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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".

answer (Golden Egg)
Answers.com search definitions, synonyms and much more.
1507 uses - Created 2005-06-06 20:27:06 - Last used 2024-08-05 12:39:33 - 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.
114867 uses - Created 2005-06-06 20:24:08 - Last used 2026-01-08 13:48:52 - Description - http://www.php.net/%s

froogle (Golden Egg)
Google froogle price comparison search.
16191 uses - Created 2005-06-06 20:22:24 - Last used 2025-07-26 16:08:17 - Description - http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=%s

movies (Golden Egg)
Google movie times for given zipcode.
4121 uses - Created 2005-06-06 20:18:07 - Last used 2025-05-30 08:46:07 - 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.
51541 uses - Created 2005-06-06 20:08:53 - Last used 2025-12-13 08:10:47 - 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
31273 uses - Created 2005-06-06 09:59:05 - Last used 2025-07-20 12:03:22 - 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.
23292110 uses - Created 2005-06-06 07:29:18 - Last used 2026-01-11 18:46:28 - 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
405984 uses - Created 2005-06-06 06:42:23 - Last used 2026-01-11 18:06:20 - 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
229417 uses - Created 2005-06-06 06:41:12 - Last used 2026-01-11 17:41:43 - Description - http://maps.google.com/maps?q=%s

allmusic (Golden Egg)
Allmusic search using their new API.
24891 uses - Created 2005-06-06 06:39:37 - Last used 2025-12-11 19:08:14 - 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. ^_^
2819 uses - Created 2005-06-06 05:13:54 - Last used 2025-12-06 09:47:33 - Description - http://www.guitarnotes.com/tabs/tabsearch.cgi?query=%s&engine=tabs

nws (Golden Egg)
Display all current state-specific NWS warnings and watches. Examples: nws ia - Display all NWS warnings and watches for Iowa. nws tx - Display all NWS warnings and watches for Texas. See: National Weather Service Interactive Weather Information Network http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/
199 uses - Created 2005-06-06 04:43:53 - Last used 2025-07-19 13:39:39 - Description - http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/%s/allwarnings.html

nexrad (Golden Egg)
View National Weather Service NEXRAD Radar Image Short Range Base Reflectivity Enter <radar site identifier> Note: Use only lower case. Examples: klwx - Sterling, VA (Washington, D.C.) kokx - Upton, NY (New York City, NY) knkx - San Diego, CA ktbw - Tampa Bay Area, FL (Tampa, Sarasota, Fort Myers) See radar site list: National Doppler Radar Sites http://weather.noaa.gov/radar/national.html
182 uses - Created 2005-06-06 04:37:35 - Last used 2020-04-24 11:19:54 - Description - http://www.crh.noaa.gov/radar/latest/DS.p19r0/si.%s.shtml

bp (Golden Egg)
Search Bookpool for newly published books
286 uses - Created 2005-06-06 04:29:33 - Last used 2025-01-30 02:37:24 - Description - http://www.bookpool.com/ss/1?sb=d&qs=%s

fedex (Golden Egg)
FedEx Track Shipments
3784 uses - Created 2005-06-06 04:25:14 - Last used 2025-10-29 11:35:57 - Description - http://www.fedex.com/Tracking?ascend_header=1&clienttype=dotcom&cntry_code=us&language=english&tracknumbers=%s

def (Golden Egg)
www.dictionary.com
8536 uses - Created 2005-06-06 04:21:07 - Last used 2025-12-02 00:31:14 - Description - http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=%s

gs (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS gs [keywords] EXAMPLE gs pagerank brin Performs a Google Scholar search using the given keywords.
91830 uses - Created 2005-06-06 03:08:33 - Last used 2026-01-11 16:47:23 - Description - http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%s

y (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS y [keywords] EXAMPLE y why is the sky blue Searches the web using the Yahoo! search engine.
91656 uses - Created 2005-06-06 01:20:52 - Last used 2026-01-10 04:23:08 - Description - http://search.yahoo.com/search?&p=%s

rorapi (Golden Egg)
Search the Ruby on Rails API via google!
108 uses - Created 2005-06-06 01:14:41 - Last used 2023-03-03 13:21:01 - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&domains=http%3A%2F%2Frails.rubyonrails.com&q=%s&btnG=Search&sitesearch=http%3A%2F%2Frails.rubyonrails.com

rwiki (Golden Egg)
Search the RubyonRails.com wiki!
37 uses - Created 2005-06-06 01:12:03 - Last used 2014-04-24 07:58:00 - Description - http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/search/?query=%s

bgg (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS bgg [board game] EXAMPLES bgg monopoly bgg settlers of catan Displays information on the given board game, courtesy of BoardGameGeek.com. Ratings, comments, number of players, playing time, etc. ---------- Old implementation: http://www.google.ca/search?btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky&q=site%3Aboardgamegeek.com+%s
36664 uses - Created 2005-06-06 01:07:49 - Last used 2026-01-11 14:43:57 - Description - http://boardgamegeek.com/geeksearch.php?action=search&objecttype=boardgame&q=%s

thott (Golden Egg)
Thottbot is a database that contains a huge amount of information for the popular MMORPG World of Warcraft.
16965 uses - Created 2005-06-06 01:01:11 - Last used 2025-04-10 08:22:55 - Description - http://www.thottbot.com/?s=%s

ebay (Golden Egg)
Ebay auction item search
163533 uses - Created 2005-06-06 00:47:24 - Last used 2026-01-11 17:56:15 - Description - http://www.ebay.com/sch/items/?_nkw=%s

a9 (Golden Egg)
A9.com Search Engine
3805 uses - Created 2005-06-06 00:44:07 - Last used 2025-08-15 00:04:51 - Description - http://a9.com/?q=%s

/. (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS /. EXAMPLE /. Slashdot is "News for nerds. Stuff that matters."
12842 uses - Created 2005-06-06 00:40:20 - Last used 2025-12-13 18:26:57 - Description - http://slashdot.org

fl (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS fl [tag] EXAMPLE fl lake Retrieves photographs from Flickr tagged with the given tag. The example above shows you photos that people have tagged with "lake". Flickr is a popular online photo-sharing application.
5744 uses - Created 2005-06-06 00:26:03 - Last used 2025-06-14 13:54:10 - Description - http://flickr.com/photos/tags/%s

leo (Golden Egg)
Check leo for German / English translation
276104 uses - Created 2005-06-05 23:51:23 - Last used 2026-01-10 02:59:06 - Description - http://dict.leo.org/?search=%s

whois (Golden Egg)
Check whois for the domain -- Old implementation: http://whois.to/%s Was not working for some domains [Jon Aquino 2006-07-21] Old implementation: http://whois.sc/%s [Jon Aquino 2010-03-03]
48772 uses - Created 2005-06-05 23:47:02 - Last used 2026-01-01 12:49:45 - Description - http://whois.domaintools.com/%s

yubnub (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS yubnub [command] EXAMPLE yubnub man ls Alright, this one is kind of weird. It's a YubNub command for ... YubNub itself. So in the above example, "yubnub man ls" is the same as "man ls". It's mostly a test for consistency: that YubNub can add itself as a YubNub command. In fact, the above is equivalent to "yubnub yubnub yubnub man ls". (That's how the Ewoks teach Linux).
21892 uses - Created 2005-06-05 23:14:17 - Last used 2026-01-10 04:23:16 - Description - http://yubnub.org/parser/parse?command=%s

imdb (Golden Egg)
Searches for anything on the International Movie Database
539754 uses - Created 2005-06-05 23:00:44 - Last used 2026-01-11 16:52:57 - Description - http://www.imdb.com/find?q=%s

delicious (Golden Egg)
Search for these tags on del.icio.us (seperate with +)
2997 uses - Created 2005-06-05 22:48:17 - Last used 2025-05-27 00:23:04 - Description - http://del.icio.us/tag/%s

gg (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS gg [keywords] EXAMPLE gg YubNub Performs a Google search using the given keywords.
292633 uses - Created 2005-06-05 22:44:27 - Last used 2026-01-11 15:29:51 - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%s

ror (Golden Egg)
Search Ruby on Rails
264 uses - Created 2005-06-05 22:40:36 - Last used 2015-09-15 07:37:57 - Description - http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/search/?query=%s

wpde (Golden Egg)
German Wikipedia Search
245880 uses - Created 2005-06-05 22:35:53 - Last used 2026-01-11 17:00:05 - Description - http://de.wikipedia.org?search=%s

tally (Golden Egg)
show polls from tally with the mentioned tags. separate multiple tags with /
47 uses - Created 2005-06-05 22:34:47 - Last used 2025-04-07 09:21:12 - Description - http://tally.dpiddy.net/tags/%s

wp (Golden Egg)
English WikiPedia search ---------- Old implementation: http://en.wikipedia.org/{ifThen -value1 %s -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then ?search=%s -else wiki/Main_Page}
2755330 uses - Created 2005-06-05 22:32:14 - Last used 2026-01-11 18:09:58 - Description - http://en.wikipedia.org/?search=%s

rubydoc (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS ruby EXAMPLE ruby Displays a useful 1-page summary of classes and modules for the Ruby programming languages. Everything from Array to Process.
186 uses - Created 2005-06-05 22:26:32 - Last used 2021-04-22 21:38:20 - Description - http://www.rubycentral.com/book/builtins.html

gim (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS gim [keywords] EXAMPLE gim "porsche 911" Performs a Google Image search using the given keywords. ---------- Old implementation: http://images.google.com/images?q=%s
1183395 uses - Created 2005-06-04 20:39:14 - Last used 2026-01-11 18:10:33 - Description - https://www.google.com/search?q=%s&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch

am (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS am [keywords] EXAMPLE am a brief history of time Searches Amazon.com using the given keyword (e.g. book title, author, etc.) ---------- Old implementation: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search?mode=blended&keyword={iconv - to ISO-8859-1 -str %s}[use %20 for spaces] http://www.amazon.com/s/?field-keywords=%s
255297 uses - Created 2005-06-04 20:06:51 - Last used 2026-01-11 17:30:03 - Description - https://www.amazon.com/s?k=%s

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