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".

kym
Search the Internet Meme Database at knowyourmeme.com
718 uses - Created 2009-06-22 13:41:00 - Last used 2026-04-19 21:03:13 - Nominate - Description - http://knowyourmeme.com/search?q=%s

pprox
Search in pirateproxy.one
717 uses - Created 2016-07-21 02:54:16 - Last used 2025-04-10 08:39:40 - Nominate - Description - https://pirateproxy.one/search/%s[use %20 for spaces]

ppc
PocketPC / Windows Mobile custom Google search engine. Searches PPCGeeks (mostly CDMA phones) and XDA-Developers (mostly GSM phones), two main resources for everything PPC. Other sites are included. Examples: 'ppc dialer cab' 'ppc pim' 'ppc task oem' 'ppc backup'
716 uses - Created 2009-07-02 20:36:22 - Last used 2023-07-19 06:25:27 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/cse?cx=006939145295218897539%3A0qaxvwdmtik&ie=UTF-8&q=%s&sa=Search

td
Search www.timeanddate.com
716 uses - Created 2006-04-04 22:27:23 - Last used 2025-11-10 06:43:14 - Nominate - Description - http://www.timeanddate.com/search/results.html?query=%s

gudpt
SYNOPSIS gudpt department-name EXAMPLE gudpt housing Takes you to the department page for any GU department with a subdomain. So "gudpt housing" takes you to housing.georgetown.edu. AUTHOR Richard Frankel
716 uses - Created 2005-08-03 18:58:37 - Last used 2009-05-27 03:14:57 - Nominate - Description - http://%s.georgetown.edu

bbcnews
This command redirects to http://news.bbc.co.uk/ (also accessible with the following URL: bbcnews.com). BBC News is wide-known for it's quality, etcettera. Need to know what's going on in the world/your country? Just use the cmd 'bbcnews'. Regards, Concious (concious@gmail.com) (my ICQ no.: 220-743-399)
716 uses - Created 2005-08-25 17:54:11 - Last used 2021-08-24 11:50:20 - Nominate - Description - http://news.bbc.co.uk/

yab
Search your Yahoo! Address Book. Usage: yab [name] b.a.
715 uses - Created 2005-07-14 15:59:30 - Last used 2015-05-14 19:43:26 - Nominate - Description - http://address.yahoo.com/yab/?v=SA&search=%s&SNow=Go

deadlists
Provides the deadlists.net listing for the Grateful Dead show on that date. Format: MM/DD/YY where MM is the two digit code for any month, DD is the two digit code for any day of the month, and year YY is any year between 65 & 95.
715 uses - Created 2015-01-01 13:22:14 - Last used 2022-03-15 13:34:04 - Nominate - Description - http://www.shallwego.net/deadlists/showresults.asp?KEY=%s

invid
Invidious is an alternative front-end to YouTube. Example: invid <search term> Features: Audio-only mode (and no need to keep window open on mobile) Open-source (AGPLv3 licensed) No ads No need to create a Google account to save subscriptions Lightweight (homepage is ~4 KB compressed) Tools for managing subscriptions: Only show unseen videos Only show latest (or latest unseen) video from each channel Delivers notifications from all subscribed channels Automatically redirect homepage to feed Imp…
715 uses - Created 2018-12-16 17:35:24 - Last used 2026-05-12 18:20:20 - Nominate - Description - https://invidio.us/search?q=%s

firstyt
Gets to the first youtube video for a given result. Example: firstyt The Fray How to save a life : Go to the famous The Fray videoclip Issues: When the search has no results, a youtube error page appears.
715 uses - Created 2008-04-24 16:25:35 - Last used 2014-11-03 01:15:35 - Nominate - Description - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v={scrape -tokens /default.jpg ytimg.com/vi/ -dirs 0 1 -url {url yt %s} -debug 0}

elzr
SYNOPSIS elzr [keywords] EXAMPLE elzr design Perform a search within elzr.com, a blog, using the given keywords. AUTHOR elzr.com, using Allen Ormond's oh-so-cool "eop" command
713 uses - Created 2007-06-19 01:51:50 - Last used 2013-10-24 12:13:52 - Nominate - Description - http://elzr.com{eop /search/@%s@}

DIY
Looks up speakers, parts and electronics for DIY audio building/installing
713 uses - Created 2005-06-20 20:33:04 - Last used 2025-12-06 10:32:49 - Nominate - Description - http://www.partsexpress.com/webpage.cfm?&DID=7&WebPage_ID=3&filter=%s

gcatalogs
Google Catalog Search.
713 uses - Created 2005-09-10 09:51:58 - Last used 2013-05-22 20:17:54 - Nominate - Description - http://catalogs.google.com/catalogs?q=%s

yubins
Shortcut to YubNub installation instructions.
712 uses - Created 2005-06-25 16:34:44 - Last used 2013-10-09 22:09:40 - Nominate - Description - http://yubnub.org/documentation/describe_installation

story
a site for sexual stories
712 uses - Created 2005-06-10 11:09:41 - Last used 2023-02-20 14:30:22 - Nominate - Description - http://www.nifty.org/

dfwiki
searches the dwarf fortress wiki
712 uses - Created 2008-09-22 01:38:43 - Last used 2022-04-21 13:18:17 - Nominate - Description - http://www.dwarffortresswiki.net/index.php/Special:Search?search=%s

gwt
Shortcut for Google Webmaster Tools
712 uses - Created 2007-04-25 13:25:34 - Last used 2019-06-15 23:51:38 - Nominate - Description - https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/siteoverview

old-gpp
Search Gappon.com for rapidshare, megaupload, etc... files.
711 uses - Created 2009-11-01 10:48:05 - Last used 2015-01-27 19:25:46 - Nominate - Description - http://www.gappon.com/search/%s/2/9/9/9

portage
search gentoo another way
711 uses - Created 2005-07-26 15:51:39 - Last used 2025-12-10 14:34:09 - Nominate - Description - http://gentoo-portage.com/s?search=%s

tfl
Transport for london journey planner. Transport for London (TfL) has a really nice tool to work out your route (http://journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk) To create a new route, just type the postcode of two points example: tfl -start SW1X7XL -end CR01XX by default it will use the postcode but can be configured to use address (address), stop/station (stop) or address (address) or place of interest (pov). e.g. tfl -start victoria -end belsize park -type stop or tfl -start buckingham palace -end london br…
711 uses - Created 2005-10-24 18:09:55 - Last used 2023-08-26 10:58:41 - Nominate - Description - http://journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk/user/XSLT_TRIP_REQUEST2?&language=en&execInst=&sessionID=0&ptOptionsActive=1&place_origin=London&place_destination=London&name_origin=${start}&type_origin=${type=locator}&name_destination=${end}&type_destination=${type=locator}[post]

listof
Searchs wikipedia using google "I feel lucky" and a string like "list of %s" This is useful for anything that has a list in wikipedia, from episodes of tv series to microprocessors.
710 uses - Created 2010-01-08 00:39:32 - Last used 2014-01-23 22:16:05 - Nominate - Description - http://google.com/search?q=site:wikipedia.org+list+of+%s&btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky

msj
Searches the MacSerialJunkie Forums. You need to be logged in! ---------- Old implementation: http://macserialjunkie.com/forum/search.php?search_keywords=%s&search_terms=any&search_author=&search_forum=-1&search_time=0&search_fields=all&search_cat=-1&sort_by=0&sort_dir=DESC&show_results=topics&return_chars=200
709 uses - Created 2007-02-13 04:35:19 - Last used 2021-01-10 03:27:08 - Nominate - Description - http://macserialjunkie.com/forum/search.php?keywords=%s&terms=all&author=&sc=1&sf=all&sk=t&sd=d&sr=topics&st=0&ch=300&t=0&submit=Search

sgdocs
Secure (https://) Google Docs & Spreadsheets
709 uses - Created 2007-02-15 20:01:28 - Last used 2014-11-11 00:29:01 - Nominate - Description - https://docs.google.com/

tb
Techbargains web site, good place to find great deals on electronics without searching a lot of web sites.
709 uses - Created 2005-06-10 18:48:04 - Last used 2023-12-04 15:11:36 - Nominate - Description - http://www.techbargains.com

report
Syntax: report {domain/url} Displays a detailed DNS report about the specified domain through DNSReport.com Example: report yahoo.com
709 uses - Created 2006-04-21 07:06:03 - Last used 2025-04-10 11:15:34 - Nominate - Description - http://www.dnsreport.com/tools/dnsreport.ch?domain=%s

bfse
Babelfish Translation Service, to quickly translate text from Spanish to English. To translate a string, type it after the command: bfse manzana bfse ¿donde ser mi sombrero?
708 uses - Created 2006-06-19 04:02:48 - Last used 2009-09-08 22:01:53 - Nominate - Description - http://babelfish.altavista.com/tr?lp=es_en&trtext=%s

gog

708 uses - Created 2005-07-31 12:29:24 - Last used 2025-10-21 19:33:22 - Nominate - Description - http://google.com

dojo
Jump to the given page of the Dojo manual. Dojo is a Javascript framework. Examples: dojo html dojo string dojo widget
708 uses - Created 2006-04-21 06:11:29 - Last used 2026-02-04 10:53:15 - Nominate - Description - http://manual.dojotoolkit.org/%s.html

ftube

708 uses - Created 2009-04-17 12:17:07 - Last used 2015-05-28 10:51:34 - Nominate - Description - http://www.filestube.com/search.html?q=%s

popsci
Search PopSci.com
707 uses - Created 2009-02-18 16:38:10 - Last used 2016-03-07 10:56:29 - Nominate - Description - http://www.popsci.com/search/google?cx=001914279043464587231%3Aaaxz2fscymw&cof=FORID%3A11&query=%s&op=Search&form_token=a00b725527c16c28134de4f6fbb34af0&form_id=google_cse_results_searchbox_form#1010

dfr
Short-hand call to definr.com http://definr.com/%s
707 uses - Created 2007-11-24 10:42:49 - Last used 2025-08-14 00:38:51 - Nominate - Description - http://definr.com/%s

+
Newsnow liverpool
707 uses - Created 2006-06-23 14:34:00 - Last used 2026-05-06 22:44:54 - Nominate - Description - http://www.newsnow.co.uk/newsfeed/?name=Liverpool

wkes
Spanish version of Wikipedia search
707 uses - Created 2006-08-27 18:03:19 - Last used 2018-04-27 14:06:51 - Nominate - Description - http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/%s

edit
Sends text message to http://www.editpad.org for online editing. Example: edit This is a message for editing.
707 uses - Created 2006-12-05 15:04:46 - Last used 2026-03-19 03:10:55 - Nominate - Description - http://www.editpad.org/?text=%s

eem (Golden Egg)
Eemadges Search. Eemadges are vivid and original descriptions. To look for some words in the body and meta information of the eemadges. Example:eem William Gibson Example:eem Jorge Luis Borges tigers To look for a specific phrase in the body and meta information of the eemadges. Example:eem "the wolf shall swallow the sun" To look for eemadges in a specific language. Example:eem Spanish To find the most recently added eemadge. Example:eem -1 To find the 5 most recently added eemadges. Example:e…
707 uses - Created 2005-07-25 08:47:26 - Last used 2017-08-04 09:32:16 - Description - http://www.eemadges.com/search/%s

meta
Meta-search of Information Technology news site search engines. Includes searches of Infoworld.com, networkcomputing.com, and more than 25 other IT publication sites. The command aggregates search results from all of the included publications, and orders them in reverse chronological order based on the date of publication. To find articles from those sites that contain a specific search term, for example "storagetek," just type the term. Example: meta storagetek
707 uses - Created 2005-08-13 15:07:26 - Last used 2026-04-29 07:21:30 - Nominate - Description - http://www.gigastor.net/news.php?findNews=&no_filtering=&isLoaded=1&findNews=&searchWords=%s

ytmnd
Search for new YTMND's on ytmnd.com EX: ytmnd cosby to search for bill cosby related ytmnd's ===== Original implementation: http://www.ytmnd.com/list.html?sort=rating&order=desc&period=&search=%s
707 uses - Created 2005-06-19 01:48:45 - Last used 2021-06-15 09:36:13 - Nominate - Description - http://ytmnd.com/search?q=%s

games
UK based game reviews site.
706 uses - Created 2005-06-09 23:53:04 - Last used 2026-05-19 21:33:05 - Nominate - Description - http://www.acegamez.co.uk

si
Sporting Index (UK Spread Broker) price feed, in xml format. You need to know the sport id (sid) and market id (mid), which you can typically get by mouse rollovers on the site For example: si -sid 178 -mid 116507 will give you UK Premiership Season Points 2005-06 have fun!
706 uses - Created 2006-05-01 09:50:27 - Last used 2025-09-20 05:48:06 - Nominate - Description - http://www.sportingindex.com/xml/menu/flashproxy2.asp?sportid=${sid}&meetingid=${mid}&level=events&firstrequest=FALSE&timestamp=15

m=

706 uses - Created 2010-05-07 09:13:43 - Last used 2012-06-01 11:33:54 - Nominate - Description - https://mail.google.com/mail/?nobrowsercheck#inbox

rapg
search rapgenius.com for lyrics
706 uses - Created 2013-07-15 10:52:34 - Last used 2025-04-02 22:04:56 - Nominate - Description - http://rapgenius.com/search?q=%s

fark
Parody news
705 uses - Created 2005-06-10 01:20:40 - Last used 2019-07-12 12:37:34 - Nominate - Description - http://www.fark.com

tecn
Technorati search (updated)
705 uses - Created 2005-07-02 08:28:53 - Last used 2015-04-14 12:29:34 - Nominate - Description - http://technorati.com/search/%s?sub=yubnub

RvB

704 uses - Created 2005-06-10 01:48:15 - Last used 2012-02-22 22:11:37 - Nominate - Description - http://rvb.roosterteeth.com/home.php

wikinl
Search Wikipedia.nl
704 uses - Created 2007-08-30 16:58:46 - Last used 2024-02-25 07:06:04 - Nominate - Description - http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s&go=Go

wresdef
WordReference.com - Diccionario de la lengua española
702 uses - Created 2009-05-15 12:46:15 - Last used 2016-05-21 11:44:17 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wordreference.com/definicion/%s

free

702 uses - Created 2005-06-10 07:58:54 - Last used 2025-04-12 15:22:50 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=free

dld
Search download.com for software. Usage: dld [software name or keyword]
702 uses - Created 2005-07-06 15:28:02 - Last used 2016-12-14 19:20:15 - Nominate - Description - http://www.download.com/3120-20_4-0.html?qt=%s&tg=dl-20

he
Google Maps Search. Google Maps has several handy features included within it. To map out a single location, just type the address. Example: gmaps 123 Maple Dr. Detroit, MI To find businesses or other specific things, simply give the location and business. Example: gmaps pizza in Detroit
702 uses - Created 2005-12-21 23:54:36 - Last used 2026-05-20 00:31:42 - Nominate - Description - http://images.google.com/images?q=%s

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