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The Most-Used Commands

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".

538
shortcut to http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/
141 uses - Created 2012-01-21 03:17:20 - Last used 2021-04-16 19:14:23 - Nominate - Description - http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/

cfd
Collins French-to-English dictionary, with IPA pronunciations and everything. Examples: cfd artillerie cfd lourde cfd penser
141 uses - Created 2013-12-12 01:09:03 - Last used 2024-08-13 09:23:52 - Nominate - Description - http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/french-english/%s

fll
Access to the Flourishlib APIs. Use: fll URL => API reference for fURL fll Date => API reference for fDate fll Date#modify => API reference for fDate's modify method.
140 uses - Created 2011-08-04 14:15:03 - Last used 2022-09-08 21:58:48 - Nominate - Description - http://flourishlib.com/api/f%s[no url encoding]

freefr
french definitions from thefreedictionary.com
140 uses - Created 2010-06-28 09:40:29 - Last used 2011-08-03 11:39:48 - Nominate - Description - http://fr.thefreedictionary.com/%s

sfish
Uses Singingfish to find mp3s
140 uses - Created 2005-06-20 22:33:50 - Last used 2015-10-03 18:59:10 - Nominate - Description - http://search.singingfish.com/sfw/search?query=%s&x=0&y=0&a_submit=1&aw=1&sfor=av&dur=a&fmp3=1&cmus=1&rpp=10&persist=1

ordo
Breviary index for the Roman Catholic church. Example: ordo May 31
140 uses - Created 2006-06-08 07:01:14 - Last used 2021-09-03 01:39:54 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=site:poshusa.org+"%s"

schar
Lists HTML and XHTML character entities.
140 uses - Created 2006-09-28 07:17:47 - Last used 2026-03-18 20:07:56 - Nominate - Description - http://www.cookwood.com/html/extras/entities.html

mike
MStoner.net is the home page of Mike Stoner. Blog, Images, Games, Free Stuff, and more.
140 uses - Created 2005-06-09 23:54:39 - Last used 2022-04-29 03:54:30 - Nominate - Description - http://www.mstoner.net

ben
slugdug time!!
140 uses - Created 2005-06-10 17:42:46 - Last used 2023-07-26 08:31:56 - Nominate - Description - http://slugdug.com

hacker

140 uses - Created 2005-06-13 09:39:48 - Last used 2025-02-26 06:47:03 - Nominate - Description - http://www.stant.org

faz

140 uses - Created 2005-06-16 19:58:20 - Last used 2024-06-17 07:01:42 - Nominate - Description - http://www.faz.net/IN/INtemplates/faznet/default.asp?term=%s&tpl=common%2Fsuche_erg.asp&cboTxtPrt=1&chkRubAll=1&chkRubPolitik=0&chkRubGesellschaft=0&chkRubWirtschaft=0&chkRubFinanzen=0&chkRubSport=0&chkRubFeuilleton=0&chkRubReiseWissenTechnik=0&suchzeitraum=3&txtFromDate=&txtToDate=

zap
Search Zappos.com, the Web's most popular shoe store. See also 'shoe'.
140 uses - Created 2005-06-19 05:33:52 - Last used 2024-11-10 23:11:16 - Nominate - Description - http://www.zappos.com/n/bs?q=%s

mdc
Melissa Data Congressional Districts Map shows District Number, Representative Name, and Political Party. To find Congressional Districts Map type two-letter state abbreviation. Example: mdc wa
140 uses - Created 2005-11-26 07:36:36 - Last used 2019-05-23 12:17:19 - Nominate - Description - http://www.melissadata.com/lookups/MapCD.asp?CD=%s

boots

140 uses - Created 2006-01-16 10:47:23 - Last used 2025-10-29 13:46:34 - Nominate - Description - http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://sensualsara.com/images/stockings/ballet%2520heels/ballet11.jpg&imgrefurl=http://sensualsara.com/ballet_heels.htm&h=432&w=648&sz=73&tbnid=zL6bH6G66U4cdM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=135&hl=en&start=46&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dstockings%2Bheels%26start%3D40%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN

sofa
Songfacts.com lists interesting trivia and facts about just about any recorded song. Meanings are discussed in the comments. Type "sofa" and a song title or keyword. This is a shorter version of the command "songfact".
140 uses - Created 2009-08-23 17:45:12 - Last used 2024-01-09 18:28:28 - Nominate - Description - http://www.songfacts.com/search_fact.php?title=%s

dash
Delta HEAT Dashboard
140 uses - Created 2010-03-05 17:34:51 - Last used 2025-06-01 02:22:39 - Nominate - Description - http://dashboard.delta.org/secure/checkticket.asp?recordnumber=%s

playlist
Project playlist search. Searches playlist.com for songs Enter "playlist (search perameters)"
140 uses - Created 2008-05-15 23:40:26 - Last used 2024-10-14 05:16:43 - Nominate - Description - http://www.playlist.com/iphone.php?searchfor=%s&search

dyt
NAME dyt - Get download link for a youtube video. SYNOPSIS dyt [YOUTUBE VIDEO URL] EXAMPLES dyt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPFi2LE8P68 AUTHOR Stephen Paul Weber a.k.a. Singpolyma http://singpolyma.net
140 uses - Created 2008-07-17 03:44:04 - Last used 2023-01-14 12:47:06 - Nominate - Description - match -url http://www.techcrunch.com/ytdownload3.php?url=%s -pattern /HREF='([^\f]*?)'/ -capture 1 -matchnbr 1

mapa
קיצור דרך למפה של חברת מפה. בגלל הצפנה של מפה לא ניתן לחפש ישירות מתיבת החיפוש, מעביר ל&#14…
140 uses - Created 2007-06-19 16:13:37 - Last used 2023-08-10 01:39:02 - Nominate - Description - http://www.mapa.co.il/general/searchresult_locked.asp?

lnpv
Direct link to the SDLT NPV calculator for leases.
140 uses - Created 2009-01-12 10:13:05 - Last used 2014-12-05 04:57:20 - Nominate - Description - http://ldccalculator.hmrc.gov.uk/LDC01.aspx

donut
Search Caltech Donut. Works only on Caltech subnet.
140 uses - Created 2007-01-11 00:56:25 - Last used 2024-04-19 03:22:45 - Nominate - Description - http://donut.caltech.edu/directory/index.php?SID=&state=search&nametype=3&name=%s&count=

rmi
Find Flickr content that has been licensed for use in a commercial context.
140 uses - Created 2007-01-14 22:32:50 - Last used 2019-02-20 09:57:15 - Nominate - Description - http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=%s&l=comm

spaces
takes you to the spaces.msn.com page. you have to provide the full email address
139 uses - Created 2007-01-02 07:43:03 - Last used 2024-03-23 12:17:25 - Nominate - Description - http://spaces.msn.com/profile.aspx?mem=%s

ces
CrossEngine Search Uses www.crossengine.com to search for your keywords Example: "ces Lifehacker" initially searches Google but you can click on the tabs to search for the same term using any other search engine you wish. Also, searches are grouped according to type e.g.image searches are on one tab, news searches are on another tab, etc.
139 uses - Created 2007-02-23 23:12:27 - Last used 2022-09-21 02:34:25 - Nominate - Description - http://www.crossengine.com/search.php?q=%s

chta
http://www.chiptalk.net/ You have just found the biggest and best resource in the world for poker chip advice! Here you can ask questions to the resident chip experts and receive courteous answers immediately. You can read poker chip articles, read poker chip reviews, get price checks for any poker chip, even search for your new poker chips on eBay. Oh... ChipTalk.net is not just about poker chips! We also have a wealth of advice on home poker tournaments, poker tables, playing cards, poker sof…
139 uses - Created 2009-08-03 12:11:55 - Last used 2011-03-31 13:39:16 - Nominate - Description - http://www.chiptalk.net/

boston
Gets the current time in Boston.
139 uses - Created 2009-08-28 01:07:45 - Last used 2025-02-21 18:38:51 - Nominate - Description - http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=43

yn2
get yubnub stuck in a loop? sorry if it works.
139 uses - Created 2009-10-15 17:03:12 - Last used 2021-02-13 19:17:59 - Nominate - Description - http://yubnub.org/parser/parse?command=yn2 %s

frances
Translates Portuguese to French.
139 uses - Created 2009-10-25 10:04:40 - Last used 2025-03-04 12:59:12 - Nominate - Description - http://babelfish.altavista.com/tr?lp=pt_fr&trtext=%s


Search for addresses and phone numbers within the Iceland phone directory at ja.is. Must use correct Icelandic letters/accents. To search for the first part of a word, use a wildcard. Example: já tónabúð*
139 uses - Created 2010-01-14 15:33:07 - Last used 2013-03-02 20:35:00 - Nominate - Description - http://ja.is/hradleit/?q=%s

rpe
Search for Rapidshare links on Rapidpedia.com
139 uses - Created 2010-03-03 09:05:48 - Last used 2023-02-27 18:19:37 - Nominate - Description - http://rapidpedia.com/?q=%s

nbim

139 uses - Created 2009-02-19 14:29:51 - Last used 2013-02-08 16:12:20 - Nominate - Description - http://nbimportal/templates/SearchUser.aspx?id=9332&quicksearchquery=%s

g$
Google Finance Main Page
139 uses - Created 2008-10-07 14:45:14 - Last used 2018-02-06 20:10:10 - Nominate - Description - http://finance.google.com

blow
Send a Ping to Google Blog Search when you have updated your blog. Type: blow [BLOG URL] Example: blow www.lifehacker.com
139 uses - Created 2007-08-14 13:11:57 - Last used 2026-03-02 07:36:37 - Nominate - Description - http://blogsearch.google.com/ping?url=%s&btnG=Submit+Blog&hl=en

dream
because dreams can come true...
139 uses - Created 2006-06-20 04:03:25 - Last used 2022-11-04 04:27:00 - Nominate - Description - http://www.dreamlinux.com.br/english/index.html

dpr
Command to search the Digital Photography Review site (www.dpreview.com)
139 uses - Created 2006-06-21 13:19:03 - Last used 2013-06-07 05:08:36 - Nominate - Description - http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/search.asp?query=%s&page=1&forum=all

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

chmod
A quick summary of chmod options.
139 uses - Created 2005-07-05 16:01:00 - Last used 2020-08-22 12:48:52 - Nominate - Description - http://catcode.com/teachmod/summary.html

rx (Golden Egg)
Drug search at the British National Formulary
139 uses - Created 2005-06-09 03:58:13 - Last used 2024-02-27 20:19:26 - Description - http://bnf.org/bnf/bnf/current/search/text.htm?q=%s&n=50

richard
Homepage of dick bae
139 uses - Created 2005-06-10 07:47:22 - Last used 2020-02-05 18:23:36 - Nominate - Description - http://www.richardbae.com

photos
The best way to store, search, sort and share your photo's
139 uses - Created 2005-06-10 18:34:28 - Last used 2026-03-21 02:56:10 - Nominate - Description - http://www.flickr.com/

psp
Great portal for the psp that lets you save your sites.
139 uses - Created 2005-06-10 21:51:27 - Last used 2018-05-21 11:22:28 - Nominate - Description - http://ridingtheclutch.com/wipeout/index.cfm

sla
So Long Arletta music. [Dallas, Tx]
139 uses - Created 2005-06-12 06:58:12 - Last used 2024-12-10 06:27:10 - Nominate - Description - http://www.solongarletta.com

submit
Use this for Pinging blog search engines etc using the pingoat engine Usage: Submit -name BLOGNAME HERE -url BLOG URL HERE This should then ping said url using the pingoat service.
139 uses - Created 2005-08-23 21:23:28 - Last used 2024-03-24 01:51:46 - Nominate - Description - http://pingoat.com/index.php?pingoat=go&blog_name=${name}&blog_url=${url}&chk_all=1&id%5B%5D=0&id%5B%5D=1&id%5B%5D=2&id%5B%5D=3&id%5B%5D=4&id%5B%5D=5&id%5B%5D=6&id%5B%5D=7&id%5B%5D=8&id%5B%5D=9&id%5B%5D=10&id%5B%5D=11&id%5B%5D=12&id%5B%5D=13&id%5B%5D=14&id%5B%5D=15&id%5B%5D=16&id%5B%5D=17&id%5B%5D=18&id%5B%5D=19&id%5B%5D=20&id%5B%5D=21&id%5B%5D=22&id%5B%5D=23&id%5B%5D=24&id%5B%5D=25&id%5B%5D=26&id%5B%5D=27&id%5B%5D=28&id%5B%5D=29&id%5B%5D=30&id%5B%5D=31&id%5B%5D=32&id%5B%5D=33&id%5B%5D=34&id%5B%5D=35&id%5B%5D=36&id%5B%5D=37&id%5B%5D=38&id%5B%5D=39&id%5B%5D=40&id%5B%5D=41&id%5B%5D=42&id%5B%5D=43&id%5B%5D=44&id%5B%5D=45&id%5B%5D=46&id%5B%5D=48

sne
Search for computer parts on New Egg!
139 uses - Created 2006-09-08 00:24:27 - Last used 2012-06-08 16:54:43 - Nominate - Description - http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=Go&DEPA=0&type=&description=%s&Category=0&minPrice=&maxPrice=&Go.x=0&Go.y=0

sx
http://www.sabayonlinux.org/
139 uses - Created 2006-09-24 22:18:28 - Last used 2026-01-10 04:23:49 - Nominate - Description - http://www.sabayonlinux.org/

jenkins
The Jenkins Web site is run by Jenkins Law Library - the county law library for the city of Philadelphia. Our staff consists of over 35 legal research specialists, internet trainers, web and technology professionals. In addition to this Web site, Jenkins Law Library supports and maintains a 589,000+ volume collection of legal materials, an Information & Research department, a Document Delivery service and an acclaimed CLE professional development program at its home in Philadelphia.
139 uses - Created 2006-12-09 07:33:29 - Last used 2023-03-28 05:18:36 - Nominate - Description - http://www.jenkinslaw.org

whow
Search WikiHow, the wikified version of eHow. By Tonya Y. Examples: whow spin pencil; whow sleep better ---------- Old implementation: http://www.wikihow.com/Special:LSearch?search=%s&fulltext=Search
138 uses - Created 2006-12-10 22:36:37 - Last used 2026-02-22 16:05:40 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wikihow.com/wikiHowTo?search=%s&lo=1

rel
Lookup Raytheon Employee Information: accessible only on Raytheon Intranet
138 uses - Created 2006-06-27 16:56:41 - Last used 2022-01-17 07:47:54 - Nominate - Description - http://home.directory.ray.com/multiplematches.epl?search_type=magic&search_string=%s

feedtier
Feedtier (http://feedtier.somee.com/ ) is a site that creates RSS feeds from sites that don't have them. The feedtier command takes a URL as an argument, and creates an RSS feed from that page using the Feedtire site. The resulting RSS feed can be added to your feed reader (try using the blub or grss commands). usage: feedtier [url you want a feed of] b.a.
138 uses - Created 2005-11-30 15:34:53 - Last used 2012-10-19 07:51:07 - Nominate - Description - http://feedtier.somee.com/?%s[no url encoding]

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