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".

mwd
Searches Merriam-Webster's online dictionary. Example: mwd tempest
503 uses - Created 2005-06-21 05:37:31 - Last used 2024-05-26 03:39:36 - Nominate - Description - http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=%s&x=0&y=0

tex
Search the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN) for TeX package descriptions.
503 uses - Created 2006-06-28 14:35:31 - Last used 2025-11-14 09:56:50 - Nominate - Description - http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/search.py?metadataSearch=%s&metadataSearchSubmit=Search

dnsns
Syntax: dnsns {domain name} Displays the NS record for the specified domain using DNSStuff.com Example: dnsns yahoo.com
502 uses - Created 2006-04-21 07:03:08 - Last used 2012-09-12 21:12:57 - Nominate - Description - http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/lookup.ch?name=%s&type=NS

active

502 uses - Created 2005-07-18 04:24:54 - Last used 2025-10-25 06:38:35 - Nominate - Description - http://active.com/running/?ec=0&feature=36&search_criteria=run&zip=%s&maxrows=10&CFID=24212262&CFTOKEN=87590848

nzlibraries
Search for books in New Zealand Libraries' Catalogue (http://nzlc.natlib.govt.nz/) http://nzlc.natlib.govt.nz/ using the NZ National Bibliographic Database
502 uses - Created 2009-05-26 12:25:15 - Last used 2013-02-10 15:38:10 - Nominate - Description - http://nzlc.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=%s&SL=None&Search_Code=GKEY^*&CNT=25&HIST=1

rounddown
NAME rounddown - rounddown rounds a number off, but does NOT round up the last digit even if it is 5 or more. SYNOPSIS rounddown -val [VALUE] -prec [PRECISION] (valid precision values range from 6 to -6) The rounddown command will round a given value you specify without rounding up the digit associated with precision. It relies on the "correction" command and is therefore limited in its precision to numbers corresponding to the millions down to the millionth place. EXAMPLES Example: rounddown -…
502 uses - Created 2010-05-21 15:23:23 - Last used 2011-06-03 15:38:53 - Nominate - Description - ifThen -value1 ${val} -value2 0 -test GREATEREQUAL -then {ifThen -value1 ${val} -value2 {round ${val} -precision ${prec}} -test LESS -then {subtract {round ${val} -precision ${prec}} {correction ${prec}}} -else {round ${val} -precision ${prec}}} -else {ifThen -value1 ${val} -value2 {round ${val} -precision ${prec}} -test GREATER -then {sum {round ${val} -precision ${prec}} {correction ${prec}}} -else {round ${val} -precision ${prec}}}

icq
ICQ People Search. Just enter a name, city, Country or Interest and it makes a full-text Search for People in icq.
501 uses - Created 2006-01-16 08:12:14 - Last used 2022-03-10 17:12:49 - Nominate - Description - http://www.icq.com/whitepages/search_result.php?photo=1&search_type=keyword&online=on&keyword2=%s

page
IBM Blue Pages people search made easy (only accessible for IBM employees) People outside IBM can use: http://www.ibm.com/contact/employees/
501 uses - Created 2009-01-08 15:18:51 - Last used 2025-10-14 14:03:16 - Nominate - Description - http://w3.ibm.com/jct03019wt/bluepages/simpleSearch.wss?searchBy=Name&location=All+locations&searchFor=%s

gohackage
Hackage but with the exact package name
500 uses - Created 2010-01-26 22:42:41 - Last used 2017-11-01 17:00:12 - Nominate - Description - http://hackage.haskell.org/package/%s

dinorand (Golden Egg)
NAME dinorand - Load a random Dinosaur Comic EXAMPLES dinorand (no arguments) Random Dinosaur Comics! http://www.qwantz.com/ AUTHOR b.a. ========== Old implementation: http://www.qwantz.com/index.pl?comic={rand {scrape -tokens http://www.qwantz.com/index.pl?comic= < -dirs 0 0 -url http://www.qwantz.com/}} ========== Old implementation: http://www.qwantz.com/archive/{scrape -tokens archive/ . -dirs 0 0 -url http://www.qwantz.com/}.html [no url encoding]
500 uses - Created 2007-02-16 17:00:56 - Last used 2024-07-20 14:33:46 - Description - http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic={scrape -tokens http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic= %22 -dirs 0 0 -url http://www.qwantz.com/index.php}

odeoplayer (Golden Egg)
Generate a Flash player (from Odeo.com) for any web-hosted MP3. Supply the full URL of the audio file as a parameter. Example: odeoplayer http://www.tradebit.com/usr/scheme05/pub/8/What-Can-You-Bring-Me-.mp3
500 uses - Created 2007-10-03 02:01:45 - Last used 2023-07-22 23:11:45 - Description - echo <embed src="http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_standard_gray.swf" quality="high" width="300" height="52" allowScriptAccess="always" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars= "valid_sample_rate=true&external_url=%s" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed>

zai
Shortcut to some popular image search/tools. SYNOPSIS ZAI [COMMAND] [QUERY] COMMANDS h=>(bimj), baidu in japanese.Hong Kong? f=>(flk) , flcker k=>(nvi), Korea:Naver r=>(як) ,Russia:Yandex j=>(gooi) Japan: Goo c=>(baidui),China:Baidu t=>tineye , send the url to tineye p=>pcs , Picsearch z=>zimage, Zuula Anything else is send to ZAX EXAMPLES ZAI p hello princess To use picsearch ZAI i hello princess calls zax to do a search with google and yahoo
500 uses - Created 2010-10-19 18:45:36 - Last used 2023-03-09 12:16:41 - Nominate - Description - { switch {% 1 %s} | h=>bimj,f=>flk ,k=>nvi,r=>як ,j=>gooi ,c=>baidui,t=>tineye ,p=>pcs ,z=>zimage, * => zax {% 1 %s} } {% 2- %s}

gtresca
Google Translate Espanyol -> Catala
500 uses - Created 2012-02-02 10:43:22 - Last used 2012-08-31 14:21:52 - Nominate - Description - https://translate.google.com/#es|ca|%s

girl

500 uses - Created 2005-09-28 01:29:50 - Last used 2025-12-24 21:18:57 - Nominate - Description - http://www.3dlong.com/

Jozef
Multiply sire for Jozef MazelTov ben Avraham.
499 uses - Created 2006-02-01 06:08:55 - Last used 2010-02-16 06:31:32 - Nominate - Description - http://jozefmazeltov.multiply.com/

series
Recherche de series TV sur serieslive.com
499 uses - Created 2006-10-23 16:15:15 - Last used 2025-02-17 00:26:51 - Nominate - Description - http://www.serieslive.com/recherche.php?FORM=WEVT&q=%s&choice=site

quantcast
Quantcast A website traffic analyis service like Alexa and Compete. Takes the domain as parameter. Example of usage: quantcast yubnub.org
499 uses - Created 2007-11-21 00:54:40 - Last used 2023-05-17 17:44:58 - Nominate - Description - http://www.quantcast.com/%s

mren
Searches the Marathi-English dictionary at Shabdkosh. Works in both directions. English-Marathi: mren grass Marathi-English: mren दळण
499 uses - Created 2019-12-08 17:46:32 - Last used 2025-04-04 16:27:38 - Nominate - Description - https://www.shabdkosh.com/dictionary/marathi-english/%s/

mart
Transliteral Foundation Marathi dictionary search. Enter English or Marathi words to get Marathi definitions. इंग्रजीत किंवा मराठीत शब्द घाला, मराठीत परिभाषा वा अर्थ मिळेल. Example: mart कोपर, mart testament
498 uses - Created 2020-12-07 00:20:18 - Last used 2025-05-20 19:50:14 - Nominate - Description - https://www.transliteral.org/dictionary/%s/word

tpdb
Searches The Poster DB (TPDB) for a movie/show. The Poster DB is one of the largest sites for user-uploaded movie and TV Show posters. Very useful for filling out your home media / Plex / Kodi / etc library! Example: tpdb The Matrix
498 uses - Created 2022-03-22 18:42:47 - Last used 2025-10-06 13:41:53 - Nominate - Description - https://theposterdb.com/search?term=%s

ip2loc
Geolocating IP database with GPS coordinates.
498 uses - Created 2011-01-23 03:51:58 - Last used 2026-03-11 09:51:38 - Nominate - Description - http://ip2location.com/%s

su
Searches the StumbleUpon database for sites with the selected keyword. Search is powered by Yahoo but includes baked-in reviews, ratings, and comments from StumbleUpon members. Example: su photography su bumcello
498 uses - Created 2005-06-16 04:11:03 - Last used 2024-10-17 23:00:17 - Nominate - Description - http://search.stumbleupon.com/?q=%s

tsr
The Student Room!
498 uses - Created 2005-09-01 22:36:31 - Last used 2021-02-09 23:45:30 - Nominate - Description - http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk

graz
Uses the javascript panel OPML reader at Grazr.com to read an OPML file. As a parameter, use the URL of any OPML file on the web. This is an updated version of the command "grazr" which apparently no longer works. Example: graz http://share.opml.org/opml/top100.opml Created by (e)nb(a)r
498 uses - Created 2006-12-29 02:05:34 - Last used 2025-08-07 13:18:06 - Nominate - Description - http://grazr.com/gzpanel.html?file=%s[no url encoding]

opensearch (Golden Egg)
NAME opensearch - Creates OpenSearch XML for a YubNub command SYNOPSIS opensearch [YUBNUB COMMAND] EXAMPLES opensearch g opensearch ls NOTES This kind of functionality, if YubNub supported it, could be even cooler. If YubNub let us actually specify different kinds of URLs for commands (and the other kinds of parameters OpenSearch has natively) YubNub would be like an OpenSearch over-layer for the web. AUTHOR Stephen Paul Weber http://singpolyma-tech.blogspot.com/
498 uses - Created 2007-01-23 01:03:49 - Last used 2025-08-13 03:38:50 - Description - http://jonathanaquino.com/singpolymaplay/yubnub-opensearch.php?xn_auth=no&cmd=%s

pons
Dictionary German-English / English-German Example: pons cow, pons Ordnungswidrigkeit
497 uses - Created 2008-10-16 10:21:06 - Last used 2020-03-19 01:00:32 - Nominate - Description - http://www.pons.eu/dict/search/results/?q=%s&l=deen

abz
Dictionary of Czech foreign words. To search for the meaning of a word, just type the word after the abz command. Example: abz paradigma
497 uses - Created 2008-04-20 18:52:17 - Last used 2021-02-07 12:27:58 - Nominate - Description - http://slovnik-cizich-slov.abz.cz/web.php/hledat?typ_hledani=substr&cizi_slovo=%s

chase
jesus's brother?
497 uses - Created 2005-07-08 04:58:12 - Last used 2025-07-21 10:31:04 - Nominate - Description - http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=Sorrows_native_son

inspect (Golden Egg)
Syntax: inspect {domain} Displays info about domain's A, NS, MX records + detailed report about the specified domain. Example: inspect yahoo.com
497 uses - Created 2006-04-21 07:19:25 - Last used 2012-11-25 21:24:58 - Description - mash %s dnsa dnsns dnsmx report

unc
Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
496 uses - Created 2006-01-20 20:01:40 - Last used 2025-12-08 21:36:03 - Nominate - Description - http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s&go=Go

yxi
Performs a Yandex Image search using the given keywords.
496 uses - Created 2019-01-15 11:11:21 - Last used 2025-05-11 17:42:55 - Nominate - Description - https://yandex.com/images/search?text=%s

bggg
Board Game Geek. Search BGG using their search engine. (Note the bgg command searches BGG using Google) bggg settlers takes you to a listing of all games in the Geek with the letters 'settlers' in the title. bgg settlers takes you directly to the settlers of catan page, as that is the #1 page according to google for 'setters' at the Geek.
496 uses - Created 2008-02-01 17:40:23 - Last used 2023-12-24 14:33:35 - Nominate - Description - http://www.boardgamegeek.com/metasearch.php?searchtype=game&search=%s

shefmail
direct link to the sheffield university googlemail accounts.
496 uses - Created 2009-09-14 12:29:24 - Last used 2010-06-18 23:27:34 - Nominate - Description - http://mail.google.com/a/sheffield.ac.uk

ca

495 uses - Created 2005-06-21 11:16:31 - Last used 2025-12-16 13:08:33 - Nominate - Description - http://misscaro.blogspot.com

cooks
Searches Cook's Illustrated. Subscription required, but oh so worth it.
495 uses - Created 2005-10-13 21:15:53 - Last used 2025-08-11 10:16:24 - Nominate - Description - http://www.cooksillustrated.com/searchall.asp?searchtext=%s

wpid
Cari Wikipedia bahasa Indonesia / Bahasa Indonesia Wikipedia search
495 uses - Created 2011-06-09 11:09:14 - Last used 2025-01-26 22:56:48 - Nominate - Description - http://id.wikipedia.org/?search=%s

wordpress
Search the WordPress Codex.
495 uses - Created 2012-04-29 19:04:39 - Last used 2025-09-13 00:49:51 - Nominate - Description - http://wordpress.org/search/%s

swiss
This command locates the input place in swiss maps on the website map.search.ch Ex: swiss sur villard, denges (points to Sur Villard, Denges)
494 uses - Created 2008-09-23 16:22:47 - Last used 2026-02-22 05:40:35 - Nominate - Description - http://map.search.ch/%s

uman
Search Linux man pages through all sections.
494 uses - Created 2005-06-21 13:01:03 - Last used 2025-03-23 16:54:02 - Nominate - Description - http://man.linuxquestions.org/index.php?query=%s&section=0&type=0

AMMEX
Amazon Mexico search. This search provides is done for Amazon México instead of Amazon US. To use it just type AMX <whatever you are looking for>
493 uses - Created 2018-05-04 10:37:34 - Last used 2026-03-01 10:53:45 - Nominate - Description - https://www.amazon.com.mx/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?__mk_es_MX=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=%s

googlef

493 uses - Created 2008-07-17 19:33:01 - Last used 2018-02-14 05:16:07 - Nominate - Description - http://finance.google.com/finance?q=%s

tpch
www.toppreise.ch Searching the best price in swiss onlineshops
493 uses - Created 2007-01-23 07:32:38 - Last used 2026-03-09 21:22:11 - Nominate - Description - http://www.toppreise.ch/index.php?search=%s

eggtimer
Use e.ggtimer.com simple countdown timer.
493 uses - Created 2009-02-25 19:23:28 - Last used 2020-09-04 01:48:43 - Nominate - Description - http://e.ggtimer.com/%s

movrev
returns movie reviews on metacritic.com
492 uses - Created 2007-07-30 14:39:34 - Last used 2024-02-02 16:56:52 - Nominate - Description - http://www.metacritic.com/search/movie/%s/results

vpn

492 uses - Created 2005-06-21 02:40:13 - Last used 2025-11-24 21:02:21 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%s

cliki
CLiki Search. Search the Common Lisp Wiki
492 uses - Created 2005-10-31 16:45:44 - Last used 2023-04-24 11:28:29 - Nominate - Description - http://www.cliki.net/admin/search?words=%s

router
Router Config
491 uses - Created 2005-06-10 15:36:23 - Last used 2024-03-26 02:44:17 - Nominate - Description - http://192.168.1.1

jaiku
Go to Jaiku.com to see your updates.
491 uses - Created 2007-04-18 06:13:56 - Last used 2013-09-21 06:38:20 - Nominate - Description - http://jaiku.com/

hackage
Search HackageDB -- a collection of Haskell packages. Example: hackage quickcheck
491 uses - Created 2008-03-19 16:11:37 - Last used 2024-03-08 06:18:59 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&as_sitesearch=hackage.haskell.org%2Fcgi-bin%2Fhackage-scripts%2Fpackage&as_q=%s

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