The Most-Used Commands
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uwn
NAME uwn - see the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter issue of your choice. SYNOPSIS uwn [ ISSUE_NUMBER ] -tr [ LANGUAGE_CODE ] uwn helps you find any issue of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter that is archived on the Ubuntu Linux wiki at https://wiki.ubuntu.com. The translation parameter, tr, is optional. Currently there are just a few translations to choose from, but here are the language codes: ES (Spanish), Fr (French), Pt (Portuguese), PtBr (Portuguese for Brazil). De may also work for German. NOTE: Not …
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Created 2008-02-19 21:41:38
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2010-05-07 22:09:23
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https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue%s/{IfEmpty ifEmpty -value ${tr} -then -else ${tr}}
fone
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Created 2008-02-24 08:52:19
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2012-12-07 00:42:19
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http://phonefavs.com/mob/?u=%s
z0r2
A redo of the z0r command. Now, you may inter a desired number and go directly to that page, or leave the command blank and a random page will be returned. Example z0r2 <number> or just Z0r2
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Created 2008-03-01 09:57:02
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2008-03-12 21:02:46
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http://z0r.de/{ifempty -value %s -then ?id={random -min 1 -max 1099} -else ?id=%s}
mp3gle
Search and play mp3 with mp3gle. New in march 2008 Created by l3utterfish.
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Created 2008-03-07 11:30:24
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2012-09-14 11:11:19
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http://mp3gle.net/index.php?search=%s
avc
AV Club Search
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Created 2008-04-05 02:22:33
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2025-01-17 15:47:27
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http://www.avclub.com/content/search/av/advanced2?search=%hostel&restrict=
bookzilla
search bookzilla, shop books and support the free software foundation.
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Created 2008-04-09 09:13:29
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2022-07-18 17:20:12
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https://www.bookzilla.de/shop/action/quickSearch?aUrl=90006951&searchString=%s
giso
type -what ->then the file you are searching for enjoy
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Created 2008-04-26 01:26:11
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2015-06-09 13:34:47
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http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=+-inurl%3Ahtm+-inurl%3Ahtml+-inurl%3Aphp+-inurl%3Aasp+intitle%3A%22index+of%22+%22Last+modified%22+iso+%22${what}%22&btnG=Search
Interviews
An Interview with Galway Kinnell
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Created 2008-04-26 05:13:30
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2017-06-08 12:07:56
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http://www.bookslut.com/
newsfix
Addict-o-matic's news search.
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Created 2008-05-10 11:34:38
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2008-10-21 13:44:00
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http://addictomatic.com/topic/%s
h2w
To convert html to wiki language (more efficient than html2wiki command). [Pour convertir de l'htlm en langage wiki (mieux que la commande html2wiki)
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Created 2008-06-03 07:57:20
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2013-07-26 05:58:02
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http://openfacts2.berlios.de/html2wiki/index.php
sqwiki
To search wiki.squeak.org for a specific keyword.
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Created 2008-06-12 08:36:39
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2009-09-18 08:13:31
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http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/search?search=%s&casesensitive=false&and=true
mustrix
A version of tetris with the gameboy music, activated with 't'.
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Created 2008-06-23 01:17:27
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2011-03-05 21:22:26
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http://www.neave.com/games/nblox/play.php
elink
Perform searches for ELinks (Emule Links)
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Created 2008-06-23 22:47:37
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2015-10-22 05:29:48
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http://www.emugle.com/search.php?q=%s&t=All+categories&f=0&ex=&mins=&maxs=&avai=&Submit=Search+in+emugle
msnmoney
30 uses
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Created 2008-07-18 21:49:48
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2011-02-16 18:36:04
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http://moneycentral.msn.com/detail/stock_quote?Symbol=%s
latex2gif
Convert TeX expression to gif image. Example: latex2gif \LaTeX Example: latex2gif m = \frac{m_0}{\sqrt{1-\frac{v^2}{c^2}}}
30 uses
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Created 2008-07-30 13:37:27
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2012-08-03 00:18:52
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http://www.codecogs.com/gif.latex?%s[use %20 for spaces]
sel
SearchEngineLand quick search.
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Created 2008-09-12 17:27:56
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2019-03-08 12:43:15
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http://search.searchengineland.com/search?w=%s
jfile
Searches the Jargon File.
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Created 2008-09-14 12:55:49
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2011-01-21 10:54:22
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http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Awww.catb.org%2Fjargon%2Fhtml+%s
sonypl
A command to search Sony's Polish website.
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Created 2008-09-19 08:16:01
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2009-02-05 12:58:56
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http://www.google.com/search?q=%s+site%3Asony.pl
gopubmed
Searches GoPubMed.
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Created 2008-09-23 07:29:29
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2010-08-21 14:31:34
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http://www.gopubmed.org/search?q=%s
ohloh
Ohloh is an open source directory that anyone can edit. It features comprehensive metrics and analysis on thousands of open source projects.
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Created 2008-11-03 13:14:38
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2017-01-19 07:05:36
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https://www.ohloh.net/
verbo
Lists verb tenses for the requested verb. The language of the web page itself is in french...
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Created 2011-11-17 13:27:58
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2024-10-08 18:07:19
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http://mobile.elconjugador.com/php5/index.php?v=%s
ftram
Make searches on filetram
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Created 2011-11-23 16:21:28
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2012-03-15 22:33:27
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http://filetram.com/=%s
bones
Search the Bones Wiki
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Created 2012-07-11 01:58:34
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2026-04-02 11:18:17
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http://bones.wikia.com/wiki/index.php?search=%s&fulltext=Search
wookie
Searches Wookiepedia with the search page.
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Created 2015-02-13 04:51:50
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2022-12-14 19:12:30
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http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s&fulltext=Search&resultsLang=en
fbguy
Search for a person by name on Facebook
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Created 2015-09-29 10:34:06
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2015-12-28 19:46:51
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https://www.facebook.com/search/str/%s/keywords_users
masha
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Created 2017-05-01 15:00:27
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2025-11-03 18:57:30
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https://soundcloud.com/dabelka
qtsearch
Allows searching for people who have quote-tweeted you on Twitter.com
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Created 2017-05-03 17:57:14
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2020-10-28 18:18:08
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https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=twitter.com%2F%s%2Fstatus%2F&src=typd
cats
Music for cats by seanwasere youtube
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Created 2017-08-14 06:30:17
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2026-01-07 15:58:03
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgR0iBxMXxA&list=PLKWUX7aMnlEK3edghsEnSyBU7FjosH0qd
stst
SpeedOf.Me is a broadband speed test that allows you to easily measure your actual Internet speed on ALL your devices.
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Created 2018-01-25 09:48:59
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2018-12-27 13:16:44
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https://speedof.me
dlang
D Language and Library reference. Search dlang.org's Language and Library sections simultaneously. Example: dlang array
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Created 2019-08-11 17:28:57
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2020-11-13 23:08:52
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https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%s+site%3Adlang.org%2Fphobos+OR+site%3Adlang.org%2Fspec&kw=s
conjugue
use leconjugueur on the verb. You have to not use any accent, i.e. ``conjugue emerveiller``instead of ``conjugue émerveiller`` GaRZoL
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Created 2019-08-19 12:16:19
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2022-01-23 09:40:22
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https://leconjugueur.lefigaro.fr/conjugaison/verbe/%s.html
safwacodes
omran
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Created 2020-07-26 20:56:31
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2020-10-28 03:26:35
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https://creator.zohopublic.com/malhomsi/patients/form-perma/CODES/KwyJGs5YxqK5uW9Y0nHRaR1186V20pWsUQDvPNCOwzj8aCA68Zfs9asmJyKMOtggCTvNZHyEgJjYGrfF62kOtad24bs5mEHu78ew/
bed
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Created 2023-11-10 07:48:57
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2025-11-15 17:05:35
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https://wetid.de/app_wetid-suche/?search2=&q=%s
timec
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Created 2025-06-18 02:21:42
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2025-07-18 09:53:15
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https://www.timecalculator.net/
ymp
Yahoo! Maps search...just add address.
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Created 2010-05-24 16:19:19
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2017-10-17 00:31:50
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http://maps.yahoo.com/?q1=%s
mxm
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Created 2010-05-28 08:41:41
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2015-12-20 10:29:25
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http://my.xmarks.com/
stpth
sitepoint html reference
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Created 2010-06-02 01:36:04
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2010-11-16 07:01:07
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http://reference.sitepoint.com/html/%s
gsrch
NAME gsrch - Google search based command with the possibility of chosing a country and a language SYNOPSIS gsrch [QUERY] ; [LANGUAGE NAME OR LANGUAGE CODE] ; [COUNTRY NAME OR COUNTRY CODE] EXAMPLES gsrch Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo -> google search in English gsrch Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo ; Italian gsrch Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo ; it -> google search in Italian gsrch pizza ; fr ; it -> google search Italy for pizza, in French Google search in different languages and countries…
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Created 2010-06-14 23:35:08
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2011-07-18 14:19:17
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ugsch1 -ctry {if {% 3 {s.p.+ %s}} -ne {ctrycodes2 {invctrycodes2 {% 3 {s.p.+ %s}}}} -then {gccd2 {% 3 {s.p.+ %s}}} -else {gccd2 {invctrycodes2 {% 3 {s.p.+ %s}}}}} -q { % 1 {s.p.+ %s} } -l {if {% 2 {s.p.+ %s}} -eq {langcode {invlangcode {% 2 {s.p.+ %s}}}} -then {% 2 {s.p.+ %s}} -else {langcode {% 2 {s.p.+ %s}}}}
vkontakte
заходит на vkontakte.ru
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Created 2010-09-02 13:45:33
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2022-05-02 23:03:31
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http://vkontakte.ru
mvp
German Moviepilot search
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Created 2010-11-27 22:17:38
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2022-09-30 08:32:05
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http://www.moviepilot.de/searches?q=%s
pcmc
Opens the login page for PC Financial Mastercard
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Created 2010-12-22 21:00:00
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2012-04-11 16:56:32
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https://online.pcmastercard.ca/PCB_Consumer/Login.do?LAN=EN
syc
Search Hacker News (news.ycombinator.com) ----------- Old implementation: http://searchyc.com/%s
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Created 2011-03-22 20:16:36
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2025-07-05 19:22:31
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https://hn.algolia.com/?q=%s
dirae
diccionario inverso de la rae
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Created 2011-05-10 13:20:48
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2020-07-28 16:27:12
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http://dirae.es/palabras/?q=%s
dvdguy
DVDGUY
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Created 2006-05-01 00:25:05
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2006-12-16 00:11:30
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http://www.freewebs.com/dvdguy00
wp2
An international version of the wp command. Goes to a wikipedia topic. Use -ln <language> to choose the wikipedia in that language (eg, fr, to use fr.wikipedia.org). The default is en.wikipedia.org. Use -q <topic> to go to a topic. The default is to take you to the homepage. So, for example, to go to the Beethoven page: wp2 -q Beethoven To do the same in German: wp2 -ln de -q Beethoven And to go to the Japanese homepage: wp2 -ln ja Tip: you can set your default wikipedia to something else than …
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Created 2006-05-13 20:37:36
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2014-05-27 15:07:40
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http://${ln=en}.wikipedia.org/wiki/${q=Main_Page}
nik
lol
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Created 2006-05-26 17:27:41
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2023-05-17 15:51:56
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http://media.putfile.com/commercial-66
bbcfood
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Created 2006-05-30 13:47:52
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2016-10-15 05:25:48
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/food/recipes/queryengine?templatestyle=refine_by_1_gg&orig_kw=cassoulet&config=db&scope=recipes&page=1&pagesize=15&attrib_26=keywords&oper_26=eq&val_26_1=%2B%s&attrib_2=programme_name&oper_2=eq&val_2_1=&attrib_3=chef_name&oper_3=eq&val_3_1=&attrib_12=healthy&oper_12=eq&attrib_13=quick&oper_13=eq&attrib_10=vegetarian&oper_10=eq&submit.x=38&submit.y=14&submit=Search
lps
lps. search literateprograms.org example: lps matlab author: GaRZoL
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Created 2006-06-17 15:39:57
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2020-05-20 04:12:35
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http://en.literateprograms.org/Special:Search?search=%s&fulltext=Search
hyperss
Hype Machine MP3 search, output as RSS feed Example: hyperss lucinda williams
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Created 2006-07-06 03:57:04
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2019-09-12 05:03:20
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http://hype.non-standard.net/playlist/search/%s/rss/1/feed.xml
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