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".

nhc
NHC site
141 uses - Created 2005-07-11 18:13:51 - Last used 2025-06-24 08:07:36 - Nominate - Description - http://www.nhc.noaa.gov

eby
ebay
141 uses - Created 2005-06-14 23:59:57 - Last used 2024-05-03 14:11:56 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ebay.com

hip
HostIp.info To get your IP and geographic location
141 uses - Created 2005-11-07 10:43:48 - Last used 2020-04-15 07:41:47 - Nominate - Description - http://hostip.info

bit
bitdefender for internet security...with 'heuristic scanning in a virtual environment'. BitDefender 9 Internet Security covers all the security needs of an Internet-connected family. It provides essential protection against viruses, spyware, spam, scams, phishing attempts, intruders and objectionable web content. ...
141 uses - Created 2005-12-29 01:35:30 - Last used 2021-07-21 04:13:33 - Nominate - Description - http://www.bitdefender.us/

boe
Uses google to search the Official State Bulletin from Spain.
141 uses - Created 2006-01-24 17:57:00 - Last used 2024-11-19 11:41:03 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%s+site%3Awww.boe.es

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

stofa
Search stackoverflow with tag [android]
141 uses - Created 2011-04-14 07:17:56 - Last used 2013-08-07 05:51:42 - Nominate - Description - http://stackoverflow.com/search?q=%5Bandroid%5D+%s

metalalbum
Search an album in metal archives
141 uses - Created 2011-05-23 06:37:40 - Last used 2019-02-12 07:41:44 - Nominate - Description - http://www.metal-archives.com/search?searchString=%s&type=album_title

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

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]

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

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?

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

frances
Translates Portuguese to French.
140 uses - Created 2009-10-25 10:04:40 - Last used 2026-04-11 20:42:20 - Nominate - Description - http://babelfish.altavista.com/tr?lp=pt_fr&trtext=%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

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

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

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"

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

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

photos
The best way to store, search, sort and share your photo's
140 uses - Created 2005-06-10 18:34:28 - Last used 2026-05-06 11:12:00 - Nominate - Description - http://www.flickr.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

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

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

ame (Golden Egg)
Answers.com Search. Want info about something? Just type ame and then the thing you want information about! Example: ame apples
139 uses - Created 2005-06-15 19:01:31 - Last used 2026-04-14 14:34:47 - Description - http://www.answers.com/%s

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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