Command List (ls)

Tip: For a list of particularly interesting Yubnub commands, check out Yubnub Golden Eggs. Also see the Most-Used Commands.

Tip: You can search the descriptions by typing "ls [word or phrase]". For example, to search for all commands about music, type "ls music".

rproxy
Opens the specified url in a random proxy from proxy.org. Usage example: rproxy http://www.google.com.
1433 uses - Created 2008-02-10 19:51:01 - Last used 2025-05-14 08:01:46 - Nominate - Description - http://proxy.org/proxy.pl?url=%s&proxy=random[no url encoding]

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

iwebsaver
Iwebsaver command. Creates a data: string of the url entered after it. example: iwebsaver www.google.com (with or without http://) would give you data:text/html;base64,PD94bWwgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4wIiBlbmNvZGluZz0iVVRGLTgiPz4KPCFET0NUWVBFIGh0bWwgUFVCTElDICItLy9XQVBGT1JVTS8vRFREIFhIVE1MIE1vYmlsZSAxLjAvL0VOIiAiaHR0cDovL3d3dy53YXBmb3J1bS5vcmcvRFREL3hodG1sLW1vYmlsZTEwLmR0ZCI+CiA8aHRtbCB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMTk5OS94aHRtbCI+IDxoZWFkPiA8bWV0YSBodHRwLWVxdWl2PSJDb250ZW50LVR5cGUiIGNvbnRlbnQ9InRleHQ…
18 uses - Created 2008-02-10 07:21:02 - Last used 2025-09-07 14:51:05 - Nominate - Description - http://iwebsaver.com/?u=%s

jjc
J&J Cards & Collectables, Game Search Search the in stock game selections at this store found in Waterloo On.
27 uses - Created 2008-02-09 21:30:05 - Last used 2012-10-08 13:27:03 - Nominate - Description - http://www.jjcards.com/onlinelist/Games_view.php?SearchString=%s

xri
I-Name Transfer -- use:: xri [i-name] example:: xri =gabriel [;||<
20 uses - Created 2008-02-09 15:50:57 - Last used 2009-01-25 23:40:38 - Nominate - Description - http://xri.net/%s

tweetminds
Split screen Twitter search results. Terraminds on the left, David Terry's Tweetscan on the right. Usually they're the same, but sometimes there are a few discrepancies. See man tweetscan and man terraminds for more. Supply your search terms as a parameter. created by enbar
26 uses - Created 2008-02-09 14:28:41 - Last used 2013-08-15 23:33:07 - Nominate - Description - split {url terraminds %s} {url tweetscan %s}

amango
Filmsuche bei amango.de
11 uses - Created 2008-02-09 14:26:10 - Last used 2008-10-19 20:21:28 - Nominate - Description - http://www.amango.de/?cmd=&subnavi=&page=search&tge=&snippet=&REM_HTTP_REFERER=http%3A%2F%2Fyubnub.org%2Fcommand%2Fnew%3Fname%3D&REM_def_pr_id=&REM_def_part_id=&REM_def_actioncode=&REM_def_ba_id=&REM_zanpid=&REM_eid=&REM_tduid=&REM_CJAID=&REM_CJPID=&REM_CJSID=&REM_burdaid=&REM_aoldomain=&REM_def_ma_id=&REM_cc=&REM_ipcountry=&sge=&pge=1&crAction=&anticachetimestamp=1202567131032&powerSearch=%s

myebayde
Myebay Seite für deutsche User
70 uses - Created 2008-02-09 14:19:22 - Last used 2011-06-08 12:46:23 - Nominate - Description - http://my.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?MyeBay&ssPageName=H:H:MYEBAY:DE

garrysmod
Garrys mod Search. Just enter your term after the command. Example: garrysmod sweps would get you http://www.garrysmod.org/downloads/?tag=sweps.
21 uses - Created 2008-02-08 23:04:44 - Last used 2012-08-10 13:29:15 - Nominate - Description - http://www.garrysmod.org/downloads/?tag=%s

olook
A onelook.com command that actually works.
262 uses - Created 2008-02-08 20:17:04 - Last used 2010-12-26 21:38:02 - Nominate - Description - http://www.onelook.com/?w=%s&ls=a

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

tpbs
https version of the tpb command
4918 uses - Created 2008-02-08 16:51:32 - Last used 2025-11-05 19:50:54 - Nominate - Description - https://thepiratebay.org/search/%s/0/7/0[use %20 for spaces]

wowdb
Search www.wowdb.com, yet another World of Warcraft database site.
75 uses - Created 2008-02-08 07:44:58 - Last used 2010-12-11 12:04:39 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wowdb.com/search.aspx?search_text=%s

jap
Searches in caselaw from all Canadian provinces (plus federal courts) on Canlii.
369 uses - Created 2008-02-07 13:07:07 - Last used 2022-03-18 10:49:40 - Nominate - Description - http://www.canlii.org/eliisa/search.do?language=en&searchTitle=Search+all+CanLII+Databases&searchPage=eliisa%2FmainPageSearch.vm&text=%s&id=&startDate=&endDate=&caselaw=courts

exe
Search Expression Engine website
70 uses - Created 2008-02-06 18:01:31 - Last used 2025-01-19 10:07:53 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.co.za/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&channel=s&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=%s+site%3Aexpressionengine.com&btnG=Search&meta=

voed
Searches the oxford english dictionary (oed.com) if you are first logged into Vassar's proxy service.
39 uses - Created 2008-02-06 16:53:05 - Last used 2017-01-13 04:39:34 - Nominate - Description - http://dictionary.oed.com.libproxy.vassar.edu/cgi/findword?query_type=word&queryword=%s&find.x=0&find.y=0&find=Find+word

crunchy
Crunchy search allows you to search through the popular video sharing site, crunchyroll.com. To search, just type in "crunchy" followed by the keywords. Example: crunchy anime music videos
97 uses - Created 2008-02-06 16:42:54 - Last used 2022-09-12 16:23:27 - Nominate - Description - http://www.crunchyroll.com/search?q=%s

done
The done command redirects the user to one of the many ends of the internet, thereby saving him time and sometimes providing words of wisdom. It was designed using the random command, but this can be bypassed using the code option as follows: done -code [NUMBER] Read more about it at... http://www.users.cloud9.net/~bradmcc/eoti.html pablo7 AT inbox DOT com
323 uses - Created 2008-02-06 16:17:24 - Last used 2025-10-26 15:54:27 - Nominate - Description - http://{switch ${code={random -min 0 -max 19}} | 0 => www.shibumi.org/eoti.htm, 1 => www.hmpg.net, 2 => n.ethz.ch/student/stadleja/, 3 => www.schaft.com/endofit.html, 4 => www.sillybirds.com, 5 => home.att.net/~cecw/lastpage.htm, 6 => bw.org/end/, 7 => www.romlist.com/end/, 8 => www.wwwdotcom.com, 9 => captainpackrat.com/Misc/end.htm, 10 => www.kisstv.ro.ro, 11 => www.red-squirrel.com/eof.html, 12 => www.cybermeme.net/end.html, 13 => www.lastpageoftheinternet.co.uk, 14 => www.bloodbook.com/end-net.htm, 15 => home.att.net/~cecw/lastpage.htm, 16 => www.end.com, 17 => www.joesherlock.com/the-end.html, 18 => www.jrdias.com/internet-end.htm, 19 => bachholm.dk, 20 => www.shibumi.org/eoti.htm}

tw2
Search Twitter via http://tweetscan.com Example: tw2 iphone Multiple search arguments are supported. Example: tw2 2008 predictions
145 uses - Created 2008-02-06 11:00:50 - Last used 2017-08-27 15:50:04 - Nominate - Description - http://tweetscan.com/index.php?s=%s

Cws
Searches the Computer Weekly website from Reed. It's refined so that it will *only* search the CW site, not bring in other results.
36 uses - Created 2008-02-06 10:18:25 - Last used 2025-06-19 16:12:04 - Nominate - Description - http://www.computerweekly.com/SearchServices/Search.aspx?o=&sKeywords=%s&content=site&cat=&searchType=site&sortBy=Relevance&filter=0

twitterfriends
Use the Grazr OPML browser to get a snapshot of the Twitter friends timeline of any Twitter user. Supply the a Twitter username as a parameter, and this command will return an OPML file (in a Grazr window) with one node for each of that user's friends. Note that the Twitter API will only return a maximum of 100 friends per user. Example twitterfriends scobleizer
11 uses - Created 2008-02-06 02:45:22 - Last used 2010-12-08 23:00:13 - Nominate - Description - http://grazr.com/gzpanel.html?file=http://tools.opiumfield.com/twitter/%s/opml

mger

93 uses - Created 2008-02-06 01:45:44 - Last used 2024-05-23 01:09:23 - Nominate - Description - http://www.metager.de/meta/cgi-bin/meta.ger1?eingabe=%s&mm=and&hits=&linkTest=no&check_time=3&maxtreffer=200&sorturls=&sorturls_kompakt=&allesklar=&allthedoc=&allthepix=&allthesound=&atsearch=on&blitzsuche=&crawler=&crossbot=&deutschland=&dmoz=on&dmozint=&metarss=on&ebay=&etoc=&fastbot=on&onlinks=&firstsfind=on&firstsfind_int=&fportal=on&fpdiss=&portalu=on&harvest=on&wikipedia=on&hurrade=&intersearch=&mediastreet=&mirago=&msn=&overture=on&plaff=&qualigo-ch=&qualigo=&sharelook=&tiborder=&tonline=&vondo=&witch=on&yahoo=&Nachrichten=on&Usenet=&nebel=on&seekport=&exalead=on&nutch=&suchclip=on&cpase=&intnews=&tauchen=&usunis=&plazoo=&ngsearch=&clewwa=&stellendirekt=&mrwong=on&komercatv=&audioclipping=on&regengergie=&yacy=&tuhh=on&ecoshopper=&BASE=&zoggle=&kompaktsuche=&start=1&QuickTips=beschleuniger&sprueche=on&newWindow=1&sorturls=&textmenge=2&showList=&synonyme=on&wikiboost=on&wissRank=on&time=2&hitsPerServer=2

sidereel
Searches sidreel.com for whatever TV show or movie you input. Example: sidereel doctor who
1042 uses - Created 2008-02-06 00:23:44 - Last used 2018-01-02 11:39:44 - Nominate - Description - http://www.sidereel.com/_search?searchQuery=%s

udd
Mah Zambah bargz brahnz !
208 uses - Created 2008-02-05 21:43:43 - Last used 2018-02-02 01:55:57 - Nominate - Description - http://wiki.urbandead.com/?search=%s

shutdown
shutdown takes you to a very powerful web application with a simple interface. pablo7 AT inbox DOT com
80 uses - Created 2008-02-05 18:40:58 - Last used 2022-01-15 23:06:48 - Nominate - Description - http://www.turnofftheinternet.com

julian
Julian Date Converter (from Gregorian Calendar). Syntax: julian MM/DD/YYYY Example: julian 02/01/2008 Output: 2454498
263 uses - Created 2008-02-05 18:33:35 - Last used 2026-03-11 10:29:20 - Nominate - Description - http://isotropic.org/cgi-bin/date.pl?date=%s

legalsounds
It searches an album on Legalsounds.com
46 uses - Created 2008-02-05 04:35:36 - Last used 2011-03-19 16:44:52 - Nominate - Description - http://www.legalsounds.com/search?pattern=%s&searchType=All&x=15&y=8

mp3fiesta
It searches an album on mp3fiesta.ru.
46 uses - Created 2008-02-05 04:34:28 - Last used 2010-12-16 18:49:16 - Nominate - Description - http://mp3fiesta.com/search/?text=%s

ougeotwitterembedcode
Generates the embed code for a map of Twitter updates. See man ougeotwitter for more information.
11 uses - Created 2008-02-04 23:16:15 - Last used 2009-03-26 08:44:38 - Nominate - Description - echo <b>Embed code for Twitter map, username %s:</b><br /><iframe width="425" height="350" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=http:%2F%2Fpipes.yahoo.com%2Fpipes%2Fpipe.run%3F_id%3DgB6E0bbQ3BGt8MhmnkartA%26_render%3Dkml%26twitterId%3D%s&ie=UTF8&om=0&ll=38.391226,-95.163424&spn=11.22015,48.213552&output=embed&s=AARTsJorZKfdpwB_Il7K8dvOEsUHbh3hBw"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=http:%2F%2Fpipes.yahoo.com%2Fpipes%2Fpipe.run%3F_id%3DgB6E0bbQ3BGt8MhmnkartA%26_render%3Dkml%26twitterId%3D%s&ie=UTF8&om=0&ll=38.391226,-95.163424&spn=11.22015,48.213552&source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">View Larger Map</a></small>

ougeotwitter
Use a Yahoo! pipe to plot location data found in a Twitter user's updates on a Google map. Created by Tony Hirst of OUseful (http://snipr.com/1yzi9). Supply a Twitter username as a parameter. Example: ougeotwitter jeffpulver
25 uses - Created 2008-02-04 23:05:05 - Last used 2011-07-18 03:37:18 - Nominate - Description - http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=http:%2F%2Fpipes.yahoo.com%2Fpipes%2Fpipe.run%3F_id%3DgB6E0bbQ3BGt8MhmnkartA%26_render%3Dkml%26twitterId%3D%s&ie=UTF8&z=4&om=0

resources
If you are resource constrained.... Use the services of res.ourc.es
12 uses - Created 2008-02-04 18:08:11 - Last used 2024-08-22 10:45:03 - Nominate - Description - http://res.ourc.es

prisma
Search for film in german magazine prisma.de. (with umlauts) Usage: prisma [query]. (Author: Stefan Schwingeler)
145 uses - Created 2008-02-04 11:05:23 - Last used 2025-02-11 17:38:08 - Nominate - Description - utf8to iso-8859-1 http://www.prisma.de/filmdatenbank/suche.html?pattern=%s&location=filmdatenbank%2Fsuche.html

meddict
Similar to the dict command, but uses the cancerweb medical dictionary to look up words related to medicine.
13 uses - Created 2008-02-04 05:31:36 - Last used 2008-02-22 02:12:00 - Nominate - Description - http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?action=Search+OMD&query=%s

lsfm
lastfm
630 uses - Created 2008-02-04 03:14:16 - Last used 2015-02-11 00:06:06 - Nominate - Description - http://www.last.fm/user/lessavyfav15/

pobo
This is a search for the PinkOnBrown.org blog and resource section. http://www.pinkonbrown.org With no text, this is just a bookmark for the homepage. With text, this becomes a search for the wiki and forum.
46 uses - Created 2008-02-04 00:15:20 - Last used 2010-03-14 10:57:52 - Nominate - Description - http://www.pinkonbrown.org/{eop search/@%s@}

sgwiki
Stargate Wiki. A wiki about the TV and movie stargate universe. Example: sgwiki O'neill
28 uses - Created 2008-02-03 20:36:35 - Last used 2012-01-01 23:21:39 - Nominate - Description - http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s&fulltext=Search

ldb
National Rail Live Departure Boards search (United Kingdom) Syntax: abc: 3-letter station code Example: ldb LST - gives train departure times for London Liverpool Street
111 uses - Created 2008-02-03 12:52:35 - Last used 2016-05-25 02:40:04 - Nominate - Description - http://www.livedepartureboards.co.uk/ldb/sumdep.aspx?T={ ucase %s }

firex
Search firefox addons
48 uses - Created 2008-02-03 04:48:46 - Last used 2019-08-19 21:37:41 - Nominate - Description - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search?q=%s

ttab
TorrentTab metasearch engine.
134 uses - Created 2008-02-02 16:08:32 - Last used 2016-06-27 10:18:24 - Nominate - Description - http://www.torrenttab.com/search/%s

mvv
MVV(Muenchen) Fahrplan Suche | SYNTAX: mvv [typ:]VON [typ:]NACH [[arr:]ZEIT] [DATUM] | BEISPIELE: mvv (reine weiterleitung) mvv sendlinger+tor marienplatz (von haltestelle nach haltestelle) mvv adr:haupt+str+7 poi:deutsches+museum (von addresse nach "bekannter punkt") mvv adr:haupt+str+7 poi:deutsches+museum 16:20 (suche mit abfahrt zeit) mvv adr:haupt+str+7 poi:deutsches+museum 16:20 30.10.07 (suche mit zeit und datum) mvv adr:haupt+str+7 poi:deutsches+museum arr:16:20 30.10.07 (zeit ist ankun…
218 uses - Created 2008-02-02 15:41:54 - Last used 2013-03-27 16:37:52 - Nominate - Description - http://efa.mvv-muenchen.de/mvv/XSLT_TRIP_REQUEST2?{ifThen -value1 %s -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then place_origin=m&place_destination=m&type_origin={ifMatch -pattern /^adr:/ -string {% 1 %s} -then address -else {ifMatch -pattern /^stop:/ -string {% 1 %s} -then stop -else {ifMatch -pattern /^poi:/ -string {% 1 %s} -then poi -else stop}}}&type_destination={ifMatch -pattern /^adr:/ -string {% 2 %s} -then address -else {ifMatch -pattern /^stop:/ -string {% 2 %s} -then stop -else {ifMatch -pattern /^poi:/ -string {% 2 %s} -then poi -else stop}}}&name_origin={strReplace -find adr: -replace -string {strReplace -find poi: -replace -string {strReplace -find stop: -replace -string {% 1 %s}}}}&name_destination={strReplace -find adr: -replace -string {strReplace -find poi: -replace -string {strReplace -find stop: -replace -string {% 2 %s}}}}{ifThen -value1 {% 3 %s} -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then &itdTimeHour={strLeft {strReplace -find arr: -replace -string {% 3 %s}} 2}&itdTimeMinute={strRight {% 3 %s} 2}}{ifThen -value1 {% 4 %s} -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then &itdDateDay={strLeft {% 4 %s} 2}&itdDateMonth={strLeftRev {strRightRev {% 4 %s} 3} 3}&itdDateYear={strRight {% 4 %s} 2}}&itdTripDateTimeDepArr={ifMatch -pattern /^arr:/ -string {% 3 %s} -then arr -else dep}}[no url encoding]

dto
Hot german forum
23 uses - Created 2008-02-02 12:17:28 - Last used 2021-03-26 12:27:20 - Nominate - Description - http://www.d-t-o.eu/

insight
Search Insight USA - Enter part or item
119 uses - Created 2008-02-02 06:12:57 - Last used 2024-10-02 11:08:16 - Nominate - Description - http://www.insight.com/site/search/index.cfm?K=%s

ustwhd
Link connects to specific ticket ID at the University of St. Thomas's Web Help Desk ticket tracking system.
120 uses - Created 2008-02-01 21:14:06 - Last used 2008-10-11 16:00:28 - Nominate - Description - https://whd.stthomas.edu/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Helpdesk.woa/wa/ticket?ticketId=%s

bggg
Board Game Geek. Search BGG using their search engine. (Note the bgg command searches BGG using Google) bggg settlers takes you to a listing of all games in the Geek with the letters 'settlers' in the title. bgg settlers takes you directly to the settlers of catan page, as that is the #1 page according to google for 'setters' at the Geek.
496 uses - Created 2008-02-01 17:40:23 - Last used 2023-12-24 14:33:35 - Nominate - Description - http://www.boardgamegeek.com/metasearch.php?searchtype=game&search=%s

uwi
Go directly to the ubuntu wiki page with the given title (as opposed to searching).
349 uses - Created 2008-02-01 15:11:02 - Last used 2013-08-24 10:51:06 - Nominate - Description - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/%s

rlater
Instapaper. The best newspaper in the universe. How it works 1. You find something you want to read, but you don't have time now. You click . 2. When you have time to read, you come here on your computer or phone and get whatever you wanted to read. To mark "Read Later" (rlater) the current web page of your browser, just type the command "rlater". Example: rlater
55 uses - Created 2008-02-01 13:40:26 - Last used 2012-02-22 05:50:40 - Nominate - Description - http://javascript:var d=document,w=window,e=w.getSelection,k=d.getSelection,x=d.selection,s=(e?e():(k)?k():(x?x.createRange().text:0)),f='http://www.instapaper.com/b',l=d.location,e=encodeURIComponent,p='?v=3&u='+e(l.href) +'&t='+e(d.title) +'&s='+e(s),u=f+p;try{if(!/^(.*\.)?instapaper([^.]*)?$/.test(l.host))throw(0);iptstbt();}catch(z){a =function(){if(!w.open(u,'t','toolbar=0,resizable=0,status=1,width=250,height=150'))l.href=u;};if(/Firefox/.test(navigator.userAgent))setTimeout(a,0);else a();}void(0)

lost4
tvunderground 4th season lost
12 uses - Created 2008-02-01 07:43:07 - Last used 2009-02-05 14:46:40 - Nominate - Description - http://tvunderground.org.ru/index.php?show=episodes&sid=19223

yto
Search Youtorrent.com
132 uses - Created 2008-01-31 23:32:24 - Last used 2021-01-27 09:51:12 - Nominate - Description - http://www.youtorrent.com/tag/?q=%s

mlsr
Takes you to the MLS Rumors blog for the latest Major League Soccer rumors. ---------- Old implementation: http://mlsrumors.blogspot.com/
129 uses - Created 2008-01-31 15:12:24 - Last used 2011-12-26 15:29:43 - Nominate - Description - http://www.mls-rumors.net/

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