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".

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Get movie description from IMBD
575 uses - Created 2005-11-28 08:21:43 - Last used 2025-05-04 07:57:45 - Nominate - Description - http://www.imdb.com/find?q= %s

m-news
MSN News Search with Default Sort Settings >||;)
15 uses - Created 2005-11-28 05:03:27 - Last used 2006-09-18 14:11:21 - Nominate - Description - http://search.msn.com/news/results.aspx?q=%s&FORM=RUBNUB

y-news
Yahoo News Search with Default Sort Settings >||;)
47 uses - Created 2005-11-28 05:00:16 - Last used 2008-11-05 02:11:42 - Nominate - Description - http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/search?p=%s

g-news
Google News Search with Default Sort Settings >||;)
261 uses - Created 2005-11-28 04:58:09 - Last used 2013-07-31 23:18:33 - Nominate - Description - http://news.google.com/news?q=%s

feet

897 uses - Created 2005-11-28 02:22:55 - Last used 2025-10-30 04:31:59 - Nominate - Description - http://www.feetweek.com

leggy

423 uses - Created 2005-11-28 02:22:18 - Last used 2017-04-26 01:47:07 - Nominate - Description - http://www.leggypauline.com

wnet
it searches for words in wordnet dictionary an online lexical reference system whose design is inspired by current psycholinguistic theories of human lexical memory. English nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are organized into synonym sets, each representing one underlying lexical concept. Different relations link the synonym sets.
352256 uses - Created 2005-11-28 02:12:40 - Last used 2024-10-08 18:56:41 - Nominate - Description - http://dict.die.net/%s

ibdb
Search the Internet Broadway Database Usage: ibdb [search term] Example: ibdb into the woods b.a.
64 uses - Created 2005-11-28 00:05:02 - Last used 2018-11-18 09:25:16 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ibdb.com/search.asp?SearchFor=%s&SearchBy=All&submit.x=0&submit.y=0

luding
Searches for board games using luding. Just enter the name of the game as parameter.
176 uses - Created 2005-11-27 23:40:04 - Last used 2016-08-25 08:48:04 - Nominate - Description - http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/cgi-bin/luding/GameName.py?f=00Q^E4W&gamename=%s

gml
Returns the GuideML of the code (just the number) of a given h2g2 Entry.
178 uses - Created 2005-11-27 15:54:38 - Last used 2022-10-30 15:50:27 - Nominate - Description - scrape -tokens <ARTICLE> </ARTICLE> -dirs 0 0 -url http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/test%s -textonly 1

bark (Golden Egg)
MP3 of a dog barking. Handy when leaving the house unattended, as a barking dog is a major deterrent to burglars. ---------- Old implementation: http://cm.aces.utexas.edu/fa03/leverett/barking_dogs.mps.mp3
1988 uses - Created 2005-11-27 08:54:49 - Last used 2025-10-01 10:24:50 - Description - http://web.archive.org/web/20060223213222if_/http://cm.aces.utexas.edu:80/fa03/leverett/barking_dogs.mps.mp3

marchives
Metal Archives Search Perform various kinds of searches on metal archives. Just put in text for a band search: marchives arch enemy Or use -t and a search type: marchives -t album -- reality marchives -t genre -- death metal Note the double dash seperating the search type from the search text! This is important! The available search types are: band - Band name genre - Music genre lyrics - Lyrical themes album - Album title song - Song title label - Label lineup - Lineup user - User profile trad…
7888 uses - Created 2005-11-26 21:16:10 - Last used 2025-06-11 13:14:56 - Nominate - Description - http://www.metal-archives.com/search.php?type=${t=band}&string=${-}%s

mdl
Melissa Data Labor Statistics Lookup - Unemployment To look up labor statistics type in zip code. Example: mdl 63701
16 uses - Created 2005-11-26 19:11:13 - Last used 2020-08-17 03:12:25 - Nominate - Description - http://www.melissadata.com/Lookups/bls.asp?zip=%s

mdr
Melissa Data AM, FM and TV Stations Lookup. Type in ZIP Code or Call Sign. Example: mdr KXLY Example: mdr 63701
36 uses - Created 2005-11-26 19:04:25 - Last used 2025-06-05 17:54:00 - Nominate - Description - http://www.melissadata.com/Lookups/Fcc.asp?InData=%s

mdd
Melissa Data Distance Between Zip Codes. Enter first zip code and second zip code to calculate distance between them. Example: mdd -zip1 98856 -zip2 98862
17 uses - Created 2005-11-26 08:38:28 - Last used 2023-08-27 18:08:07 - Nominate - Description - http://www.melissadata.com/Lookups/zipdistance.asp?zipcode1=${zip1}&zipcode2=${zip2}&submit1=Calculate

mdw
Melissa Data Climate Averages Lookup Get the high, low and average temperature, amount of rain, cooling and heating degree days for every ZIP Code in the U.S. by day and month. Enter zip code. Example: mdw 63701
17 uses - Created 2005-11-26 08:32:53 - Last used 2014-03-16 11:04:35 - Nominate - Description - http://www.melissadata.com/Lookups/ZipWeather.asp?ZipCode=%s&submit1=Submit

mdi
Melissa Data Income Tax Statistics Lookup Interesting income tax demographics type zip code to search. Example: mdi 98856
16 uses - Created 2005-11-26 08:23:43 - Last used 2015-10-16 07:33:32 - Nominate - Description - http://www.melissadata.com/Lookups/TaxZip.asp?Zip=%s&Submit=Submit

msp
Melissa Data Phone Number Lookup Enter a 10 digit phone number and the location will be displayed. Example: msp 9495895200 Enter a 7 digit phone number for a list of possible area codes, cities and states. Example: msp 5895200 Enter a 6 digit area code and prefix and the location will be displayed. Example: msp 949589 Enter a 3 digit area code for a list of the primary cities served by the area code. Example: msp 949 Enter a city name for a list of possible area codes + prefix combinations. Exa…
81 uses - Created 2005-11-26 08:19:14 - Last used 2025-09-19 14:58:00 - Nominate - Description - http://www.melissadata.com/Lookups/phonelocation.asp?number=%s&submit1=Process

mdsn
Melissa Data Street Number Lookup To find all addresses with same number in a town type in number and zip code. Example mdsn -number 1 -zip 98856 To find a list of unique street numbers type in zip code. Example mdsn -zip 98856
24 uses - Created 2005-11-26 08:04:29 - Last used 2014-12-22 11:17:14 - Nominate - Description - http://www.melissadata.com/Lookups/zipnumber.asp?Number=${number}&Zip=${zip}&submit1=Submit

mdst
Melissa Data Street Name Lookup To find all street names in a zip code type in zip code. Example: mdst 98856
1174 uses - Created 2005-11-26 07:51:06 - Last used 2010-10-11 01:27:44 - Nominate - Description - http://www.melissadata.com/Lookups/zipstreet.asp?InData=%s&submit1=Submit

mdip
Melissa Data IP Address Location Lookup. Displays the location of an Internet Protocol Address. The city, state, country and ISP are shown. If you know the IP address just type it. Example: mdip 12.145.224.195 To look up information on your own IP and you don't know the address enter nothing. Example: mdip
480 uses - Created 2005-11-26 07:46:14 - Last used 2024-07-08 15:50:53 - Nominate - Description - http://www.melissadata.com/Lookups/iplocation.asp?ipaddress=%s&submit=submit

mdc
Melissa Data Congressional Districts Map shows District Number, Representative Name, and Political Party. To find Congressional Districts Map type two-letter state abbreviation. Example: mdc wa
140 uses - Created 2005-11-26 07:36:36 - Last used 2019-05-23 12:17:19 - Nominate - Description - http://www.melissadata.com/lookups/MapCD.asp?CD=%s

mdm
Melissa Data Zip Code Maps shows city, map and basic demographic information. Example: mdm Jackson
33 uses - Created 2005-11-26 07:31:13 - Last used 2022-05-31 09:01:32 - Nominate - Description - http://www.melissadata.com/lookups/MapPlace.asp?place=%s

mda
Melissa Data Address Lookup and Verify Example: mda -address 22382 avenida empresa -city rancho santamargarita -state ca -zip 92688 Number of free lookups limited, but you can get more with free membership.
56 uses - Created 2005-11-26 07:26:06 - Last used 2016-11-18 12:12:03 - Nominate - Description - http://www.melissadata.com/Lookups/AddressVerify.asp?Address=${address}&city=${city}&state=${state}&zip=${zip}&Query=Submit

qk
QuickKnife site search. Search for knives, swords, camping, outdoors, clothing, etc. Example: qk balaclava
20 uses - Created 2005-11-26 05:40:22 - Last used 2021-02-12 20:32:02 - Nominate - Description - http://search.store.yahoo.com/cgi-bin/nsearch?follow-pro=2&vwcatalog=herbence2teststore1&catalog=herbence2teststore1&query=%s

MOG

53 uses - Created 2005-11-25 21:00:36 - Last used 2024-11-09 15:15:33 - Nominate - Description - http://www.millionsofgames.com/

onbbc
Just takes you to the page that shows what's on BBC TV now and later today
48 uses - Created 2005-11-25 20:22:40 - Last used 2008-07-15 21:31:54 - Nominate - Description - http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-perl/whatson/search/grid.cgi?MEDIUM=tv

sportscores (Golden Egg)
Live sports scores for any sport from FoxSports. To get scores type the command and then the three letter league or sport designation Example: sportscores nfl (for NFL scores); sportscores cfb (for college football scores)
233 uses - Created 2005-11-25 18:27:07 - Last used 2018-02-09 18:55:49 - Description - http://msn.foxsports.com/%s/scores

mor
Find reviews on www.mrqe.com
42 uses - Created 2005-11-24 21:37:53 - Last used 2017-03-29 03:18:30 - Nominate - Description - http://www.mrqe.com/lookup?isindex=%s

taobao
Search Taobao.com (Chinese auction site)
731 uses - Created 2005-11-24 13:47:56 - Last used 2025-10-10 01:52:26 - Nominate - Description - http://search1.taobao.com/browse/search_product.htm?title={iconv -to GB2312 -str %s}

pseek
Perform a search via searchengine "http://beta.previewseek.com" EXAMPLE: pseek "google"
36 uses - Created 2005-11-24 13:25:59 - Last used 2006-09-12 08:56:01 - Nominate - Description - http://beta.previewseek.com/?query=%s&&tag=231656690I1132838268&&vid=l217249234I1132836818&&twin=n&&target=web&cl=res&ndv=y&list=3

zvab
Search german ZVAB (Zentrales Verzeichnis Antiquarischer Bücher) for antiquarian books. To search using simple keywords.
167 uses - Created 2005-11-24 08:12:45 - Last used 2024-09-27 00:22:18 - Nominate - Description - http://www.zvab.com/index.html?term=%s

dicfind
NAME dicfind - displays dictionary entries that contain your search word , courtesy of answers.com EXAMPLE dicfind word
16 uses - Created 2005-11-23 15:25:02 - Last used 2012-03-01 20:46:30 - Nominate - Description - http://www.answers.com/main/searchDSResults.jsp?st=%s&dsid=1555&dsname=Dictionary

srd
Searches the d20 (i.e. Dungeons and Dragons or D&D or DnD) Hypertext Searchable Database. Pretty awesome!
896 uses - Created 2005-11-23 00:32:26 - Last used 2022-12-15 03:59:31 - Nominate - Description - http://www.d20srd.org/cgi-bin/search.cgi?search_config=www_d20srd_org&query=%s

dilbert
Brings you to the Dilbert comic strip for the given day. The date must be given in the following format: YYYY-MM-DD. No spaces are allowed. For example, to see the strip from 11/12/2005, use 2005-11-12. ---------- Old implementation: http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/dilbert-%s.html
538 uses - Created 2005-11-22 19:23:16 - Last used 2026-02-05 12:29:06 - Nominate - Description - http://www.dilbert.com/strips/comic/%s/

wiktde
German wiktionary.
811 uses - Created 2005-11-22 19:19:54 - Last used 2025-05-12 23:46:23 - Nominate - Description - http://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/%s

sgim
Google image search; use if "images.google.com" is blocked by your firewall at work, school, etc.
23 uses - Created 2005-11-22 19:11:58 - Last used 2024-10-13 02:22:30 - Nominate - Description - http://64.233.167.104/images?q=%s

wf

1098 uses - Created 2005-11-22 17:59:49 - Last used 2025-10-03 08:27:25 - Nominate - Description - http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s

JSexample
javascript!
20 uses - Created 2005-11-22 15:28:51 - Last used 2010-05-30 03:02:25 - Nominate - Description - yubnublet window.alert("YubNub now includes javascript");back()

chmap
SYNOPSIS Display the map of any location in Switzerland (using map.search.ch). SWITCHES -city (can also be a postcode) -street (with or without street number) EXAMPLES chmap takes you to the main page chmap -city genève displays a map of Geneva chmap -city 8000 displays a map of central Zürich chmap -city zürich -street plattenstr 47 indicates the location of the University of Zurich's English Department ;-)
84 uses - Created 2005-11-22 15:01:37 - Last used 2014-05-14 08:40:13 - Nominate - Description - http://map.search.ch/{ifThen -value1 ${city} -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then ${city}/${street}}[use %20 for spaces]

BlThis
Suscribe the current URL to Bloglines
15 uses - Created 2005-11-22 14:13:55 - Last used 2011-05-08 17:23:18 - Nominate - Description - yubnublet location.href="http://www.bloglines.com/sub/"+[current URL];

DeliThis
Post to delecious from Yubnub! - the url is set automatically - you can specify the description with the -d parameter - you can specify notes with the -n parameter
80 uses - Created 2005-11-22 14:12:21 - Last used 2009-06-17 08:31:17 - Nominate - Description - yubnublet location.href="http://del.icio.us/post/?url="+[current URL]+"&title=${d}&notes=${n}";

GCacheThis
Get the cached copy of the current page from Google
18 uses - Created 2005-11-22 13:59:39 - Last used 2013-12-17 07:39:58 - Nominate - Description - yubnublet location.href="http://google.com/search?q=cache:"+[current URL];

SplitThis
Split the current page. To see the top and the bottom at the same time, for example. type "SplitThis -t v" for a vertical split
57 uses - Created 2005-11-22 13:56:27 - Last used 2011-12-12 06:16:39 - Nominate - Description - yubnublet location.href="http://yubnub.org/example/split?type=${t=h}&urls="+[current url]+"%20"+[current url]

TinyThis
create a tinyurl for the current url
18 uses - Created 2005-11-22 13:37:51 - Last used 2013-03-11 00:45:16 - Nominate - Description - yubnublet location.href="http://tinyurl.com/create.php?url="+[current URL];

Yubnublet (Golden Egg)
NAME Yubnublet - Creates a page with the javascript code that you pass to it So you can create bookmarklets in Yubnub SYNOPSIS Yubnublet <JS code> EXAMPLE Yubnublet window.alert("this is cool!") Yubnublet document.write("this is cool too!") Yubnublet for(i=0;i<10;i++)document.write("this is very cool!<br>") You can also include the current url in you code(this is the most common in a bookmarklet) the string [current URL] (note the brackets) will be replaced by the actual url for example: Yubnub…
1254 uses - Created 2005-11-22 13:27:47 - Last used 2026-03-05 21:28:36 - Description - http://saraswaticlasses.net/yubnub/yubnublet.php?code=%s

drugstore
drugstore.com search
198 uses - Created 2005-11-22 13:16:26 - Last used 2024-05-24 18:30:47 - Nominate - Description - http://www.drugstore.com/search/search.asp?search=%s

tecmini
similar to tec (Golden Egg), But restricts results to 5 with clutter free layout. Searches blogs for the given keywords, courtesy of the Technorati weblog search engine.
16 uses - Created 2005-11-22 12:26:13 - Last used 2008-07-03 14:42:44 - Nominate - Description - http://technorati.com/mini/index.html?s=%s

whoisp
Liefert zu einer deutschen Telefonnummer den Namen (inverse Suche). Bsp: whoisp 1234 liefert z.B. Max Müller
178 uses - Created 2005-11-21 22:49:12 - Last used 2018-11-12 22:28:41 - Nominate - Description - http://www.dasoertliche.de/DB4Web/es/oetb2suche/home.htm?kw_invers=%s&main=Antwort&AKTION=START_INVERS_SUCHE&SEITE=INVERSSUCHE_V&s=2&rg=1&taoid=&si=05112123422166705112123422168000&SKN=0&SEITE=INVERSSUCHE_V&AKTION=START_SUCHE

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