled "yubnub". Example: glabel school assignment Will display emails labeled "school" containing the word "assignment".
56 uses - Created 2006-03-09 20:43:02 - Last used 2016-10-07 20:22:38 - Nominate - Description - http://gmail.google.com/gmail?&search=query&q=label:%s&view=tl&fs=1

gsite:
NAME gsite: - Google site-specific search on a site for which you do not know the URL. SYNOPSIS gsite: <KEYWORDS-TO-DESCRIBE-SITE> <KEYWORDS TO SEARCH WITHIN SITE> EXAMPLES gsite: jon-aquino autohotkey macro [returns Google results for posts at jonaquino.blogspot.com that mention 'autohotkey macro'] gsite: chicago-tribune green roofs [returns Google results for articles at chicagotribune.com that mention 'green roofs'] gsite: new-york-times pommes frites [returns Google results for articles at …
56 uses - Created 2006-08-21 09:15:28 - Last used 2013-08-12 06:38:47 - Nominate - Description - lucky>> {% 1 %s} -k {% 2- %s}

vvv
search using vi search to search for "apples" vvv apples
56 uses - Created 2006-09-07 23:01:58 - Last used 2025-08-03 23:46:33 - Nominate - Description - http://www.visearch.com/index.php?q=%s

toolbar
Search for a toolbar
56 uses - Created 2007-01-22 12:16:04 - Last used 2024-11-28 20:00:51 - Nominate - Description - http://www.conduit.com/Community/Gallery.aspx?SearchPhrase=%s

meyers
SYNOPSIS meyers [word or phrase] EXAMPLES meyers Test Search in Meyers Lexikon online.
55 uses - Created 2006-08-29 12:24:03 - Last used 2020-11-22 10:50:07 - Nominate - Description - http://lexikon.meyers.de/index.php/Spezial:Search?search=%s

diggs
Shameless vanity domain shortcut.
55 uses - Created 2006-09-04 03:10:19 - Last used 2013-09-05 16:30:26 - Nominate - Description - http://{ifEmpty -value %s -then www.diggspot.com/wiki -else www.google.com/search?q=%s+site%3Adiggspot.com }

tcs
Search TechCrunch posts
55 uses - Created 2007-01-03 22:47:40 - Last used 2024-12-25 04:54:56 - Nominate - Description - http://www.techcrunch.com/?s=%s

jux2
jux2 <query> Searches 'query' in jux2 meta search engine. You can compare the leading search engines and see the relevant results.
55 uses - Created 2007-02-15 21:07:55 - Last used 2016-08-24 02:06:23 - Nominate - Description - http://www.jux2.com/best.php?e=0&q=%s&Submit=search

dwiki
Wikipedia full text search in german language.
55 uses - Created 2007-04-12 09:54:04 - Last used 2019-04-03 05:55:20 - Nominate - Description - http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spezial:Suche?search=%s&fulltext=Volltext

tfa
Search torrent site torrentsforall.net Syntax: tfa [search string] Example: tfa family guy
55 uses - Created 2007-10-01 05:39:53 - Last used 2017-01-28 17:49:11 - Nominate - Description - http://www.torrentsforall.net/browse.php?search=%s

stdir
search Streetdirectory.com
55 uses - Created 2007-10-13 02:25:44 - Last used 2008-07-16 02:18:36 - Nominate - Description - http://www.streetdirectory.com/asia_travel/search/?q=%s

dfus
Deadfrog.us
55 uses - Created 2007-10-29 14:54:14 - Last used 2011-08-10 02:01:02 - Nominate - Description - http://www.deadfrog.us/index.php?act=search&query=%s

exploseek
Send a string to the Exploseek music meta-search. It seems to handle phrases in quotation marks a little strangely. I haven't figured out whether it will work better with our without quotation marks. Settings: search for music, "All Words" option on ("Smart Exact" option off) Example: exploseek beyond the sea
55 uses - Created 2007-11-06 16:21:04 - Last used 2025-06-27 23:05:50 - Nominate - Description - http://exploseek.com/search.php?s=music&a=%s&exact=yes&seek=Exploseek

gbip
ISBN search on Global Books in Print for Canadian and USA markets. Requires a subscription to the Global Books in Print service.
55 uses - Created 2009-12-21 22:08:16 - Last used 2010-04-22 20:08:51 - Nominate - Description - http://www.globalbooksinprint.com/merge_shared/Search/SearchResult.asp?Criteria1=ISBN%2FUPC&Action=Search&QueryMode=Simple&ResultTemplate=mgSearchResults_fl.hts&ScoreThreshold=0&ResultCount=25&SrchFrm=Home&navPage=1&CriteriaText1=%s&IMAGE1.x=18&IMAGE1.y=9&InPrint=InPrint&book=book&MarketAvailability=43|Canada&MarketAvailability=194|United+States

socment
Search with Social Mention. Social Mention is a social media search and analysis platform that aggregates user generated content from across the web's social media landscape into a single real-time stream of information. Social Mention monitors 100+ social media properties directly including: Twitter, Facebook, FriendFeed, YouTube, Digg, Google, etc. ~ Author: guglielf <guglielf at gmail dot com> ~
55 uses - Created 2009-12-28 16:08:59 - Last used 2017-05-05 02:40:52 - Nominate - Description - http://socialmention.com/search?q=%s&t=all&btnG=Search

gdm
Mobile-formatted definitions through Google.
55 uses - Created 2010-09-20 18:27:24 - Last used 2024-09-19 13:32:49 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.google.com/search?q=define:%s

torh
torhead shortcut for SWTOR
55 uses - Created 2011-12-25 05:25:14 - Last used 2013-09-24 08:44:06 - Nominate - Description - http://www.torhead.com/search/%s

ukmap (Golden Egg)
Map of the UK, given a postcode. Uses multimap
55 uses - Created 2005-06-20 21:30:51 - Last used 2008-06-09 22:51:52 - Description - http://www.multimap.com/map/places.cgi?quicksearch=%s&client=public&lang=&advanced=

chips
CHIP Forum Search
55 uses - Created 2005-07-01 04:17:01 - Last used 2024-07-15 18:59:31 - Nominate - Description - http://www.chip.ro/forum/search.php?search_keywords=%s

student
Student Universe - Travel site run by Orbitz
55 uses - Created 2005-07-01 11:32:16 - Last used 2024-12-09 13:26:46 - Nominate - Description - http://www.studentuniverse.com/fly/search

uta
University of Texas at Arlington homepage search, UTA homepage search
55 uses - Created 2008-11-06 19:54:32 - Last used 2018-08-02 05:14:28 - Nominate - Description - http://www.googlesyndicatedsearch.com/u/uta?q=%s&domains=uta.edu&sitesearch=uta.edu&x=0&y=0

aetas
Performs a Google Books Search for full view content (both books and magazines) published in the so-called "aetas kantiana", that is, between 1781 and 1804
55 uses - Created 2009-03-26 23:12:28 - Last used 2020-10-06 03:16:03 - Nominate - Description - http://books.google.com/books?lr=&as_brr=1&q=%s&btnG=Search+Books&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=12&as_miny_is=1781&as_maxm_is=1&as_maxy_is=1804

fluidicons
Searches the group pool of icons for various Web Apps. Originally intended for Fluid Site-Specific Browser users, this resource has plenty of high resolution icons for use just about anywhere Example: To find icons for Pandora: fluidicons Pandora
55 uses - Created 2009-10-23 02:12:36 - Last used 2018-12-30 08:27:48 - Nominate - Description - http://www.flickr.com/search/groups/?q=%s&w=636943%40N22&m=pool

windowsphone
This commands, looks for an specified application in the windows phone market place. This replaces "marketplace" which is outdated with old marketplace URL IE: marketplace amazon Command above looks for the amazon app.
55 uses - Created 2012-09-25 16:40:46 - Last used 2016-08-31 22:32:46 - Nominate - Description - http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/search?q=%s

cbsas

55 uses - Created 2013-06-10 08:05:44 - Last used 2025-09-18 11:02:22 - Nominate - Description - https://www.google.com/search?q=clima+buenos+aires

linked
Search LinkedIn usage: linked [NAME] b.a.
55 uses - Created 2018-04-03 10:37:24 - Last used 2025-09-16 09:54:33 - Nominate - Description - https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/index/?keywords=%s

sfind
The shorttext search for a keyword. (http://www.shorttext.com/) example: (to search for a shorttext about windows run commands) sfind run commands
55 uses - Created 2006-03-14 12:44:42 - Last used 2010-10-14 22:38:15 - Nominate - Description - http://www.shorttext.com/search.aspx?q=%s

jarfinder
Given a fully qualified Java class name, lists the jar file(s) which might contain the class
55 uses - Created 2006-04-13 20:47:28 - Last used 2014-06-01 18:22:11 - Nominate - Description - http://www.jarfinder.com/index.php?class=%s&submit=search

kpl
NAME kpl - Searches the KPL database at kpl.org SYNOPSIS kpl [SEARCH TERMS] -in [SEARCH TYPE] EXAMPLES kpl Anne Items containing 'Anne' in the title kpl Anne -in t Items containing 'Anne' in the title kpl lewis -in a Items containing 'lewis' in the author kpl xml -in d Items containing 'xml' in the subject kpl narnia -in s Items containing 'narnia' in the series name kpl narnia -in Y Items containing 'narnia' as a keyword kpl Na420832 -in i Items with ISBN of Na420832 AUTHOR Stephen Paul Weber …
55 uses - Created 2006-07-07 19:41:54 - Last used 2025-08-18 13:55:02 - Nominate - Description - http://books.kpl.org/search~S1/${in=t}?SEARCH=%s

sayen
Search english pronunciation on howjsay.com
55 uses - Created 2007-12-11 11:41:05 - Last used 2012-05-24 09:07:24 - Nominate - Description - http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=%s&submit=Submit

lap
A lap.hu oldalak között keres. Ékezetekkel sajnos nem működik. (Search in a popular Hungarian link-catalog)
55 uses - Created 2008-02-26 23:33:33 - Last used 2020-03-17 04:59:09 - Nominate - Description - lap: http://www.tango.hu/catalog.php?q={iconv -to WINDOWS-1250 -str %s}

dah
Searches in Debian GNU/Linux websites, DebianAdmin.com and DebianHelp.co.uk via Google. [Debian Admin Help]
55 uses - Created 2008-04-18 12:38:01 - Last used 2021-05-05 06:27:03 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%s+site%3Awww.debianadmin.com+OR+site%3Awww.debianhelp.co.uk&btnG=Search

lsb
Search on LinuxSwords Blog
55 uses - Created 2008-08-06 18:29:13 - Last used 2024-03-01 08:10:54 - Nominate - Description - http://blog.mjava.ch/?s=%s

gmg
Google minus Google. Search Google without results from Knol, Blogger, YouTube, Jaiku, Gmail and Blogspot
55 uses - Created 2008-08-19 17:19:09 - Last used 2025-02-23 21:30:44 - Nominate - Description - http://www.startupbin.com/google-google/search.php?cx=013624267394337592694%3A1i_jpk_znwu&cof=FORID%3A9&ie=UTF-8&q=%s&sa=Search

wikidex
(wiki)pedia (de)utsch e(x)tended. Search the wikipedia (German) via LuMriX.
55 uses - Created 2005-11-21 10:43:35 - Last used 2014-02-01 10:00:02 - Nominate - Description - http://wiki.lumrix.net/de/search.php?f=lumrix-search&x=&k=%s&submit=Suchen

comix
Search for articles on Comixpedia, the free online encyclopedia of webcomics.
55 uses - Created 2005-12-25 18:32:45 - Last used 2016-12-27 12:30:57 - Nominate - Description - http://www.comixpedia.org/index.php/Special:Search?ns0=1&searchx=Search&search=%s

mip
Reverse IP from msn. Example: mip 211.111.11.1
55 uses - Created 2006-02-05 16:07:13 - Last used 2023-01-09 12:51:03 - Nominate - Description - http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=ip%3A%s&FORM=QBRE

rus
Russian search in Yandex engine.
54 uses - Created 2005-09-23 23:37:20 - Last used 2023-02-28 05:54:13 - Nominate - Description - http://www.yandex.ru/yandsearch?text=%s

gworldcat
Runs an Open WorldCat "Find in a Library" search by searching Google.com for whatever keywords are entered plus "site:worldcatlibraries.org" Example: To find Giles Constable's <em>Three Studies in Medieval Religious and Social Thought</em>, you could type: gworldcat giles constable three studies ... and you would get a list of "Find in a Library" pages containing the specified text.
54 uses - Created 2005-09-29 18:28:17 - Last used 2009-02-08 06:51:03 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&domains=worldcatlibraries.org&sitesearch=worldcatlibraries.org&q=%s&btnG=Search

ypde
Search the German Yellowpages (GelbeSeiten) Usage: ypde -n <What> -o <Where>
54 uses - Created 2005-10-28 12:57:52 - Last used 2009-09-07 13:18:51 - Nominate - Description - http://www.gelbeseiten.de/yp/quickSearch.yp?at=yp&subject=${n}&location=${o}&execute=Suchen

sblookup
Senderbase.org ip lookup To find out email information about a specific IP. Example: sblookup 10.10.10.10 "This large and diverse dataset provides a statistically significant view into the world’s email traffic and provides email administrators unique visibility into reputation and email threats around the world."
54 uses - Created 2006-01-06 15:12:28 - Last used 2015-01-12 09:58:10 - Nominate - Description - http://www.senderbase.org/search?searchString=%s++%09+

neiman
Searches Neiman Marcus for items
54 uses - Created 2006-01-16 07:34:26 - Last used 2018-10-03 11:41:33 - Nominate - Description - http://www.neimanmarcus.com/store/catalog/47/search.jhtml?srcText=%s

apptism
Search apptism.com for iPhone apps.
54 uses - Created 2009-01-20 19:23:05 - Last used 2009-11-10 17:07:21 - Nominate - Description - http://www.apptism.com/apps?query=%s&x=0&y=0

iwund
use weather underground's iphone optimized site. can search as well. iwund 20010 returns the iphone optimized weather for D.C.
54 uses - Created 2010-02-09 18:06:04 - Last used 2017-07-17 11:50:31 - Nominate - Description - http://i.wund.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?brand=iphone&query=%s

lcplcat
Bookmark for the Lake City (MN) Public Library catalog search website.
54 uses - Created 2010-09-09 15:36:39 - Last used 2012-05-18 14:24:41 - Nominate - Description - http://aquabrowser.selco.info/?c_profile=lc

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