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".

bim
Bing image search.
9576 uses - Created 2009-06-02 05:45:54 - Last used 2026-02-16 08:34:28 - Nominate - Description - http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=%s

cbc1

10 uses - Created 2009-06-01 20:48:11 - Last used 2009-06-14 17:07:04 - Nominate - Description - http://www.cbc.ca/livemedia/cbcr1-toronto.m3u

pvsp
Player vs Player Quickly search the ATP head to head statistics. Example: What´s the head to head score of Monfils and Federer ? pvsp -p1 monfils -p2 federer Nadal is the default p1 and Federer is the default p2. When you search for head to head scores against them then you can omit their resp. parameters
10 uses - Created 2009-06-01 20:03:44 - Last used 2010-01-28 10:53:22 - Nominate - Description - http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/3/en/players/headtohead/default.asp?player1=${p1=nadal}&player2=${p2=federer}

bng
Microsoft's Bing search, clean URL
152 uses - Created 2009-06-01 13:56:57 - Last used 2019-06-17 09:52:41 - Nominate - Description - http://www.bing.com/search?q=%s

bing
The new Microsoft search engine.
14560 uses - Created 2009-06-01 12:24:49 - Last used 2026-08-07 07:39:32 - Nominate - Description - http://www.bing.com/search?q=%s

ned
NASA Extragalactic Database
688 uses - Created 2009-06-01 08:54:08 - Last used 2025-03-17 17:02:26 - Nominate - Description - http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=%s&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES

@me
Simple, meaningful bookmark to check your Twitter replies. AUTHOR elzr.com
14 uses - Created 2009-05-31 17:34:25 - Last used 2013-11-14 17:16:04 - Nominate - Description - http://twitter.com/#replies

fuska-lm

115 uses - Created 2009-05-31 09:05:31 - Last used 2010-10-09 18:47:20 - Nominate - Description - http://del.icio.us/fuska?v=&noui=yes&share=no&tags=${tags=later}&url={url g %s}&title=%s&extended=${extended}&private=true

cmm
Search Wikimedia Commons. Alternative command: wmc http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s&fulltext=Search
20 uses - Created 2009-05-30 23:26:30 - Last used 2016-06-29 12:54:58 - Nominate - Description - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s&fulltext=Search

scrapetc (Golden Egg)
Scrape tag contents. Uses Sean O'Hagan's scrape command to scrape data between two properly formed opening and closing tags from a webpage. SYNTAX scrapetc tag URL gomelet AT gmail DOT com
279 uses - Created 2009-05-30 23:10:47 - Last used 2025-07-20 14:19:21 - Description - scrape -tokens <{% 1 %s}> </{% 1 %s}> -dirs 0 0 -url {% 2 %s}[no url encoding]

wav
Google Wave is a new tool for communication and collaboration on the web
18 uses - Created 2009-05-30 03:00:23 - Last used 2024-10-23 08:31:55 - Nominate - Description - http://wave.google.com

wave
Google Wave is a new tool for communication and collaboration on the web
1114 uses - Created 2009-05-30 02:57:55 - Last used 2022-09-12 18:36:49 - Nominate - Description - http://wave.google.com

topsyu
SYNOPSIS topsyu [keywords] EXAMPLE topsyu gvanrossum Performs a topsy user search using the given keywords.
263 uses - Created 2009-05-30 01:19:13 - Last used 2015-01-10 18:48:31 - Nominate - Description - http://topsy.com/twitter/%s

tweetmeme
SYNOPSIS tweetmeme [keywords] EXAMPLE tweetmeme YubNub Performs a tweetmeme search using the given keywords.
21 uses - Created 2009-05-29 16:16:01 - Last used 2011-02-07 15:55:20 - Nominate - Description - http://tweetmeme.com/search.php?for=%s

adlibris
Search function for the online bookstore adlibris.dk
51 uses - Created 2009-05-29 14:00:21 - Last used 2024-12-04 19:58:23 - Nominate - Description - http://www.adlibris.com/dk/searchresult.aspx?search=quickfirstpage&quickvalue=%s&title=%s&fromproduct=False

paper
Search computer-science and mathematical papers
283 uses - Created 2009-05-29 11:49:52 - Last used 2026-02-10 23:58:15 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/cse?cx=010054625461469963423%3Aa-qcbyeh9da&ie=UTF-8&q=%s

kw
[GER] : zeigt die aktuelle kalenderwoche an
38 uses - Created 2009-05-28 08:25:05 - Last used 2021-02-07 12:12:28 - Nominate - Description - http://www.kwkw.de/

megaup
MegaDownload Search for megaupload.com repository Syntax: megaup books
141 uses - Created 2009-05-28 04:23:39 - Last used 2011-02-19 18:43:49 - Nominate - Description - http://www.megadownload.net/search/%s server%3Amegaupload.com/all.html

megad
MegaDownload search for BOTH megaupload and rapidshare repositories Syntax: megad books
102 uses - Created 2009-05-28 04:21:11 - Last used 2020-03-10 23:04:59 - Nominate - Description - http://www.megadownload.net/search/%s/all.html

ua
SYNOPSIS ua [user-agent string] EXAMPLE ua Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/525.19 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/1.0.154.36 Safari/525.19 Determines the browser corresponding to a given user-agent string
144 uses - Created 2009-05-27 23:57:00 - Last used 2026-04-02 15:40:59 - Nominate - Description - http://stevesouders.com/ua/parse.php?ua=%s

ghc
ghc - Geek Hero Comic
27 uses - Created 2009-05-27 14:23:00 - Last used 2024-03-08 07:14:11 - Nominate - Description - http://www.geekherocomic.com

topsy
SYNOPSIS topsy [keywords] EXAMPLE topsy YubNub Performs a topsy search using the given keywords.
319 uses - Created 2009-05-27 10:08:16 - Last used 2016-07-30 18:46:54 - Nominate - Description - http://topsy.com/search?q=%s

mspn
mobile espn
75 uses - Created 2009-05-27 04:38:56 - Last used 2009-10-17 23:18:16 - Nominate - Description - http://m.espn.go.com/

mespn
Search espn's mobile scoreboards
37 uses - Created 2009-05-27 04:38:29 - Last used 2014-01-18 05:28:15 - Nominate - Description - http://m.espn.go.com/%s/scoreboard

groute
Get immediate directions from Google maps. Ex. groute -from (source address) -to (destination address)
28 uses - Created 2009-05-26 20:59:09 - Last used 2024-03-24 03:59:11 - Nominate - Description - http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=${from}&daddr=${to}

nzlibraries
Search for books in New Zealand Libraries' Catalogue (http://nzlc.natlib.govt.nz/) http://nzlc.natlib.govt.nz/ using the NZ National Bibliographic Database
502 uses - Created 2009-05-26 12:25:15 - Last used 2013-02-10 15:38:10 - Nominate - Description - http://nzlc.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=%s&SL=None&Search_Code=GKEY^*&CNT=25&HIST=1

cld
search craigslist directly clt -wr new york -wt statue will search for statues in new york
96 uses - Created 2009-05-26 04:35:23 - Last used 2021-02-08 02:15:09 - Nominate - Description - http://${wr}.craigslist.org/search/sss?query=${wt}

ddg
Use the "DuckDuckGo" Search Engine. To search DuckDuckGo for "Linux" just type: Example: ddg Linux
212367 uses - Created 2009-05-26 01:48:50 - Last used 2026-08-08 06:44:47 - Nominate - Description - http://duckduckgo.com/?q=%s

gradoss

148 uses - Created 2009-05-24 23:18:32 - Last used 2013-09-22 20:18:26 - Nominate - Description - http://www.infoclima.com/pronosticos.asp

iyt
mobile optimized youtube search
125 uses - Created 2009-05-24 22:35:20 - Last used 2024-11-12 10:53:06 - Nominate - Description - http://m.youtube.com/results?client=mv-google&gl=US&hl=en&q=%sa&submit=Search

mflkr
mobile optimized flickr search
63 uses - Created 2009-05-24 22:33:31 - Last used 2025-11-22 10:30:45 - Nominate - Description - http://m.flickr.com/#/search/advanced_QM_q_IS_%s_AND_ss_IS_0_AND_mt_IS_all_AND_w_IS_all

digglist
Just enter parameters to list articles posted to Digg. Entries must be according to the following order of precedence: 1st - News, Videos, or Images (All is the default) 2nd - (sub)topic 3rd - Upcoming (instead of the Popular default) Example: digglist Returns Digg homepage listing all News, Images, and Videos. Example: digglist videos apple Returns Digg page listing only Videos posted in the Apple subtopic. Example: digglist science upcoming Returns page listing Upcoming Science posts. Example…
38 uses - Created 2009-05-24 18:37:20 - Last used 2012-11-03 09:09:59 - Nominate - Description - http://digg.com/{% 1 %s}/{% 2 %s}/{% 3 %s}[no url encoding]

morewords
Morewords.com Search Examples: morewords entropy - returns facts about the word 'entropy' morewords dist* - searches for all words beginning with 'dist' morewords ---t - searches for all 4 letter words ending in 't' See http://www.morewords.com/examples/ for more examples.
114 uses - Created 2009-05-24 15:04:39 - Last used 2016-12-06 18:20:52 - Nominate - Description - http://morewords.com/?%s[no url encoding]

tiavastube
porn site Tiavastube search
13 uses - Created 2009-05-24 14:55:38 - Last used 2013-06-03 15:11:50 - Nominate - Description - http://tiavastube.com/search/?q=%s

gx (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS gx [keywords] EXAMPLE gx diakonos mined editor Google exact search. Places a + in front of each search term to force Google not to use synonyms. SEE ALSO "Search exactly as is (+)" http://www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=136861
7130 uses - Created 2009-05-24 04:05:11 - Last used 2026-02-14 14:42:50 - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%2B{strReplace -find + -replace +%2B -string %s}

mlmx
Búsqueda de artículos en Mercado Libre - México
1398 uses - Created 2009-05-23 16:10:15 - Last used 2026-06-12 18:13:22 - Nominate - Description - http://listado.mercadolibre.com.mx/%s

impots
site des impots en france
27 uses - Created 2009-05-23 09:55:01 - Last used 2026-01-08 09:03:46 - Nominate - Description - http://www.impots.gouv.fr

pnicer
Submit a URL to PrintNicer.com (alternative URL: PrintFriendly.com), which cleans up a page for printing and can export PDFs. Does not work on all pages; best on blog posts and similar layouts. Supply the URL as the only parameter (with or without http://). Example: pnicer http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/009895.html (compare results to http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/009895.html) made by (e)nb(a)r
103 uses - Created 2009-05-23 03:26:59 - Last used 2025-10-30 11:35:01 - Nominate - Description - http://www.printfriendly.com/print?url=%s[no url encoding]

gmovies
Google Movie Showtimes Search Examples: gmovies <location> gmovies 92602 gmovies Irvine, CA
165 uses - Created 2009-05-23 01:06:51 - Last used 2015-03-08 15:03:24 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/movies?near=%s

wart
Wrong side of the art Blog dedicated to B-Z movie posters
14 uses - Created 2009-05-22 22:44:41 - Last used 2013-06-10 17:37:18 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wrongsideoftheart.com/?s=%s

w|a
Wolfram Alpha
60 uses - Created 2009-05-22 21:25:43 - Last used 2015-08-07 09:19:12 - Nominate - Description - http://wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%s

swag
Search using SwagBucks search engine and get a chance to win a prize with each search. SwagBucks search is powered by Google. Example: swag porsche 911
3129 uses - Created 2009-05-22 19:53:46 - Last used 2026-05-30 13:17:58 - Nominate - Description - http://swagbucks.com/?q=%s

ggch
NAME ggch - Google swiss webpages search preserving your default interface language. SYNOPSIS gchch [KEYWORD] EXAMPLES ggch cinéma lausanne ggch kino zurich ggch cinema lugano G : Suche nach Web-Seiten der Schweiz. Die Sprache der Oberfläche bleibt erhalten. FR : Recherche les pages web en suisse. Le langage de l'interface sera préservé. I : Cerca pagine web in Svizzera. La lingua di interfaccia sia riprodotta. NOTES The 'gch' command also searches suisse pages but returnes the UI in german. AU…
1319 uses - Created 2009-05-22 18:25:17 - Last used 2025-07-24 01:00:02 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.ch/search?q=%s&btnG=Recherche+Google&meta=cr%3DcountryCH

!ls
Lists Yahoo! Open Shortcuts. Only default shortcuts are listed when not logged-in. SYNTAX !ls OFFICIAL SHORTCUTS !create, !help, !list, !set, !unset gomelet AT gmail DOT com
78 uses - Created 2009-05-22 14:06:08 - Last used 2022-12-25 03:33:09 - Nominate - Description - http://search.yahoo.com/osc/list?ei=UTF-8&p=!list

mavs
Wolfram|Alpha Wikipedia Google Yahoo
344 uses - Created 2009-05-22 00:24:36 - Last used 2022-01-04 13:24:44 - Nominate - Description - mash2 %s -cmd wolfram wp g y

hsdb
Highstakesdb.com
33 uses - Created 2009-05-21 18:32:10 - Last used 2011-07-09 18:13:27 - Nominate - Description - http://www.highstakesdb.com/default.aspx?p=1&pl=%s&ps=Any&minp=&c1=NULL&c2=NULL&ga=NULL&ty=NULL&bl=NULL&s=False&sortby=handdate

ypm
search mobile yelp, the right way -wt tacos -wr new york, ny searches mobile.yelp.com for tacos in new york, ny
120 uses - Created 2009-05-21 18:18:24 - Last used 2026-05-06 13:05:56 - Nominate - Description - http://mobile.yelp.com/search?find_desc=${wt}&find_loc=${wr}&find_submit=Search

azm
mobile version of amazon search
136 uses - Created 2009-05-21 18:08:13 - Last used 2021-02-08 02:15:14 - Nominate - Description - http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/s/ref=is_s_/187-0035294-7006017?k=%s

wkm

670 uses - Created 2009-05-21 18:02:07 - Last used 2026-05-06 13:05:34 - Nominate - Description - http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki?search=%s

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