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".

gclo
Search code into Google Closure library
491 uses - Created 2011-07-14 19:27:29 - Last used 2012-03-10 12:48:15 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/codesearch#search&q=%s+package:closure-library.googlecode.com

ADD

490 uses - Created 2005-06-10 03:53:21 - Last used 2024-11-12 14:45:29 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wildestcolts.com

com
cool
490 uses - Created 2005-06-22 02:14:45 - Last used 2024-09-23 14:18:26 - Nominate - Description - http://master-programmer32.tripod.com

nextbiblechapter
Look up a chapter the excellent NextBible (net.bible.org) Bible tool Example: nextbiblechap -book James -chapter 1 The optional -tab parameter allows selection of the particular tab on the page e.g. nextbiblechap -book James -chapter 1 -tab grkheb Note: For a simplified positional version of this command use nbc e.g.nbc James 1 xref
490 uses - Created 2007-10-25 09:25:21 - Last used 2013-04-19 21:33:09 - Nominate - Description - http://net.bible.org/bible.php?book=${book}&chapter=${chapter}&tab=${tab}

hive
Go to Hiveminder.com to manage your to-do lists
489 uses - Created 2007-01-25 14:43:55 - Last used 2024-03-04 10:03:31 - Nominate - Description - http://hiveminder.com/todo

syk
Busca tu serie en Series Yonkis
489 uses - Created 2010-12-29 13:50:46 - Last used 2021-08-11 00:27:54 - Nominate - Description - http://www.seriesyonkis.com/buscarSerie.php?s=%s

ex
Searches Eurekster.com Personalized search. ex foobar - searches the web for foobar ex foobar -source blog - searches in blogs for foobar possible -sources: web blog defaults to web due to parse problems specify the source last.
489 uses - Created 2005-07-12 07:31:50 - Last used 2025-10-10 06:46:40 - Nominate - Description - http://eurekster.com/search?p=Q&ts=e&w=%s&src=${source=web}

yjt
NAME yjt - A course of a Japanese train search SYNOPSIS yjt -f [from station] -t [to station] EXAMPLES yjt -f “Œ‹ž@-t a’J A course of a Japanese train search AUTHOR ZEGENVS
488 uses - Created 2006-05-07 15:55:23 - Last used 2010-11-01 22:28:41 - Nominate - Description - http://transit.yahoo.co.jp/search?from=${f}&val_to=${t}

soff
Split screen search with Google results on the left and Windows Live Search results on the right
487 uses - Created 2007-06-06 07:44:18 - Last used 2015-10-01 13:55:39 - Nominate - Description - split {url g %s} {url wls %s}

street
StreetPrices Search. Find out the current market price for a product. To lookup a price, just type the name of the product. Example: street nikon d200 To browse a category, simply type in the category name. Example: street tv
487 uses - Created 2007-08-14 22:30:42 - Last used 2026-03-02 10:47:15 - Nominate - Description - http://www.streetprices.com/x/search.cgi?query=%s

acma
ACMA Register of Radiocommunications Licences search by callsign. Of great use to hams wanting to look up a callsign quickly without having to navigate through the ACMA site. Here's an example: amca vk2fnrd
486 uses - Created 2008-03-03 11:24:53 - Last used 2023-03-11 09:17:53 - Nominate - Description - http://web.acma.gov.au/pls/radcom/register_search.search_dispatcher?pSEARCH_TYPE=Licences&pSUB_TYPE=Callsign&pEXACT_IND=matches&SUBMIT=Go&pQRY=%s

fml
Secure FastMail login
486 uses - Created 2006-09-03 18:19:32 - Last used 2020-01-14 07:41:10 - Nominate - Description - https://www.fastmail.fm

randy
Takes you to a random webpage through yahoo. http://random.yahoo.com/bin/ryl
486 uses - Created 2006-10-22 10:47:27 - Last used 2024-06-21 01:30:21 - Nominate - Description - http://random.yahoo.com/bin/ryl

howjsay
NAME howjsay - An English Pronouncing Dictionary with Instant Sound SYNOPSIS howjsay [Word] EXAMPLES howjsay japan An English Pronouncing Dictionary with Instant Sound AUTHOR ZEGENVS
485 uses - Created 2006-12-05 03:55:21 - Last used 2019-12-24 17:44:46 - Nominate - Description - http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=%s

john

485 uses - Created 2005-06-09 23:55:22 - Last used 2024-09-08 14:16:48 - Nominate - Description - http://johnsgournal.blogspot.com

mu
Search Mozilla Update Finds extensions and themes for Mozilla products, including Firefox and Thunderbird. Syntax: mu LiveLines
485 uses - Created 2005-06-24 16:54:38 - Last used 2025-08-03 05:45:54 - Nominate - Description - https://addons.mozilla.org/quicksearch.php?q=%s

aomp3
Search ALLOFMP3 - the controversial russian music portal. Example: aomp3 yann tiersen
485 uses - Created 2005-08-22 22:50:06 - Last used 2024-04-01 12:11:01 - Nominate - Description - http://search.allofmp3.com/search.shtml?search=%s&x=0&y=0&range=all&searchaud=yes&rezult=ON

run
Down for Everyone or Just Me? Checks whether a site is broken entirely, or if there's something just stopping you from connecting to it from your current location. Example: run google.com
485 uses - Created 2005-11-10 20:34:45 - Last used 2026-03-02 06:37:07 - Nominate - Description - http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/%s

irs
Search the IRS for publications (e.g. irs 8863 will find Form 8863, Education Credits)
485 uses - Created 2006-04-16 06:38:01 - Last used 2025-12-28 08:57:19 - Nominate - Description - http://search.irs.gov/web/query.html?col=allirs&charset=utf-8&qp=&qs=-Wct%3A%22Internal+Revenue+Manual%22&qc=&qm=0&rf=0&oq=&qt=%s&search.x=0&search.y=0&search=%26%24self.text%28u%27search%27%29%3B

gdt
Links to the Grand Dictionnaire Terminologique, an official french-english dictionnary for formal lingo in official subject matters.
485 uses - Created 2007-04-05 15:40:46 - Last used 2013-05-30 11:34:18 - Nominate - Description - http://www.granddictionnaire.com/btml/fra/r_motclef/index1024_1.asp

orange
This command brings you into your Orange modem parameters. Very handy if you want to unlock udp or tcp ports.
484 uses - Created 2007-11-22 15:49:35 - Last used 2025-02-15 14:05:32 - Nominate - Description - http://192.168.1.1/

yelpnyc
Yelp search with default location set to New York City. Location can be changed by using the -where handle. E.g. yelpnyc taco - searches for taco in NYC yelpnyc taco -where seattle - searches for taco in Seattle
484 uses - Created 2007-08-06 18:30:37 - Last used 2017-07-12 11:28:50 - Nominate - Description - http://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=%s&ns=1&rpp=10&find_loc=${where=NYC}&action_search.x=0&action_search.y=0

fake
Find a lead sheet for a song by searching the Fake Book Index.
484 uses - Created 2010-03-29 23:43:27 - Last used 2026-02-07 06:17:37 - Nominate - Description - http://www.seventhstring.co.uk/fbindex.html?z_srchstr=%s&z_bklist=2&z_dpage=Results&z_titlelen=0&cs1=1&cs2=1&cs3=1&cs5=1&re1=1&re2=1&re3=1&cs6=1&cs12=1&cs8=1&cs9=1&aeb=1&hlp=1&hl1=1&hl11=1&hl12=1&hl2=1&hl3=1&hl8=1&hl9=1&hl4=1&hl5=1&hl6=1&hl7=1&hl13=1&fm1=1&fm2=1&fm3=1&fm4=1&fm5=1&cc0=1&lg1=1&ltfk=1&wb1=1&wb2=1&wb3=1&bbeb=1&jbg=1&sb2=1&wrb=1&wrj=1&le1=1&dh1=1&dh2=1&lhb=1&pm=1&jchl=1&cmhl=1&kbhl=1&alhl=1&bef=1&omni=1&gs0=1&gs1=1&jb0=1&jb1=1&jb2=1&hlrb=1&hlb=1&ts1=1&ts2=1&ts3=1&belt=1&bbjs=1&ab0=1&pk0=1&pk1=1&hlrb1=1&hlrb2=1&hlrb3=1&hlvrb1=1&orb1=1&orb2=1&orb3=1&ovrb=1&sch=1

mlf
This command takes you to descriptions of built-in Matlab functions. If the name of a valid Matlab function is provided as an argument it will take you right to the description of this function. Without arguments the command will take you to the table of content for the matlab functions.
484 uses - Created 2006-08-23 05:12:42 - Last used 2018-07-22 12:19:18 - Nominate - Description - {ifThen -value1 %s -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then http://www.mathworks.co.uk/access/helpdesk/help/techdoc/ref/%s.html -else http://www.mathworks.co.uk/access/helpdesk/help/techdoc/ref/ref.html}

mpor
eMPORnium All Category Search i.e. To find Boobs: mpor boobs
484 uses - Created 2006-08-31 09:12:31 - Last used 2022-03-05 18:53:47 - Nominate - Description - http://www.empornium.us/browse.php?search=%s&cat=0&incldead=0

uncy
Searches Uncyclopedia, the Wikipedia parody.
484 uses - Created 2005-06-20 23:15:02 - Last used 2015-10-31 06:52:17 - Nominate - Description - http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s&go=Go

linguee

484 uses - Created 2015-04-23 02:31:24 - Last used 2025-12-25 13:00:21 - Nominate - Description - http://www.linguee.com/

divxpl
divxplanet subtitle search
483 uses - Created 2007-04-02 09:30:11 - Last used 2015-04-16 20:33:00 - Nominate - Description - http://www.divxplanet.com/index.php?page=arama&arama=%s

epinions
epinions.com
483 uses - Created 2005-07-01 09:40:39 - Last used 2012-05-17 01:49:18 - Nominate - Description - http://www.epinions.com/search/?search_string=%s&submitted_form=searchbar&tax_name=&dyn_nav=0&dyn_nav_id=&search_vertical=all

clipget (Golden Egg)
NAME clipget - retrieve the text previously stored under the provided name, using cl1p.net SYNOPSIS clipget [name] EXAMPLES clipget obiwan will retrieve the text stored under the name "obiwan" at cl1p.net. the name argument is mandatory. NOTES related command : clipset AUTHOR Yann Perrin (see http://yann.perrin.googlepages.com for contact info)
483 uses - Created 2006-09-07 13:01:11 - Last used 2023-05-05 13:27:57 - Description - http://d.cl1p.net/%s/

adall
Book Meta-search via used.adall.com of many used/rare book dealers, also often returns new books. Default search is keyword, but you can specify author, title, or ISBN using switches: For example: adall - author Shakespeare -title Twelfth Night -isbn 0198320191
482 uses - Created 2006-10-17 17:22:09 - Last used 2023-05-07 16:18:19 - Nominate - Description - http://used.addall.com/SuperRare/submitRare.cgi?author=${author}&title=${title}&keyword=%s&isbn=${isbn}&order=PRICE&ordering=ASC&dispCurr=USD&binding=Any+Binding&min=&max=&timeout=20&match=Y&checkstore=Check+All&store=Abebooks&store=AbebooksDE&store=AbebooksFR&store=AbebooksUK&store=Alibris&store=Amazon&store=AmazonCA&store=AmazonUK&store=AmazonDE&store=AmazonFR&store=Antiqbook&store=Biblio&store=Bibliophile&store=Bibliopoly&store=Booksandcollectibles&store=Half&store=ILAB&store=Maremagnum&store=Powells&store=Strandbooks&store=ZVAB

ypost
Open the page to post a message to a Yahoo Group. Usage: ypost [group name] example: ypost chicagocriticalmass b.a.
482 uses - Created 2005-09-29 19:56:21 - Last used 2007-11-25 04:30:36 - Nominate - Description - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/%s/post

maven
Search Maven's "Central" repository for JVM artifacts.
481 uses - Created 2011-08-11 01:53:43 - Last used 2025-02-24 16:13:08 - Nominate - Description - http://search.maven.org/#search%7Cga%7C1%7C%s

gdv
Google Docs Viewer. Opens a URL in Google Docs.
481 uses - Created 2011-11-10 21:10:46 - Last used 2023-11-21 00:04:18 - Nominate - Description - http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=%s

gwr
National Weather Service Enhanced Radar Images - United States
480 uses - Created 2016-10-25 15:58:17 - Last used 2019-08-31 10:49:31 - Nominate - Description - http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/full_loop.php

icon
Searches Wincustomize.com's Objectdock icon library. A decent place to find icons for things - even if you wouldn't be caught dead using Windows. And yeah, I got this one right. The forms from the last entry didn't update after I re-entered content, sadly leading to erroneous database input.
480 uses - Created 2005-08-13 21:48:27 - Last used 2025-10-24 04:19:00 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wincustomize.com/Skins.aspx?LibID=29&view=1&sortby=4&sortdir=DESC&p=1&advanced=1&searchtxt=%s&scat=Dock%20icons

sim
Search similicio.us for sites similar to a given url. Example: sim www.fark.com will search for sites similar to Fark.
480 uses - Created 2006-03-14 14:46:16 - Last used 2022-02-03 10:20:28 - Nominate - Description - http://similicio.us/search.php?submit=find+similar&url=%s

mdip
Melissa Data IP Address Location Lookup. Displays the location of an Internet Protocol Address. The city, state, country and ISP are shown. If you know the IP address just type it. Example: mdip 12.145.224.195 To look up information on your own IP and you don't know the address enter nothing. Example: mdip
480 uses - Created 2005-11-26 07:46:14 - Last used 2024-07-08 15:50:53 - Nominate - Description - http://www.melissadata.com/Lookups/iplocation.asp?ipaddress=%s&submit=submit

law
Search FindLaw.com
479 uses - Created 2005-06-28 02:22:59 - Last used 2025-05-13 05:57:08 - Nominate - Description - http://dictionary.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/search.pl?s=%s

e2j
English to Japanese translation Example: e2j happy
479 uses - Created 2008-03-20 09:34:55 - Last used 2023-11-28 02:37:42 - Nominate - Description - http://jisho.org/words?eng=%s&dict=edict

thomann
For all those interested in Pro Sound and musical instruments this comand searches thomann music store
478 uses - Created 2007-03-01 18:43:01 - Last used 2025-05-11 02:54:08 - Nominate - Description - http://www.thomann.de/gb/search_dir.html?sw=%s&x=0&y=0

libgn
Library Genesis Search for novels (literature in general)
478 uses - Created 2016-07-05 03:49:26 - Last used 2022-05-01 12:59:44 - Nominate - Description - http://gen.lib.rus.ec/foreignfiction/index.php?s=%s

c+++
cafelinux.org/forum
478 uses - Created 2006-08-25 02:39:08 - Last used 2012-01-31 06:43:40 - Nominate - Description - http://www.cafelinux.org/forum/

amf
amazon.fr search: e.g. amf author: GaRZoL
477 uses - Created 2005-08-30 15:32:16 - Last used 2025-08-08 09:06:20 - Nominate - Description - http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/external-search?mode=blended&keyword=%s

sbubble
Seattle bubble blog
477 uses - Created 2007-12-28 16:13:43 - Last used 2015-01-06 08:43:19 - Nominate - Description - http://seattlebubble.com/

sfn

477 uses - Created 2010-12-20 12:51:45 - Last used 2018-03-07 01:29:30 - Nominate - Description - https://neptune.sunshine.at/webmail/src/login.php

iyhy (Golden Egg)
i.e. iyhy www.google.com A shortcut for B. Adam Howell's excellent style-sheet and image stripper. It is really for use on a mobile device, but I like it to show how the site flows on a cell phone. Be aware that it also strips out form elements.
476 uses - Created 2005-07-06 19:45:34 - Last used 2016-10-08 14:03:44 - Description - http://www.iyhy.com/index.php?a=%s

gvc
Link to Google Voice
476 uses - Created 2009-07-16 03:30:22 - Last used 2017-04-17 13:27:07 - Nominate - Description - https://www.google.com/voice

embed
Embed YubNub in your browser window. Yet another exercise in "appstraction", the embed command lets you open a minimalistic YubNub web interface in the current window. Add a command and any parameters if you like and they will be returned in the form field. Also mobile users might want to set this command URL as their homepage: http://yubnub.org/parser/parse?command=embed gomelet AT gmail DOT com
475 uses - Created 2009-01-17 17:20:12 - Last used 2025-11-22 07:55:24 - Nominate - Description - echo <a href="http://yubnub.org"><img border="0" src="http://yubnub.org/images/yubnub_small.png" alt="Yubnub" /></a><form action="http://yubnub.org/parser/parse" method="get" name="input_box"><input type="text" name="command" size="30" {ifEmpty -value %s -then value="" -else value="%s"} /><input type="submit" value="Enter" /></form>[no url encoding]

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