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".

hexscrape

271 uses - Created 2005-12-21 15:55:29 - Last used 2016-01-21 09:57:13 - Nominate - Description - scrape -tokens 0x < -dirs 0 0 -url {url[no url encoding] randhexgen}

randhexgen
create a random number between 0 and 16777215 and have Google translate it to hexadecimal.
299 uses - Created 2005-12-21 15:46:31 - Last used 2016-01-21 10:00:50 - Nominate - Description - g {rand -min 0 -max 16777215} in hex

ysc
create a Yahoo Open Shortcut. Usage: ysc [name of shortcut] [url of shortcut] Example: ysc googleimages http://images.google.com/images?q=%s Note: must be logged into Yahoo to use b.a.
21 uses - Created 2005-12-21 15:19:12 - Last used 2011-09-27 16:12:06 - Nominate - Description - http://myweb2.search.yahoo.com/search?&p=!set %s[no url encoding]

echops
echo %s
758 uses - Created 2005-12-21 15:09:54 - Last used 2016-09-12 12:21:33 - Nominate - Description - http://yubnub.org/example/echo?text=%25s

asqt
American Society for Quality, Tulsa Chapter. http://www.asqtulsa.org/
23 uses - Created 2005-12-21 14:41:57 - Last used 2006-10-12 02:49:17 - Nominate - Description - http://www.asqtulsa.org/

air
air france en francais air france in french
256 uses - Created 2005-12-21 14:14:30 - Last used 2025-03-05 05:10:22 - Nominate - Description - http://www.airfrance.fr

istock
Searches iStockphoto.com for royalty-free images by keyword. Example: istock mandarin
1255 uses - Created 2005-12-21 11:36:18 - Last used 2023-03-11 03:59:18 - Nominate - Description - http://istockphoto.com/file_search.php?action=file&text=%s

mai

527 uses - Created 2005-12-21 10:30:59 - Last used 2025-04-27 22:34:48 - Nominate - Description - http://imp.online.net/horde/imp/mailbox.php

bor
Borl finance site
83 uses - Created 2005-12-21 10:08:40 - Last used 2020-12-02 07:32:21 - Nominate - Description - http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=BORL

xspf
Play a XSPF playlist url.
38 uses - Created 2005-12-21 02:17:00 - Last used 2011-09-30 15:52:54 - Nominate - Description - http://musicplayer.sourceforge.net/xspf_player.swf?playlist_url=%s&repeat_playlist=true&autoplay=true

ynba
Yahoo Sports NBA
231 uses - Created 2005-12-21 01:11:41 - Last used 2022-07-05 04:43:21 - Nominate - Description - http://sports.yahoo.com/nba

4info
4INFO Search. 4INFO provides a number of services, such as Yellow Pages, Sports Scores, Movie Times, and Flight Times. For more details see http://www.4info.net/howto/index.jsp.
11 uses - Created 2005-12-20 22:54:09 - Last used 2009-11-20 22:06:30 - Nominate - Description - http://www.4info.net/search.do?query=%s

gig
Search using GOOGLE Personal Homepage http://google/ig To use, type "gig" in yubnub then "whatever" ><>MAXINE/F/M/1950/Grandma<>< MKBowen@aol.com 12/20/2006 ;D
2233 uses - Created 2005-12-20 22:37:46 - Last used 2025-07-01 08:19:36 - Nominate - Description - http://google.com/ig?q=%s

gmods
Search Google Modules (http://www.googlemodules.com/ ) Find new modules for the Google personalized homepage. usage: gmods [search term] example: gmods yubnub AUTHOR: chicagosage b.a.
264 uses - Created 2005-12-20 21:43:59 - Last used 2009-05-13 14:33:27 - Nominate - Description - http://www.googlemodules.com/?q=%s&mode=showSearchResults

associates
Create an Amazon Associates link from a regular Amazon link. Amazon Associates is Amazon.com's affiliate program. arguments: -url put the Amazon link you want to convert here -name put your desired link text here. It defaults to "Buy it at Amazon.com" usage: associates -url [amazon url] -name [link name] NOTE: You must be logged into Amazon for this to work. Author: Chicagosage b.a.
52 uses - Created 2005-12-20 17:10:18 - Last used 2011-03-07 22:27:38 - Nominate - Description - http://associates.amazon.com/gp/associates/network/build-links/text/get-html.html/102-3830250-1688948?textLinkType=any&anyUrl=${url}&linkName=${name=Buy it at Amazon.com}&x=29&y=4

note
Create a note in Yahoo Notepad (http://notepad.yahoo.com ) usage: note [contents of note to create] b.a.
322 uses - Created 2005-12-20 15:33:05 - Last used 2024-11-05 07:55:51 - Nominate - Description - http://notepad.yahoo.com/?v=161&DESC=%s

getKey
getKey from document.selection. a javascript command.
12 uses - Created 2005-12-19 11:26:24 - Last used 2020-12-03 07:14:48 - Nominate - Description - http://javascript:document.write(prompt("Enter the keyword:",document.selection.createRange().text))

watch
SYNOPSIS watch keyword -mail your_email_addr EXAMPLES watch yubnub -mail caoweiyuan+feed@gmail.com Export blogsearch.google.com result to your mail address. SEE ALSO feed2mail, gbsfeed AUTHOR Cao Weiyuan
1832 uses - Created 2005-12-19 10:53:03 - Last used 2026-02-08 16:03:46 - Nominate - Description - http://www.rssfwd.com/rssfwd/subscribe?url=http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch_feeds?q=%s&output=rss&email=${mail}[post]

feed2mail
SYNOPSIS feed2mail -feed feed_url -mail your_mail_addr EXAMPLES feed2mail -feed http://yubnub.org/golden_eggs.xml -mail caoweiyuan+feed@gmail.com Setup a feed2mail rule by http://rssfwd.com, rssfwd also provide a management interface for each email address. AUTHOR Cao Weiyuan
19 uses - Created 2005-12-19 10:17:01 - Last used 2008-08-19 02:10:18 - Nominate - Description - http://www.rssfwd.com/rssfwd/subscribe?url=${feed}&email=${mail}[post]

gbsfeed
SYNOPSIS gbsfeed keyword -num <default:10> -feed [rss|atom] <default:feed> EXAMPLES gbsfeed yubnub gbsfeed yubnub -feed atom gbsfeed yubnub -num 20 -feed atom Search the keyword in blogsearch.google.com, export as feed. AUTHOR Cao Weiyuan
15 uses - Created 2005-12-19 10:02:42 - Last used 2005-12-23 02:23:11 - Nominate - Description - http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch_feeds?q=%s&ie=utf-8&num=${num=10}&output=${feed=rss}

bmojo
Box Office Mojo Search. Search for the costs of a movie, how much it grossed, and what the weekend breakdowns for it have been. Example: bmojo Fight Club
1277 uses - Created 2005-12-19 04:58:56 - Last used 2022-12-05 00:11:55 - Nominate - Description - http://www.boxofficemojo.com/search/?q=%s

polstar
Pollstar.com Search for live music. This command differs from 'pollstar' in that it allows searching by any relevant piece of information Example: To find all concerts a band is playing- polstar Flogging Molly To find all concerts in an area- polstar New York, New York To find all upcoming events at a local venue- polstar Knitting Factory
32 uses - Created 2005-12-19 04:55:55 - Last used 2026-03-01 13:47:24 - Nominate - Description - http://www.pollstar.com/tour/searchall.pl?By=All&Content=%s&go_green.x=13&go_green.y=8

yma
Log on into your Yahoo! mail
418 uses - Created 2005-12-19 00:23:28 - Last used 2019-09-15 23:07:42 - Nominate - Description - http://mail.yahoo.com

tvde
1) if no parameter is passed, shows the overview for the currently running german television program. 2) if a parameter is given, it will be used as a search in the title+description fields of all programs. note that booleans are apparently not supported by the search engine and it is not case sensitive. this is an improvement of my first yubnub command, "tvdenow", which is equal to subfunction 1) It uses the web site http://www.klack.de example: tvde tvde nachrichten tvde hitchcock -mexster ke…
295 uses - Created 2005-12-18 22:48:24 - Last used 2015-07-06 13:13:50 - Nominate - Description - http://www.klack.de/{ifThen -value1 %s -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then ProgramFinder2.php3?ZWFREETEXT=%s&ORDERBY=DATE&SEARCHPAGENAME=/ProgramFinder1.php3&SHOW_ONLY=ALL&COUNTPAGE=0[post] -else TvNowFrame.php3}

opm
Searches Opinmind.com: Find people that are interested in the things that interest you. Opinmind collects the opinions of bloggers all over the world on every subject imaginable. To get started, click on one of our popular searches or type in your own topic and click the search button. Have fun!
40 uses - Created 2005-12-18 22:35:20 - Last used 2025-11-13 18:22:31 - Nominate - Description - http://opinmind.com/search.jsp?q=%s

ahk
Search the Autohotkey Forums
607 uses - Created 2005-12-18 16:26:58 - Last used 2024-09-07 09:21:59 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%s+site%3Awww.autohotkey.com+inurl%3Aforum

24
Check your time zones with the World Clock
249 uses - Created 2005-12-18 14:35:29 - Last used 2025-10-11 09:46:59 - Nominate - Description - http://www.timeanddate.com

b2
Boing Boing, A Directory of Wonderful Things
2795 uses - Created 2005-12-18 14:27:39 - Last used 2026-03-01 23:50:26 - Nominate - Description - http://www.boingboing.net

gizmo
Gizmodo, the gadget blog.
149 uses - Created 2005-12-18 14:21:01 - Last used 2022-10-04 15:38:38 - Nominate - Description - http://www.gizmodo.com

alx
Performs a web search through Alexa eg: alx example
19 uses - Created 2005-12-18 13:48:32 - Last used 2015-10-28 00:10:47 - Nominate - Description - http://www.alexa.com/search?q=%s

emel

81 uses - Created 2005-12-18 03:22:39 - Last used 2006-01-12 16:22:17 - Nominate - Description - https://owa.cmc.gov.my/exchange

$$$

16 uses - Created 2005-12-18 03:20:12 - Last used 2007-03-28 03:01:53 - Nominate - Description - http://www.xe.com

itu

42 uses - Created 2005-12-18 03:16:14 - Last used 2019-09-20 01:52:52 - Nominate - Description - http://www.itu.int

ripperl
Findet die besten Spareribs in Wien
11 uses - Created 2005-12-17 23:46:54 - Last used 2010-07-13 14:27:54 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ripperl.at/

IntG

170 uses - Created 2005-12-17 21:29:08 - Last used 2013-03-09 03:15:05 - Nominate - Description - http://www.intelligaming.com/forum/

rdm
Randomfilms Indie Film companies - have some wicked films coming out - media available on the website
15 uses - Created 2005-12-17 18:28:50 - Last used 2021-07-23 10:39:54 - Nominate - Description - http://www.randomfilms.co.uk

ubf
Search ubuntuforums.org
785 uses - Created 2005-12-17 13:12:27 - Last used 2013-10-27 04:24:55 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ubuntuforums.org/search.php?q=%s

mydata
mydata is based on data command, taking advantage of "Positional Parameters" (%s with numbers) introduced by fuska. For e.g. mydata db4free.org shantanuo password shantanuo
11 uses - Created 2005-12-17 12:45:20 - Last used 2013-08-07 07:25:57 - Nominate - Description - data -dbhost {% 1 %s} -login {% 2 %s} -password {% 3 %s} -dbname {% 4 %s}[no url encoding]

iv
Search with Viewpoint.com's image search.
102 uses - Created 2005-12-17 01:05:18 - Last used 2025-10-20 14:49:47 - Nominate - Description - http://search.viewpoint.com/pl/imgse?k=%s

vp
Search with Viewpoint.com
94 uses - Created 2005-12-17 01:04:43 - Last used 2025-06-17 09:50:24 - Nominate - Description - http://search.viewpoint.com/pl/websearch?k=%s

ggm
Search with Google Music.
729 uses - Created 2005-12-16 19:37:19 - Last used 2023-11-25 09:42:34 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/musicsearch?q=%s&btnG=Search+Music

chint

236 uses - Created 2005-12-16 00:39:57 - Last used 2014-12-24 15:57:55 - Nominate - Description - http://www.myspace.com/chint

postgre
PostreSQL search. Searches www.postgresql.org
103 uses - Created 2005-12-16 00:11:11 - Last used 2022-04-17 12:47:42 - Nominate - Description - http://www.postgresql.org/search/?q=%s&a=1&submit=Search

smcu
Open up the San Mateo Credit Union webpage.
11 uses - Created 2005-12-15 20:42:12 - Last used 2005-12-16 17:15:33 - Nominate - Description - http://www.smcu.org

musicg
Search Google Musicsearch for Music http://www.google.com/musicsearch
37 uses - Created 2005-12-15 16:28:04 - Last used 2012-08-29 08:06:31 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/musicsearch?q=%s

trurl
SYNOPSIS tr url -from <default:en> -to <default:zh> EXAMPLES tr yubnub.blogspot.com tr yubnub.blogspot.com -to fr tr yubnub.blogspot.com -from en -to fr Translates the given url from one language to the other language, courtesy of Google Language Tools. Not all language combinations are available. Chinese ............ zh English ............ en French ............. fr German ............. de Italian ............ it Japanese ........... ja Korean ............. ko Portuguese ......... pt Spanish …
109 uses - Created 2005-12-15 15:57:42 - Last used 2015-03-26 08:52:39 - Nominate - Description - https://translate.google.com/translate?u=%s&langpair=${from=en}%7C${to=zh}

msnq
Get a stock quote from MSN Money
36 uses - Created 2005-12-15 07:32:51 - Last used 2009-04-02 13:42:19 - Nominate - Description - http://moneycentral.msn.com/detail/stock_quote?Symbol=%s

ann
Search Anime News Network website
3599 uses - Created 2005-12-15 05:30:06 - Last used 2026-01-06 16:27:52 - Nominate - Description - http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/search.php?searchbox=%s

seriall
Search Seriall.com for serials for just about any software. Seriall + item.
63 uses - Created 2005-12-15 02:13:52 - Last used 2023-03-30 08:21:42 - Nominate - Description - http://www.seriall.com/?s=%s

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