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".

xanga (Golden Egg)
Jump directly to a user's Xanga site. Used: "xanga you_do" jumps to www.xanga.com/you_do
203 uses - Created 2005-06-07 19:32:35 - Last used 2026-01-06 13:47:31 - Description - http://www.xanga.com/%s

tz
Searches www.torrentz.com Keywords: torrent, torrents, bittorent, p2p
6505 uses - Created 2005-06-07 19:12:07 - Last used 2022-06-21 23:59:19 - Nominate - Description - http://www.torrentz.com/search?q=%s

arc (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS arc [keywords] EXAMPLE arc accessworkspacefactory Searches ArcGIS Developer Online for the given keywords. ArcGIS Developer Online is an online help system for ArcObjects for ArcGIS. ArcGIS is a well-known Geographic Information System (software for viewing maps).
726 uses - Created 2005-06-07 18:37:21 - Last used 2026-03-10 10:02:58 - Description - http://edn.esri.com/index.cfm?fa=search.results&c_2_b=on&sa=2&q=%s

dnow (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS dnow [YYYY-MMDD] EXAMPLE dnow 2005-0607 dnow Play the Democracy Now archive from archive.org. Democracy Now is a daily radio and TV news program on over 300 stations, pioneering the largest community media collaboration in the US. Specify a date in YYYY-MMDD format. Or leave out the date for today's show.
39 uses - Created 2005-06-07 18:03:03 - Last used 2023-03-03 13:17:12 - Description - http://yubnub.org/example/dnow?args=%s

old-ts (Golden Egg)
Search TorrentSpy.com
22752 uses - Created 2005-06-07 17:55:08 - Last used 2021-05-18 10:09:04 - Description - http://www.torrentspy.com/search.asp?query=%s

ntk (Golden Egg)
Searches Need To Know (http://www.ntk.net/)
27 uses - Created 2005-06-07 17:43:29 - Last used 2023-03-03 13:19:12 - Description - http://www.ntk.net/index.cgi?searchv=%s

javadoc-1.4.2 (Golden Egg)
Search Sun's Javadoc for Java 1.4.2
23 uses - Created 2005-06-07 17:37:37 - Last used 2009-05-06 04:51:20 - Description - http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=site%3Ajava.sun.com%2Fj2se%2F1.4.2%2Fdocs%2Fapi+%s

javadoc (Golden Egg)
Google Search Sun's Javadocs
956 uses - Created 2005-06-07 17:30:35 - Last used 2023-02-20 03:22:44 - Description - http://javadocs.org/%s

bd (Golden Egg)
Search BD Paradisio (french comics site)
157 uses - Created 2005-06-07 17:13:53 - Last used 2026-05-31 16:02:17 - Description - http://www.bdparadisio.com/scripts/BdP_SearchResults.cfm?SearchedKey=%s

gl (Golden Egg)
Google Linux Search (google.com/linux)
11090 uses - Created 2005-06-07 16:19:24 - Last used 2026-05-06 11:42:03 - Description - http://www.google.com/linux?q=%s&sourceid=yubnub.org

msdn (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS msdn [keywords] EXAMPLE msdn arraylist Searches the Microsoft Developer Network for the given keywords. For more information on query syntax, see http://search.microsoft.com/search/help.aspx?View=msdn ========== Old implementation: http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdn-online/shared/components/mscomsearch30.aspx?qu=%s
8550 uses - Created 2005-06-07 16:13:46 - Last used 2025-07-22 23:51:40 - Description - http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Search/en-us/?query=%s

smallr (Golden Egg)
Make a URL smaller. smallr http://some.url.com/
14 uses - Created 2005-06-07 12:40:49 - Last used 2023-03-03 13:20:27 - Description - http://smallr.com/url/make?url=%s

tr (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS tr FROM TO TEXT EXAMPLES tr en fr hello Translates the given text from the first language to the second language, courtesy of Google Language Tools. The above example translates "hello" from English (en) to French (fr). Not all language combinations are available. Chinese (Simplified) zh-CN English ............ en French ............. fr German ............. de Italian ............ it Japanese ........... ja Korean ............. ko Portuguese ......... pt Spanish ............ es
53237 uses - Created 2005-06-07 06:37:56 - Last used 2026-06-07 02:19:30 - Description - http://yubnub.org/example/tr?args=%s

tts (Golden Egg)
Text-to-speech demo from AT&T Labs. Sounds amazing. Update: Mark Beutnagel at AT&T asked me if I would disable the direct link, as it is a research demo with limited resources. --Jon
2321 uses - Created 2005-06-07 05:52:24 - Last used 2026-06-13 12:36:20 - Description - http://www.research.att.com/projects/tts/demo.html?%s

sd (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS sd EXAMPLE sd Slashdot is "News for nerds. Stuff that matters."
2164 uses - Created 2005-06-07 03:59:22 - Last used 2026-01-25 10:33:15 - Description - http://slashdot.org

gc (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS gc EXAMPLE gc gc stands for Gmail Compose. Launches Gmail in "Compose Mail" mode.
5515 uses - Created 2005-06-07 03:50:55 - Last used 2023-06-01 23:56:03 - Description - https://mail.google.com/mail/#compose

bl (Golden Egg)
Bloglines Usage: if used without an argument, goes to the Bloglines homepage, if used with an argument goes to the subscribe page for that url (could be a website with a feed, or a feed). You might have to log in first. Examples: bl bl wired.com bl http://wired.com/feed.xml Stian Haklev, shaklev@gmail.com (thanks for the help guys) (added tweak from b.a.)
22864 uses - Created 2005-06-07 03:41:23 - Last used 2025-08-25 19:29:27 - Description - http://www.bloglines.com/{ifthen -value1 %s -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then sub/%s -else myblogs}[no url encoding]

lyr (Golden Egg)
Search lyricsdir.com for lyrics ========== Old implementation: http://www.lyricsdir.com/search/?q=%s
1429 uses - Created 2005-06-06 23:56:45 - Last used 2019-05-16 04:48:14 - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site:www.lyricsdir.com+%s

jd (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS jd [class] EXAMPLE jd String Displays the JavaDoc for the given Java class, courtesy of javadocs.org. ---------- Old implementation: http://javadocs.org/%s
8006 uses - Created 2005-06-06 23:09:38 - Last used 2025-03-19 09:59:58 - Description - http://www.legistar.com/docs2web/s.jsp?q=%s&t=q

lj (Golden Egg)
Jump to a given LiveJournal user's journal. "lj <username>" "lj <username>/friends/" should also take you to the friends page in question.
6298 uses - Created 2005-06-06 21:37:08 - Last used 2023-09-23 21:32:49 - Description - http://www.livejournal.com/users/%s[no url encoding]

quotation (Golden Egg)
Popular quotations search.
150 uses - Created 2005-06-06 21:01:10 - Last used 2019-08-31 11:32:54 - Description - http://www.quotationspage.com/search.php3?homesearch=%s&startsearch=Search

math (Golden Egg)
Search MathWorld. All things mathematical.
1932 uses - Created 2005-06-06 20:55:01 - Last used 2026-04-15 02:24:04 - Description - http://mathworld.wolfram.com/search/?query=%s

groups (Golden Egg)
Google groups search. ---------- Old implementation: http://groups-beta.google.com/groups?hl=en&q=%s&qt_s=Search
5398 uses - Created 2005-06-06 20:53:16 - Last used 2025-09-05 10:11:32 - Description - http://groups.google.com/groups/search?q=%s

pear (Golden Egg)
Search PEAR php archive.
976 uses - Created 2005-06-06 20:52:23 - Last used 2024-08-27 17:42:33 - Description - http://pear.php.net/%s

mw (Golden Egg)
Mererian-Webster dictionary lookup. ---------- Old implementation: http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=%s&x=0&y=0
38764 uses - Created 2005-06-06 20:47:53 - Last used 2026-06-13 23:08:00 - Description - http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/%s

python (Golden Egg)
Python site search (via Google).
20603 uses - Created 2005-06-06 20:45:39 - Last used 2026-05-11 02:46:36 - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%s&domains=docs.python.org&sitesearch=docs.python.org&sourceid=google-search&submit=submit

gmail (Golden Egg)
With no parameter, opens GMail, with a parameter, searches GMail for parameter (must be logged in). Examples: gmail - opens GMail gmail world peace - searches GMail for world peace (if logged in) Stian Haklev, shaklev@gmail.com. My first command using eop, thanks Allen, this is awesome!
145756 uses - Created 2005-06-06 20:39:07 - Last used 2026-06-14 12:11:46 - Description - https://gmail.google.com/{eop gmail?search=query&q=@%s@&view=tl&fs=1}

stock (Golden Egg)
Yahoo stock quote.
23088 uses - Created 2005-06-06 20:29:23 - Last used 2026-04-02 06:17:09 - Description - http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=%s

answer (Golden Egg)
Answers.com search definitions, synonyms and much more.
1508 uses - Created 2005-06-06 20:27:06 - Last used 2026-02-10 05:25:35 - Description - http://www.answers.com/%s

jeeves (Golden Egg)
Ask Jeeves search.
61 uses - Created 2005-06-06 20:25:18 - Last used 2021-07-09 09:24:45 - Description - http://web.ask.com/web?q=%s&qsrc=0&o=0

php (Golden Egg)
PHP function lookup.
114935 uses - Created 2005-06-06 20:24:08 - Last used 2026-06-04 21:03:13 - Description - http://www.php.net/%s

froogle (Golden Egg)
Google froogle price comparison search.
16196 uses - Created 2005-06-06 20:22:24 - Last used 2026-05-20 22:16:56 - Description - http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=%s

movies (Golden Egg)
Google movie times for given zipcode.
4123 uses - Created 2005-06-06 20:18:07 - Last used 2026-05-01 12:43:44 - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&oi=showtimes&near=%s&q=movie:+movies+%s

cc (Golden Egg)
Searches Creative Commons-licensed content via Yahoo. Type "cc <search term>". Note that this search includes all CC licenses, from the least restrictive to the most. Always check the specific terms on the content you wish to use. ---------- Old implementation: http://search.yahoo.com/search?&p=%s&cc=true
801 uses - Created 2005-06-06 20:14:40 - Last used 2025-09-21 14:43:32 - Description - http://labs.creativecommons.org/demos/search/?q=%s

tec (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS tec [keywords] EXAMPLE tec "great breakfast" Searches blogs for the given keywords, courtesy of the Technorati weblog search engine.
51556 uses - Created 2005-06-06 20:08:53 - Last used 2026-06-09 18:22:12 - Description - http://technorati.com/search/%s?sub=yubnub

mt (Golden Egg)
Movable Type Main Menu Usage: mt <domain name of the server with Movable Type on it, incl. the www. and the .com or .org or whatever> This only works if you installed the MT cgi stuff in the most standard place (cgi-bin/mt/). Enjoy it anyway.
460 uses - Created 2005-06-06 19:42:57 - Last used 2025-04-30 18:42:22 - Description - http://%s/cgi-bin/mt/mt.cgi

dirtygreek
Search the infinitely famous DirtyGreek.Org! DirtyGreek is a blog written by George.
10 uses - Created 2005-06-06 14:56:28 - Last used 2010-12-29 00:48:02 - Nominate - Description - http://www.dirtygreek.org/search.php?searchTerm=%s

clusty (Golden Egg)
Clusty, the clustering search engine!
592 uses - Created 2005-06-06 14:40:18 - Last used 2020-07-02 13:54:54 - Description - http://clusty.com/search?query=%s

vt (Golden Egg)
Searches Versiontracker for Mac software
3464 uses - Created 2005-06-06 14:27:11 - Last used 2026-01-06 19:20:29 - Description - http://versiontracker.com/php/search.php?str=%s&plt%5B%5D=macosx&mode=basic&action=search

flickr (Golden Egg)
Flickr image search
31274 uses - Created 2005-06-06 09:59:05 - Last used 2026-05-27 07:54:22 - Description - http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/%s/

g (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS g [keywords] EXAMPLE g YubNub Performs a Google search using the given keywords.
23374423 uses - Created 2005-06-06 07:29:18 - Last used 2026-06-15 01:23:19 - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%s

spam_example
This is an example of a command that has been marked as spam.
17 uses - Created 2005-06-06 06:55:15 - Last used 2025-09-03 05:46:18 - Nominate - Description - http://blahblahblah

gm (Golden Egg)
Google Maps Search. Google Maps has several handy features included within it. To map out a single location, just type the address. Example: gmaps 123 Maple Dr. Detroit, MI To find businesses or other specific things, simply give the location and business. Example: pizza in Detroit To get directions from one location to another, type both locations. Example: from 123 Maple Dr. Detroit, MI to 321 Oak Street Dayton, OH
408304 uses - Created 2005-06-06 06:42:23 - Last used 2026-06-15 00:09:29 - Description - http://maps.google.com/maps?q=%s

gmaps (Golden Egg)
Google Maps Search. Google Maps has several handy features included within it. To map out a single location, just type the address. Example: gmaps 123 Maple Dr. Detroit, MI To find businesses or other specific things, simply give the location and business. Example: pizza in Detroit To get directions from one location to another, type both locations. Example: from 123 Maple Dr. Detroit, MI to 321 Oak Street Dayton, OH
230953 uses - Created 2005-06-06 06:41:12 - Last used 2026-06-15 00:30:16 - Description - http://maps.google.com/maps?q=%s

allmusic (Golden Egg)
Allmusic search using their new API.
24893 uses - Created 2005-06-06 06:39:37 - Last used 2026-05-03 14:12:51 - Description - http://allmusic.com/search/artist/%s

smugtag (Golden Egg)
jump directly to smugmug photos tagged with word
28 uses - Created 2005-06-06 05:44:03 - Last used 2014-06-14 15:17:17 - Description - http://www.smugmug.com/keyword/%s

smug (Golden Egg)
full-text search smugmug for relevant photos, galleries, and users
59 uses - Created 2005-06-06 05:42:52 - Last used 2025-01-25 02:01:34 - Description - http://www.smugmug.com/search/index.mg?searchType=global&searchWords=%s

tag (Golden Egg)
Jumps to the del.icio.us results for the passed tag.
10191 uses - Created 2005-06-06 05:26:19 - Last used 2024-11-19 16:21:48 - Description - http://del.icio.us/tag/%s

gt (Golden Egg)
Search guitarnotes.com guitar tab archive. Submitted by voodooc because a) i'll actually use this and b) to make up for the tubgirl command. ^_^
2820 uses - Created 2005-06-06 05:13:54 - Last used 2026-04-06 06:37:05 - Description - http://www.guitarnotes.com/tabs/tabsearch.cgi?query=%s&engine=tabs

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