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".

luck
Google's I'm feeling lucky search.
888 uses - Created 2005-06-24 23:45:12 - Last used 2025-02-10 22:52:25 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?biw=1020&hl=en&q=%s&btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky

sjp
Słownik Języka Polskiego PWN http://sjp.pwn.pl/
888 uses - Created 2006-04-19 12:49:48 - Last used 2020-04-15 20:57:03 - Nominate - Description - http://sjp.pwn.pl/slowo.php?co=%s

b.g.o
Search for a bug on bugs.gentoo.org.
888 uses - Created 2007-09-01 01:46:04 - Last used 2017-06-17 21:20:32 - Nominate - Description - http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=%s

x.
Link to Christdot, a Christian Slashdot-type site.
888 uses - Created 2008-03-15 02:04:51 - Last used 2021-04-21 13:49:55 - Nominate - Description - http://christdot.org/

seznam
Seznam.cz search
887 uses - Created 2009-02-03 15:52:11 - Last used 2023-01-17 11:40:42 - Nominate - Description - http://search.seznam.cz/?q=%s

gimp
This is an open source, completely free, alternative to photoshop.
886 uses - Created 2005-06-15 20:44:46 - Last used 2025-05-19 12:05:07 - Nominate - Description - http://www.gimp.org

es2en
Yahoo Spanish-to-English dictionary.
884 uses - Created 2007-09-30 18:11:31 - Last used 2023-09-14 07:37:53 - Nominate - Description - http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dict_en_es/spanish/%s

cebay
Searches completed listings on ebay.
884 uses - Created 2009-10-11 20:35:14 - Last used 2014-08-19 21:20:25 - Nominate - Description - http://completed.shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=%s&LH_Complete=1&_rdc=1

rhit

883 uses - Created 2008-09-16 06:50:31 - Last used 2014-02-17 13:59:05 - Nominate - Description - http://www.rose-hulman.edu

freshmeat
Simple+search+for+freshmeat.net.
883 uses - Created 2005-06-26 20:59:06 - Last used 2015-03-23 03:32:57 - Nominate - Description - http://freshmeat.net/search/?q=%s&section=projects&Go.x=0&Go.y=0

hentai

882 uses - Created 2005-06-13 04:58:52 - Last used 2026-02-19 07:51:13 - Nominate - Description - http://

gassm
Searches the newsgroup alt.sex.stories.moderated using Google Groups. Example: "gassm soccer mom" looks for messages containing both "soccer" and "mom".
881 uses - Created 2008-10-11 00:27:24 - Last used 2023-02-20 14:30:15 - Nominate - Description - http://groups.google.com/groups?as_q=%s&as_ugroup=alt.sex.stories.moderated&safe=off

ruckus
Search ruckus for a given value
880 uses - Created 2006-02-27 22:06:44 - Last used 2025-06-11 12:44:39 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ruckus.com/ruckus/music/search/all.do?searchType=%2Fruckus%2Fmusic%2Fsearch%2Fall.do&criteria=%s

rhp
Directs to redhotpawn.com online correspondence chess site.
879 uses - Created 2007-10-01 12:57:46 - Last used 2010-02-09 15:25:53 - Nominate - Description - http://www.redhotpawn.com/

pito
Search Pizza Torrent, a bittorrent meta-search engine.
879 uses - Created 2008-03-02 14:19:51 - Last used 2021-05-09 04:23:56 - Nominate - Description - http://pizzatorrent.com/%s-torrents[use - for spaces]

lyric (Golden Egg)
Search for lyrics on www.toplyrics.com You can use the artist or songname.
877 uses - Created 2005-06-13 16:55:44 - Last used 2022-09-14 09:33:45 - Description - http://www.toplyrics.com/search.php?naam=%s&keuze=1&stage=results

tbot
General search in thottbot.com for world of warcraft
877 uses - Created 2005-06-20 18:32:45 - Last used 2009-10-18 19:45:40 - Nominate - Description - http://www.thottbot.com/?s=%s

sub
Search for subtitles on divxstation.com
876 uses - Created 2005-07-29 19:29:35 - Last used 2025-11-25 13:38:02 - Nominate - Description - http://www.divxstation.com/searchsubtitles.asp?le=%s

zillow
This command will do a property search on Zillow.com. Zillow uses 2 parameters for a search. Address is the first parameter and city and state or zip is the second parameter. As such, in order to use this command you will need to type: zillow -address (your address) -city (your zip code or city, state)
876 uses - Created 2007-01-04 02:45:24 - Last used 2026-01-07 16:55:37 - Nominate - Description - http://www.zillow.com/search/Search.htm?addrstrthood=${address}&citystatezip=${city}

udic
Urban Dictionary -- Your source for explanations of obscure internet slang.
876 uses - Created 2007-02-13 16:55:03 - Last used 2026-03-12 15:03:16 - Nominate - Description - http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=%s

telch
Suche im Gratis-Telefonbuch tel.search.ch http://tel.search.ch/result.html?name=%s&strasse=${str}&ort=${ort}&kanton=${kt}&tel=${tel} mögliche parameter zum namen: -beruf -str -ort -kt -tel
874 uses - Created 2006-01-25 19:32:22 - Last used 2017-03-13 02:30:13 - Nominate - Description - http://tel.search.ch/result.html?name=%s&misc=${beruf}&strasse=${str}&ort=${ort}&kanton=${kt}&tel=${tel}

tho
This command commits a search on thottbot.com. It's used for a World of Warcraft site.
873 uses - Created 2008-04-30 01:02:37 - Last used 2019-08-07 11:22:46 - Nominate - Description - http://thottbot.com/?s=%s

gmau
Google Maps search in Australia
871 uses - Created 2008-06-12 03:36:34 - Last used 2026-03-03 02:10:36 - Nominate - Description - http://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=%s

hmrc
General google search of HM Revenue & Customs' website
871 uses - Created 2007-09-14 10:34:13 - Last used 2025-02-27 11:39:16 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.hmrc.gov.uk+%s&meta=

pkgsrc
Search in database of current pksgsrc (NetBSD) packages. 2021/01
870 uses - Created 2021-01-22 15:21:25 - Last used 2026-03-15 02:02:09 - Nominate - Description - http://pkgsrc.se/search.php?so=%s

alight (Golden Egg)
Search armory-light.com for your or your friends characters. Usage: * 'alight' takes you to our home page * 'alight <char name>' searches for the character * Specify a region like this: '-region us' * Specify a realm like this: '-realm Aegwynn' or '-r Aegwynn' Both the region and realm can be left blank. If you leave the realm blank, it searches for the character in the given region. Examples: * alight Mizzrym -region eu -realm Aegwynn (goes to a profile page) * alight Seferis -region eu (searc…
869 uses - Created 2008-08-28 08:20:34 - Last used 2024-08-22 06:45:52 - Description - http://www.armory-light.com/{ifThen -value1 %s -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then ${region=eu}/${realm=${r=search}}/%s}[use %20 for spaces][no url encoding]

list
personal blog
869 uses - Created 2005-07-26 13:21:44 - Last used 2025-01-20 03:55:45 - Nominate - Description - http://attaboy.cn

allmovie
All Movie Guide. Searches for anything on AllMovie.com To find a movie/dvd title or person's name, just type name Synopsis: allmovie [name] Example: allmovie star wars
869 uses - Created 2005-11-05 08:17:19 - Last used 2021-10-11 12:11:04 - Nominate - Description - http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=32:%s&start=1

te
Searches blogs using Technorati.com
869 uses - Created 2005-06-17 17:06:37 - Last used 2025-12-11 06:32:49 - Nominate - Description - http://technorati.com/search/%s?sub=yubnub

lhack
life hacker Examples: lhack lhack gtd
868 uses - Created 2005-08-03 07:09:22 - Last used 2021-05-26 11:23:07 - Nominate - Description - http://www.lifehacker.com/{eop /search/@%s@/}

luc
Search using Google's "I'm Feeling Lucky" feature. Instead of returning a list of matches for your search, it redirects you to the best match right away. Example: lucky Zhang Ziyi
867 uses - Created 2005-11-16 20:03:22 - Last used 2024-08-22 07:53:12 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%s&btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky

tulp
Tulane University Phone Book
867 uses - Created 2009-02-24 23:29:12 - Last used 2012-05-31 04:52:54 - Nominate - Description - http://tulane.edu/phonebook.cfm?%53=&name=%s

tkt
Tokyo Toshokan anime search. 東京図書館 #tokyotosho @ irc.rizon.net A BitTorrent Library for Japanese Media
867 uses - Created 2009-05-01 20:45:56 - Last used 2024-12-08 00:09:59 - Nominate - Description - http://www.tokyotosho.info/search.php?terms=%s&type=1

CEG
Searches Google Chrome Extension Gallery.
867 uses - Created 2009-12-24 11:53:53 - Last used 2020-09-11 07:07:46 - Nominate - Description - https://chrome.google.com/extensions/search?q=%s

eti
ETI search. eti <query>
866 uses - Created 2009-08-25 00:10:16 - Last used 2021-08-13 19:51:38 - Nominate - Description - http://links.endoftheinter.net/links.php?s_aw=%s&s_to=0&mode=as&go=Search

sv-en
Translates from Swedish to English
866 uses - Created 2005-06-22 12:47:06 - Last used 2018-09-09 19:23:25 - Nominate - Description - http://lexikon.nada.kth.se/cgi-bin/sve-eng?%s

slashdot
Search Slashdot for a given term.
866 uses - Created 2005-06-18 02:03:56 - Last used 2026-02-16 17:48:36 - Nominate - Description - http://slashdot.org/search.pl?tid=14&query=%s&author=&sort=1&op=stories

ningd
Search the developer documentation for Ning.com Example: ningd xn_query
865 uses - Created 2005-10-14 03:08:25 - Last used 2009-06-21 04:37:31 - Nominate - Description - http://documentation.ning.com/search.php?q=%s&x=0&y=0

dba
Search Den Blå Avis ( Danish ebay).
864 uses - Created 2016-07-05 04:54:58 - Last used 2025-12-31 11:16:03 - Nominate - Description - http://www.dba.dk/soeg/?soeg=%s

gvox
Another alias to Google Voice. (e)nb(a)r
864 uses - Created 2010-03-16 02:15:12 - Last used 2026-03-13 08:34:31 - Nominate - Description - https://www.google.com/voice

cakephp
CakePHP 1.1.x.x API Search ---------- Old implementation: http://api.cakephp.org/search.php?query=%s
863 uses - Created 2007-03-27 11:17:13 - Last used 2016-11-23 15:15:30 - Nominate - Description - http://api.cakephp.org/search/%s

csfdl
csfdL = Lucky csfd = google i'm feeling lucky + site:csfd.cz. Type in movie name / Napiš název filmu e.g. "csfdl predators"
863 uses - Created 2010-11-03 16:29:21 - Last used 2014-07-24 08:56:05 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?&rls=en&q=%s+site:csfd.cz&hl=cs&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&btnI

easy
Search easynews a.b.w
862 uses - Created 2007-02-02 22:58:34 - Last used 2025-12-06 07:02:31 - Nominate - Description - http://members.easynews.com/search.html?group=alt.binaries.warez&search=%s&pageby=20

alt2
Search in alternative to webpage. AlternativeTo is a new approach to finding good software. Tell us what application you want to replace and we give you great alternatives, based on user recommendations.
861 uses - Created 2010-02-08 13:37:55 - Last used 2026-01-19 09:12:24 - Nominate - Description - http://alternativeto.net/SearchResult.aspx?profile=all&search=%s

json
NAME json - return the text,result and url of a yubnub command in a json object, with optional callback SYNOPSIS json -cmd [YUBNUB COMMAND AND ARGUMENTS] -callback [OPTIONAL CALLBACK] EXAMPLES json -cmd url gim porsche will return : {"cmd":"url gim porsche","data":"http://images.google.com/images?q=porsche","url":"http://yubnub.org/parser/url?command=gim+porsche"} and json -cmd url gim porsche -callback play will return : play({"cmd":"url gim porsche","data":"http://images.google.com/images?q=p…
861 uses - Created 2006-09-28 20:39:28 - Last used 2026-01-20 21:39:17 - Nominate - Description - http://jonathanaquino.com/singpolymaplay/yubnub2json.php?xn_auth=no&cmd=${cmd}&callback=${callback}

gcat
Search Google in catalan
861 uses - Created 2006-12-08 10:17:57 - Last used 2022-03-26 12:02:10 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=ca&q=%s&btnG=Cerca&lr=lang_ca

911s
made by david baynard Searches www.911tabs.com/ for songs Try 911b for bands
860 uses - Created 2006-06-20 16:31:40 - Last used 2018-08-13 20:21:12 - Nominate - Description - http://www.911tabs.com/search.php?search=%s&type=song

bbcf
Direct link to the BBC's Football site.
860 uses - Created 2009-01-08 10:49:12 - Last used 2014-12-15 06:59:42 - Nominate - Description - http://www.bbc.co.uk/football

etymology
Perform a search in the online etymological dictionary.
859 uses - Created 2007-03-12 10:08:56 - Last used 2025-10-30 00:06:26 - Nominate - Description - http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=%s&searchmode=none

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