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".

cusip
Looks up a fixed-income security based on the cusip number.
128 uses - Created 2006-01-27 16:56:43 - Last used 2017-04-26 11:35:21 - Nominate - Description - http://fixedincome.fidelity.com/fi/FIBondDetails?cusip=%s

pstar
Searches for the player in thepokerbdb.com and pscrew.com databases, and displays the results in a split window
13 uses - Created 2006-01-27 16:46:39 - Last used 2007-12-16 17:27:46 - Nominate - Description - split {url[no url encoding] pokerdb %s} {url[no url encoding] pscrew %s}

archlinux
Archlinux package repository search. Just type in the name of the package you're searching for. E.g. archlinux openoffice ---------- Old implementation: http://archlinux.org/packages/search/?q=%s ========== Old implementation: http://www.archlinux.org/packages.php?s_keyword=%s
2554 uses - Created 2006-01-27 14:20:58 - Last used 2026-02-25 13:24:30 - Nominate - Description - http://www.archlinux.org/packages/?q=%s

tri
SYNOPSIS tri[keywords] -1 LEFTURL -2 RIGHTURL1 -3 RIGHTURL2 EXAMPLE tri Bellucci results: a tri-frame with the URLs set to the default: Answers.com, Google Image Search, and Flickr Interesting. tri Bellucci -1 flint -2 gim -3 yim results: a tri-frame with the left frame in Flickr Interesting, the top right frame to Google Image Search, and the bottom right frame to Yahoo Image Search. It splits the window in three frames, like this [ |--]. The switches are optional and will default, respectivel…
174 uses - Created 2006-01-27 12:41:17 - Last used 2025-11-07 10:21:28 - Nominate - Description - split {url[no url encoding] ${1=a} %s} {url[no url encoding] splith {url[no url encoding] ${2=gim} %s} {url[no url encoding] ${3=flint} %s}}

maxobj
Max Objects Database Search Search on www.maxobjects.com for MaxMsp externals. Example: maxobj -ob jitter video -op AND -pl 3 Searches for jitter AND video for Windows -ob = keywords seperated by a space -op = operater AND OR -pl = platform 0=All 1=MacOS9 2=MacOSX 3=Windows 4=[PureData] If you only specify -ob, the operator defaults to AND and platform defaults to All
23 uses - Created 2006-01-27 06:50:43 - Last used 2019-06-23 22:45:54 - Nominate - Description - http://www.maxobjects.com/?request=${ob}&operateur=${op=AND}&id_plateforme=${pl=0}&Submit=OK

littre
French dictionary (XIXth century)
62 uses - Created 2006-01-27 02:13:32 - Last used 2009-09-28 09:46:27 - Nominate - Description - http://francois.gannaz.free.fr/Littre/xmlittre.php?requete=%s

Mrt

55 uses - Created 2006-01-27 02:13:17 - Last used 2014-01-11 11:30:28 - Nominate - Description - http://teacherweb.com/NC/WakefieldMiddleSchool/SilverWolves/

tresor
To search a word in a good french dictionary (Trésor de la langue française)
99 uses - Created 2006-01-27 00:13:26 - Last used 2022-08-03 07:21:04 - Nominate - Description - http://atilf.atilf.fr/dendien/scripts/fast.exe?%s

its
Views the image submitted to istheshit.net for the given word.
362 uses - Created 2006-01-26 20:57:46 - Last used 2025-05-18 01:07:02 - Nominate - Description - http://%s.istheshit.net/

newwin (Golden Egg)
newwin -- Open a yubnub command in a new window This command will load your YubNub command or a URL in a new window or tab, depending on your browser settings. usage: newwin [yubnub command or URL] example: newwin gim porsche author: chicagosage b.a.
1214 uses - Created 2006-01-26 20:41:07 - Last used 2023-12-28 00:05:34 - Description - script window.open('{url[no url encoding] %s}');history.go(-1)[no url encoding]

ebay.de
Ebay Germany Search. To find an item on ebay.de, type in a keyword. Example: ebayde Digitalkamera Use the 'ebay' command for ebay.com searches.
413 uses - Created 2006-01-26 19:57:20 - Last used 2025-05-05 08:49:51 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ebay.de/sch/items/?_nkw=%s

gray (Golden Egg)
Computes the grayscale level for an RGB color. Example: gray 0 255 100 Uses Google Calculator to do the arithmetic, and Fuska's % command to handle positional parameters.
270 uses - Created 2006-01-26 19:08:51 - Last used 2025-08-05 13:30:12 - Description - g ({% 1 %s}*.15 + {% 2 %s}*.5 + {% 3 %s}*.35)/255[no url encoding]

script (Golden Egg)
Run javascript. example: script alert("Yubnub is cool!") b.a.
10793 uses - Created 2006-01-26 18:52:44 - Last used 2026-03-05 23:18:05 - Description - echo <script language="javascript">%s</script>[no url encoding]

ftp
This causes the browser to launch the default ftp client and attempt to connect to localhost (which will most likely fail, this will launch the app, and if the user has an FTP server, then bonus...) also you can call ftp ftp.nameofsitehere.com for it to open a site... [Editor's note: this doesn't work for me]
817 uses - Created 2006-01-26 17:30:46 - Last used 2025-08-31 06:30:19 - Nominate - Description - echo <script language="javascript">w = window.open("ftp://%s");history.go(-1);</script>

index
Points to Web index MegaPlaces.com. To find the category you are looking for use the navigation on the left.
126 uses - Created 2006-01-26 12:56:22 - Last used 2025-09-15 09:36:38 - Nominate - Description - http://www.megaplaces.com

autoit

204 uses - Created 2006-01-26 10:43:47 - Last used 2024-10-02 09:35:42 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=+site:www.autoitscript.com+autoit+%s

fireftp
Launches the Firefox FireFTP extension.
110 uses - Created 2006-01-26 07:31:38 - Last used 2018-11-30 22:23:23 - Nominate - Description - echo <script language="javascript">w = window.open("chrome://fireftp/content/fireftp.xul");w.close();history.go(-1);</script>

sky (Golden Egg)
Skypes the given user. Example: sky jonathan.aquino Tested from the Firefox YubNub search bar. Inspired by the sidebarload command.
1112 uses - Created 2006-01-26 07:28:51 - Last used 2026-03-21 12:00:03 - Description - echo <script language="javascript">w = window.open("callto://%s");w.close();history.go(-1);</script>

ku
collaberative news site
73 uses - Created 2006-01-26 05:59:29 - Last used 2025-08-07 04:21:10 - Nominate - Description - http://www.kuro5hin.org

nehe
primary sopurce of beginner tutorials for the OpenGL graphics programming library
16 uses - Created 2006-01-26 05:57:09 - Last used 2011-02-28 16:10:56 - Nominate - Description - http://nehe.gamedev.net

gggg
test
30 uses - Created 2006-01-26 04:24:41 - Last used 2024-12-26 12:27:04 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com

hitask
HITASK HOUSINGINTERACTIVE.COM
10 uses - Created 2006-01-26 01:12:05 - Last used 2011-04-08 14:16:54 - Nominate - Description - http://www.housinginteractive.com/hitask

jd5
Search Java 1.5.0 api. Takes you to the first result from google.
1638 uses - Created 2006-01-25 22:19:17 - Last used 2013-09-06 05:49:01 - Nominate - Description - gfl %s+site:java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api

telch
Suche im Gratis-Telefonbuch tel.search.ch http://tel.search.ch/result.html?name=%s&strasse=${str}&ort=${ort}&kanton=${kt}&tel=${tel} mögliche parameter zum namen: -beruf -str -ort -kt -tel
874 uses - Created 2006-01-25 19:32:22 - Last used 2017-03-13 02:30:13 - Nominate - Description - http://tel.search.ch/result.html?name=%s&misc=${beruf}&strasse=${str}&ort=${ort}&kanton=${kt}&tel=${tel}

pscrew
Searches for a player in the pscrew.com PokerStars players database. Usage: pscrew soprano Also see command pstar which searches both on pscrew.com and thepokerdb.com databases
36 uses - Created 2006-01-25 19:11:18 - Last used 2009-05-17 10:48:07 - Nominate - Description - http://www.pscrew.com/mambo/index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=usersList&Itemid=71&search=%s

trib
search the Chicago Tribune. usage: trib [search term] b.a.
110 uses - Created 2006-01-25 19:09:53 - Last used 2013-06-19 12:42:17 - Nominate - Description - http://www.chicagotribune.com/{ifthen -value1 %s -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then search/dispatcher.front?Query=%s&target=article}

stereogum
Search Stereogum.com, an mp3 blog. b.a.
39 uses - Created 2006-01-25 19:00:09 - Last used 2012-08-03 12:38:39 - Nominate - Description - {ifthen -value1 %s -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then http://www.google.com/search?q=site:stereogum.com%20%s -else http://www.stereogum.com}

apw
NOAA Airport weather conditions. Displays last 24 hours of common weather data for a given airport ID Winds, altimiter settings, visibility etc... Examples: apw IAD - will display information for Washington Dulles International. apw KHEF - data for Manassas regional.
27 uses - Created 2006-01-25 15:53:43 - Last used 2009-05-26 06:49:30 - Nominate - Description - http://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/getObs.php?num=24&sid=%s

mapch
Anzeige einer Schweizer Adresse von http://map.search.ch http://map.search.ch/%s[use / for spaces] syntax: mapch [PLZ]-[Ort] [Strasse](-)[Nr] - ist fakultativ, alternativ: KEINEN Abstand zwischen Stasse und Nr. - Ort ohne PLZ genügt, falls eindeutig definiert - PLZ alleine genügt, da eindeutig
236 uses - Created 2006-01-25 09:42:40 - Last used 2014-06-22 07:37:27 - Nominate - Description - http://map.search.ch/%s[use / for spaces]

>>>
SYNOPSIS >>> [Yubnub command|URL] [query] EXAMPLES >>> yshop ipod Searches images of an iPod in Yahoo! Shop through Google. >>> dart girl Searches images of a girl in Deviant Art through Google. >>> dilbert Searches images in Dilbert.com through Google. >>> http://bbc.co.uk irak Searches images in the BBC site about Irak through Google. An internal search (hence >>>) for images in the website hinted by the first parameter via Google This is just a more syntactically harmonic alias for >&. RELAT…
53 uses - Created 2006-01-25 02:50:06 - Last used 2020-04-20 07:16:53 - Nominate - Description - gim site:{ extractDomainName { url {% 1 %s} } } {% 2- %s} [no url encoding]

>>
SYNOPSIS >> [Yubnub command|URL] [query] EXAMPLES >> wp list of paradoxes Makes a search in Google for "list of paradoxes" restricted to the domain of the English Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org) >> cnn priests Makes a search in Google for "priests" restricted to CNN's domain (cnn.com) >> kottke job Makes a search in Google for "job" restricted to Kottke's domain (kottke.org) >> http://www.alistapart.com/articles/bathingape zeldman Makes a search in Google for "zeldman" restricted to A List Apart's…
2499 uses - Created 2006-01-25 02:24:32 - Last used 2022-06-21 12:08:14 - Nominate - Description - g site:{ extractDomainName { url {% 1 %s} } } {% 2- %s} [no url encoding]

bi
Find a book based on its ISBN Number. The Wikipedia page automatically creates a page with links to sites (based on the isbn number) where you can look for this book. Command created by http://leau.net.
360 uses - Created 2006-01-25 00:46:29 - Last used 2026-01-25 10:32:44 - Nominate - Description - http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=%s

grease
Replacement greasemonkey search.
635 uses - Created 2006-01-25 00:26:33 - Last used 2026-02-24 21:56:43 - Nominate - Description - http://userscripts.org/scripts/search?q=%s&commit=Search

sidebarload
sidebarload -- Load a yubnub command into your browser's sidebar. usage: sidebarload [yubnub command and arguments] examples: sidebarload gim porsche sidebarload gmini This is useful for searches and other commands that yield a list of results. For instance, "sidebarload gim porsche" will do a Google image search in the sidebar, then when you click on search results, they will load in the main window. The second example, "sidebarload gmini", will load the Mobile version of Gmail into your sideb…
665 uses - Created 2006-01-24 20:02:20 - Last used 2022-10-05 20:06:28 - Nominate - Description - echo <a href="http://yubnub.org/parser/parse?command=%s" target="_search">Click to load "%s" into the sidebar

zip4
Looks up the zip or zip+4 from the USPS server. Unlike the 'zip' command, this fills in the request from the command line, rather than taking you to the form that you have to fill in and hit 'Submit'. You provide the street address and either the zip or the city and state. These bits of data need to be separated by commas. Example: zip4 1600 Ampitheatre Pkwy, Mountain+View, CA Or: zip4 701 First Avenue, 94089
45 uses - Created 2006-01-24 18:46:06 - Last used 2015-06-09 07:41:20 - Nominate - Description - http://theagricolas.org/craig/zip4?%s

myst
My Stikies 0.1.2 Firefox extension download page.
32 uses - Created 2006-01-24 17:57:17 - Last used 2014-09-09 07:32:19 - Nominate - Description - https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=1875&application=firefox

boe
Uses google to search the Official State Bulletin from Spain.
141 uses - Created 2006-01-24 17:57:00 - Last used 2024-11-19 11:41:03 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%s+site%3Awww.boe.es

centerstage
centerstage -- Search centerstage.net, the city guide to Chicago. usage: centerstage [search term] If the search term is left blank, it will take you to the front page. b.a.
161 uses - Created 2006-01-24 15:48:40 - Last used 2011-06-24 22:38:46 - Nominate - Description - http://centerstage.net/{ifThen -value1 %s -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then venues/results_search.cfm?searchterm=%s}

tasty
This command will show you how many users have noted the page you're on in del.icio.us. Example: tasty http://www.slashdot.com/
48 uses - Created 2006-01-24 15:01:05 - Last used 2025-05-11 18:01:25 - Nominate - Description - http://del.icio.us/url?url=%s

grr
grrr
28 uses - Created 2006-01-24 13:57:03 - Last used 2020-12-13 19:10:26 - Nominate - Description - http://www.oglasi.com

leofr
Deutsch-Französisch Wörterbuch von leo.org
5114 uses - Created 2006-01-24 12:44:12 - Last used 2025-10-16 06:53:12 - Nominate - Description - http://dict.leo.org/?lp=frde&search=%s

rero
Recherche dans le catalogue www.rero.ch dans tous les champs ---------- Old implementation: http://sarasvati.rero.ch/gateway?host=sarasvati.rero.ch%2b8891%2bDEFAULT&search=KEYWORD&function=INITREQ&SourceScreen=BROADCAST_INTR&skin=rero&conf=.%2fchameleon.conf&lng=fr-ch&itemu1=1035&u1=1035&t1=%s&pos=1&prevpos=1&
445 uses - Created 2006-01-24 12:21:10 - Last used 2021-12-15 23:10:55 - Nominate - Description - http://services.rero.ch/opac/search?institution=uc&lang=fr&field=anywhere&value=%s

helveticat
Sucht in allen Feldern des Bibliothekskatalogs Helveticat der Schweiz. Landesbibliothek (www.helveticat.ch)
29 uses - Created 2006-01-24 11:54:49 - Last used 2008-07-10 14:07:19 - Nominate - Description - http://topaz.snl.ch/cgi-bin/gw/chameleon?host=topaz.snl.ch%2b4156%2bDEFAULT&search=KEYWORD&function=INITREQ&SourceScreen=BROADCAST_INTR&skin=helveticat&conf=.%2fchameleon.conf&lng=de&itemu1=1016&u1=1016&t1=%s&elementcount=3&pos=1&beginsrch=1

alexandria
Sucht in allen Feldern des Bibliothekskatalogs Alexandria (Bibliotheksverbund der Bundesverwaltung: www.alexandria.ch)
256 uses - Created 2006-01-24 11:26:47 - Last used 2021-01-22 10:37:33 - Nominate - Description - http://topaz.snl.ch/cgi-bin/gwalex/chameleon?host=topaz.snl.ch%2b4156%2bDEFAULT&search=KEYWORD&function=INITREQ&SourceScreen=BROADCAST_INTR&skin=portal&conf=.%2fchameleon.conf&lng=de&itemu1=1016&u1=1016&t1=%s&elementcount=3&pos=1&beginsrch=1

o2

192 uses - Created 2006-01-24 11:01:57 - Last used 2024-07-29 12:24:56 - Nominate - Description - http://www.imodephones.co.uk/reviews/

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

nrj
Radio ENERGY Entertainment News & Features
20 uses - Created 2006-01-24 08:31:48 - Last used 2011-02-10 22:23:30 - Nominate - Description - http://www.energy.de

muse
Search in McGill Muse Library items
276 uses - Created 2006-01-24 02:02:28 - Last used 2021-05-15 04:37:01 - Nominate - Description - http://aleph.mcgill.ca/F/YT2NRIHA1RRFTDEY8QP7KKIBJC8CKJ52S5B6XGPBRL2Q3VLY6Y-03945?func=find-b&find_code=WRD&request=%s

ymini
ymini -- Go to Yahoo Mail for mobile applications. This is like the command minimail, except it goes directly to the inbox. Also, there is a -t switch that will take you to a folder other than the inbox if you you specify it. b.a.
25 uses - Created 2006-01-23 22:43:02 - Last used 2008-02-05 02:43:46 - Nominate - Description - http://wap.oa.yahoo.com/raw?dp=mail&fdr=${t=inbox}[no url encoding]

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