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".

ypipe
Shortcut to ypipename.
106 uses - Created 2008-01-13 17:12:31 - Last used 2019-03-19 13:08:49 - Nominate - Description - ypipename %s

foxnub

106 uses - Created 2009-07-19 10:07:42 - Last used 2025-04-02 10:26:05 - Nominate - Description - http://mycroft.mozdev.org/search-engines.html?name=yubnub

iconos
Multiple icon search at iconlet.com, inconfider.net, iconseeker.com and iconlook.com
106 uses - Created 2009-07-20 10:39:02 - Last used 2016-04-15 07:55:40 - Nominate - Description - mash2 %s -cmd ic3 ic5 ic4 ic6

gbugs
Gentoo Bugzilla, the Gentoo Bug tracking system
106 uses - Created 2009-11-02 15:18:47 - Last used 2012-03-27 19:59:49 - Nominate - Description - http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=%s

$€
converts US$ in Euro
106 uses - Created 2010-04-02 06:28:09 - Last used 2014-05-22 12:10:38 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%s$+in+%E2%82%AC

scale
NAME scale - calculates the distance "as the crow flies" between two places. SYNOPSIS scale -pt1 [POINT_1] -pt2 [POINT_2] -units [UNITS] The scale command uses Tiny Geo-coder to generate the latitude/ longitude coordinates for the specified places or points and the "jscalc" command to return the numeric distance between them for the associated units. EXAMPLES Example: scale -pt1 New York -pt2 Newark Returns: 12.823779445216037 (in miles) Example: scale -pt1 New York -pt2 Newark -units km Return…
106 uses - Created 2010-05-09 06:46:35 - Last used 2013-04-29 17:43:07 - Nominate - Description - jscalc Math.acos(Math.sin({idx {explode {tcode ${pt1}},{tcode ${pt2}}} -idx 0})*Math.sin({idx {explode {tcode ${pt1}},{tcode ${pt2}}} -idx 2})+Math.cos({idx {explode {tcode ${pt1}},{tcode ${pt2}}} -idx 0})*Math.cos({idx {explode {tcode ${pt1}},{tcode ${pt2}}} -idx 2})*Math.cos(({idx {explode {tcode ${pt1}},{tcode ${pt2}}} -idx 3})-({idx {explode {tcode ${pt1}},{tcode ${pt2}}} -idx 1})))*{radius -units ${units=mi}}*3.14159/180

mangafox
Search manga in mangafox.com Created for those who can't get used to the "mfox" command!
106 uses - Created 2010-05-16 16:25:38 - Last used 2020-08-02 05:10:20 - Nominate - Description - http://www.mangafox.com/search.php?name=%s

nato
An alternative to the phon command. This site is a bit easier to look at and use. Converts the given text to the phonetic alphabet (Alpha, Bravo, Zulu, ...) Example: phon hello world returns: Hotel Echo Lima Lima Oscar Whiskey Oscar Romeo Lima Delta Useful for conveying important information over the phone (like zip codes)
106 uses - Created 2009-01-28 00:42:15 - Last used 2026-04-09 14:20:19 - Nominate - Description - http://www.phoneticise.com/?q=%s

gsuu
Search scholary articles via google scholar and University Utrecht library
106 uses - Created 2007-04-11 11:00:15 - Last used 2016-03-06 03:04:05 - Nominate - Description - https://www.myuu.nl/http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%s

fsc
Search for feedster citations.
106 uses - Created 2005-06-22 15:51:28 - Last used 2018-11-27 15:42:39 - Nominate - Description - http://feedster.com/links.php?url=%s

prime
Grom Blog
106 uses - Created 2005-07-04 11:58:15 - Last used 2025-09-19 14:10:49 - Nominate - Description - http://www.pri.me.uk

cbcna
CBC News Online archive. Brings up the CBC News page for a given date, using format:YYYYMMDD. Example: For the CBC News page from Feb. 14, 2006: cbcna 20060214
106 uses - Created 2006-02-17 16:27:33 - Last used 2009-05-12 16:54:19 - Nominate - Description - http://www.cbc.ca/news_archives/%s.jhtml

contacts
Opens Gmail contacts
106 uses - Created 2006-08-11 10:57:56 - Last used 2025-08-13 17:02:01 - Nominate - Description - http://mail.google.com/mail/?ik=98577a5e2d&view=cl&search=contacts&pnl=a

sunset
Sunset Church, Portland, Oregon
106 uses - Created 2006-09-22 08:13:50 - Last used 2022-01-26 07:44:58 - Nominate - Description - http://www.sunsetpres.org

sleep
Sleep tips to fight insomnia.
106 uses - Created 2005-06-10 05:18:38 - Last used 2020-02-11 10:53:04 - Nominate - Description - http://www.cyberwolfman.com/sleep_tips_and_remville.htm

rose
its teh rose!
106 uses - Created 2005-06-10 08:11:03 - Last used 2025-07-02 15:45:53 - Nominate - Description - http://kevinrose.textamerica.com/

college
comity (kom'-it-ee) n. 1a: friendly social atmosphere; social harmony. b: a loose widespread community based on common social institutions. A blog providing college info by college students. Submit any tips, tricks, help, freebies, ideas, rants, raves, and anything else that would be useful to the average college student. Just submit a comment, send an email, make smoke signals or use any way possible to contact us with your information. Make this your college nexus.
106 uses - Created 2005-06-11 04:34:12 - Last used 2022-06-13 08:31:19 - Nominate - Description - http://collegecomity.blogspot.com

conversion
converts anything (e.g., size, temparature) to anything
106 uses - Created 2005-12-04 14:31:36 - Last used 2021-03-06 14:57:34 - Nominate - Description - http://www.onlineconversion.com/

sgc
Geocaching Quick (and Smart) Search via http://boulter.com/gqs/
106 uses - Created 2006-05-19 00:44:25 - Last used 2021-11-28 03:02:09 - Nominate - Description - http://boulter.com/gqs/check.php?key=%s&type=Auto&mode=cache

frank

106 uses - Created 2005-08-08 16:38:50 - Last used 2023-04-09 16:58:56 - Nominate - Description - http://www.funkyfrank.com

esit
Spanish > Italian (sapere.it)
106 uses - Created 2005-10-20 18:38:52 - Last used 2019-05-14 15:33:44 - Nominate - Description - http://www.sapere.it/gr/DictionarySearchServlet?DS_action=ForeignSearch&DS_userInput=%s&x=0&y=0&DS_resType=23

whatdoesthisdo

105 uses - Created 2005-08-20 06:30:17 - Last used 2007-04-28 13:35:59 - Nominate - Description - http://whatdoesthisdo

blackboard
Blackboard
105 uses - Created 2005-09-06 21:42:18 - Last used 2020-04-13 05:55:49 - Nominate - Description - http://blackboard.hanover.k12.va.us

darwinports
DarwinPorts Available Ports Search. To search for the title of a port, just type the name. Example: darwinports vim
105 uses - Created 2005-09-29 17:55:27 - Last used 2011-02-08 18:29:40 - Nominate - Description - http://darwinports.opendarwin.org/ports/?by=name&substr=%s&Search=

shp
Search Shopping.com comparitive shopping search engine
105 uses - Created 2006-08-14 05:54:26 - Last used 2018-12-19 15:52:55 - Nominate - Description - http://www99.shopping.com/xFS?KW=%s

bas
SYNOPSIS bas search arguments EXAMPLES bas origami Invokes Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE) BASE is the multi-disciplinary search engine to scholarly internet resources at Bielefeld University, provided and developed by the Bielefeld University Library and BASEd on technology by the Norwegian company FAST The BAS command will return only free resources.
105 uses - Created 2006-09-30 11:30:21 - Last used 2022-09-01 00:55:45 - Nominate - Description - http://www.base-search.net/index.php?q=%s&s=free

wplogin
Comando para loguearce en WordPress.com (solo para usuarios de wordpress.com) espero que les sea util. saludos!! artux (cutepaste.wordpress.com)
105 uses - Created 2006-10-13 19:57:16 - Last used 2013-09-10 05:32:29 - Nominate - Description - http://wordpress.com/wp-login.php

traditional
NAME traditional - use Yubnub with the traditional Browse By Name functionality SYNOPSIS traditional [Command] In this thread: http://groups.google.com/group/YubNub/browse_thread/thread/ec37d69e72958801/c1e9e4602471d339?lnk=gst&q=default&rnum=2#c1e9e4602471d339 Jonathan Aquino said: "Browse By Name rocks! Actually YubNub was initially set up to use it by default, but people were more comfortable with having it go to the Google search results." If you miss the Browse by name search you can use t…
105 uses - Created 2006-10-15 15:57:27 - Last used 2024-11-21 06:49:51 - Nominate - Description - {strReplace -find {url g} -replace {url ggn} -string {url %s}}[use for spaces]

cz
NAME cz - Searches conceptcarz.com for VEHICLE. SYNOPSIS cz [VEHICLE] EXAMPLES cz Porsche 911 cz Chrysler 300 C cz Opel Astra extreme cz 1964 Dodge Charger cz Honda Civic ConceptCarz.com is a web site that displays a database of both concept cars and production cars. Not every car is in there but it has general mechanical information about the engine and transmission etc. including benchmark times. This and user ratings, and photos makes this my automotive fiend of a friend's favorite car site.…
105 uses - Created 2006-10-30 10:02:11 - Last used 2025-11-25 05:16:20 - Nominate - Description - http://www.conceptcarz.com/view/results.aspx?vs=1&txtVehicle=%s&submitBtnSearch=Search&returnPath=

radar
radar=http://adds.aviationweather.gov/satellite/
105 uses - Created 2006-11-21 06:18:56 - Last used 2022-11-05 18:39:53 - Nominate - Description - http://adds.aviationweather.gov/satellite/

ib
Visit a certain user at indecent blogging.
105 uses - Created 2005-06-20 18:56:26 - Last used 2024-07-22 08:31:46 - Nominate - Description - http://www.indecentblogging.com/blog.php?user=%s

fw
Search footballweb for fantasy football related stories
105 uses - Created 2005-06-20 20:17:26 - Last used 2024-08-05 07:26:02 - Nominate - Description - http://www.footballweb.co.uk/search.php?search_keywords=%s

random100
Random number from 1 to 100
105 uses - Created 2005-07-04 20:27:19 - Last used 2023-07-01 14:16:08 - Nominate - Description - http://jonathanaquino.com/random.php?num=1&min=1&max=100&col=5

mom

105 uses - Created 2005-07-06 23:27:22 - Last used 2024-06-14 20:39:12 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=mom

bwt
Bollywood Torrents
105 uses - Created 2006-03-02 07:31:39 - Last used 2011-04-07 01:26:50 - Nominate - Description - http://bwtorrents.com/torrents.php?sourceid=Mozilla-search&search=%s

webwarper
Use webwarper.net to retrieve gzip compressed pages. Useful for modem users. Usage: webwarper URL Example: webwarper www.spiegel.de
105 uses - Created 2006-05-13 15:21:13 - Last used 2015-07-22 03:34:51 - Nominate - Description - http://webwarper.net/ww/%s

bungie

105 uses - Created 2005-06-10 03:05:32 - Last used 2023-04-18 12:38:43 - Nominate - Description - http://www.bungie.net

julia
Blog: The Lab
105 uses - Created 2005-06-10 05:09:01 - Last used 2026-06-02 16:47:04 - Nominate - Description - http://www.livejournal.com/users/braveharte/

gdp
Most recent Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of any given country. To get the GDP, just provide the country name. Example: gdp china
105 uses - Created 2005-06-19 14:45:30 - Last used 2025-12-22 17:13:53 - Nominate - Description - http://www.indexmundi.com/%s/gdp.html

ci
Click Install, a great blog nameing the best downloads on the web.
105 uses - Created 2005-12-26 21:11:07 - Last used 2026-03-16 14:49:15 - Nominate - Description - http://www.clickinstall.com

repeat (Golden Egg)
Repeats user entered data a specified number of times. SYNTAX repeat -data <data> -times <times> [-spaces <spaces>] EXAMPLE repeat -data Ha -times 2 OUTPUT: HaHa repeat -data Ha -times 2 -spaces 1 OUTPUT: Ha Ha -- dScener
105 uses - Created 2006-01-18 03:22:20 - Last used 2022-07-13 12:08:25 - Description - http://silenceisdefeat.org/~dscener/yubnub/repeat?howmany=${times}&data=${data}&spaces=${spaces=0}

ggmerriam
Fitness schedule for Gold's Gym, Merriam, KS
105 uses - Created 2010-09-08 22:06:45 - Last used 2011-12-07 16:16:58 - Nominate - Description - http://www.goldsgym.com/gyms/calendar.php?gymID=0294

calen
Create an event on Google Calendar: Ex. Syntax: Calen diner tomorrow from 20:00 to 22:00
105 uses - Created 2010-12-23 13:15:48 - Last used 2025-08-20 11:06:30 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/calendar/event?ctext=+%s+&action=TEMPLATE&pprop=HowCreated%3AQUICKADD.

lep
Stands for: List of Episodes Usage: lep [television show name] To quickly get to the wikipedia episode guide of your favorite TV series. Uses Google's Feeling Lucky, so common abbreviations of shows will also bring you to the page. Examples: lep how i met your mother - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_How_I_Met_Your_Mother_episodes lep himym - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_How_I_Met_Your_Mother_episodes lep chuck - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chuck_episodes lep tbbt - http:/…
105 uses - Created 2011-03-15 13:54:59 - Last used 2024-04-14 08:17:46 - Nominate - Description - gfl site:wikipedia.org List of %s episodes

rmsk

105 uses - Created 2019-03-25 03:24:40 - Last used 2023-04-06 02:03:48 - Nominate - Description - https://www.rms-austria.at/kontakt_unternehmen/kontakt/team/?L=0

hsk
Busca Supermercados Koch por preço mínimo (ipb)
105 uses - Created 2020-03-17 12:05:02 - Last used 2024-08-28 05:03:03 - Nominate - Description - https://www.superkoch.com.br/busca?order=PD&num_reg_pag=30&visualizacao=CARD&q=%s

g:

105 uses - Created 2011-07-05 13:41:57 - Last used 2023-09-21 15:14:05 - Nominate - Description - http://duckduckgo.com/?q=%s

epag
search domain-faq of epag.de
105 uses - Created 2012-08-02 08:10:26 - Last used 2014-06-03 02:32:00 - Nominate - Description - http://epag.de/de/tlds?sub_page=%s

mercado
MercadoLibre.com search
105 uses - Created 2013-01-04 00:22:18 - Last used 2026-03-21 10:24:49 - Nominate - Description - http://listado.mercadolibre.com.mx/%s

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