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".

wcu
Whocalled.us Phone number reverse lookup. Use to get information about a telephone number. Information is provided by user community. To lookup, use the command 'wcu' and pass telephone number as peramiter. ie. wcu 8001234567
42 uses - Created 2007-04-19 04:57:49 - Last used 2018-09-06 16:36:25 - Nominate - Description - http://whocalled.us?action=Lookup&phoneNumber=%s

muxfind
Uses Muxfind to find Muxtapes with similar artist.
42 uses - Created 2008-06-11 18:40:45 - Last used 2008-08-14 03:07:21 - Nominate - Description - http://muxfind.com/search/?q=%s

klok
Kuku Klok: Online alarm clock. Designed to wake you up.
42 uses - Created 2008-07-19 10:26:44 - Last used 2017-05-21 22:17:05 - Nominate - Description - http://kukuklok.com

lsw
Search on LinuxSwords Wiki
42 uses - Created 2008-08-06 18:27:48 - Last used 2024-01-21 11:12:50 - Nominate - Description - http://wiki.mjava.ch/index.php?search=%s

girgit7
Transliterate any script to Kannad for e.g. girgit7 http://mr.upakram.org/node/367
42 uses - Created 2008-08-10 16:16:52 - Last used 2013-03-27 00:19:10 - Nominate - Description - http://uni.medhas.org/transliterate.php5?&transliterate_to_button=%E0%B2%85&file=%s

zipp
Lookup ZIP+4 information for any U.S. address using the U.S. Postal Service lookup page. You must supply a street address as the first parameter, and then either a city and state (as a two-letter abbreviation), or a ZIP code. The street address must come first and does not need to be labeled. The other parameters are -city, -state, and -zip. Examples: both zipp 1600 pennsylvania ave -city washington -state dc and zipp 1600 pennsylvania ave -zip 20500 give the same results both zipp 532 N. 7th S…
42 uses - Created 2008-09-05 01:48:16 - Last used 2020-06-06 18:24:58 - Nominate - Description - http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/zcl_0_results.jsp?visited=1&pagenumber=0&firmname=&address2=%s&address1=&city=${city}&state=${state}&urbanization=&zip5=${zip}&submit.x=20&submit.y=8&submit=Find+ZIP+Code

/hr/
4chan's /hr/
42 uses - Created 2008-09-17 16:15:46 - Last used 2009-06-08 14:31:36 - Nominate - Description - http://orz.4chan.org/hr/

she

42 uses - Created 2008-09-22 23:57:23 - Last used 2025-12-09 19:51:10 - Nominate - Description - http://deux.ru/

dum

42 uses - Created 2008-10-10 02:41:10 - Last used 2016-02-04 08:31:52 - Nominate - Description - http://www.dump.com/%s

eng-fr
Translate English to French
42 uses - Created 2008-10-12 15:25:59 - Last used 2009-03-14 23:29:06 - Nominate - Description - https://translate.google.com/translate_t#en|fr|%s

kosmix
Kosmix search
42 uses - Created 2008-10-13 19:12:44 - Last used 2012-09-18 03:10:06 - Nominate - Description - http://www.kosmix.com/topic/%s

fadstats
NAME fadstats - return publicly available statistics for Firefox Add-ons. SYNOPSIS fadstats [ ADD-ON ] fadstats will automatically display publicly available Firefox add-ons. By default only daily downloads and active daily users figures are shown on the graph. Several other options available via the web interface. NOTE: At the time of this writing there are over 500 add-ons available. Considering that there are several thousand, more should be added soon. EXAMPLES Example: fadstats Ad blocker …
42 uses - Created 2008-10-29 03:22:15 - Last used 2009-03-28 16:30:59 - Nominate - Description - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/statistics/addon/{scrape -tokens en-US/firefox/addon/ %22 -dirs 0 0 -url https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search?q=%s}

wnd
This command will take you the World Net Daily website (at either http://www.wnd.com/ or http://www.worldnetdaily.com/)
42 uses - Created 2007-04-26 22:18:59 - Last used 2019-10-30 08:14:19 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wnd.com/

rdp
Download Installer for Remote Desktop Cleint version 6
42 uses - Created 2007-05-04 07:42:23 - Last used 2020-04-15 05:44:59 - Nominate - Description - http://daemonbehr.googlepages.com/rdp6.exe

fontshopadv
Advanced search for typefaces on FontShop.com, "the original independent font retailer." Works like the command "fontshop," but allows user to specify the sample text and size of the text, which makes it very useful for quickly taking a look at a typeface. Basic Example: fontshopadv garamond Search for type relating to "garamond." Switches: -text: Specify the sample text used when seeing each font. Example: fontshopadv garamond -text Bringhurst -size: Specify the size (in points) of the sample …
42 uses - Created 2007-07-29 16:22:54 - Last used 2009-08-30 05:02:06 - Nominate - Description - http://www.fontshop.com/search/?q=%s&sample_text=${text}&sample_size=${size}

haus
opens tvlinks to house md
42 uses - Created 2007-08-11 22:46:15 - Last used 2021-06-17 03:37:19 - Nominate - Description - http://tv-links.co.uk/listings/1/42

char
Links to Leftlogic's HTML Character Entity Lookup website.
42 uses - Created 2007-08-15 16:01:06 - Last used 2025-01-28 11:24:11 - Nominate - Description - http://leftlogic.com/lounge/articles/entity-lookup

cod
goes to http://www.charlieoscardelta.com/ By klink <mrthr33@gmail.com>
42 uses - Created 2007-09-09 15:51:14 - Last used 2026-01-25 10:34:52 - Nominate - Description - http://www.charlieoscardelta.com/

gnp3
The same as gmp3, but does not automatically create quotes around the string you enter, so you can put quotes in wherever you want. e.g gnp3 "the bends" radiohead
42 uses - Created 2008-01-27 11:14:50 - Last used 2011-02-26 10:34:08 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=+-inurl%3Ahtm+-inurl%3Ahtml+intitle%3A%22index+of%22+%22Last+modified%22+mp3+%s

sld
Securities Lawyer's Deskbook No arguments.
42 uses - Created 2008-03-11 12:40:33 - Last used 2012-11-05 17:10:17 - Nominate - Description - http://www.law.uc.edu/CCL/index.html

ioffer
Ioffer search for items. Make sure to specify what you are looking for, such as ioffer -what shoes
42 uses - Created 2008-03-31 01:32:09 - Last used 2017-08-13 02:41:23 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ioffer.com/search/items/${what}/text_pics/ioffer/0/false

lcl
Simply Searchers the Lincoln City Libraries for Books, because sometimes books are good too. lcl Cow Returns 283 Books with the General Keyword of Cow, pretty cool, all those books on cows and such
42 uses - Created 2008-05-09 13:23:31 - Last used 2024-05-25 06:12:00 - Nominate - Description - http://webpac.lincolnlibraries.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?index=.GW&term=%s

NewE
unlike NewEgg, NE, Negg this actually works to Search NewEgg with your input
42 uses - Created 2007-09-24 15:15:41 - Last used 2020-09-10 11:02:35 - Nominate - Description - http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Description=%s

badge
Steal These Buttons - badges for blogs by MCAndre
42 uses - Created 2007-09-24 19:15:34 - Last used 2025-11-05 08:29:32 - Nominate - Description - http://gtmcknight.com/buttons/search.php?searchstring=%s

pain

42 uses - Created 2007-10-24 14:48:36 - Last used 2022-03-21 15:03:12 - Nominate - Description - http://www.uhhospitals.org/tabid/1709/phyID/10496/Default.aspx

mst
Search in Microsoft Technet resources for IT Professionals website
42 uses - Created 2007-10-25 12:37:43 - Last used 2023-03-07 10:00:22 - Nominate - Description - http://search.technet.microsoft.com/search/Default.aspx?query=%s&brand=technet&locale=en-us&refinement=00&lang=en-us

defa
NAME defa - append to the front of your command to change what search engine you default to. SYNTAX defa [COMMAND TO DEFAULT TO] [COMMAND TO USE] [STRING FOR COMMAND] EXAMPLES defa y man diggls Returns: diggls' man page defa y mandiggls Returns: yahoo search for "mandiggls" Uses the yubnub URL to "default" to the given command if there is no command found. Set it as "keyword.url" if you're using firefox's URL bar for yubnub, or whatever you can change. This way, if it can't find a command, you …
42 uses - Created 2007-11-27 17:11:45 - Last used 2009-11-03 20:28:01 - Nominate - Description - http://yubnub.org/parser/parse?default={% 1 %s}&command={% 2- %s} [no url encoding]

dmulib
DMU Library Search. Performs a keyword search in De Montfort University's online library. Can use ISBN numbers or any keyword (author/title etc.). Example: dmulib vonnegut ---------- Old implementation: http://146.227.8.8/TalisPrism/doSearch.do?searchType=briefSearch&indexSearchTerm=&index=&rootRSetId=1172ca7ebaa00000&displayRowPath=0&st1=author&sb1=And&sv1=&st2=title&sb2=And&sv2=&st3=keyword&sb3=And&sv3=%s&submit=Search+again&searchLocation=talislms&searchCollections=1&searchSites=-1&searchDat…
42 uses - Created 2007-12-30 20:12:43 - Last used 2013-12-19 01:42:27 - Nominate - Description - http://prism1.library.dmu.ac.uk/TalisPrism/doSearch.do?searchType=briefSearch&indexSearchTerm=&index=&rootRSetId=1172ca7ebaa00000&displayRowPath=0&st1=author&sb1=And&sv1=&st2=title&sb2=And&sv2=&st3=keyword&sb3=And&sv3=%s&submit=Search+again&searchLocation=talislms&searchCollections=1&searchSites=-1&searchDates=

acma-mhz
Based on the companion ACMA command. Search the ACMA database for frequencies in megahertz. Authors: Whoever created the acma command and creddy.eddy@gmail.com
42 uses - Created 2008-12-10 05:14:56 - Last used 2013-04-12 16:48:23 - Nominate - Description - http://web.acma.gov.au/pls/radcom/register_search.search_dispatcher?pSEARCH_TYPE=Registrations&pSUB_TYPE=Frequency+(MHz)&pEXACT_IND=matches&SUBMIT=Go&pQRY=%s

2475th
Group fitness schedule at 24 Hour Fitness on 75th St. in Overland Park, KS
42 uses - Created 2008-12-15 17:20:25 - Last used 2010-07-09 23:17:39 - Nominate - Description - http://24hourfit.schedulesource.com/public/gxschedule.aspx?club=00378

delip
To search Delicious popular tag (and for only one tag) bookmarks, deli [tag] Example: delip bash [log2g]
42 uses - Created 2009-01-12 14:32:21 - Last used 2010-12-10 15:17:39 - Nominate - Description - http://delicious.com/popular/%s

kmp

42 uses - Created 2009-01-15 10:59:45 - Last used 2021-03-13 11:37:41 - Nominate - Description - http://groups.google.com/group/kravpdx/

vpl
Get to the Vancouver Public Library quickly.
42 uses - Created 2009-01-27 16:25:15 - Last used 2025-09-05 18:42:49 - Nominate - Description - http://www.vpl.ca

crr
Super fast currency converter using http://www.crrncy.com/ Just type crr plus the amount you want to convert and you will get the conversion between USD, GBP, EUR and SEK (?). Example: crr 900
42 uses - Created 2009-04-30 07:34:53 - Last used 2023-06-24 21:45:07 - Nominate - Description - http://www.crrncy.com/%s

yygbmk
yygbmk = Yubnub, Yahoo, or Google add BookMarK SYNTAX: yygbmk [shortcut name] [shortcut url}] This command is designed for those who use the Yubnub command "yyg" habitually, which allows users to integrate their Yahoo Open Shortcuts into the Yubnub command line. "yygbmk" gives these users an easy way of creating new shortcuts in Yahoo Opens Shortcuts. Specifically, it tests whether the shortcut name entered is a Yubnub command. If it is already a Yubnub command, then yygbmg redirects to create …
42 uses - Created 2009-05-02 14:17:04 - Last used 2009-12-27 17:14:09 - Nominate - Description - ifThen ({CommandExists {% 1 %s}}) {url y !set {% 1 %s} http://yubnub.org/parser/parse?command={% 1 %s}+{strReplace -find %20 -replace -string % s}}, {url y !set {% 1 %s} {% 2 %s}} -redirect true

goop
Google Search with options shown by default To do a search, just type the keywords Example: goop test search
42 uses - Created 2009-05-19 18:00:17 - Last used 2024-06-24 18:01:10 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%s&tbo=1

!help
Opens the help page (FAQ) for Yahoo! Open Shortcuts. SYNTAX !help OFFICIAL SHORTCUTS !create, !help, !list, !set, !unset gomelet AT gmail DOT com
42 uses - Created 2009-05-21 03:03:48 - Last used 2018-03-28 13:02:10 - Nominate - Description - http://search.yahoo.com/osc/help

clipz
Bookmark for clipperz.com.
41 uses - Created 2008-12-05 14:43:50 - Last used 2009-02-03 13:35:20 - Nominate - Description - http://www.clipperz.com/

gourl
Go to the URL of your choice, example, the below command will take you to cnn.com gourl cnn.com
41 uses - Created 2009-01-20 20:11:11 - Last used 2013-03-07 20:18:33 - Nominate - Description - %s

dgo
Delicious search for everybody's bookmarks (all content) with show all clicked.
41 uses - Created 2009-03-26 17:11:41 - Last used 2018-04-09 12:03:51 - Nominate - Description - http://delicious.com/search?&p=%s&lc=1

bnc
Performs a search on the British National Corpus, a database of English texts. Useful to check how words are used in context. USAGE bnc <word> EXAMPLES bnc bleak bnc party
41 uses - Created 2009-03-30 07:11:46 - Last used 2025-02-25 07:18:15 - Nominate - Description - http://sara.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/saraWeb?qy=%s&mysubmit=Go

idrop

41 uses - Created 2009-03-30 15:52:22 - Last used 2011-01-14 22:33:09 - Nominate - Description - http://www.getdropbox.com/iphone/login

pr0npix
Google image search with safe filters turned off. Useful when searching for some naughty, free images!
41 uses - Created 2009-05-13 01:33:40 - Last used 2013-03-02 23:08:45 - Nominate - Description - http://images.google.ca/images?hl=en&imgtype=photo&safe=off&as_st=y&as_q=%s

sc-s620
Make a stockchart of size 620 and 6 months of data
41 uses - Created 2009-05-13 16:50:19 - Last used 2009-06-06 17:10:26 - Nominate - Description - http://stockcharts.com/c-sc/sc?s=%s&p=D&yr=0&mn=6&dy=0&i=t03171883487&r=3941

beagle
Beagle Search Web Interface: Query local web interface for the Beagle desktop search client.
41 uses - Created 2009-05-21 09:31:47 - Last used 2026-02-23 17:53:32 - Nominate - Description - http://localhost:4000/?search=%s

hil

41 uses - Created 2009-06-09 13:25:47 - Last used 2018-01-26 13:43:40 - Nominate - Description - http://hilaryhahn.com/journal/index.shtml

hflkr

41 uses - Created 2009-06-15 23:10:10 - Last used 2009-08-03 17:49:59 - Nominate - Description - http://www.flickr.com/photos/hassenpheffr/

wikibacon
Play the Six degrees of Kevin Bacon game on Wikipedia. USAGE: wikibacon -from <origin> -to <destination> This command will give you the shortest path between two given wikipedia articles: EXAMPLE wikibacon -from Cavemen -to Yubnub Will give you the following result: Caveman Archaeology Linguistics Computer-assisted translation MIT License List of software that uses the MIT License YubNub 6 clicks needed Author VkLJ
41 uses - Created 2008-06-19 09:11:07 - Last used 2009-07-22 16:19:58 - Nominate - Description - http://www.netsoc.tcd.ie/~mu/cgi-bin/shortpath.cgi?from=${from}&to=${to}

varcheck
NAME varcheck - tests to see if a variable has a null value and if does returns the value of constant instead. varcheck was written to prevent errors associated with null values when using `var' in a more complex command. It defaults to a constant value for 001 when the value of variable is null. EXAMPLES Example: varcheck tmp where the value of variable "tmp" is "6.28318531" Result: Returns the value 6.28318531. Example: varcheck where the variable "001" is set to "YubNub!" Result: Returns the…
41 uses - Created 2008-07-12 05:21:05 - Last used 2012-08-30 03:22:57 - Nominate - Description - both const -name 001 -value YubNub! -and var {ifEmpty -value %s -then 001 -else %s}

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