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".

cultris
Search the cultris user database for player ranks and statistics. ========== Old implementation: http://cultris.ath.cx/external/cultris/userlist.asp?beg=%s
73 uses - Created 2007-08-09 23:56:17 - Last used 2008-03-01 19:41:09 - Nominate - Description - http://cultris.ath.cx/userlist.asp?beg=%s

eco
SYNOPSIS eco [keywords] EXAMPLE eco private equity Search The Economist magazine. If no keywords provided, goes to current print edition. AUTHOR elzr.com
720 uses - Created 2007-08-09 23:12:43 - Last used 2025-11-06 01:24:56 - Nominate - Description - http://www.economist.com/{ifEmpty -value %s -then printedition/ -else search/search.cfm?rv=2&qr=%s&area=1&x=0&y=0}

gtrendz
Compares Google phrase to known 500 hit-per-day trend
14 uses - Created 2007-08-09 22:21:27 - Last used 2008-11-25 16:30:02 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/trends?q=male+yeast+infection,"%s"

stormgr

18 uses - Created 2007-08-09 21:21:39 - Last used 2019-04-13 05:57:33 - Nominate - Description - http://hello3435.googlepages.com/stormgr.lic

foo_bar
Google l33t h4x0r
14 uses - Created 2007-08-09 21:01:14 - Last used 2015-12-24 10:28:59 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/intl/xx-hacker/

flazx
searches flazx.com site for computer related books. by Leo
20 uses - Created 2007-08-09 19:59:33 - Last used 2013-05-22 19:23:45 - Nominate - Description - http://www.flazx.com/search.php?p=%s&submit=Search

uch
Allows you to search the Ubuntu community help.
371 uses - Created 2007-08-09 16:25:09 - Last used 2023-08-11 22:34:23 - Nominate - Description - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/%s

searchproduct
Procura o produto nas lojas em Portugal Basta fazeres : searchproduct portatil toshiba para encontrares os preços dos computadores portateis toshiba à venda em Portugal!
10 uses - Created 2007-08-09 10:57:58 - Last used 2007-08-26 10:30:56 - Nominate - Description - http://www.baratix.com/search2?search_txt=%s

gsbo
simultaneous search on google books and google scholar e.g. gsbo "mental rotation" tinker (rewrite of gs2)
191 uses - Created 2007-08-09 09:19:45 - Last used 2023-02-10 00:17:05 - Nominate - Description - split {url[no url encoding] gs %s} {url[no url encoding] gbo %s}

clasno
Norwegian Clas Ohlson search. Clas Ohlson have tons of useful cheap stuff. To search the Clas Ohlson product database, just type a keyword: Example: clasno skruer
34 uses - Created 2007-08-09 08:49:45 - Last used 2012-11-17 20:01:02 - Nominate - Description - http://www.clasohlson.no/Search/ProductList.aspx?Keywords=%s

jcr
Returns the Thomson Journal Citation Report for the given Journal Usage: jcr <journal_name> [-type <search_type>] search_types are: search_full_title : Full Journal Title search_j20 : Abbreviated Journal Title search_title_word : Title Word search_issn : ISSN default search_type is search_full_title Example: jcr Annual Review of Neuroscience jcr annu rev neurosci -type search_j20 jcr neuroscience -type search_title_word jcr 0147-006X -type search_issn Full list of journal titles can be found he…
65 uses - Created 2007-08-09 06:41:20 - Last used 2018-05-17 08:17:26 - Nominate - Description - http://admin.isiknowledge.com/JCR/JCR?RQ=LIST_SUMMARY_JOURNAL&query_new=true&query_type=${type=search_full_title}&query_data=%s[post]

Gphraseus
Automatically adds quotations to your search phrase, as well as "&gl=US".
188566 uses - Created 2007-08-09 03:02:51 - Last used 2025-01-20 08:18:47 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22%s%22&btnG=Google+Search&gl=US

rubyurl
RubyURL - Shorten long URLs by MCAndre
60 uses - Created 2007-08-08 21:52:59 - Last used 2010-03-29 18:39:39 - Nominate - Description - http://rubyurl.com/rubyurl/remote?website_url=%s

myicomp
30dc tool. Automatically checks phrase against MYI
189286 uses - Created 2007-08-08 21:04:10 - Last used 2014-02-02 12:13:49 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/trends?q=male+yeast+infection%2C+%22%s%22&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0

Gphrase
Google phrase search. Automatically includes quotations to search.
748 uses - Created 2007-08-08 20:55:51 - Last used 2009-06-08 12:01:05 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22%s%22&btnG=Google+Search

shorten
shorten - Shorten long URLs by MCAndre
161 uses - Created 2007-08-08 19:45:17 - Last used 2025-09-07 08:52:51 - Nominate - Description - http://metamark.net/add/popup?long_url=%s

href
href.nu - Make long URLs shorter by MCAndre
55 uses - Created 2007-08-08 19:15:57 - Last used 2017-05-15 06:53:17 - Nominate - Description - http://href.nu/cgi/new.rb?iri=%s

opens
checks opensubtitles.org for english subs - by asymmetric
1148 uses - Created 2007-08-08 12:43:23 - Last used 2026-01-15 00:09:41 - Nominate - Description - http://www.opensubtitles.org/en/search2/sublanguageid-eng/moviename-%s

mcm
meta critic movie reviews
450 uses - Created 2007-08-08 10:09:13 - Last used 2023-02-27 13:05:44 - Nominate - Description - movrev %s

sagemath

46 uses - Created 2007-08-07 23:25:26 - Last used 2022-08-03 13:48:45 - Nominate - Description - http://google.com/custom?cx=002411183662849495023%3Aymym1qazpm4&q=%s&sa=Search&cof=AH%3Aleft%3BCX%3ASAGE%2520Search%2520Engine%3BDIV%3A%23cccccc%3BFORID%3A0%3BGFNT%3A%23666666%3BL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fgoogle%2Ecom%2Fcoop%2Fimages%2Fgoogle_custom_search_sm%2Egif%3BLH%3A55%3BLP%3A1%3B&hl=en&client=google-coop

ttube
Searches through the tinytube database - great for mobile users loking for that youtube experience.
40 uses - Created 2007-08-07 22:55:41 - Last used 2011-05-11 22:59:32 - Nominate - Description - http://tinytube.net/search?q=%s

sbb
Fahrplanabfrage SBB.ch, Syntax: [Startort] -nach [Zielort]
2859 uses - Created 2007-08-07 21:07:10 - Last used 2025-12-27 12:59:32 - Nominate - Description - http://fahrplan.sbb.ch/bin/query.exe/dn?REQ0JourneyStopsS0G=%s&REQ0JourneyStopsS0A=1&REQ0JourneyStopsZ0G=${nach}&REQ0JourneyStopsZ0A=7&queryPageDisplayed=yes&REQ0JourneyStops1.0A=1&REQ0HafasSkipLongChanges=0&REQ0HafasMaxChangeTime=120&start=1

tightvnc
Tight VNC Server and Viewer ..::[DB]::..
129 uses - Created 2007-08-07 21:02:47 - Last used 2023-03-16 18:02:26 - Nominate - Description - http://superb-east.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/vnc-tight/tightvnc-1.3.9_x86.zip

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}

ucc (Golden Egg)
Universal Currency Converter Usage: ucc <amount> <fromCurrency> <toCurrency> Example: ucc 100 USD EUR Currency 3 letter abbreviations available here: http://www.xe.com/iso4217.htm Thanks to Adrienne for inspiring this with the xe command. The main difference is the xe command requires switches, e.g -amount -to -from, because {% n } was not available when it was created. Author: Sam Inverso
6110 uses - Created 2007-08-07 06:49:05 - Last used 2025-10-02 06:37:24 - Description - http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi?Amount={% 1 %s}&From={% 2 %s}&To={% 3 %s}[no url encoding]

iut
I Use This Search. Example: iut mail
1587 uses - Created 2007-08-06 23:44:36 - Last used 2018-08-27 11:26:27 - Nominate - Description - http://osx.iusethis.com/search?q=%s

reviewsite
Find reviews on particular web sites. Good to use when purchasing items from a new online vendor. Example: reviewsite buy.com
72 uses - Created 2007-08-06 22:27:42 - Last used 2010-12-03 05:51:05 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?client=opera&rls=en&q=%s+review+-site:%s&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

shopping.com
Search shopping.com for comparison between multiple online stores. Example: shopping.com shoes Keywords: online shopping
20 uses - Created 2007-08-06 22:24:27 - Last used 2011-08-11 11:12:13 - Nominate - Description - http://www.shopping.com/xFS?KW=%s&FN=&FD=0

yelpnyc
Yelp search with default location set to New York City. Location can be changed by using the -where handle. E.g. yelpnyc taco - searches for taco in NYC yelpnyc taco -where seattle - searches for taco in Seattle
484 uses - Created 2007-08-06 18:30:37 - Last used 2017-07-12 11:28:50 - Nominate - Description - http://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=%s&ns=1&rpp=10&find_loc=${where=NYC}&action_search.x=0&action_search.y=0

crncy (Golden Egg)
Uses Yahoo Finance to convert an optional amount between any two currencies and shows price history for the two currencies. crncy Cr1Cr2 [-amount {AMOUNT}] [-time {1d|5d|3m|1y|2y|5y}] Cr1Cr2 is here the combination of two currencies you want to look at, e.g. USDGBP converts between USD and GBP -amount is an optional handle (set to 1 by default) e.g. -amount 100 -time is an optional handle that shows the historical price graph for the desired period (set to 3m by default), allowed inputs are 1d,…
263 uses - Created 2007-08-06 18:18:56 - Last used 2024-11-26 15:47:30 - Description - http://finance.yahoo.com/currency/convert?from={strleft {% 1 %s} 3}&to={strright {% 1 %s} 3}&amt=${amount=1}&t=${time=1y}

gulesider
Search the Norwegian Yellow Pages directory " Gule sider " E.g. gulesider politi
133 uses - Created 2007-08-06 14:43:14 - Last used 2013-09-23 06:05:01 - Nominate - Description - http://www.gulesider.no/gs/categoryList.c?q=%s

demauro
cerca parola nel dizionario italiano de mauro paravia
206 uses - Created 2007-08-06 00:53:24 - Last used 2013-12-20 17:24:08 - Nominate - Description - http://demauroparavia.it/_%s

metafilter
Searches Metafilter using Google site search.
278 uses - Created 2007-08-05 22:00:57 - Last used 2023-07-24 17:51:39 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%s+site%3Awww.metafilter.com

duke
Search Duke University's site, duke.edu.
551 uses - Created 2007-08-05 17:38:01 - Last used 2025-11-16 03:21:28 - Nominate - Description - http://www.duke.edu/search/?q=%s

desktop

94 uses - Created 2007-08-05 17:26:40 - Last used 2023-10-18 08:48:16 - Nominate - Description - http://www.themesunlimited.com

chacha
People powered search engine. Can't figure out exactly how it works even though it's documented on the chacha.com page.
40 uses - Created 2007-08-05 15:26:01 - Last used 2023-02-13 18:38:01 - Nominate - Description - http://search.chacha.com/search/query?query=%s

jargonfile
Searches Eunjea's version of the jargon file (version 4.4.5) for the given term.
28 uses - Created 2007-08-04 17:33:06 - Last used 2011-02-01 22:54:09 - Nominate - Description - http://people.kldp.org/~eunjea/jargon/index.php?query=%s&keyword=on

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}=http://cafelinux.org/OptickleArt/
178 uses - Created 2007-08-04 16:01:38 - Last used 2024-05-14 19:54:10 - Nominate - Description - http://cafelinux.org/OptickleArt/

resource
Writhed Resources. Writhed Resources has a large index of graphic premades and resources free to use.
41 uses - Created 2007-08-04 08:41:44 - Last used 2022-08-25 13:39:23 - Nominate - Description - http://writhed.proboards92.com

allr
Search recipes from allrecipes.com.
281 uses - Created 2007-08-04 06:16:08 - Last used 2016-12-10 14:42:11 - Nominate - Description - http://allrecipes.com/Search/Recipes.aspx?WithTerm=%s

kayak
Best travel site on the web
953 uses - Created 2007-08-03 10:06:34 - Last used 2025-01-24 10:13:56 - Nominate - Description - http://www.kayak.com

cdisc
To search in Cdiscount french shop.
10 uses - Created 2007-08-03 07:56:36 - Last used 2013-02-01 21:05:08 - Nominate - Description - http://www.cdiscount.com/search/%s/s-105.html?navid_nav=10&option_mode=0&q=%s

tadalist

46 uses - Created 2007-08-03 07:46:53 - Last used 2014-11-03 13:46:45 - Nominate - Description - http://smather.tadalist.com/account/login

filemp3
FileMp3.org Amazing source for torrent music
15 uses - Created 2007-08-03 03:37:57 - Last used 2020-11-07 07:09:27 - Nominate - Description - http://filemp3.org/browse.php?search=%s&image.x=0&image.y=0&image=Search%21

alpine
Lowest prices on Alpine car audio, Alpine car stereo, Alpine CD players, Alpine Stereo, Alpine Speakers and other Alpine accessories provided by Dynamic Sounds UK
70 uses - Created 2007-08-02 11:53:04 - Last used 2022-01-30 20:39:06 - Nominate - Description - http://www.dynamicsounds.co.uk/alpine-m-11.html

craigsatl
Craigslist search for Atlanta
48 uses - Created 2007-08-01 22:25:49 - Last used 2017-08-08 07:34:46 - Nominate - Description - http://atlanta.craigslist.org/search/sss?query=%s

ccase
Searches the IBM-Rational Clearcase support pages for the term
138 uses - Created 2007-08-01 20:25:03 - Last used 2019-07-16 18:14:45 - Nominate - Description - http://www-111.ibm.com/search/SupportSearchWeb/SupportSearch?action=search&pageCode=MBS&productKey=&clearAll=false&brand=rational&os=&searchTerms=%s

gfic
Google Finance Canada. This command looks up Canadian stock symbols using Google Finance's Canadian site. If no symbol exists, it will return search results. Example: gfic BMO, gfic Nortel
103 uses - Created 2007-08-01 19:53:18 - Last used 2012-12-20 22:11:45 - Nominate - Description - http://finance.google.ca/finance?q=%s

pcoke
Search for articles on the italian FLOSS-related blog pollycoke :) - Cerca articoli su pollycoke :)
13 uses - Created 2007-08-01 19:12:54 - Last used 2007-08-26 21:44:53 - Nominate - Description - http://pollycoke.wordpress.com/?s=%s

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