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".

btetree
Searches bt.etree.org (the etree.org Community Bittorrent Tracker).
13 uses - Created 2005-06-20 18:47:34 - Last used 2010-10-14 14:16:13 - Nominate - Description - http://bt.etree.org/?search=%s&cat=0

dic
Dictionary.com e.g. dic chair ---------- Old implementation: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=%s
47066 uses - Created 2005-06-20 18:46:14 - Last used 2026-06-13 05:40:03 - Nominate - Description - https://www.dictionary.com/browse/%s

workflow
An open workflow site
47 uses - Created 2005-06-20 18:45:09 - Last used 2019-07-19 05:55:09 - Nominate - Description - http://www.openwflow.com

tux

43 uses - Created 2005-06-20 18:44:29 - Last used 2018-12-07 17:42:53 - Nominate - Description - www.distrowatch.com

Auburn

20 uses - Created 2005-06-20 18:44:00 - Last used 2021-10-12 14:08:53 - Nominate - Description - www.auburn.edu

acme
Search AcmeShorts.com for text - this search is of the main Author's archive
72 uses - Created 2005-06-20 18:43:30 - Last used 2024-10-14 04:23:39 - Nominate - Description - http://acmeshorts.com/shorts/default.aspx?search=%s

viewpdf
Online PDF viewer. Example: viewpdf https://www.irobotweb.com/-/media/Files/Support/Home/Roomba/600/Roomba-600-Manual.pdf
204 uses - Created 2005-06-20 18:41:34 - Last used 2021-10-20 23:08:14 - Nominate - Description - http://online.verypdf.com/api/?apikey=XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX&app=ViewAsPDFPaper&infile=%s

e
Everything2.com Search. Searches for titles in the nodegel.
3517 uses - Created 2005-06-20 18:40:59 - Last used 2026-05-23 03:52:30 - Nominate - Description - http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=%s

archive
Search all of the media at Archive.org
3699 uses - Created 2005-06-20 18:39:56 - Last used 2026-06-07 02:54:51 - Nominate - Description - http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=%s

jj
Visit JJan
139 uses - Created 2005-06-20 18:39:43 - Last used 2025-09-01 04:54:34 - Nominate - Description - http://freesoftwareshop.org/forum/user.php?op=userinfo&uname=JJan

pollstar
Search pollstar for music acts by city, state. Example: pollstar virginia beach, VA
183 uses - Created 2005-06-20 18:39:36 - Last used 2014-01-23 11:44:43 - Nominate - Description - http://www.pollstar.com/tour/searchall.pl?By=City&Content=%s&go_green.x=6&go_green.y=8

gtor
Searches google for torrent files.
265 uses - Created 2005-06-20 18:38:21 - Last used 2020-06-11 10:42:13 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=filetype%3Atorrent+%s

gms
Google MP3 Search Example: gms "Fleetwood Mac"
2062 uses - Created 2005-06-20 18:37:44 - Last used 2025-05-16 07:39:47 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22parent+directory%22+%2B+%22mp3%22+%2B+%22%s%22+-filetype%3Ahtm+-filetype%3Ahtml+-filetype%3Aphp+-filetype%3Aasp&btnG=Search

smd
Smarty Documentation search. Smarty is a template engine for PHP.
532 uses - Created 2005-06-20 18:33:41 - Last used 2023-02-03 02:23:55 - Nominate - Description - http://smarty.net/manual/en/search.php?query=%s

tbot
General search in thottbot.com for world of warcraft
877 uses - Created 2005-06-20 18:32:45 - Last used 2009-10-18 19:45:40 - Nominate - Description - http://www.thottbot.com/?s=%s

javadocs
SYNOPSIS javadocs <query> EXAMPLES javadocs String javadocs java.security javadocs java.lang.NullPointerException Uses Pete Freitag's javadocs.org service to search Sun's API documentation. Does everything javadocs.org does---returns results for class names and packages in the J2SE API. If javadocs can't find it, the query is passed on to Google. See also: * http://www.petefreitag.com/item/133.cfm * http://javadocs.org/
790 uses - Created 2005-06-20 18:31:44 - Last used 2022-09-16 07:30:47 - Nominate - Description - http://javadocs.org/%s

candystand
Candystand website
17 uses - Created 2005-06-20 18:31:34 - Last used 2011-07-22 16:55:03 - Nominate - Description - www.candystand.com

snpp
Search the Simpsons Archives for any Simpsons references. Ever so useful in trying to remember the exact wording of that Homer quote.
49 uses - Created 2005-06-20 18:27:27 - Last used 2014-09-29 18:52:28 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?&q=site%3Asnpp%2Ecom+%s

atwi
Images from all the web, I like it because I get linked directly to _THE_ images, no HTML files to run through
335 uses - Created 2005-06-20 18:25:13 - Last used 2011-06-27 19:18:19 - Nominate - Description - http://alltheweb.com/search?cat=img&cs=iso88591&q=%s&rys=0&itag=crv

fss
Search the FreeSoftwareShop.org forum Example: fss software Lists FSS articles containing 'software'
25 uses - Created 2005-06-20 18:25:03 - Last used 2022-11-25 07:38:35 - Nominate - Description - http://freesoftwareshop.org/forum/search.php?query=%s&type=stories&topic=&author=&days=0

imdbq
Search IMDB for Quotes only, useful for finding that movie quote you can't quite remember...
19 uses - Created 2005-06-20 18:23:30 - Last used 2009-09-30 22:04:28 - Nominate - Description - http://imdb.com/Find?select=Quotes&for=%s

tl

83 uses - Created 2005-06-20 18:23:26 - Last used 2021-02-07 16:57:49 - Nominate - Description - http://traderslibrary.com

kp
KnowledgePlanet, Learning Management Software development and support.
71 uses - Created 2005-06-20 18:21:02 - Last used 2021-03-26 08:17:40 - Nominate - Description - http://www.knowledgeplanet.com

gdef
Performs a "Google Define:" command which gets definitions of the word(s) you've submitted
12451 uses - Created 2005-06-20 18:20:57 - Last used 2026-06-08 06:45:44 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A+%s

olga
Searches OLGA (the Online Guitar Archive - http://olga.net) for the given artist or song.
215 uses - Created 2005-06-20 18:19:15 - Last used 2026-04-24 00:24:47 - Nominate - Description - http://olga.net/dynamic/search.php?search=%s

rpgamer
Search for information on a role-playing game on RPGamer.com.
37 uses - Created 2005-06-20 18:16:02 - Last used 2012-02-27 05:35:06 - Nominate - Description - http://www.rpgamer.com/games/search.cgi?game=%s

randomlink
Sends you to a randomly selected site from http://egalwaat.lu
12 uses - Created 2005-06-20 18:15:05 - Last used 2014-12-25 07:20:30 - Nominate - Description - http://eppes.egalwaat.lu/

grcscan
Using GRC/ShieldsUp, scans the specefic port.
323 uses - Created 2005-06-20 18:13:14 - Last used 2025-03-10 10:06:24 - Nominate - Description - https://www.grc.com/x/portprobe=%s

gis
Google Image Seach is usually referred to as GIS (rather than GIM), this is just a helpful alias for gim gis mclaren f1
28267 uses - Created 2005-06-20 18:08:01 - Last used 2026-06-15 09:36:17 - Nominate - Description - http://images.google.com/images?q=%s

f8
Search Flavor8
75 uses - Created 2005-06-20 18:07:48 - Last used 2025-01-29 06:56:05 - Nominate - Description - http://flavor8.com/index.php?s=%s

gnaa
Brings up GNAA press releases in a friendly format, provided you have given a name Example: gnaa osxtorrent would bring up the info on the Os X fake torrent
13 uses - Created 2005-06-20 18:04:44 - Last used 2010-07-18 06:22:26 - Nominate - Description - http://www.gnaa.us/pr.phtml?troll=gnaa-%s

karen

69 uses - Created 2005-06-20 18:03:19 - Last used 2020-01-12 03:39:51 - Nominate - Description - http://www.douche.com

domain
Register cheap domain names of all popular types. Great affordable rates for .com, .net, .org and competitive rates for international TLDs (like .co.uk, .de, .it, .tv, .biz, .info, .us, com.au, .ca, etc). Bulk Rates, Transfers and Hosting are available. Each registration includes FREE E-Mail and URL forwarding, Online Advanced DNS Tools. Multiple currancies are supported (US$, Cdn$, Yen, Euro, UK, AUD$, NZ$, HK$, etc.) along with multiple languages.
152 uses - Created 2005-06-20 17:59:39 - Last used 2024-06-02 01:41:45 - Nominate - Description - http://www.cheekydomains.com/

maxim
Looks up a maxim datasheet by partnumber. ex: "maxim DS1923"
52 uses - Created 2005-06-20 17:58:19 - Last used 2019-03-21 08:05:02 - Nominate - Description - http://www.maxim-ic.com

voip
Voip provider
85 uses - Created 2005-06-20 17:55:49 - Last used 2017-09-08 05:15:48 - Nominate - Description - http://www.downetworks.com

vide
clustering searchmachine with good ad-filtering. type in (german search): vide [searchstring]
29 uses - Created 2005-06-20 17:48:17 - Last used 2024-06-28 23:54:42 - Nominate - Description - http://de.vivisimo.com/search?language=german&dlang=de&query=%s

tvtome
Search TV Tome for a TV Show you want information on.
268 uses - Created 2005-06-20 16:58:54 - Last used 2015-12-16 05:36:31 - Nominate - Description - http://www.tv.com/search.php?type=11&stype=all&qs=%s&x=0&y=0

pwd
Search the PSP Wire downloads archive.
407 uses - Created 2005-06-20 16:32:57 - Last used 2025-06-30 07:04:34 - Nominate - Description - http://www.pspwire.net/downloads/search/page/1/%s/

vh
View Headers. View HTTP server headers for a given URL. To view the server headers for yubnub.org: vh yubnub.org . Or for a specific page: vh http://www.google.com/about.html .
51 uses - Created 2005-06-20 16:25:08 - Last used 2023-11-15 11:01:58 - Nominate - Description - http://seopen.com/seopen-tools/header-checker.php?ref=yubnub&url=%s

po

215 uses - Created 2005-06-20 16:23:46 - Last used 2025-03-14 14:27:02 - Nominate - Description - http://www.pogo.com/home/home.jsp?sls=3&site=pogo&lkey=QrZAMwF1hucTl9EuCmb3ogAAKDw.

odp
DMOZ/ODP search. To find information related to SUSE Linux in the Open Directory Project: odp suse linux
31 uses - Created 2005-06-20 16:11:21 - Last used 2020-06-21 13:46:58 - Nominate - Description - http://search.dmoz.org/cgi-bin/search?search=%s

bt (Golden Egg)
Searches www.torrentz.com Keywords: torrent, torrents, bittorent, p2p ---------- Old implementation: http://search.bittorrent.com/search.jsp?query=%s
9230 uses - Created 2005-06-20 15:59:37 - Last used 2024-04-23 15:30:02 - Description - http://www.torrentz.com/search?q=%s

magic
Searches for Magic the Gathering Cards; just enter the cardname
16356 uses - Created 2005-06-20 15:55:56 - Last used 2026-02-10 23:53:41 - Nominate - Description - http://www.magiccards.info/query.php?cardname=%s

nyse
Performs a search on the NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) site
78 uses - Created 2005-06-20 15:55:26 - Last used 2025-06-30 06:46:52 - Nominate - Description - http://www.nyse.com/cgi-bin/google.pl?q=%s

ph
Search Paperhat Blog
467 uses - Created 2005-06-20 15:53:44 - Last used 2026-04-13 17:23:15 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wimpkiller.com/mt/mt-search.cgi?IncludeBlogs=3&search=%s

desert
www.erlebnis-forum.de - Die Erlebnis Oase
33 uses - Created 2005-06-20 15:42:14 - Last used 2021-07-05 19:40:55 - Nominate - Description - http://www.erlebnis-forum.de/

har
go to Hardika's blog
22 uses - Created 2005-06-20 15:33:38 - Last used 2024-12-07 19:39:50 - Nominate - Description - http://www.attempttobehip.com

tiki

20 uses - Created 2005-06-20 15:10:49 - Last used 2020-11-10 21:59:24 - Nominate - Description - http://www.tehanitrading.com/

phone (Golden Egg)
WhitePages.com Residential Directory Assistance Search Find phone book listings by searching based on name, address, or phone number. Examples: phone (206) 802-2120 phone 206-802-2120 phone John Smith, Seattle, WA phone John Smith, 98107 phone 4802 Third, Seattle, WA phone 4802 Third, 98107
5901 uses - Created 2005-06-20 14:55:18 - Last used 2025-11-26 03:02:39 - Description - http://www.whitepages.com/search/SingleField?q=%s

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