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Command List (ls)

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brain (Golden Egg)
Ask Brainboost a question, and it will search the internet to find a precise answer to your question. Sponsored by NASA. Example: brain how far is sidney from victoria bc?
2616 uses - Created 2005-07-18 02:46:31 - Last used 2025-11-26 04:39:12 - Description - http://www.answers.com/bb/bbsearch.jsp?Q=%s

pdoc
Processing documentation (complete)
123 uses - Created 2005-07-17 23:26:57 - Last used 2018-07-13 14:03:37 - Nominate - Description - http://processing.org/reference/index_ext.html

Lonnie

15 uses - Created 2005-07-17 21:56:36 - Last used 2020-01-16 10:32:20 - Nominate - Description - http://www.xanga.com/smallguy310

caitlin

31 uses - Created 2005-07-17 21:50:19 - Last used 2023-05-11 11:51:20 - Nominate - Description - http://www.xanga.com/lynn7410

tripods
A fun little game based off Google Maps. Check the site for more info. If you ever see a guy named Tommy on, say hi and that you're from YubNub :D ---------- Old implementation: http://www.thomasscott.net/tripods/
14 uses - Created 2005-07-17 21:40:33 - Last used 2020-04-28 12:50:18 - Nominate - Description - https://www.google.com/search?q=tripods

pcgen1
Generates 8 random D&D characters using Version 2 of the NPC Generator. To use, enter "pcgen1 <class>" or "pcgen1 any" for random class selection. <class> can be any core D&D class (fighter, druid, rogue, wizard, etc). Only low-level classes will be generated. Later versions will allow configuration.
15 uses - Created 2005-07-17 21:26:21 - Last used 2012-12-14 20:27:30 - Nominate - Description - http://www.aarg.net/~minam/npc2.cgi?look=standard&stats_ability_bonuses=0&stats_ac_breakdown=1&stats_init_breakdown=1&stats_attack_breakdown=0&stats_save_breakdown=0&stats_skill_breakdown=0&stats_languages=1&stats_skillsfeats=1&stats_possessions=1&stats_spells=1&stats_formatting=1&stats_skill_points=1&alignment=anyg&gender=any&race=anycore&class=%s&level=lo&class2=&level2=any&class3=&level3=any&count=10&scorestrategy=1&seed=

cheatcodes

85 uses - Created 2005-07-17 21:23:51 - Last used 2011-07-28 20:20:07 - Nominate - Description - http://www.cheatcodes.com

ahley

13 uses - Created 2005-07-17 21:11:03 - Last used 2005-07-24 01:56:36 - Nominate - Description - http://www.xanga.com/kiss_wink_smile

stanley

58 uses - Created 2005-07-17 21:10:36 - Last used 2024-09-13 19:50:56 - Nominate - Description - http://www.xanga.com/sekcxbeast

today
Wikipedia's English page that lists events for this day: "today in history," holidays, holy days, birth days and death days. Today is determined by GMT. You can correct for your local today with today -off +1 or today -off -1
835 uses - Created 2005-07-17 21:03:01 - Last used 2025-07-10 06:52:43 - Nominate - Description - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{date -format B_d -offset ${off=0}}

fn
Food Network Recips Search To find particular recipes, just type the name. Example: fn seafood gumbo To find recipes that contain specific ingredients, type the ingredients. Example: fn tomatoes cucumber
648 uses - Created 2005-07-17 18:32:06 - Last used 2025-03-07 12:47:32 - Nominate - Description - http://web.foodnetwork.com/food/web/searchResults?searchString=%s&site=FOOD&searchType=Recipe

axim
Searches Aximsite.com - the Dell Axim community. Dell Axims are Pocket PC PDAs.
43 uses - Created 2005-07-17 18:09:31 - Last used 2011-01-10 18:57:43 - Nominate - Description - http://www.aximsite.com/boards/search.php?do=process&showposts=0&query=%s

bms6
NAME bms6 - Search the Bemanistyle.com Version 6 Simfile Database SYNOPSIS bms6 -artist [ARTIST] -user [USERNAME] -name [SIMFILE NAME] EXAMPLES bms6 bms6 -songartist DJ Taka bms6 -simartist NVLM_ZK bms6 -simname Colors bms6 -simname xepher -simartist eggmanimn bms6 allows a user to search the Bemanistyle 6 database for artists, users, and songs. I explicitly tagged it as Bemanistyle 6 because Bemanistyle 7 is supposed to be out soon. Note that typing this with no arguments will let you browse a…
12 uses - Created 2005-07-17 17:38:36 - Last used 2005-10-07 22:39:48 - Nominate - Description - http://bemanistyle.com/sims/results.php?offset=0&sort=DD&type=1&category=1&artist=${songartist}&username1=${simartist}&name=${simname}&padkey=1&wherebpm1=&wherebpm2=[post][use %20 for spaces]

paview3
Jumps to last week's Penny Arcade comic. Like paview2, but more flexible because you can optionally specify the age of the comic that you want (in days). Demonstrates how you can type command combinations directly into the URL box to create a new command from existing ones. Example: paview3 Example: paview3 -age 14
2643 uses - Created 2005-07-17 08:44:43 - Last used 2026-01-12 23:02:32 - Nominate - Description - paview {date -format Y-m-d -offset -${age=7}}

paview2
Jumps to last week's Penny Arcade comic. Demonstrates how you can type command combinations directly into the URL box to create a new command from existing ones. Usage: paview2 Author: Jonathan Aquino <jonathan.aquino@gmail.com>
1367 uses - Created 2005-07-17 08:28:30 - Last used 2025-12-16 11:00:36 - Nominate - Description - paview {date -format Y-m-d -offset -7}

mozinekb (Golden Egg)
NAME mozinekb - Search the MozillaZine Knowledge Base SYNOPSIS mozinekb [SEARCH] EXAMPLES mozinekb "profile folder" mozinekb extention install A command to search the MozillaZine Knowledge Base Wiki. It includes info on Mozilla, Firefox, Thunderbird, and more. If what you need isn't covered, make sure to check out the MozillaZine forums. AUTHOR Tommy B. <tommy04@gmail.com>
182 uses - Created 2005-07-17 03:40:04 - Last used 2023-10-24 20:04:10 - Description - http://kb.mozillazine.org/Special:Search?search=%s&fulltext=Search

ie
link to Indian Express online
150 uses - Created 2005-07-17 02:58:49 - Last used 2024-02-24 18:11:54 - Nominate - Description - http://www.expressindia.com/

date (Golden Egg)
NAME date - print the system date and time SYNOPSIS date -format [FORMAT] -offset [DAYS] EXAMPLES date date -format m/d/Y -offset -7 Displays the current date and time, offset by the given number of DAYS. The FORMAT is given by the codes below: a The abbreviated weekday name ("Sun") A The full weekday name ("Sunday") b The abbreviated month name ("Jan") B The full month name ("January") c The preferred local date and time representation d Day of the month (01..31) H Hour of the day, 24-hour clo…
36759 uses - Created 2005-07-17 02:34:38 - Last used 2025-12-03 13:16:50 - Description - http://yubnub.org/example/today?format=${format=Y-m-d}&offset=${offset=0}

lil_joker

12 uses - Created 2005-07-17 00:38:08 - Last used 2006-06-13 05:44:26 - Nominate - Description - http://wildcards32@hotmail.com

echo (Golden Egg)
NAME echo - display a line of text SYNOPSIS echo [STRING] EXAMPLE echo Hello, World! AUTHOR Jonathan Aquino <jonathan.aquino@gmail.com>
1370974 uses - Created 2005-07-16 19:48:17 - Last used 2025-12-30 13:04:50 - Description - http://yubnub.org/example/echo?text=%s

nothing
This is to return a blank for use with my test recursive chain command (don't count on it working!)
60 uses - Created 2005-07-16 19:18:16 - Last used 2025-07-22 11:26:23 - Nominate - Description - http://

yanews
Yahoo! News Search (batches of 100; sorted by date) Example: yanews london
14 uses - Created 2005-07-16 13:31:53 - Last used 2011-03-29 03:59:31 - Nominate - Description - http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/search?ei=UTF-8&va=%s&datesort=1&fl=0&n=100

polo
Feel like shopping for tacky, overpriced clothes? Go to Polo Ralph Lauren's website here.
55 uses - Created 2005-07-16 13:11:22 - Last used 2022-12-08 16:55:34 - Nominate - Description - http://www.polo.com

chd
testing "directory/channel" changing
42 uses - Created 2005-07-16 12:31:45 - Last used 2021-10-11 12:31:36 - Nominate - Description - http://efridge.net/yubnub/chd.php?d=%s

pipe
pipe testing
223 uses - Created 2005-07-16 10:01:57 - Last used 2025-08-16 03:59:52 - Nominate - Description - http://efridge.net/yubnub/pipe.php?c=%s

fd
link to thefreedictionary.com
667 uses - Created 2005-07-16 05:03:59 - Last used 2025-03-24 02:09:39 - Nominate - Description - http://www.thefreedictionary.com/

auwp
Australian White Pages
241 uses - Created 2005-07-16 03:42:30 - Last used 2013-09-25 14:09:04 - Nominate - Description - http://www.sensis.com.au/search.do?profile=wp&find=%s

isketch
It's iSketch! Cool online pictionary game.
27 uses - Created 2005-07-16 02:55:39 - Last used 2014-08-19 20:47:56 - Nominate - Description - http://www.isketch.net

ice
A wonderful alternative to Google. If you needed an alternative to Google!
1335 uses - Created 2005-07-16 02:31:58 - Last used 2025-10-13 06:45:02 - Nominate - Description - http://www.icerocket.com/search?tab=web&q=%s

TMS
The Main Server: Tech news and commentary for the common geek.
26 uses - Created 2005-07-16 02:26:02 - Last used 2021-11-29 10:16:53 - Nominate - Description - http://mainserver.blogspot.com

roms
gba roms
35 uses - Created 2005-07-15 23:03:24 - Last used 2025-11-08 08:13:06 - Nominate - Description - http://grn.dl.am

unix
Search the UNIX man pages
2979 uses - Created 2005-07-15 22:19:31 - Last used 2025-12-10 16:45:20 - Nominate - Description - http://bama.ua.edu/cgi-bin/man-cgi?%s

un
Searches UNIX man pages
843 uses - Created 2005-07-15 22:15:44 - Last used 2025-11-29 01:29:05 - Nominate - Description - http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?%s

ldss
SYNOPSIS ldss [search string] EXAMPLES ldss moses ldss 2 ne 2 Searches the Lds Scriptures Online Edition.
208 uses - Created 2005-07-15 20:57:13 - Last used 2014-05-17 20:08:15 - Nominate - Description - http://raphil.org/yubnub/ldss/?q=%s

webyahoo
Yahoo web messenger, allows you to use yahoo messenger from any computer.
13 uses - Created 2005-07-15 20:42:38 - Last used 2008-09-09 03:39:01 - Nominate - Description - http://messenger.yahoo.com/webmsgr/fmsgr.php

smiley
Save hundreds of IM Smileys!
41 uses - Created 2005-07-15 20:36:01 - Last used 2025-09-24 05:47:10 - Nominate - Description - http://www.harrythecat.com/smiley/index1.html

had
Hack A Day
1040 uses - Created 2005-07-15 20:19:14 - Last used 2026-01-05 22:07:07 - Nominate - Description - http://www.hackaday.com/

insult
Returns a different Shakespearean insult each time you use it.
52 uses - Created 2005-07-15 18:56:48 - Last used 2014-01-29 11:18:13 - Nominate - Description - http://www.pangloss.com/seidel/Shaker/index.html

pimprig

21 uses - Created 2005-07-15 16:01:43 - Last used 2008-02-10 15:33:17 - Nominate - Description - http://www.pimprig.com

yrss2
Yahoo News Feed Search (RSS) Returns linked headlines to the command prompt. Example: yrss2 middle east
36 uses - Created 2005-07-15 14:36:57 - Last used 2009-05-16 13:56:55 - Nominate - Description - http://efridge.net/yubnub/parse.php?ynp_type=rss&yncmd=${COMMAND}&yndesturl=http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss&ei=UTF-8&fl=0&x=wrt&p=%s

NDS
The best Nintendo DS site!
29 uses - Created 2005-07-15 13:39:51 - Last used 2026-01-02 15:36:26 - Nominate - Description - http://dsgaming.co.uk/html/modules/news/

chip
Romanian Chip Site
98 uses - Created 2005-07-15 13:29:44 - Last used 2025-10-04 07:25:44 - Nominate - Description - http://www.chip.ro

phps
searches the whole site php.net (not just the function list).
182 uses - Created 2005-07-15 04:45:36 - Last used 2021-01-14 11:01:39 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%s+site:www.php.net&l=en

url (Golden Egg)
Converts a YubNub command to a URL. For example, url gim porsche 911 displays the following text: http://images.google.com/images?q=porsche+911 This command will be useful for people experimenting with chaining YubNub commands together.
4561636 uses - Created 2005-07-15 04:39:23 - Last used 2025-12-17 10:51:35 - Description - http://yubnub.org/parser/url?command=%s

Nick!
Just go! No more questions!
10 uses - Created 2005-07-15 03:47:33 - Last used 2005-11-18 02:57:18 - Nominate - Description - http://www.geocities.com/porkupine100@sbcglobal.net/temporarypreviewfile.html?1110335228640

plugin

61 uses - Created 2005-07-15 03:12:28 - Last used 2021-10-30 07:53:51 - Nominate - Description - http://www.g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/blog/AOTB/date/07132005/index.html

callofduty
Play Call of Duty Online!
10 uses - Created 2005-07-15 03:07:47 - Last used 2010-12-06 00:00:40 - Nominate - Description - http://www.callofduty.com/unitedoffensive/main.html

flka
To create an album. Usage: flka -u -t -mp You can use any combination of these 3 parameters: -u is the username of a flickr member. -t is a specific tag you want to search for. -mp is the max number of pages the book will have.
47 uses - Created 2005-07-15 02:41:07 - Last used 2006-08-06 19:51:26 - Nominate - Description - http://flickralbum.com/index.php?fUserName=${u}&tag=${t}&maxPages=${mp}

myth
look at the Official Mythbusters Website!
12 uses - Created 2005-07-15 02:29:24 - Last used 2018-11-27 23:01:14 - Nominate - Description - http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/mythbusters.html

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