The Most-Used Commands

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elpais
EL PAÍS
658 uses - Created 2011-09-15 10:39:53 - Last used 2026-05-06 05:50:04 - Nominate - Description - http://www.elpais.com

kjvs
King James Version Search. Use the biblegateway.com keyword search for the King James Bible. To find verses containing the search word(s), just type them, separated by spaces. Example: kjvs bless children
658 uses - Created 2008-11-22 00:28:03 - Last used 2014-07-29 23:14:00 - Nominate - Description - http://www.biblegateway.com/keyword/?search=%s&version1=9&searchtype=all&limit=none&wholewordsonly=no

langcode
NAME langcode - displays the language code SYNOPSIS I thought that making a langcode command was really important. This command can then be combined with wikipedia, wiktionnary, google, etc.. I will create commands for those... I'm also planning on creating a country code command. That one would be useful for google too. I arbitrarily decided to use English language names. I found it easier this way (no typographical issues) Since this command was first made for a wikipedia command I only took …
657 uses - Created 2010-05-17 23:27:48 - Last used 2024-01-10 03:33:24 - Nominate - Description - switch %s | afrikaans => af, albanian => sq, arabic => ar, aragonese => an, aromanian => roa-rup, asturian => ast, azeri => az, basque => eu, belarusian => be, bengali => bn, bishnupriya manipuri => bpy, bosnian => bs, breton => br, bulgarian => bg, cantonese => zh-yue, catalan => ca, cebuano => ceb, chinese => zh, chuvash => cv, croatian => hr, czech => cs, danish => da, dutch => nl, english => en, esperanto => eo, estonian => et, finnish => fi, french => fr, galician => gl, georgian => ka, german => de, greek => el, gujarati => gu, haitian => ht, hebrew => he, hindi => hi, hungarian => hu, icelandic => is, ido => io, indonesian => id, irish => ga, italian => it, japanese => ja, javanese => jv, korean => ko, kurdish => ku, latin => la, latvian => lv, lithuanian => lt, lombard => lmo, low saxon => nds, luxembourgish => lb, macedonian => mk, malay => ms, malayalam => ml, marathi => mr, neapolitan => nap, newar => new, norwegian => no, occitan => oc, persian => fa, piedmontese => pms, polish => pl, portuguese => pt, quecha => qu, ripuarian => ksh, romanian => ro, russian => ru, samogitian => bat-smg, serbian => sr, serbo-croatian => sh, sicilian => scn, simple english => simple, slovak => sk, slovenian => sl, spanish => es, sundanese => su, swahili => sw, swedish => sv, tagalog => tl, tamil => ta, telugu => te, thai => th, turkish => tr, ukrainian => uk, urdu => ur, vietnamese => vi, volapük => vo, walloon => wa, waray-waray => war, welsh => cy, west frisian => fy, * => en

ole
Takes you to the front page of the major Argentine sports daily, Olé! Cada dia te quiero mas!
657 uses - Created 2007-12-19 14:47:02 - Last used 2026-04-01 10:44:10 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ole.com.ar

askox
Search Ask Oxford.com's free English dictionary.
655 uses - Created 2009-01-24 08:10:23 - Last used 2022-09-14 12:30:56 - Nominate - Description - http://www.askoxford.com/results/?view=dict&freesearch=%s

diec
Diccionari Institut dels Estudis Catalans (Condició de cerca Coincident)
655 uses - Created 2007-04-24 16:19:05 - Last used 2026-07-15 00:28:02 - Nominate - Description - http://dlc.iec.cat/results.asp?txtEntrada=%s&operEntrada=0

curl
Gets the url which points to a YubNub command, without making the server perform the request. USAGE curl <command> EXAMPLE curl gim Trees : http://www.yubnub.org/parser/parse?command=gim+trees
655 uses - Created 2008-05-16 17:00:58 - Last used 2026-06-30 07:16:09 - Nominate - Description - echo http://www.yubnub.org/parser/parse?command={URLencode2 %s}

vi
searches vimeo w/ full text query
654 uses - Created 2005-06-23 21:15:11 - Last used 2026-03-25 15:06:42 - Nominate - Description - http://www.vimeo.com/videos/search:%s

dva
Searches deviantart.com NEW! 2012 because i don't know if it's possible to change the existing (da) one
654 uses - Created 2012-06-27 17:43:00 - Last used 2024-06-14 14:52:05 - Nominate - Description - http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=&section=&q=%s

twe
uses tweak.tk url shortener
653 uses - Created 2009-12-16 17:00:40 - Last used 2024-03-25 07:03:24 - Nominate - Description - http://api.dot.tk/tweak/shorten?long=%s

gettyimages
GettyImaages image search. To find iamges, enter one or more descriptive keywords Example: gettyimages brown horse See also: rfimg - aggreated search of several stock agencies
653 uses - Created 2006-06-15 08:21:31 - Last used 2020-06-02 10:10:32 - Nominate - Description - http://creative.gettyimages.com/source/classes/FrameSet.aspx?&UQR=jppllm&pk=4&source=front&lightboxView=1&txtSearch=%s&selImageType=7&chkLicensed=on&chkRoyaltyFree=on

friends
LiveJournal friends list
651 uses - Created 2006-02-09 22:30:01 - Last used 2024-11-04 06:02:00 - Nominate - Description - http://%s.livejournal.com/friends

deen
Look up german to english dictionary WordReference USAGE deen <word>
651 uses - Created 2009-12-21 22:27:47 - Last used 2026-04-03 13:34:18 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wordreference.com/deen/%s

awrl
AnyWho reverse phonenumber lookup
651 uses - Created 2008-05-15 20:27:16 - Last used 2022-11-28 13:51:38 - Nominate - Description - http://www.anywho.com/qry/wp_rl?c=&telephone=%s&btnsubmit.x=55&btnsubmit.y=14

fn
Food Network Recips Search To find particular recipes, just type the name. Example: fn seafood gumbo To find recipes that contain specific ingredients, type the ingredients. Example: fn tomatoes cucumber
650 uses - Created 2005-07-17 18:32:06 - Last used 2026-07-10 12:09:47 - Nominate - Description - http://web.foodnetwork.com/food/web/searchResults?searchString=%s&site=FOOD&searchType=Recipe

asp
Pushkin's works
650 uses - Created 2005-09-23 23:46:43 - Last used 2023-05-07 07:07:44 - 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%2Ffeb-web.ru%2Ffeb%2Fpushkin%2Ftexts%2Fpush17%2F&ds=

duckduckgo
Use the "DuckDuckGo" Search Engine. To search DuckDuckGo for "Linux" just type: Example: duckduckgo Linux
649 uses - Created 2011-04-06 16:39:40 - Last used 2026-07-14 00:34:45 - Nominate - Description - http://duckduckgo.com/?q=%s

gcws
Searches the Google Chrome Web Store (https://chrome.google.com/webstore?hl=en-US). Example: gcws reader
648 uses - Created 2010-12-21 15:15:00 - Last used 2024-12-31 09:25:54 - Nominate - Description - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/search?q=%s

oebb
Queries the online schedule of the Oebb (austrian railways). synopsis: oebb -from where -to where -time HH:MM -date dd.mm.yyyy -sel depart/arrive -from your source -to your destination -time the time you want to arrive/depart (defaults to {date -format H:M}) -date the date (defaults to {date -format d.m.Y}) -sel select departure/arrival defaults to depart
648 uses - Created 2005-09-04 10:00:52 - Last used 2026-06-12 03:30:04 - Nominate - Description - http://www.oebb.at/vip8/pv/de/Servicebox/Fahrplanabfrage/index.jsp?S=${from}&Z=${to}&start=1&ld=oebb&image.x=0&image.y=0&date=${date={date -format d.m.Y}}&time=${time={date -format H:M}}&timesel=${sel=depart}

font
Searches for fonts using Dafont.com
648 uses - Created 2006-03-21 14:04:09 - Last used 2026-04-14 14:02:58 - Nominate - Description - http://www.dafont.com/search.php?sourceid=firefox&q=%s

pf
Pitchfork Media reviews search ========== Old implementation: http://pitchforkmedia.com/cgi-bin/search2/search.cgi?terms=%s
647 uses - Created 2005-06-22 18:06:39 - Last used 2024-02-28 06:06:33 - Nominate - Description - http://pitchforkmedia.com/{eop search/main/query?keywords=@%s@&x=0&y=0&article_type=all}

check
Download link availability checker for RapidShare, Megaupload etc.
647 uses - Created 2010-06-09 22:08:15 - Last used 2026-07-06 07:36:44 - Nominate - Description - http://wgtools.com/link-checker/?url=%s

kjv
King James Bible The Preserved and Living Word of God e.g. Command: kjv John 3:3 ---------- Old implementation: https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/%s
647 uses - Created 2017-04-09 20:21:03 - Last used 2026-04-15 18:30:55 - Nominate - Description - https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/search.php?hs=1&q=%s

bup
Search Bulbapedia (community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia) For example to search the pokemon 'Mewtwo', type: bup mewtwo
647 uses - Created 2010-04-24 10:35:29 - Last used 2022-01-11 10:34:48 - Nominate - Description - http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=%s

test.yp.it
test for yp.it http://www.paginegialle.it/pg/cgi/pgsearch.cgi?btt=${btt=1}&ts=${ts=2}&l=1&cb=0&ind=${ind}&nc=&qs=${chi}${cosa}&dv=${dove} ts: can be 1 for what and 2 for who btt: 2 changes the visualization a little ind: near address - it will show the result in a map chi/cosa: who or what (exclusive parameter depending on ts) dove: province or region or empty for italy search eumeme
647 uses - Created 2007-07-29 18:53:58 - Last used 2014-12-17 12:30:17 - Nominate - Description - http://www.paginegialle.it/pg/cgi/pgsearch.cgi?btt=${btt=1}&ts=${ts=2}&l=1&cb=0&ind=${ind}&nc=&qs=${chi}${cosa}&dv=${dove}

nexus

645 uses - Created 2007-10-25 16:50:40 - Last used 2024-12-18 19:51:58 - Nominate - Description - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/9-11-NeXuS/

qim
Qwant.com image search with https, just type "qim" and the "query you want to search images for", does the same like the command "qwa [search query] -t images" but may be more handy.
645 uses - Created 2017-10-28 15:07:53 - Last used 2023-09-05 08:10:28 - Nominate - Description - https://www.qwant.com/?q=%s&t=images

pstore
Searches the Google Play Store
645 uses - Created 2012-04-07 03:00:33 - Last used 2025-03-28 10:50:22 - Nominate - Description - https://play.google.com/store/search?q=%s

rea
Real GM
644 uses - Created 2006-08-21 12:26:22 - Last used 2024-07-17 02:48:49 - Nominate - Description - http://www.realgm.com

wamu
Washington Mutual Savings Bank online banking
644 uses - Created 2006-09-18 04:03:15 - Last used 2017-11-08 08:59:39 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wamu.com

gbfw1790
Performs a Google Books Search for full view content (both books and magazines) published between 1500 and 1790
644 uses - Created 2009-03-14 20:37:45 - Last used 2012-10-21 19:22:10 - Nominate - Description - http://books.google.com/books?lr=&as_brr=1&q=%s&btnG=Search+Books&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=12&as_miny_is=1500&as_maxm_is=1&as_maxy_is=1790

ovg
Searches Online Video Guide (www.ovguide.com) for videos. Example: ovg paris hilton ---------- Old implementation: http://www.google.com/custom?cx=005426588878853812989:nzczc2hpp9o&q=%s&cof=LH%3A0%3BCX%3AOVGuide%2520Search%3BFORID%3A1%3BS%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eovguide%2Ecom%3BL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eovguide%2Ecom%2Fovguidebig%2Egif%3BLP%3A1%3BAH%3Aleft
643 uses - Created 2007-01-03 19:54:35 - Last used 2026-03-18 08:44:52 - Nominate - Description - http://search.ovguide.com/movies_tv.php?q=%s

sctor
Searches ScrapeTorrent (www.scrapetorrent.com) with results sorted by seeds and filtered to remove zero seeds. Example: sctor ugly betty
643 uses - Created 2007-01-03 20:09:21 - Last used 2017-05-03 17:24:26 - Nominate - Description - http://scrapetorrent.com/Results/index.php?search=%s&ft=basic&season=&episode=&rt=&sort=seed&rd=&fz=1&pf=

ig
Internet gratis
643 uses - Created 2005-06-20 19:23:47 - Last used 2025-12-06 07:03:59 - Nominate - Description - http://bucci.com.br

vy
To access Verizon Yahoo!...
643 uses - Created 2006-01-05 20:46:27 - Last used 2021-02-12 21:26:26 - Nominate - Description - http://login.yahoo.com/config/login?.partner=vz-acs&.done=http%3a//verizon.yahoo.com

tcc
TCC is a simple command that lets you immediately browse to the TechCrunch Blog by Michael Arrington. By adding a [param] after the "TCC" command you can conduct a search and the results will be displayed when the page loads.
642 uses - Created 2006-01-20 14:07:23 - Last used 2025-09-12 08:41:59 - Nominate - Description - http://techcrunch.com/index.php?s=%s

whof
This is a whois search, using dnsstuff.com which is much faster than the other alternatives on offer such as "who" or "whois". The f stands for fast! Example: whof yubnub.org Example: whof 127.0.0.1
642 uses - Created 2005-09-27 11:44:08 - Last used 2016-03-11 06:24:50 - Nominate - Description - http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/whois.ch?ip=%s

globe
Search the Globe and Mail for news items posted on its website.
642 uses - Created 2005-06-21 20:37:11 - Last used 2024-04-15 10:56:03 - Nominate - Description - http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Page/document/hubsv3/tgamHub?hub=Search&query=%s&go.x=0&go.y=0&go=Go

snow
OnTheSnow ski report for any ski area.
642 uses - Created 2005-06-16 17:42:27 - Last used 2025-11-28 01:23:46 - Nominate - Description - http://dyn.onthesnow.com/apps/search.pl?q=%s

gview
NAME gview - Google document viewer for online PDF and PowerPoint (PPT) documents. SYNOPSIS gview [URL OF PDF OR PPT DOCUMENT] EXAMPLES gview http://infolab.stanford.edu/pub/papers/google.pdf gview http://infolab.stanford.edu/~sergey/349/cs349-2.ppt This command allows you to use a Google Docs viewer to view (and, in some instances, search) a PDF or PPT document that is already on the Internet (as opposed to a file on your computer). The parameter must include http:// or a similar prefix. The c…
642 uses - Created 2009-09-10 08:16:45 - Last used 2024-01-11 06:50:41 - Nominate - Description - http://docs.google.com/gview?url=%s

oeis
On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences Type in a sequence of integers, get back known sequences that match yours. Examples: oeis 1 2 3 5 8 oeis 1 1 1 3 3 4 9
641 uses - Created 2006-01-20 05:04:58 - Last used 2025-12-01 23:50:19 - Nominate - Description - http://www.research.att.com/~njas/sequences/?q=%s[use %2C for spaces]&language=english&go=Search

luckygim (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS luckygim [keywords] EXAMPLES luckygim mid-flight luckygim Madonna luckygim Bellucci luckygim tide pool Performs a Google Image Search using the given keywords and displays the first 20 images, full-size. Not for the faint of bandwidth. AUTHOR Eliazar elzr.com SEE ALSO The lucky family of commands: luckyxim, >, >>, >>>, l>, l>>, <, <<, <<<, luckyecho
641 uses - Created 2006-08-03 05:06:53 - Last used 2025-10-19 21:34:24 - Description - http://elzr.com/yubnub/luckygim/%s

pmini
Command to search item on PriceMinister.fr french website. For example, "pmini long skate". Commande pour chercher des objets sur le site d'achat et de vente PriceMinister. Un exemple: pmini long skate (pour rechercher un long skate).
640 uses - Created 2007-11-02 08:30:32 - Last used 2019-10-05 13:42:28 - Nominate - Description - http://www.priceminister.com/navigation/se/category/sa/kw/%s

slash

639 uses - Created 2005-06-20 23:20:52 - Last used 2025-09-05 10:11:26 - Nominate - Description - http://slashdot.org

ctan
ctan [search-prase] Makes a full Text Search in the documentation at CTAN (Comprehensive TeX Archive Network). example: ctan fancyvrb remark: search-phrase can contain REGULAR EXPRESSIONS
638 uses - Created 2006-03-23 13:20:08 - Last used 2026-05-17 06:02:48 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ctan.org/cgi-bin/searchFullText.py?fullTextSearch=%s

trad
a shortcut for "en2sp"
637 uses - Created 2007-02-28 21:37:00 - Last used 2025-08-17 13:13:43 - Nominate - Description - en2sp %s

schoold
schooldigger.com search using google. search for school, district, or city + 2-ltr state
637 uses - Created 2009-04-10 12:23:50 - Last used 2014-04-10 20:34:35 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=schooldigger.com+%s

gmarks
Searches Google Bookmarks
636 uses - Created 2006-10-23 10:47:19 - Last used 2013-05-23 03:31:14 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/bookmarks/find?q=%s

grease
Replacement greasemonkey search.
635 uses - Created 2006-01-25 00:26:33 - Last used 2026-02-24 21:56:43 - Nominate - Description - http://userscripts.org/scripts/search?q=%s&commit=Search

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