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".

grs
grass.org.cn the searchengint for chinese rss feeds example:grs blog
40 uses - Created 2005-07-26 03:47:47 - Last used 2018-06-14 00:48:01 - Nominate - Description - http://www.grass.org.cn/search?dir=blog&q=%s&start=0&num=10&index=FullIndex&outputFormat=HTML&encoding=UTF-8&orderStyle=DocID

etf
Opens the blog 'El Tatuaje Falso'
40 uses - Created 2005-08-08 16:34:08 - Last used 2025-07-01 16:29:12 - Nominate - Description - http://eltatuajefalso.blogspot.com

elgoog
A google mirror! Hurray for google!
40 uses - Created 2005-09-01 16:58:57 - Last used 2017-06-19 07:17:17 - Nominate - Description - http://elgoog.rb-hosting.de/index.cgi

katrina
Donate to help the troubled city of New Orleans, and the Gulf Coast, and the Hurricane's many victims.
40 uses - Created 2005-09-02 17:40:29 - Last used 2019-01-12 23:59:39 - Nominate - Description - http://s1.amazon.com/paypage/PELYGQVJ8Q7IB/002-6893667-2782401

cameron

40 uses - Created 2005-09-17 13:49:37 - Last used 2019-10-26 05:25:50 - Nominate - Description - http://www.xanga.com/igloosrcool

feb
feb-web.ru
40 uses - Created 2005-09-24 00:00:48 - Last used 2016-04-16 16:11:39 - Nominate - Description - http://www.yandex.ru/yandsearch?ras=1&date=&text=%s&spcctx=doc&zone=all&linkto=&wordforms=all&lang=all&from_day=&from_month=&from_year=&to_day=&to_month=&to_year=&mime=all&Link=&numdoc=50&site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.feb-web.ru%2Ffeb%2F&ds=

angie

40 uses - Created 2005-10-22 05:48:10 - Last used 2022-10-27 08:41:51 - Nominate - Description - http://www.xanga.com/x_awwitzangie

frde
Search Froogle in German
40 uses - Created 2005-10-24 18:00:06 - Last used 2012-09-20 15:03:04 - Nominate - Description - http://froogle.google.de/froogle?q=%s&hl=de

opm
Searches Opinmind.com: Find people that are interested in the things that interest you. Opinmind collects the opinions of bloggers all over the world on every subject imaginable. To get started, click on one of our popular searches or type in your own topic and click the search button. Have fun!
40 uses - Created 2005-12-18 22:35:20 - Last used 2025-11-13 18:22:31 - Nominate - Description - http://opinmind.com/search.jsp?q=%s

goom
Runs Gmail with the secure (https) protocol.
40 uses - Created 2005-12-28 19:24:42 - Last used 2018-12-07 03:04:26 - Nominate - Description - https://mail.google.com/mail

glf
Directs you to the forums of the popular tech blog website, GearLive.
40 uses - Created 2005-12-29 08:14:51 - Last used 2023-11-08 14:09:56 - Nominate - Description - http://www.gearlive.com/index.php/forums

bpk
Same as "backpack <username>". Opens your backpack page. Example: bpk blu3zirux
40 uses - Created 2005-12-29 15:08:50 - Last used 2008-08-15 05:24:02 - Nominate - Description - http://%s.backpackit.com/

vz
Bill Pay page for Verizon.
40 uses - Created 2006-01-17 16:28:21 - Last used 2026-01-19 15:19:46 - Nominate - Description - https://www22.verizon.com/secure/pages/paybill/

wetter.com
Wetter.com search. Enter name or PLZ of place.
40 uses - Created 2006-04-26 12:13:08 - Last used 2022-08-23 05:55:32 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wetter.com/v2/?SID=&LANG=DE&LOC=7004&LOCFROM=0203&LOCFULL=7000&search=%s

slp
playboy TV program
40 uses - Created 2006-05-12 18:20:37 - Last used 2020-09-11 14:45:18 - Nominate - Description - http://www.eurotv.com/slplb.htm

g2pbooks
What is G2P.org? Think of P2P file sharing, except google is one of those people. Using some very special searches, we are able to search for specific files (and file types) using google. We have covered most of the searches this in the previous article Google Hacking. What G2P is currently tuned to find is MP3s, Ebooks, and gives the ability to use google as a Proxy. These searches alone are nothing secret, but G2P puts them easy to use (and remember) interface. Oh, and yes you do truely becom…
40 uses - Created 2006-06-04 08:49:16 - Last used 2018-02-13 12:44:11 - Nominate - Description - http://www.g2p.org/index.php?user=%s&more=1

bitcalc
Uses the Bit Calculator (http://www.matisse.net/bitcalc) to convert between bits/bytes/kilobits/kilobytes/megabits/megabytes/gigabits/gigabytes. SYNTAX: bitcalc -amt {amount} -unit {unit} -notation {notation} EXAMPLE: bitcalc -amt 250 -unit megabytes -notation legacy VALUES ACCEPTED: For unit: bits bytes kilobits kilobytes megabits megabytes gigabits megabytes gigabits gigabytes For notation: legacy ("kilo" is 1024) ieee ("kilo" is 1000)
40 uses - Created 2006-06-08 14:56:27 - Last used 2018-06-18 13:25:07 - Nominate - Description - http://www.matisse.net/bitcalc/?input_amount=${amt}&input_units=${unit}&notation=${notation}

cc.c

40 uses - Created 2006-06-17 23:00:54 - Last used 2008-09-01 17:47:30 - Nominate - Description - http://www.cheatcodes.com

auc

40 uses - Created 2006-07-05 21:09:05 - Last used 2011-07-26 04:36:46 - Nominate - Description - http://neopets.com/auctions.phtml?auction_counter=40

bob1
Opens the cost manager login page of http://www.bob.at - Austrian phone service.
40 uses - Created 2006-07-31 07:01:57 - Last used 2007-10-02 13:27:07 - Nominate - Description - https://rechnung.bob.at/login.do

wienplan
usage: wienplan street houseno Will open the City map on Vienna on the given Street and Houseno. You can omit the housno or put points of interest example: wienplan laudongasse 21 wienplan westbahnhof
40 uses - Created 2006-08-04 16:41:34 - Last used 2012-01-06 12:31:14 - Nominate - Description - http://wien.at.c3o.org/stadtplan/%s

gic
Google icon search same as gim but for small images
40 uses - Created 2005-06-21 10:24:43 - Last used 2022-08-24 15:19:24 - Nominate - Description - http://images.google.com/images?q=%s&hl=fr&lr=&c2coff=1&sa=G&imgsz=icon

redbooks
Search IBM Redbooks. Default is "Exact Phrase." Use AND, OR, NOT to separate keywords.
40 uses - Created 2005-06-23 12:47:17 - Last used 2011-01-05 14:26:31 - Nominate - Description - http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/searchsite.cgi?Query=%s&SearchMax=250&SearchOrder=1&SearchFuzzy=TRUE

tdsearch
Use this command to search the inventory of TigerDirect, a really great online tech store! example: tdsearch barebones
40 uses - Created 2005-06-24 02:30:09 - Last used 2011-02-12 09:06:27 - Nominate - Description - http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/search.asp?keywords=%s&image1.x=0&image1.y=0

thread
A great website where you can design and sell your own t-shirts!
40 uses - Created 2005-06-25 20:00:42 - Last used 2022-11-21 09:08:12 - Nominate - Description - http://www.threadless.com/?streetteam=zabeth24

casino

40 uses - Created 2005-06-27 10:21:21 - Last used 2025-11-29 07:21:48 - Nominate - Description - http://www.rssxs.com

nwa
Ninjas With Attitude
40 uses - Created 2005-07-03 14:42:40 - Last used 2015-09-20 10:44:30 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ninjalounge.com

spongebob
SpongeBob Media Site
40 uses - Created 2005-07-04 00:09:05 - Last used 2024-10-22 08:41:20 - Nominate - Description - http://www.pranksnfiles.com/spongymedia/

warhol
Opens the News section of Warholstars.org, the best Andy Warhol documentation site
40 uses - Created 2006-08-14 06:37:33 - Last used 2025-07-06 06:56:38 - Nominate - Description - http://www.warholstars.org/archive.html

del>
NAME del> - Similar to Google's "I'm Feeling Lucky" feature but for Del.icio.us. SYNOPSIS del> [USER] [TAG] Optional arguments: -USER Your username or the username you want to specifically search. You can also use the keyword "TAG" to do a general search but filtered by a tag. Another possibility is using the keyword "POPULAR" to search the top ranked sites. Or the keyword "RECENT" which returns the last added url. That means diferents sites on every request. -TAG The tag you want to filter the…
40 uses - Created 2006-10-12 13:20:27 - Last used 2010-06-24 14:28:50 - Nominate - Description - dluc %s

pil
python imaging library documentation
40 uses - Created 2006-11-10 22:09:30 - Last used 2020-03-28 02:49:52 - Nominate - Description - http://www.pythonware.com/library/pil/handbook/

10mail
10 minute mail for temporary usage.
40 uses - Created 2006-11-30 06:01:24 - Last used 2016-09-23 05:41:59 - Nominate - Description - http://www.10minutemail.com/10MinuteMail/email.html

getti
Unlike Getty or Gty, this actually does an image search of Getty Images. Usage: Getti fever [returns all images tagged 'fever'] Author: Kai [www.feverishmind.com]
40 uses - Created 2006-02-02 11:14:56 - Last used 2013-09-25 07:54:25 - Nominate - Description - http://creative.gettyimages.com/source/classes/FrameSet.aspx?&UQR=awezzl&pk=4&source=front&lightboxView=1&txtSearch=%s&selImageType=7&chkLicensed=on&chkRoyaltyFree=on

myf
takes you to http://myfilmz.net/
40 uses - Created 2006-02-23 23:05:19 - Last used 2016-11-07 09:57:42 - Nominate - Description - http://myfilmz.net/

ceh
search for czech language to various games
40 uses - Created 2006-02-27 14:19:36 - Last used 2024-06-03 07:01:32 - Nominate - Description - http://cestiny.idnes.cz/search.html?dotaz=%s&x=0&y=0

nflrumors
Powder presents.... nflrumors yourteamname This will take you to your Pro Sports Daily team rumor page. I read these pages all the time. They are on point.
40 uses - Created 2006-03-17 18:38:11 - Last used 2011-04-18 20:54:22 - Nominate - Description - http://www.prosportsdaily.com/nfl/%s/rumors.html

webserver
takes you to crucialparadigm.com Web Host Manager
40 uses - Created 2006-03-17 21:06:45 - Last used 2014-04-29 04:18:09 - Nominate - Description - http://216.32.91.47:2086

why?
try it... it' might be interesting... maybe even useful for some ppl.
40 uses - Created 2006-03-31 00:47:09 - Last used 2022-08-31 17:40:29 - Nominate - Description - http://whypaws.blogspot.com

natrail
UK National Rail live departure boards. Displays the departure board for the specified station. The station is specified by a three letter code, which needs to be in CAPITALS. The codes are often guessable, but sometimes you may need to go to the National Rail (http://www.nationalrail.co.uk) site to look it up first. Examples: natrail BHM - Brimingham New Street natrail CRE - Crewe natrail BRI - Bristol Temple Meads
39 uses - Created 2006-02-03 09:50:39 - Last used 2009-07-21 19:37:00 - Nominate - Description - http://www.livedepartureboards.co.uk/ldb/summary.aspx?T={ucase %s}

garden
A direct link to Johnthegarden Multiply site.
39 uses - Created 2006-02-08 03:15:24 - Last used 2021-10-16 04:45:11 - Nominate - Description - http://johnthegarden.multiply.com/

talkd
Talkdigger search (www.talkdigger.com). Use full URL as parameter. Searches blogs on Technorati, Bloglines, Digg, Google Blogs and Blogdigger as well as Google, MSN and Yahoo. Example: talkd http://nytimes.com/2006/02/10/politics/10katrina.html
39 uses - Created 2006-02-10 18:02:41 - Last used 2010-10-06 14:19:46 - Nominate - Description - http://www.talkdigger.com/index.php?surl=%s

lax
So you don't have to lookup the URL. Goes directly to Los Angeles International Airport's website.
39 uses - Created 2006-02-12 19:35:44 - Last used 2019-05-08 19:48:22 - Nominate - Description - http://www.lawa.org/lax/welcomeLAX.cfm

careers

39 uses - Created 2006-03-05 20:41:24 - Last used 2021-01-20 06:20:40 - Nominate - Description - http://www.asce.org/careers

gab
Chat with other people about the given webpage. Interestingly this service somehow sticks a chat box on top of the page in question. Example: gab http://google.com
39 uses - Created 2006-03-12 07:18:30 - Last used 2025-12-27 11:58:55 - Nominate - Description - http://gabbly.com/%s[no url encoding]

kaboodle
Kaboodle's mission is to make it easy for you to research and make decisions on the web. We make it easy to collect, organize, and share information as well as receive feedback on that information. Kaboodle's free service is extremely simple: 1. Capture anything you find on the web with one click 2. Our powerful information extraction technology summarizes the page for you 3. Your information is organized on a single Kaboodle page that is easy to share 4. Every item on the page allows for easy…
39 uses - Created 2006-03-21 11:50:50 - Last used 2011-07-26 22:44:08 - Nominate - Description - http://www.kaboodle.com/za/search?q=%s

strRep
An alias of strReplace. This is an example of a command alias created with 'param'. SYNOPSIS strRep [FIND];[REPLACE];[STRING] EXAMPLE strRep a;o;banana camera (returns: bonono comero)
39 uses - Created 2006-03-31 01:27:58 - Last used 2011-04-09 17:06:57 - Nominate - Description - strreplace {param find;replace;string %s}[no url encoding]

vegas
Las Vegas Casino
39 uses - Created 2006-04-17 19:34:26 - Last used 2017-08-26 20:21:53 - Nominate - Description - http://findcheap.info/core/search.php?q=las+vegas+casino

MagAd
NAME MagAd - Adds an url to ma.gnolia.com, a social bookmarking site. SYNOPSIS MagAd [URL] -title [TITLE] -desc [ EXAMPLES MagAd http://yubnub.org/ (Adds a bookmark to yubnub.org) MagAd http://yubnub.org/ -title YubNub -desc A social command line for the web -tags web,social (Adds a bookmark to yubnub, with a description, title, and tags) Adds an URL to Ma.gnolia, a social bookmarking site (like del.icio.us). All parameters are optional. Tags should be separated by commas. This command is ident…
39 uses - Created 2006-04-21 01:54:34 - Last used 2008-03-16 21:41:42 - Nominate - Description - http://ma.gnolia.com/bookmarks/add?url=%s&title=${title}&description=${desc}&tags=${tags}

airasia
Now everyone can fly....
39 uses - Created 2005-12-22 13:47:19 - Last used 2018-12-16 18:51:04 - Nominate - Description - http://www.airasia.com

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