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".

trim
NAME trim - trims whitespace from both sides of a string AUTHOR Stephen Paul Weber http://singpolyma-tech.blogspot.com/
519 uses - Created 2006-04-24 17:01:52 - Last used 2026-02-06 23:43:41 - Nominate - Description - http://jonathanaquino.com/singpolymaplay/yubnub-trim.php?xn_auth=no&str=%s

play

519 uses - Created 2005-06-10 00:21:31 - Last used 2026-03-16 06:13:45 - Nominate - Description - http://g4tv.com/xplay

me

519 uses - Created 2005-06-10 23:35:53 - Last used 2024-12-29 00:40:21 - Nominate - Description - http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/numa.php

sid
Search packages in Debian Sid (=unstable) Linux distribution. ---------- Old implementation: http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=%s&searchon=names&subword=1&version=unstable&release=all
519 uses - Created 2006-12-24 17:53:37 - Last used 2025-03-16 19:03:23 - Nominate - Description - http://packages.debian.org/search?suite=sid&keywords=%s

kats
KickAss Torrent Search Engine
518 uses - Created 2011-02-04 20:59:53 - Last used 2026-02-23 21:01:27 - Nominate - Description - http://www.kickasstorrents.com/search/%s/

evernn
Searches your Evernote account for the supplied keyword(s). (Must be logged in.) If no keyword is supplied, this command will take you to the Evernote Web home screen. Example: evernn baltimore - will search your account for "baltimore" evernn - will take you to www.evernote.com/Home.action made by (e)nb(a)r 30-IV-2015
518 uses - Created 2015-04-30 19:43:28 - Last used 2022-06-05 11:44:32 - Nominate - Description - https://www.evernote.com/Home.action{ifEmpty -value %s -then -else #ses=1&sh=5&sds=3&x=%s&}[no url encoding]

pint
Create a pin from URL without the annoying pin-this button from Pinterest. Just paste the url of the page your pin is on and it will take you to pinterest, where you can select your image to pin.
518 uses - Created 2015-10-14 00:36:48 - Last used 2026-03-08 05:34:33 - Nominate - Description - https://www.pinterest.com/pin/find/?url=%s

gnew
google search within the last month
517 uses - Created 2007-10-20 20:52:52 - Last used 2024-09-18 13:52:11 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?as_q=&hl=en&num=10&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=%s&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=m&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&as_rights=&safe=images

or
Cerca una data parola chiave su OndaRock (http://www.ondarock.it/)
517 uses - Created 2006-07-23 14:59:06 - Last used 2026-03-10 01:26:25 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%s+site%3Aondarock.it

revof
Searches the REVO Esperanto monolingual dictionary through Google Feeling Lucky. Stian
516 uses - Created 2006-04-22 06:46:38 - Last used 2017-04-19 07:52:31 - Nominate - Description - gfl site:http://www.uni-leipzig.de/esperanto/voko/revo/art/ %s

nfr
Naver Korean-French dictionary
516 uses - Created 2011-09-28 07:57:40 - Last used 2024-08-12 06:46:20 - Nominate - Description - http://frdic.naver.com/search.nhn?query=%s

fuska-ml

516 uses - Created 2009-11-09 15:12:19 - Last used 2011-09-27 23:32:11 - Nominate - Description - http://m.delicious.com/fuska?v=&noui=yes&share=no&tags=${tags=later}&url={url g %s}&title=%s&extended=${extended}&private=true

logos
Search in Logos Dictionary, Multilingual E-Translation Portal.
515 uses - Created 2007-03-18 10:38:08 - Last used 2024-03-08 06:16:55 - Nominate - Description - http://www.logosdictionary.com/pls/dictionary/new_dictionary.dic.main?u_code=4395&code_language=%&language_list=%&trg_lg=%&word=%s&phrase_code=%&connect_value=%&procedure_type=SW-exact&subject_code=%&num_row=10

drive
This will take you places that the commenline never could ?
515 uses - Created 2006-05-14 19:00:52 - Last used 2026-02-19 22:37:45 - Nominate - Description - http://www.greenvilleroad.com

gquo
SYNOPSIS gquo [keywords] EXAMPLE gquo YubNub Performs a Google search on quora.com using the given keywords.
515 uses - Created 2011-02-28 08:10:39 - Last used 2019-07-05 17:13:44 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aquora.com+%s&pws=0

momson
mom and son https://notehub.org/na4ss
515 uses - Created 2017-08-25 20:45:11 - Last used 2018-11-14 12:27:24 - Nominate - Description - https://notehub.org/na4ss

lisp
Search the common lisp hyperspec (alias for then 'clhs' command)
514 uses - Created 2006-02-15 18:52:22 - Last used 2025-07-01 23:29:46 - Nominate - Description - http://www.xach.com/clhs?q=%s

mls
Performs an MLS (Real Estate Multiple Listing Service) number search on realtor.com
513 uses - Created 2006-02-28 22:19:40 - Last used 2025-07-26 21:43:10 - Nominate - Description - http://realtor.com/FindHome/HomeListings.asp?frm=bymlsid&pgnum=1&mls=xmls&lnksrc=&js=off&fid=so&vtsort=&ss_aywr=&optInCheckbox=&locallnk=&poe=realtor&ct=&st=&zp=&primaryZp=&nearbyZp=&mnprice=0&mxprice=99999999&mnbed=0&mnbath=0&typ=1&typ=2&typ=4&mnsqft=0&exft=0&exft=0&exft=0&exft=0&lid=%s

delime
Search your own deli.cio.us bookmarks (not everyone else) Must be logged on first.
513 uses - Created 2006-09-27 21:22:33 - Last used 2011-02-23 05:50:39 - Nominate - Description - http://del.icio.us/search/?fr=del_icio_us&p=%s&type=user

Cat-old
KITTIE!
513 uses - Created 2005-06-10 03:12:13 - Last used 2017-04-09 06:54:17 - Nominate - Description - http://www.curtisvallely.com

qwt
Make a research on the french search engine Qwant (http://www.qwant.com/) This engine can display result on web, pictures, and many more at the same time
513 uses - Created 2013-07-19 08:40:24 - Last used 2023-09-08 21:17:06 - Nominate - Description - http://ww.qwant.com/?q=%s

ypuppys
Concurrent puppy search engine for: sites: murga-linux.com, puppylinux.com, puppylinux.org, bkhome.org, puppylinuxnews.org, puppy.b0x.me
513 uses - Created 2014-03-27 07:52:52 - Last used 2015-07-11 21:28:47 - Nominate - Description - y site:murga-linux.com,puppylinux.com,puppylinux.org,bkhome.org,puppylinuxnews.org,puppy.b0x.me %s

yplay
NAME yplay - Play all the mp3s on a page using a Yahoo! flash player SYNOPSIS yplay [URL] EXAMPLES yplay http://del.icio.us/sage/playlist/ yplay http://iguessimfloating.blogspot.com/ Loads all the mp3s in a page using the Yahoo! Playlist Badge. More info here: http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-v0hXHKM0caS5twQf0dizb10-?cq=1&p=68 NOTES This replaces the command wj, which no longer works since Webjay shut down. http://yubnub.org/kernel/man?args=wj AUTHOR Brian Armknecht b.a.
511 uses - Created 2007-11-17 23:51:46 - Last used 2025-10-26 15:54:38 - Nominate - Description - http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mig/playlistbadge/23.swf?referer=%s [no url encoding]

fiba
Durchsucht die Fireball Suchmaschine.
511 uses - Created 2009-04-20 17:46:39 - Last used 2019-09-10 04:47:52 - Nominate - Description - http://www.fireball.de/ajax.asp?Auswahl=deutschem+Web&q=%s

wpm (Golden Egg)
Wikipedia page suitable for mobile SMS. Thanks to Allen Ormond.
511 uses - Created 2006-05-17 02:09:51 - Last used 2021-02-14 13:46:14 - Description - http://jonathanaquino.com/yubscripts/yn-wikipedia.php/.txt?xn_auth=no&length=160&input=%s

tspy
Search Torrentspy.com
510 uses - Created 2006-11-04 17:57:41 - Last used 2016-06-21 01:12:52 - Nominate - Description - http://torrentspy.com/search?query=%s

transa

510 uses - Created 2009-01-14 12:46:31 - Last used 2023-05-11 06:14:14 - Nominate - Description - http://sexmagazin.at/webmaster.php?kat_table=inserate&kat_id=84&f=i&land=AT

huff
Opens Huffington Post News Portal
509 uses - Created 2007-05-01 08:56:57 - Last used 2019-07-05 08:33:28 - Nominate - Description - http://www.huffingtonpost.com

email
Takes you to Yahoo! Mail.
509 uses - Created 2005-06-21 02:32:41 - Last used 2025-02-21 14:33:24 - Nominate - Description - www.stall9.com/goto/mail.yahoo.com

ep

509 uses - Created 2006-04-27 04:02:43 - Last used 2025-11-09 10:20:07 - Nominate - Description - http://search.empas.com/search/all.html?a=w&s=&f=&z=A&q=%s&schbtn.x=0&schbtn.y=0

Interestingness
NAME Interestingness - display the more interesting photos of the current day, another day, or a month selected by flickr SYNOPSIS Interestingness -year [YEAR] -month [MONTH] -day [DAY] EXAMPLES Interestingness Interestingness -day 5 Interestingness -year 2005 -month 3 -day 11 To view the Interestingness photos of the current day: Interestingness -day [the current day] This is a bit useless because this page is blank until the next day. So if you prefer the photos of the previous day: Interesti…
509 uses - Created 2005-08-03 14:59:55 - Last used 2026-03-04 17:49:29 - Nominate - Description - http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/${year={date -format Y}}/${month={date -format m}}/${day={date -format d -offset -1}}

spck
Checks the spelling of a single word using spellcheck.net.
508 uses - Created 2005-09-07 19:45:27 - Last used 2017-12-01 10:56:07 - Nominate - Description - http://www.spellcheck.net/cgi-bin/spell.exe?action=CHECKWORD&string=%s

dluc (Golden Egg)
NAME dluc - Similar to Google's "I'm Feeling Lucky" feature but for Del.icio.us. SYNOPSIS dluc [USER] [TAG] Optional arguments: -USER Your username or the username you want to specifically search. You can also use the keyword "TAG" to do a general search but filtered by a tag. Another possibility is using the keyword "POPULAR" to search the top ranked sites. Or the keyword "RECENT" which returns the last added url. That means diferents sites on every request. -TAG The tag you want to filter the…
508 uses - Created 2006-10-08 18:25:35 - Last used 2026-03-14 14:27:16 - Description - yubnub {eatFeed items[-0].link -url http://del.icio.us/rss/{% 1 %s}/{% 2- %s}}

thinkgeek
Thinkgeek's website! Has lots of cool gadgets etc. Usage: thinkgeek foo
508 uses - Created 2005-06-10 00:18:50 - Last used 2021-05-07 16:44:44 - Nominate - Description - http://www.thinkgeek.com/brain/whereisit.cgi?t=%s&x=0&y=0

gy
Syntax: gy <search terms> -y <search-type> Examples: gy yubnub -y search gy parrot -y images gy kanata, on -y maps gy voronoi algorithm -y groups gy canada -y news gy google -y scholar gy isaac asimov -y print Tests yubnub's parameter syntax by combining %s and a named parameter and using the named parameter twice. Might turn out to be useful, too.
508 uses - Created 2005-07-01 16:46:35 - Last used 2025-12-02 00:44:45 - Nominate - Description - http://${y}.google.com/${y}?q=%s

gzar
Search google south africa
508 uses - Created 2009-01-08 23:46:57 - Last used 2012-02-15 13:04:32 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.co.za/search?hl=en&q=%s

ras
Resident Advisor Search (they don't have a search wtf!)
508 uses - Created 2009-03-03 14:27:13 - Last used 2025-03-31 08:29:17 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Aresidentadvisor.net+%s

tini
Tineye Reverse Image Search
508 uses - Created 2010-05-11 08:18:58 - Last used 2024-05-26 11:53:09 - Nominate - Description - http://tineye.com/search?pluginver=bookmark_1.0&url=%s

whats
Looks up a word using Word Source
507 uses - Created 2007-02-28 06:00:46 - Last used 2025-12-13 16:36:36 - Nominate - Description - http://word.sc/%s

newning
Create a new PHP app on Ning.com. Ning aims to be an online platform for social apps, but you can just as easily use it for hosting one-off PHP scripts.
507 uses - Created 2006-03-16 20:14:39 - Last used 2009-05-13 00:43:50 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ning.com/?view=apps&op=add

ro89
search ro89.com
506 uses - Created 2008-05-01 19:51:20 - Last used 2013-01-11 06:45:18 - Nominate - Description - http://ro89.com/q/%s

divxt
Finds divx subtitles at http://www.divx-titlovi.com Simply type: divxt name of the movie
506 uses - Created 2009-01-08 02:32:50 - Last used 2015-04-16 20:32:49 - Nominate - Description - http://www.divx-titlovi.com/co-yu/divx-subtitles/search-subtitles.aspx?pageindex=1&keyword=%s

pdt
Search the PeerDen torrent site by Title's only
505 uses - Created 2008-08-12 14:30:00 - Last used 2023-09-29 11:10:45 - Nominate - Description - http://www.peerden.com/search.php?s=&do=process&searchthreadid=0&titleonly=1&query=%s

hotu
Home of the Underdogs -search. Searches for underrated PC games and abandonware. To search for a title, just type it in. Example: hotu Castle Wolfenstein
505 uses - Created 2005-06-22 09:40:04 - Last used 2011-06-13 18:43:11 - Nominate - Description - http://www.the-underdogs.info/search.php?search_game=%s

hns
Heise-News-Search (German) by Heise-Online Lots of Computer-News Also see: http://www.heise.de/newsticker/search.shtml?help=1 ========== Old implementation: http://www.heise.de/newsticker/search.shtml?T=%s&button=los%21
504 uses - Created 2005-06-19 06:28:03 - Last used 2024-11-16 07:03:48 - Nominate - Description - http://www.heise.de/newsticker/suche?q=%s&search_submit=Suchen&rm=search

gdocsearch
An updated implementation of the "gdoc" command, which used to allow you to search for Google Docs quickly.
504 uses - Created 2017-12-11 10:08:35 - Last used 2026-03-03 13:49:05 - Nominate - Description - https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/?tgif=c&q=%s

qtc
This command loads the manual page for a certain Qt class (that's where qtc comes from ;)) example: qtc qlabel redirects to http://doc.trolltech.com/qlabel.html
504 uses - Created 2010-05-13 21:15:46 - Last used 2019-02-23 18:44:08 - Nominate - Description - http://doc.trolltech.com/%s.html

drama

503 uses - Created 2007-09-21 10:18:05 - Last used 2023-01-06 19:55:31 - Nominate - Description - http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Special:Search?search=%s&go=Go

ltu
Search the programming languages weblog Lambda The Ultimate (at http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/) ========== Old implementation: http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/search?keys=%s
503 uses - Created 2005-06-19 11:04:47 - Last used 2016-11-18 04:07:26 - Nominate - Description - http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/search/node/%s

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