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".

bux
Track your money. Effortlessly. google money management
26 uses - Created 2008-04-08 04:27:25 - Last used 2011-06-19 21:40:21 - Nominate - Description - http://www.buxfer.com/

plume
Searches in a french website about (GNU/Linux) opensource software, Projet-Plume.org. (Promouvoir les Logiciels Utiles Maîtrisés et Economiques dans l'Enseignement Supérieur et la Recherche.).
26 uses - Created 2008-04-22 09:45:24 - Last used 2021-05-24 02:17:14 - Nominate - Description - http://www.projet-plume.org/search/node/%s

ecg
Alias for the ecoogler command. Ecoogler is a search engine that uses Google technology and helps reforesting trees and safeguard water resources in the Amazon region, which constitute today one fourth of the fresh water reserves of our planet. By using Ecoogler you get same results and help the non-profit association Aquaverde. 10000 searches = 1 tree USAGE: ecg : Takes you to the ecoogler page ecg <query> : Looks for <query> on ecoogler Example: ecg buy solar panel Author VkLJ
26 uses - Created 2008-04-25 20:35:22 - Last used 2018-10-08 06:08:55 - Nominate - Description - ecoogler %s

tmpmail
Generate an easy to remember temporary e-mail address. You can use it to sign up at websites anonymously, and avoid spam this way. USAGE tmpmail : generate a random email address trashymail <inbox name> : get to the inbox of an address EXAMPLE Step 1: Type tmpmail to get a temporary email address (ie. grind21H@trashymail.com) and a link to get to the inbox. Step 2: Register somewhere with that valid e-mail Step 3: Type "trashymail grind21H" to check for the confirmation e-mail Author VkLJ
26 uses - Created 2008-05-16 17:08:36 - Last used 2011-12-04 20:23:09 - Nominate - Description - echo The temporary e-mail address is: {randwd}{randstring 4 -l off}@trashymail.com You can check for new e-mails {linktag {url trashymail {randwd}{randstring 4 -l off}}!!here} or with the YubNub command trashymail {randwd}{randstring 4 -l off} {linktag {curl tmpmail}!!Generate another one} 

priberam
Alias for the "pal" command. For more information, type "man pal".
26 uses - Created 2008-05-29 14:46:16 - Last used 2021-12-01 07:46:36 - Nominate - Description - http://yubnub.org/parser/parse?command=pal+%s

wp-shortpath
Wikipedia Shortest Path. What is the shortest path from life to death? (Hint: 1 click) Example: wp-shortpath life -- death The path from good to evil is twice as long! Example: wp-shortpath good -- evil Unexpectedly, the road from evil to good is shorter. Example: wp-shortpath evil -- good How far lie the ways of Adolf Hitler and Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi? wp-shortpath adolph hitler -- mahatma gandhi To find the shortest path from the article "Meath Senior Football Championship" to the article…
26 uses - Created 2008-05-29 16:39:02 - Last used 2011-04-16 03:17:38 - Nominate - Description - http://www.netsoc.tcd.ie/~mu/cgi-bin/shortpath.cgi?from=%s&to=${-}

bbp
Baseball Prospectus MLB player database. To find a player, just type the player's name. Example: bbp Alex Rodriguez
26 uses - Created 2008-06-07 21:55:05 - Last used 2024-02-03 06:32:16 - Nominate - Description - http://baseballprospectus.com/player_search.php?search_name=%s

qo
shorter shortcut for yahoo quotes
26 uses - Created 2008-06-23 07:14:54 - Last used 2021-02-12 20:33:06 - Nominate - Description - http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=%s

boobzz
funny
26 uses - Created 2008-07-17 15:42:35 - Last used 2023-05-14 07:45:03 - Nominate - Description - http://premium.uploadit.org/Daredevil22/boobs.gif

heure
Pour avoir l'heure et la météo. (to have time and weather in France)
26 uses - Created 2008-07-23 08:16:36 - Last used 2018-01-11 00:00:42 - Nominate - Description - http://www.horlogeparlante.com/

woxen
www.woxikon.com translation service. From English to French, German, Italian, Spanish, etc..
26 uses - Created 2008-07-25 06:11:29 - Last used 2012-12-11 12:01:54 - Nominate - Description - http://www.woxikon.com/eng/%s.php

Kapaza
Kapaza.be this is a buy/selling website in belgium
26 uses - Created 2008-08-27 22:07:11 - Last used 2018-08-28 06:04:18 - Nominate - Description - http://www.kapaza.be/results/?country=&q=%s

cashstorefr
A simple command to search a product on Cashstore French website. Une commande simple pour effectuer une recherche sur le site français de Cashstore. e.g. (ex.) : cashstorefr La Redoute
26 uses - Created 2008-09-01 10:27:09 - Last used 2008-11-17 15:58:12 - Nominate - Description - http://www.cashstore.fr/psearchresult.aspx?kw=%s

rime
Rhyming dictionary by MC Andre
26 uses - Created 2008-10-24 21:11:23 - Last used 2023-03-30 04:40:51 - Nominate - Description - http://poetrywithmeaning.com/rhyme/%s

iseek
search using iseek , a semantic search engine that also does good clustering
26 uses - Created 2009-07-11 11:27:11 - Last used 2013-08-15 23:38:33 - Nominate - Description - http://iseek.com/iseek/search.html?l=en&query=%s&sbl=2&bk=&spc=

dik
Look up word definitions Dictionary.com ---------- Old implementation: http://dictionary.reference.com?q=%s ---------- Old implementation: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/%s
26 uses - Created 2009-07-14 17:46:29 - Last used 2025-09-18 22:27:45 - Nominate - Description - https://www.dictionary.com/browse/%s

mage
search magentocommerco.com
26 uses - Created 2009-07-28 16:06:17 - Last used 2024-05-31 12:29:49 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&q=%s+site:magentocommerce.com

revlookup
Reverse phone lookup ! Syntax: revlookup <full phone number> Example: revlookup 4081234567 njoy !
26 uses - Created 2009-09-18 20:58:14 - Last used 2023-07-28 16:58:22 - Nominate - Description - http://www.whitepages.com/search/ReversePhone?full_phone=%s

giutw
windows.iusethis.com search via google. By Norz. Example: giutw foxit reader
26 uses - Created 2009-10-07 20:31:20 - Last used 2010-03-07 12:47:55 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=site:windows.iusethis.com+%s

ntt
multitran.ru - search in german dictionary (compare with 'mtt' - this is for english)
26 uses - Created 2009-10-10 17:04:58 - Last used 2023-02-06 12:10:07 - Nominate - Description - http://multitran.ru/c/m.exe?HL=2&L1=3&L2=2&EXT=0&s=%s

cde
Caseking Shop Search Example: cde somePCpart
26 uses - Created 2009-10-16 21:05:25 - Last used 2022-02-14 10:56:38 - Nominate - Description - http://www.caseking.de/shop/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=%s

awe
Awesome window manager wiki search
26 uses - Created 2009-11-01 14:56:23 - Last used 2020-02-29 14:15:34 - Nominate - Description - http://awesome.naquadah.org/w/index.php?ns0=1&search=%s&title=Special%3ASearch&fulltext=Advanced+search&fulltext=Advanced+search

extr
http://extratorrent.com/
26 uses - Created 2009-12-04 19:58:19 - Last used 2017-05-18 16:09:05 - Nominate - Description - http://extratorrent.com/

ggggg
ggggg shortcut to googlegooglegooglegoogle.com
26 uses - Created 2009-12-17 05:23:58 - Last used 2025-04-18 02:42:57 - Nominate - Description - http://googlegooglegooglegoogle.com

piple
Alias for a Pipl search that searches only by the given email address.
26 uses - Created 2009-12-24 06:21:26 - Last used 2011-05-04 06:52:18 - Nominate - Description - http://pipl.com/search/?Email=%s&CategoryID=4&Interface=1

apd2
Performs an Apple downloads search using the given keyword(s). Use this to search through the Apple trailers, iTunes database, etc. For example, if your keyword is "YubNub", type "apd yubnub". This is version 2 of the command.
26 uses - Created 2010-01-06 20:03:52 - Last used 2014-02-11 09:43:59 - Nominate - Description - http://www.apple.com/search/?q=%s&sec=downloads

€
alias for "eur" which converts currencies into Euros, e.g. € 10 USD
26 uses - Created 2010-01-09 16:38:53 - Last used 2026-01-11 06:31:38 - Nominate - Description - eur %s

unread
View unread mails in your Gmail account
26 uses - Created 2010-02-03 14:25:24 - Last used 2013-08-17 18:09:18 - Nominate - Description - https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1#search/in%3Ainbox+%2B+is%3Aunread

alexaren
takes a site as input and returns it's global ranking, based on alexa information.
26 uses - Created 2010-02-09 14:15:38 - Last used 2010-02-10 19:01:45 - Nominate - Description - scrape -tokens Global > < -dirs 0 0 0 -url http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?q=&url=%s

uh
Searches Ubuntu Documentation (https://help.ubuntu.com/) for community-maintained how-tos and configuration guides. Remember that the command name is uh for Ubuntu Help, not ud! Example: uh openssh
26 uses - Created 2010-02-15 15:19:03 - Last used 2025-02-13 16:58:11 - Nominate - Description - https://help.ubuntu.com/search.html?cof=FORID%3A9&cx=004599128559784038176%3Avj_p0xo-nng&ie=UTF-8&q=%s&sa=Search

shady
ShadyURL: Don't just shorten your URL, make it suspicious and frightening. Example: shady http://google.com result: http://5z8.info/yourdick_g7v6_inject_worm
26 uses - Created 2010-02-18 19:18:46 - Last used 2023-11-15 09:35:26 - Nominate - Description - http://www.shadyurl.com/create.php?myUrl=%s

gpnote
GPNotebook search, for general practitioner's reference: Simply type in gpnote <insert query here>
26 uses - Created 2010-03-02 20:41:48 - Last used 2010-03-11 17:01:05 - Nominate - Description - http://www.gpnotebook.co.uk/simpleprocess.cfm?x=0&y=0&querystring=%s

RomanS

26 uses - Created 2010-03-24 04:09:09 - Last used 2019-07-18 05:37:56 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=douchebag&aq=0&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=doucheba&gs_rfai=&fp=1dc62da33e2ff469

clclt
Searches Craigslist in Charlotte, NC.
26 uses - Created 2010-05-07 14:39:44 - Last used 2010-06-20 03:33:00 - Nominate - Description - http://charlotte.craigslist.org/search/?areaID=41&subAreaID=&query=%s&catAbb=sss

minwriter
Shorcut to this great minimalistic writer created by John Watson.
26 uses - Created 2007-02-20 19:13:24 - Last used 2012-03-06 21:37:01 - Nominate - Description - http://writer.bighugelabs.com/

gart
Search art.gnome.org.
26 uses - Created 2007-02-23 00:19:11 - Last used 2024-08-28 23:30:30 - Nominate - Description - http://art.gnome.org/search.php?search_text=%s

eglish
Search the Hunglish Corpus, the free sentence-aligned Hungarian-English parallel corpus for english words.
26 uses - Created 2007-03-28 10:17:50 - Last used 2007-11-05 14:39:51 - Nominate - Description - http://szotar.mokk.bme.hu/hunglish/search/corpus?ql=&qr=%s&source=all

xxe

26 uses - Created 2007-03-31 12:09:18 - Last used 2023-02-28 05:56:53 - Nominate - Description - xe -amount {% 1 %s} -from {% 2 %s} -to {% 3 %s}

cites
Uses the citesser service for searching academic papers
26 uses - Created 2007-04-25 10:26:39 - Last used 2011-07-21 17:07:17 - Nominate - Description - http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/cis?q=%s&cs=1

fweet
Performs a simple FWEET (Finnegans Wake Extensible Elucidation Treasury)search. Set to ignore case and accent. Highlights matches and shows related Finnegans Wake text. Set to search in: FWEET elucidations, Finnegans Wake text, and related FWEET shorthands. Example: fweet talmud will return three FWEET elucidations, along with the related lines from Finnegans Wake (30.10, 228.14, and 469.02). Maybe someone can make this command more advanced and add switches for various FWEET search options oth…
26 uses - Created 2008-11-28 17:41:25 - Last used 2019-10-27 04:32:04 - Nominate - Description - http://www.fweet.org/cgi-bin/fw_grep.cgi?srch=%s&cake=&icase=1&accent=1&beauty=1&hilight=1&showtxt=1&escope=1&tscope=1&rscope=1&dist=4&ndist=4&shorth=0

swps
Secure WikiPedia Search
26 uses - Created 2008-12-06 20:02:17 - Last used 2009-11-11 17:25:44 - Nominate - Description - https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/?search=%s

Pluck
Searches HMV, Amazon.co.uk and Google Shopping UK simultaneously. Annoyingly, Play.com seems to override the 'split' command...
26 uses - Created 2008-12-11 15:21:14 - Last used 2014-01-23 13:41:50 - Nominate - Description - split {url hmvuk %s} {url amuk %s} {url gshopuk %s}

smov

26 uses - Created 2008-12-19 11:38:23 - Last used 2010-12-30 14:21:09 - Nominate - Description - http://www.surfthechannel.com/search/61397/3/1/%s.html

wau
Weather in Australia (W AU) using WeatherChannel.com.au. Takes a suburb name or postcode as parameter. Examples: wau st kilda wau 3182 wau st kilda 3182
26 uses - Created 2009-01-06 05:46:09 - Last used 2012-12-08 08:03:45 - Nominate - Description - http://www.weatherchannel.com.au/Magic94scripts/mgrqispi94.dll?APPNAME=WC&PRGNAME=WC&LayGroups=&SearchFor=%s&Function=PCSearch

leverage
tv underground LEVERAGE series SEASON 1 episodes direct emule download (by l3utterfish)
26 uses - Created 2009-02-05 15:02:26 - Last used 2021-01-07 19:49:16 - Nominate - Description - http://tvunderground.org.ru/index.php?show=episodes&sid=24144

xspfplay
XSPF player.
26 uses - Created 2009-02-26 18:36:20 - Last used 2011-10-31 10:04:26 - Nominate - Description - http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/21998/small/player.html?playlist=%s

gandwp
Searches Google and Wikipedia in a split screen.
26 uses - Created 2009-05-20 10:32:03 - Last used 2009-09-04 09:06:43 - Nominate - Description - split {url g %s} {url wp %s}

vimeos
searches vimeo w/ full text query. WAY better than the normal tag search which camps on 'vimeo' sheesh who even made that one?
26 uses - Created 2009-06-16 14:52:19 - Last used 2022-04-27 09:58:32 - Nominate - Description - http://www.vimeo.com/videos/search:%s

sapl
Preforms a "quick search" of the San Antonio Public Library's (SAPL) catalog
26 uses - Created 2009-06-23 03:55:45 - Last used 2011-10-14 21:09:18 - Nominate - Description - http://sapl.sat.lib.tx.us/search/Y?SEARCH=%s&submit.x=0&submit.y=0&submit=Submit&searchscope=1&SORT=D

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