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".

magic
Searches for Magic the Gathering Cards; just enter the cardname
16356 uses - Created 2005-06-20 15:55:56 - Last used 2026-02-10 23:53:41 - Nominate - Description - http://www.magiccards.info/query.php?cardname=%s

ebayuk
ebay uk search ========== Old implementation: http://search.ebay.co.uk/%s
16352 uses - Created 2005-06-21 11:44:36 - Last used 2026-07-12 10:06:04 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/items/?_nkw=%s

mail

16208 uses - Created 2005-07-14 12:50:31 - Last used 2026-04-27 08:30:04 - Nominate - Description - https://gmail.google.com/gmail

froogle (Golden Egg)
Google froogle price comparison search.
16196 uses - Created 2005-06-06 20:22:24 - Last used 2026-05-20 22:16:56 - Description - http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=%s

besp
The new format of Babylon to search in english-spanish
16141 uses - Created 2011-12-15 18:05:17 - Last used 2021-04-03 07:31:15 - Nominate - Description - http://traductor.babylon.com/ingles/a-espanol/%s/

tw
SYNOPSIS tw [keywords] EXAMPLE tw YubNub Performs a Twitter search using the given keywords.
16056 uses - Created 2005-06-10 20:34:48 - Last used 2026-07-08 17:38:51 - Nominate - Description - https://twitter.com/search?q=%s

porn
Opens www.pornborg.org
15988 uses - Created 2005-06-09 23:46:08 - Last used 2026-07-11 19:36:20 - Nominate - Description - http://www.pornborg.org

gmuk
Searches Google Maps UK
15873 uses - Created 2005-06-16 13:16:20 - Last used 2026-07-09 10:14:45 - Nominate - Description - http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=%s

aur
Search ArchLinux's AUR (ArchLinux User-Community Repository). usage: aur <package>
15851 uses - Created 2006-09-21 02:29:29 - Last used 2026-07-03 08:30:40 - Nominate - Description - http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?K=%s

disc (Golden Egg)
Search the famous DISCOGRAPHIES website (http://www.discogs.com) Discogs is a user-built database containing information on artists, labels, and their recordings. Discogs is constantly growing as users submit releases to the database. Discogs is short for "Discographies", which are lists of an artist's or label's recordings.
15675 uses - Created 2005-06-14 21:15:10 - Last used 2026-03-30 19:30:13 - Description - http://www.discogs.com/search?type=all&q=%s&btn=Go

github
Search for projects on github.com git, home of git repository hosting & general development awesomeness
15608 uses - Created 2008-04-30 22:09:05 - Last used 2026-07-09 03:27:49 - Nominate - Description - http://github.com/search?q=%s

nv
this is a command for a Korean search engine Naver. Just type in "nv searchquery" for whatever you want. Unfortunately, due to encoding, Korean words don't seem to work yet.
15569 uses - Created 2005-06-21 14:53:35 - Last used 2024-09-01 13:48:33 - Nominate - Description - http://search.naver.com/search.naver?where=nexearch&query=%s&x=0&y=0&frm=t1

scholar
Google Scholar Search. Example: scholar postcards indiana
15369 uses - Created 2005-06-22 16:16:57 - Last used 2026-05-11 21:13:50 - Nominate - Description - http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%s&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&btnG=Search

gread
Opens Google Feed Reader. Usage: gread b.a.
15314 uses - Created 2005-10-07 18:00:12 - Last used 2023-12-28 09:39:06 - Nominate - Description - http://reader.google.com/

ggo
Google search, in English, 100 results.
15069 uses - Created 2006-03-14 11:04:51 - Last used 2025-01-20 04:28:30 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%s&num=100&hl=en&safe=off

ams
Search smile.amazon.com instead of amazon.com (money gets donated to the charity of your choice for purchases made from that point)
14898 uses - Created 2013-10-30 10:50:22 - Last used 2026-07-08 09:31:08 - Nominate - Description - http://smile.amazon.com/s/?field-keywords=%s

wpfr (Golden Egg)
French wikipedia search
14669 uses - Created 2005-06-09 13:58:37 - Last used 2026-07-04 10:00:41 - Description - http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s

ut
the youtube command should be corrected to the above url. i guess youtube changed their search url.
14662 uses - Created 2006-08-30 06:25:50 - Last used 2026-07-11 12:59:38 - Nominate - Description - http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=search_videos&search_sort=relevance&search_query=%s&search=Search

wd
Searches the wiktionary (open content dictionary) english database for matches for your word(s). For example: wd elephant This will take you to the english wiktionary definition of an elephant: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/elephant
14640 uses - Created 2005-06-20 08:59:30 - Last used 2026-07-12 14:36:30 - Nominate - Description - http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s&go=Go

bing
The new Microsoft search engine.
14556 uses - Created 2009-06-01 12:24:49 - Last used 2026-06-22 17:52:24 - Nominate - Description - http://www.bing.com/search?q=%s

netflix (Golden Egg)
Searches Netflix for DVD titles.
14416 uses - Created 2005-06-11 19:30:00 - Last used 2026-05-28 22:59:56 - Description - http://www.netflix.com/Search?v1=%s

twi
Goes to your Twitter homepage.
14239 uses - Created 2006-12-09 18:34:52 - Last used 2025-04-18 09:59:43 - Nominate - Description - http://twitter.com/home

yelp
Search for reviews on yelp.com
14205 uses - Created 2006-03-09 04:03:29 - Last used 2026-06-19 09:58:52 - Nominate - Description - http://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=%s

twitter
Twitter Search ---------- Old implementation: eatFeed items[0].title -url http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/%s.atom
14204 uses - Created 2007-03-27 12:11:37 - Last used 2026-06-28 14:16:33 - Nominate - Description - https://twitter.com/search?q=%s

wikipedia (Golden Egg)
English Wikipedia search
14089 uses - Created 2005-06-08 14:33:57 - Last used 2026-07-08 13:01:31 - Description - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s&go=Go

rotten (Golden Egg)
Search the Rotten Tomatoes movie review site (www.rottentomatoes.com). Search restricted to movies only.
14089 uses - Created 2005-06-08 20:44:54 - Last used 2026-07-11 06:38:32 - Description - http://www.rottentomatoes.com/search/?search=%s[use %20 for spaces]

f
Filehippo Search (for software). the aim of filehippo.com is to provide the simplest and fastest method of downloading the newest versions of the best software - without popups or spyware. Example: f firefox f google desktop f truecrypt f freemind f foxit Related Commands: fhd
13987 uses - Created 2006-08-15 15:38:21 - Last used 2026-07-08 05:56:11 - Nominate - Description - http://www.filehippo.com/search?q=%s

bible (Golden Egg)
Enter the Bible passage (e.g. John 3:16), keyword (e.g. Jesus, prophet, etc.) or topic (e.g. salvation) you want to find.
13719 uses - Created 2005-06-07 20:16:55 - Last used 2026-06-20 22:18:14 - Description - http://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=%s

gvid
Google Video Search. A command to search Google Video usage: gvid <videos to search for>
13632 uses - Created 2005-07-03 09:45:57 - Last used 2025-02-03 00:37:35 - Nominate - Description - http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=%s&btnG=Search+Video

gks
Google Beta Shortcuts: browse through google search results with keyboard shortcuts
13564 uses - Created 2007-05-17 14:17:34 - Last used 2023-07-20 17:19:38 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?esrch=BetaShortcuts&hl=en&q=%s&btnG=Search

substring
NAME substring - Extract a substring of a given string SYNOPSIS substring [STRING TO PARSE] -start [START POSITION] -end [STOP POSITION] EXAMPLES % substring Hello World -start 2 -end 8 ==> ello Wo % substring Hello World -start 4 ==> lo World % substring Hello World -end 8 ==> Hello Wo % substring Hello World ==> Hello World Extracts a substring from a provided string. -start and -end are both optional. Positions are *inclusive* and begin at 1. The following illustrates the command's course of…
13496 uses - Created 2006-06-27 20:28:27 - Last used 2022-07-21 02:54:24 - Nominate - Description - ifthen -value1 ${end} -value2 -test EQUAL -then { ifthen -value1 ${start} -value2 -test EQUAL -then %s -else { strRight %s {sum { strLength %s } -${start} 1 } } } -else { ifthen -value1 ${start} -value2 -test EQUAL -then { strLeft %s ${end}} -else { strRight { strLeft %s ${end} } { sum ${end} -${start} 1 }}}

threadic_last_thread

13489 uses - Created 2010-08-08 23:54:02 - Last used 2011-05-12 05:54:29 - Nominate - Description - substring {scrape -tokens cgi/%s > -dirs 0 0 -url http://threadic.com/thread/bbs/read.wapl.cgi/%s/} -start 2 -end 11

threadic_post_to_last_thread

13440 uses - Created 2010-08-09 00:23:54 - Last used 2011-01-07 12:27:10 - Nominate - Description - threadic_post -board ${board} -thread {threadic_last_thread ${board}} -message ${message}

autotr (Golden Egg)
Google Auto-Translate. Automatically determines the language of the given URL and translates it into English. Example: autotr http://systempuntoout.blogspot.com/2005/06/per-molti-ma-non-per-tutti.html
13342 uses - Created 2005-06-25 15:50:38 - Last used 2026-07-12 17:35:40 - Description - https://translate.google.com/translate?u=%s

ghz
geizhals.at/de Die deutsche Suche des genialen Preisvergleichers aus Österreich
13334 uses - Created 2005-10-29 22:37:41 - Last used 2026-07-13 01:48:09 - Nominate - Description - http://www.geizhals.at/deutschland/?fs=%s&in=

fmf
Buscador de peliculas. WWW.filmaffinity.com. Creado por JJ y Pedro. Ejemplo: fmf El padrino
13311 uses - Created 2009-01-12 11:06:36 - Last used 2026-07-13 09:44:05 - Nominate - Description - utf8to iso-8859-1 http://www.filmaffinity.com/es/search.php?stext=%s&stype=all

piratebay
search the pirate bay for %s
13218 uses - Created 2005-06-20 20:20:24 - Last used 2026-05-26 16:27:11 - Nominate - Description - http://thepiratebay.org/search/%s/0/7/0[use %20 for spaces]

radsum
radar summary for the US from intellicast
13186 uses - Created 2008-07-05 19:35:36 - Last used 2023-08-13 04:05:21 - Nominate - Description - http://images.intellicast.com/WeatherImg/RadarSummary/usa.gif

gdocs
Opens google docs (former: google/spreadsheets and google/writely)
13171 uses - Created 2006-10-12 13:49:24 - Last used 2026-02-23 12:44:54 - Nominate - Description - http://docs.google.com/

/. (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS /. EXAMPLE /. Slashdot is "News for nerds. Stuff that matters."
12852 uses - Created 2005-06-06 00:40:20 - Last used 2026-06-28 06:15:13 - Description - http://slashdot.org

urban (Golden Egg)
Look-up a term in UrbanDictionary.com
12695 uses - Created 2005-06-07 20:14:43 - Last used 2026-07-03 13:55:25 - Description - http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=%s

send (Golden Egg)
type email address followed by the message to send!
12667 uses - Created 2005-10-29 02:14:34 - Last used 2026-05-22 20:56:58 - Description - http://saraswaticlasses.net/sendmail.php?inthat=%s

li
Description: Search in LinkedIn. Example: li linus torvalds ---------- Old implementation; https://www.linkedin.com/search?search=%20&reset=%20&keywords=%s
12648 uses - Created 2005-07-22 01:42:06 - Last used 2026-07-13 06:55:20 - Nominate - Description - https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/all/?keywords=%s

ifNotEmpty
NAME ifNotEmpty -- tests if a string is not empty ifNotEmpty [string] [-then action if not empty] [-else action if emtpy] Usage: ifNotEmpty test -then yes -else no Returns: yes ifNotEmpty -then yes -else no Returns: no NOTE: This was created as a shortcut for creating other YubNub commands using this method: http://yubnub.blogspot.com/2005/08/first-command-to-use-ifthen-command.html AUTHOR chicagosage -- using Allen Ormond's ifThen command and inspired by the "ifEmpty" command b.a.
12586 uses - Created 2006-02-13 16:06:16 - Last used 2016-03-31 08:17:27 - Nominate - Description - ifThen -value1 %s -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then ${then} -else ${else} -redirect ${redirect=false}

tfd
Search TheFreeDictionary.com
12511 uses - Created 2005-07-04 11:40:06 - Last used 2026-06-29 07:09:52 - Nominate - Description - http://tfd.com/%s

gdef
Performs a "Google Define:" command which gets definitions of the word(s) you've submitted
12456 uses - Created 2005-06-20 18:20:57 - Last used 2026-07-08 06:58:44 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A+%s

rym
search artist in rateyourmusic.com
12414 uses - Created 2006-05-05 08:16:12 - Last used 2026-07-13 07:32:23 - Nominate - Description - http://rateyourmusic.com/search?searchterm=%s

rand
NAME rand - display a specified number of random numbers in a specified range, courtesy of random.org SYNOPSIS rand -min <min value = 1> -max <max value = 100> -num <how many to generate = 1> EXAMPLE rand 49 rand -min 1998 -max 2005 rand -num 5 -max 20 AUTHOR Richard Frankel
12407 uses - Created 2005-07-19 19:36:33 - Last used 2026-06-24 12:33:02 - Nominate - Description - http://jonathanaquino.com/random.php?num=${num=1}&min=${min=1}&max=%s${max}&col=1

moochbk
Go directly to a book page on bookmooch. An ISBN is required. BookMooch (www.bookmooch.com) is a community for exchanging used books. usage: moochbk <ISBN>
12389 uses - Created 2007-05-25 21:12:16 - Last used 2022-03-26 07:44:19 - Nominate - Description - http://www.bookmooch.com/detail/%s

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