Command List (ls)

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jd6
Search Java SE 6 api. Takes you to the first result from google.
1992 uses - Created 2007-06-19 20:16:44 - Last used 2016-10-19 17:23:26 - Nominate - Description - gfl %s+site:java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/

cofs
Circuits Online Forum Search Example: cofs Example: cofs solderen
193 uses - Created 2007-06-19 20:05:08 - Last used 2008-06-26 04:54:45 - Nominate - Description - http://www.circuitsonline.net/forum/search{eop .php?query=@%s@}

twk
Alias voor http://tweakers.net
14 uses - Created 2007-06-19 18:05:10 - Last used 2023-10-03 07:15:32 - Nominate - Description - http://tweakers.net

mapa
קיצור דרך למפה של חברת מפה. בגלל הצפנה של מפה לא ניתן לחפש ישירות מתיבת החיפוש, מעביר ל&#14…
140 uses - Created 2007-06-19 16:13:37 - Last used 2023-08-10 01:39:02 - Nominate - Description - http://www.mapa.co.il/general/searchresult_locked.asp?

aps
aps: astrophysics search Search on astro-ph (arxiv) and ADS at the same time. Syntax (for more details see 'man adsa' or man 'aph'): aps [<title>] [-year <year>] [-author <author>]
117 uses - Created 2007-06-19 15:28:55 - Last used 2023-01-23 02:52:39 - Nominate - Description - split {url aph %s} {url adsa %s}

astroph
Searches for or goes directly to astro-ph articles If the first argument ends with 5 numerical chars (or . and v in it) it is recognized as arxiv identified it will direcly go the the article url. Example: astroph astro-ph/0703470 Example: astroph 0704.2444 Otherwise it will execute the 'aph' command to search for the article. (See man aph for more info) Example: astroph Cosmological contraints to radiative dark matter decay Example: astroph -year 2007 -author Zhang
27 uses - Created 2007-06-19 14:59:59 - Last used 2012-01-10 22:19:36 - Nominate - Description - ifmatch -pattern /^[^\-].*[\dv\.][\dv\.][\dv\.][\dv\.][\dv\.]$/ -string %s -redirect True -then http://arxiv.org/abs/%s -else {url aph %s -year ${year} -from ${from} -to ${to} -author ${author} -abstract ${abstract}}

kdedoc
Same as qtdoc except for kde docs
154 uses - Created 2007-06-19 14:22:43 - Last used 2015-11-08 10:21:59 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%s+site%3Aapi.kde.org%2F{ifThen -value1 ${version} -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then ${version} -else 4.0}-api

qtdoc
Search the QT toolkit documentation via google (without "I Feel Lucky"). To search the 4.3 docs: Example: qtdoc qmainwindow To search docs for another version: Example: qtdoc -version 4.0 qmainwindow etc.
231 uses - Created 2007-06-19 14:17:35 - Last used 2010-11-01 21:38:28 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%s+site%3Adoc.trolltech.com%2F{ifThen -value1 ${version} -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then ${version} -else 4.3}

lmp
Search Linux man pages http://www.linuxmanpages.com/ Example: lmp signal For a different section: Example: lmp signal -s 3
65 uses - Created 2007-06-19 13:12:03 - Last used 2018-05-17 12:13:54 - Nominate - Description - http://www.linuxmanpages.com/search.php?term=%s&section=${s=-1}&submitted=1

aph
Searches for astro-ph articles by title, author, year(s) Syntax: aph [<title>] [-year <year> | -from <from year> -to <to_year>] [-author <author>] Only search by title: Example: aph Symmetry reduction Only search by title: Example: aph "Symmetry reduction" Using year: Example: aph Symmetry reduction -year 2003 Using from+to: Example: aph Symmetry reduction -from 2001 -to 2004 Using author: Example: aph Symmetry reduction -author Saha Using no title, articles from a specific year Example: aph -a…
210 uses - Created 2007-06-19 12:17:39 - Last used 2017-11-30 11:12:02 - Nominate - Description - http://arxiv.org/find?archive=astro-ph&search_year=${year}&start_year=${from}&end_year=${to}&field_1=au&query_1=${author}&boolean_1=AND&field_2=ti&query_2=%s&boolean_2=AND&field_3=abs&query_3=${abstract}&per_page=100[post]

adsa
Searches in Smithsonian/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) database by title Example: adsa cosmology lambda optional -author argument (after title argument) (^ means beginning with) Example: adsa cosmology lambda -author ^Saha optional -year argument (after title argument) Example: adsa cosmology lambda -year 2001 Example: adsa cosmology lambda -author ^Saha -year 2001
1452 uses - Created 2007-06-19 11:08:35 - Last used 2013-07-10 09:33:55 - Nominate - Description - http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-abs_connect?title=%s&db_key=AST&db_key=PRE&qform=AST&arxiv_sel=astro-ph&arxiv_sel=cond-mat&arxiv_sel=cs&arxiv_sel=gr-qc&arxiv_sel=hep-ex&arxiv_sel=hep-lat&arxiv_sel=hep-ph&arxiv_sel=hep-th&arxiv_sel=math&arxiv_sel=math-ph&arxiv_sel=nlin&arxiv_sel=nucl-ex&arxiv_sel=nucl-th&arxiv_sel=physics&arxiv_sel=quant-ph&arxiv_sel=q-bio&sim_query=YES&ned_query=YES&aut_logic=OR&obj_logic=OR&author=${author}&object=&start_mon=&start_year=&end_mon=&end_year=${year}&ttl_logic=OR&txt_logic=OR&text=&nr_to_return=100&start_nr=1&jou_pick=ALL&ref_stems=&data_and=ALL&group_and=ALL&start_entry_day=&start_entry_mon=&start_entry_year=&end_entry_day=&end_entry_mon=&end_entry_year=&min_score=&sort=SCORE&data_type=SHORT&aut_syn=YES&ttl_syn=YES&txt_syn=YES&aut_wt=1.0&obj_wt=1.0&ttl_wt=0.3&txt_wt=3.0&aut_wgt=YES&obj_wgt=YES&ttl_wgt=YES&txt_wgt=YES&ttl_sco=YES&txt_sco=YES&version=1

astro-ph
Searches for astro-ph articles by title Example: astro-ph cosmology lambda -year argument is optional (should be after the title) Example: astro-ph cosmology lambda -year 2006
16 uses - Created 2007-06-19 10:53:49 - Last used 2008-07-14 12:05:52 - Nominate - Description - http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/ti:+AND+%s/0/1/0/${year=all}/0/1

gotapi
wooo, api's!
46 uses - Created 2007-06-19 07:13:03 - Last used 2012-02-12 20:19:40 - Nominate - Description - http://start.gotapi.com

emacs
Searches the EmacsWiki (http://www.emacswiki.org/) ---------- Old implementation: http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki?search=%s
3603 uses - Created 2007-06-19 06:58:29 - Last used 2026-01-12 10:41:48 - Nominate - Description - https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%s%3Aemacswiki.org

riaa
RIAA Radar keyword search
141 uses - Created 2007-06-19 01:56:37 - Last used 2021-06-30 01:52:01 - Nominate - Description - http://www.riaaradar.com/search.asp?keyword=%s

elzr
SYNOPSIS elzr [keywords] EXAMPLE elzr design Perform a search within elzr.com, a blog, using the given keywords. AUTHOR elzr.com, using Allen Ormond's oh-so-cool "eop" command
713 uses - Created 2007-06-19 01:51:50 - Last used 2013-10-24 12:13:52 - Nominate - Description - http://elzr.com{eop /search/@%s@}

florida
Takes you to the Florida Marlins MLB page
47 uses - Created 2007-06-19 00:40:32 - Last used 2025-01-14 14:25:56 - Nominate - Description - http://www.floridamarlins.com

yhMemNJ
Search for yahoo members in NJ online with keyword example yhMemNJ Somerset
26 uses - Created 2007-06-19 00:32:45 - Last used 2007-08-03 23:53:03 - Nominate - Description - http://members.yahoo.com/interests?.oc=t&.sb=0&.id=&.fn=&.ln=&.em=&.kw=%s&.g=2&.ar=0&.st=0&.lo=NJ&.p=y&.ol=y

sc2

25 uses - Created 2007-06-18 19:56:14 - Last used 2015-11-02 10:50:39 - Nominate - Description - http://www.starcraft2.com

skreemr
SkreemR Search. Searches the self-proclaimed "World's Greatest Audio Search Site." Usage: skreemr (artist name, title, etc.) -l (number of results per page, 10 is default) -s (result number to begin at plus 1 {0, the default, displays the first result, etc.}) Examples: skreemr dethklok thunderhorse -l 100 -s 0
5979 uses - Created 2007-06-18 18:46:36 - Last used 2011-11-26 00:19:20 - Nominate - Description - http://skreemr.com/results.jsp?l=${l=10}&s=${s=0}&q=%s

lco
lco=http://distrowatch.com/search.php
35 uses - Created 2007-06-18 16:01:20 - Last used 2023-05-16 11:33:59 - Nominate - Description - http://distrowatch.com/search.php

tps
Tweakers.net Pricewatch search
534 uses - Created 2007-06-18 15:08:42 - Last used 2024-05-18 02:57:51 - Nominate - Description - http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/zoeken?keyword=%s

alttaz
Shows the weppage of the german daily newspaper "die tageszeitung" in the old design. http://www.taz.de/digitaz/.1/home
1546 uses - Created 2007-06-18 13:42:32 - Last used 2015-07-18 03:45:25 - Nominate - Description - http://www.taz.de/digitaz/.1/home

toronto
General contractor in Toronto Canada
90 uses - Created 2007-06-18 10:31:37 - Last used 2020-03-19 19:12:03 - Nominate - Description - http://metrohandyman.ca

tie
How to tie a tie
30 uses - Created 2007-06-18 05:18:44 - Last used 2021-10-18 06:49:50 - Nominate - Description - http://www.scoutdb.org/h2tat/

tv3

83 uses - Created 2007-06-17 19:38:27 - Last used 2025-08-31 01:55:30 - Nominate - Description - http://www.videostored.com/

tv1

17 uses - Created 2007-06-17 19:37:05 - Last used 2013-12-31 08:00:15 - Nominate - Description - http://tv-links.co.uk/

fese
Suche auf fernsehserien.de
27 uses - Created 2007-06-17 19:28:36 - Last used 2007-08-19 22:04:14 - Nominate - Description - http://www.fernsehserien.de/index.php?suche=%s

ltag
Searches www.last.fm by tag by the_funk
111 uses - Created 2007-06-17 16:57:09 - Last used 2011-07-31 23:33:11 - Nominate - Description - http://www.last.fm/music/?m=tags&q=%s

uli
search uLinkx, a site which offers up vids from Youtube, Google videos, Myspace, Metacafe, iFilm, Revver, Yahoo videos, Grouper, Dailymotion, and more.
50 uses - Created 2007-06-17 15:56:51 - Last used 2025-11-12 09:01:08 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ulinkx.com/video/search?q=%s&s=ulinkx&sort=relevance

usdsgd
Currency conversion using Google. Convert USD to SGD. Singapore money.
48 uses - Created 2007-06-17 08:43:59 - Last used 2009-01-29 08:01:38 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=%s+USD+in+SGD&btnG=Search

musicsearch
Search for mp3 or ogg files on google
19 uses - Created 2007-06-17 08:00:39 - Last used 2017-01-07 10:33:19 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=intitle%3A%22index.of%22+%s+%28mp3%7Cogg%29+-html+-htm+-php+-asp+-jsp

clgig
CraigsList search for Gigs. To look for talent gigs by location Example: clgig -where southjersey -what tlg
14 uses - Created 2007-06-17 05:23:36 - Last used 2008-02-03 03:21:35 - Nominate - Description - http://${where=cnj}.craigslist.org/${what=ggg}/

18
18=http://OzEnterprise.com/
100 uses - Created 2007-06-17 01:30:46 - Last used 2025-05-17 06:41:35 - Nominate - Description - http://OzEnterprise.com/

newz
search on v3.newzbin.com
31 uses - Created 2007-06-15 12:36:02 - Last used 2015-04-01 07:32:06 - Nominate - Description - http://v3.newzbin2.es/search/query/?q=%s&area=-1&fpn=p&searchaction=Go&areadone=-1

rasend
Album search for Rapidshare and Sendspace, searches google and yahoo for albums uploaded to both. Basically: Example: "rasend coldplay" Needs alot of work I'm sure, anyone want to gimme a list of example syntax or maybe a cheatsheet I can work against? scottjourand@gmail.com
13 uses - Created 2007-06-14 23:08:12 - Last used 2014-06-26 01:11:51 - Nominate - Description - splitv {url g rapidshare=%s} {url y sendspace=%s}

gbattle
GoogleBattle: The latest indicator of cultural relevance. Create a Popularity Report. Battle: YOU vs. ME Example: gbattle you -- me Keyword that has more search results in Google wins. Fight: "Programming Ruby" vs. "Programming Python" Example: gbattle "Programming Ruby" -- "Programming Python" You can make contests in other languages too, e.g. in Russian Что популярнее сиськи или письки? Example: gbattle сиськи -- письки
114 uses - Created 2007-06-14 21:47:27 - Last used 2012-09-15 01:20:32 - Nominate - Description - http://www.googlebattle.com/index.php?domain=%s&domain2=${-}&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&submit=Go%21

mp3sale
MP3Sale is a Russian website that sells songs for $0.15 dollars This is a command to search in MP3Sale huge catalog
52 uses - Created 2007-06-14 17:06:43 - Last used 2013-04-11 15:14:12 - Nominate - Description - http://www.mp3sale.ru/search.php?ms_search_text=%s&x=0&y=0

amm
Amazon Music CDs search
2550 uses - Created 2007-06-14 16:10:11 - Last used 2021-10-05 13:15:05 - Nominate - Description - http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_m/102-8357939-2696105?url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=%s&Go.x=0&Go.y=0&Go=Go

randevclip
Deviant Clip - Random Media from limit ID Example: randevclip 300
614 uses - Created 2007-06-14 14:40:22 - Last used 2017-10-12 23:50:50 - Nominate - Description - http://www.deviantclip.com/Media-{rand -max %s}.html

Gface
Performs a google image search, only looking for faces. Use: Gface Bradd Pitt - only returns pics of his face Gface Eiffel Tower - only returns images of the Eiffel Tower with a face in them.
168 uses - Created 2007-06-14 14:17:44 - Last used 2018-12-10 12:51:51 - Nominate - Description - http://images.google.com/images?q=%s&imgtype=face

gwh
Google Web History Search. You must be signed in to your Google account or you will be asked for your details.
108 uses - Created 2007-06-14 09:37:28 - Last used 2012-11-27 21:33:16 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/history/find?&q=%s

Jtag
Searches Jayisgames tags for games that are marked with that tag
33 uses - Created 2007-06-14 05:08:09 - Last used 2013-07-31 14:24:21 - Nominate - Description - http://www.jayisgames.com/tag/%s

lolcode
NAME lolcode - Executes LOLCODE SYNOPSIS lolcode [LOLCODE] -url [URL TO LOLCODE] EXAMPLES lolcode HAI\nVISIBLE "YOU"\nKTHXBYE Uses http://www.tetraboy.com/lolcode/lol_core.phps to render LOLCODE. \n is translated to a newline character (work-around for YubNub bug). AUTHOR Stephen Paul Weber a.k.a. Singpolyma http://singpolyma.net/
77 uses - Created 2007-06-13 21:11:24 - Last used 2018-04-11 08:50:41 - Nominate - Description - http://sandbox.singpolyma.net/lolcode/?code=%s&url=${url}

pdf2text
this returns a page which can turn pdf into text files
21 uses - Created 2007-06-13 16:41:25 - Last used 2022-07-18 18:05:51 - Nominate - Description - http://docmorph1.nlm.nih.gov/docmorph/AccessibleOCR.htm

ubitfo
Search the Ubuntu italian forum (http://forum.ubuntu-it.org) ~ Author: guglielf <guglielf at gmail dot com> ~
43 uses - Created 2007-06-13 15:43:22 - Last used 2011-06-07 08:47:20 - Nominate - Description - http://forum.ubuntu-it.org/index.php?action=search2&search=%s&advanced=0

ubhelp
Performs a full text search in the Ubuntu community support wiki (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/) ~ Author: guglielf <guglielf at gmail dot com> ~
27 uses - Created 2007-06-13 15:23:49 - Last used 2021-02-05 08:02:45 - Nominate - Description - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/?action=fullsearch&context=180&value=%s&fullsearch=Text

wlw
http://www.700wlw.com ~jbrown~
54 uses - Created 2007-06-13 14:56:19 - Last used 2025-09-05 14:34:43 - Nominate - Description - http://www.700wlw.com/

gpuk
Google Products UK: a simple, four-letter command to use Google products UK (what used to be Froogle) - Ross Parker
1563 uses - Created 2007-06-13 12:40:55 - Last used 2013-02-17 15:47:06 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.co.uk/products?q=%s

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