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The Most-Used Commands

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ts
Search the complete Twitter archive @nph
341 uses - Created 2014-11-20 11:52:15 - Last used 2026-03-10 20:04:13 - Nominate - Description - https://twitter.com/search?q=%s

yjweather
Yahoo!JAPAN Weather Example: yjweather <postal_code>
341 uses - Created 2006-04-14 07:45:53 - Last used 2011-09-05 04:33:55 - Nominate - Description - http://search.weather.yahoo.co.jp/bin/search?pref=all&p=%s

abebooks
Abebooks Used Book Search. To search using a simple keyword, just type: abebooks plumbing To search for a specific author or title, type: abebooks -a tolstoy -t anna karenina Optional switches: -a author (eg. tolstoy, william shakespeare) -t title (eg. macbeth, microserfs)
341 uses - Created 2005-06-25 10:51:09 - Last used 2026-01-02 12:08:55 - Nominate - Description - http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?kn=%s&an=${a}&tn=${t}

wri
Writely - the web-based word processor. Writely allows you to edit documents online with whomever you choose, and then publish and post them online.
341 uses - Created 2005-09-18 22:13:27 - Last used 2013-12-04 07:01:32 - Nominate - Description - http://www.writely.com/

bass
Find bass tabs example: bass breaking benjamin will return tabs from bassmasta.net for breaking benjamin
340 uses - Created 2006-06-27 04:47:01 - Last used 2026-01-29 02:18:08 - Nominate - Description - http://www.bassmasta.net/scripts/search.php?search=%s

nlen
Translate fron NL to EN with Interglot
340 uses - Created 2006-10-13 09:29:49 - Last used 2023-10-18 02:01:49 - Nominate - Description - http://interglot.com/interglotresult.php?&SrcLang=1&DstLang=2&word=%s

jo
jo = jerk off This is a search script for a masturbation fantasy on the asstr.org website.
340 uses - Created 2005-12-22 04:09:28 - Last used 2025-02-04 04:12:11 - Nominate - Description - http://search.asstr.org/submitSearch.php?search=%s

<
SYNOPSIS < [Yubnub command|URL] [query, optional] -pool [number, optional, default is 7] EXAMPLES < cnn Takes you to http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/ < dilbert Takes you to Doonesbury.com < britannica.com thermodynamics Takes you to the Infoplease article for Thermodynamics. < britannica.com thermodynamics -pool 20 Takes you to the Wikipedia article for Thermodynamics. Pool is the number of related websites among which to search, the search pool, and so, the higher the number, the lower the ave…
340 uses - Created 2006-01-31 10:13:36 - Last used 2021-02-08 03:44:56 - Nominate - Description - http://eemadges.com/rel?url={url {% 1 %s}}&query={% 2- %s}&pool=${pool=7}&md=gfl[no url encoding]

소
search at www.naver.com 소 is a typo for nv in korean sebulsik keyboard.
340 uses - Created 2007-11-03 14:45:39 - Last used 2012-01-24 00:52:37 - Nominate - Description - http://search.naver.com/search.naver?where=nexearch&query=%s&x=0&y=0&frm=t1

dapi
Drupal API Search: dapi searches the Drupal.org API reference for the function name following the command. Example: dapi base_path Returns the documentation page for Drupal's base_path() function. (currently searches the Drupal 5.x API)
340 uses - Created 2008-01-11 22:05:11 - Last used 2012-02-08 21:19:11 - Nominate - Description - http://api.drupal.org/api/function/%s/5

ustg
Search University of St. Thomas's google search appliance for specified terms. ========== Old implementation: http://search/search?q=%s&btnG=Google+Search&access=p&entqr=0&ud=1&sort=date%3AD%3AL%3Ad1&output=xml_no_dtd&oe=UTF-8&ie=UTF-8&client=default_frontend&proxystylesheet=default_frontend&site=default_collection
340 uses - Created 2007-05-10 17:04:15 - Last used 2015-07-18 15:41:16 - Nominate - Description - http://search.stthomas.edu/search?q=%s&btnG=Google+Search&access=p&entqr=0&output=xml_no_dtd&sort=date%3AD%3AL%3Ad1&client=default_frontend&ud=1&oe=UTF-8&ie=UTF-8&proxystylesheet=default_frontend&site=default_collection

ecw
Environment Canada Weather report. http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca -p for lower case province abbreviation (default 'on') -c for city number (default 82) values for these parameters can be found by visiting http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca and then browsing to the city you are interested in and then getting the values from the url... /city/pages/on-82_metric_e.html would be -p on -c 82 this happens to be the default which is Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
340 uses - Created 2007-07-10 03:23:52 - Last used 2022-11-05 10:59:20 - Nominate - Description - http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/pages/${p=on}-${c=82}_metric_e.html

finviz
Financial Virtualization
340 uses - Created 2009-01-13 02:16:40 - Last used 2024-03-28 09:22:57 - Nominate - Description - http://www.finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=%s

torrr
Perfomr torrent searches on speckly.com
340 uses - Created 2008-07-17 16:18:55 - Last used 2017-08-23 09:03:03 - Nominate - Description - http://www.speckly.com/s?q=%s&f=exact

dogibm
Search on the IBM dogear TAP (http://dogear.tap.ibm.com). It only works within IBM's Intranet. For non-IBM Employees, this yubnub command is not accessible. Works with the new implementation. dibm and d2ibm are now deprecated.
340 uses - Created 2008-08-27 10:22:57 - Last used 2012-10-19 17:44:30 - Nominate - Description - http://dogear.tap.ibm.com/html?search=%s&lang=en

sfspam
Check IP and e-mail addresses in the Stop Forum Spam database. You can check many members at one time. Example: sfspam membername@baddomain.com IP.IP.IP.IP
339 uses - Created 2009-03-10 16:52:02 - Last used 2014-08-02 18:28:34 - Nominate - Description - echo <script>b='%s';var c = b.split(/ /);var s='<a href=http://www.stopforumspam.com/search?q=';for(i = 0; i < c.length; i++)document.write(s+c[i]+">"+c[i]+"</a><br>");</script>

bstones
Search www.brokenstones.me for mac torrents!
339 uses - Created 2009-08-27 18:30:09 - Last used 2013-03-18 00:20:30 - Nominate - Description - http://brokenstones.me/browse.php?searchtitle=0&include=0&search=%s

lht
Lifehacker Tag Search. lht <tag>.
339 uses - Created 2006-10-09 15:58:36 - Last used 2016-07-22 06:13:42 - Nominate - Description - http://lifehacker.com/software/%s/

words
Goes to thesaurus.com
339 uses - Created 2006-06-28 17:24:13 - Last used 2025-02-27 14:22:42 - Nominate - Description - http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/%s

!bm
Create a bookmark using YubNub aliases (http://www.jjefferydesign.com/aliases/ ) This can be used if you want to save URLs using your YubNub Aliases account. The default will save a URL with the term "bookmark" and a timestamp. If a term other than "bookmark" is preferred, use the "-tag" switch at the end. usage: !bm [url] -tag [tag (optional)] examples: !bm http://www.yubnub.org <-- adds bookmark[timestamp] http://www.yubnub.org to your alias account. !bm http://www.yahoo.org -tag search <-- a…
339 uses - Created 2006-02-06 20:27:15 - Last used 2016-08-20 23:16:58 - Nominate - Description - http://www.jakeisgod.com/yubnub/aliases/jobactions.cfm?action=set&cmd=${tag=bookmark}{date -format H.M.S-m.d.y}&ucmd=%s[no url encoding]

gcase2
A better version of gcase, where the search query passed to google scholar is not literal.
339 uses - Created 2011-02-12 03:06:41 - Last used 2013-03-27 18:25:00 - Nominate - Description - http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=%s&as_sdt=2,44&as_ylo=&as_vis=0&btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky

wib
Another Wikibooks search, this time circumventing the search form.
338 uses - Created 2006-02-21 21:17:22 - Last used 2020-03-26 07:16:52 - Nominate - Description - http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/%s[use _ for spaces]

gogle
El blog de noticias Tekis
338 uses - Created 2006-04-03 05:12:03 - Last used 2025-11-05 04:46:56 - Nominate - Description - http://www.notitek.com.ar

NingView
NAME NingView - View source of a Ning app. SYNOPSIS NingView [NING APP NAME] EXAMPLES NingView yubscripts
338 uses - Created 2006-05-01 17:28:58 - Last used 2008-09-27 06:01:14 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ning.com/view-source.html?appUrl=%s

BR
Baseball Reference: MLB Scores and Standings for the given date. The date format is flexible. Examples: br 2021-02-27 br Feb 27 br 2/27/2021
338 uses - Created 2005-06-09 23:58:57 - Last used 2025-12-15 12:24:08 - Nominate - Description - https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/?date={normalizeDate -date %s -format Y-m-d}

star

338 uses - Created 2005-06-10 18:44:23 - Last used 2020-11-03 10:48:03 - Nominate - Description - http://www.starwars.com

virus
Symantec Virus Search. Search for Virus information on Symantec's Security Response site. Example: virus SQL Slammer
338 uses - Created 2005-06-20 21:47:23 - Last used 2026-01-05 01:54:57 - Nominate - Description - http://search.symantec.com/custom/us/query.html?lk=1&rf=0&qt=%s&col=us+kb

lmaps
Windows Live Maps OR livemaps, Microsoft's online map webtool There are two ways of specifying a location Lat/Lon method: livemaps -lat <latitude> -lon <longitude> Toponym method: livemaps <location> Additional Parameters: -z : zoom from 1 (farther) to 19 (nearer) -s : style: r = roadmap (default) o = bird's eye view a = aerial EXAMPLES lmaps New York -s o -z 16 : Birds Eye view of New York lmaps -lat 43.35 -lon -3.2 -z 5 : A road map at 43 N 3.2 W lmaps -lat {b60 48 -m 51 -s 30.70} -lon {b60 2…
337 uses - Created 2008-05-02 19:26:25 - Last used 2014-05-06 06:14:05 - Nominate - Description - {ifThen -value1 %s -value2 -test EQUAL -then http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=${lat=0}~${lon=0}&style=${s=r}&lvl=${z=11} -else http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?where1=%s&lvl=${z=11}&style=${s=r}}

vb
Cerca su Voipblog.it
337 uses - Created 2007-02-07 14:35:07 - Last used 2023-10-13 06:05:42 - Nominate - Description - http://www.voipblog.it/?s=%s

ezvhh

337 uses - Created 2022-05-18 03:51:30 - Last used 2026-03-13 08:55:05 - Nominate - Description - https://members.easynews.com/global5/search.html?gps=%s&sbj=&from=&ns=&fil=&fex=&vc=H264&ac=&fty%5B%5D=VIDEO&s1=dsize&s1d=%2B&s2=nrfile&s2d=%2B&s3=dsize&s3d=%2B&pby=100&pno=1&sS=1&spamf=1&u=1&hthm=1&svL=&d1=&d1t=&d2=&d2t=&b1=&b1t=16&b2=&b2t=&px1=&px1t=10&px2=&px2t=&fps1=&fps1t=&fps2=&fps2t=&bps1=&bps1t=&bps2=&bps2t=&hz1=&hz1t=&hz2=&hz2t=&rn1=600&rn1t=&rn2=&rn2t=&submit=Search&fly=2

ynews
search yahoo news e.g. ynews Iraq
336 uses - Created 2005-06-20 19:36:22 - Last used 2023-04-04 16:03:45 - Nominate - Description - http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/search?p=%s

debunstable
Search+Debian+pacakges+in+the+unstable+dist.
336 uses - Created 2005-07-30 20:47:13 - Last used 2008-06-10 17:09:47 - Nominate - Description - http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=%s&searchon=names&subword=1&version=unstable&release=all

jd4
Search Java 1.4.2 api. Takes you to the first result from google.
336 uses - Created 2005-11-04 03:32:50 - Last used 2010-12-02 04:19:43 - Nominate - Description - gfl %s+site:java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api

testing
spam
336 uses - Created 2005-06-13 10:06:53 - Last used 2025-08-30 13:56:30 - Nominate - Description - http://thisisspam

sdv
Search in Orthonet, a french dictionary
336 uses - Created 2007-03-15 08:31:26 - Last used 2020-10-13 00:42:18 - Nominate - Description - http://orthonet.sdv.fr/php/rech_mot.php?mot=%s

kjvylt
Parallel Bible Translation Search of christnotes.org, using the King James Version and Young's Literal Translation. Example: "kjvylt gen 1".
336 uses - Created 2009-06-15 15:31:40 - Last used 2011-07-04 09:07:25 - Nominate - Description - http://www.christnotes.org/bible.php?passage=%s&ver=kjv&ver=ylt&verse_format=1&mtlayout=1

tcsys
looking for Text-StringOrder inside the TC-Checker "SYSINFO"
336 uses - Created 2008-06-30 14:22:23 - Last used 2013-10-17 07:48:41 - Nominate - Description - https://topcontrol.is-asp.com/status_suche.html?min_descr_value=&type=&max_descr_value=&quiet_mode=0&min_state=&max_state=&descr_search=%s&host=&name_searchstring=sysinfo&reload=&min_priority=&max_priority=&min_category=&max_category=&min_date=DD.MM.YY+HH%3AMM&max_date=DD.MM.YY+HH%3AMM&ignore=1&customer_ids=&id=

revph
if you need to search multiple sites reverse phone number websites this queries *google *yahoo *anywho *whitepages example: revph 5558675309
336 uses - Created 2008-09-23 17:59:49 - Last used 2022-11-28 13:52:16 - Nominate - Description - split {url phone %s} {url g %s} {url awrl %s} {url y %s}

dutch
Translates english to dutch
336 uses - Created 2007-07-12 16:22:38 - Last used 2026-01-18 03:33:22 - Nominate - Description - http://babelfish.altavista.com/tr?lp=en_nl&trtext=%s

cmbd
Cambridge dictionary lookup.
335 uses - Created 2008-07-08 16:08:52 - Last used 2025-08-01 09:16:29 - Nominate - Description - http://dictionary.cambridge.org/results.asp?dict=CALD&searchword=%s

flintrand
NAME flintrand - Get a random Flickr Interestingness page SYNOPSIS flintrand EXAMPLES flintrand (no arguments) This will load a random page from Flickr's ranking of most interesting photos: http://flickr.com/explore/interesting/ AUTHOR Brian Armknecht b.a.
335 uses - Created 2007-02-09 21:36:18 - Last used 2017-09-25 10:51:17 - Nominate - Description - http://flickr.com/explore/interesting/{date -format Y/m/d -offset -{random -max 920}}/page{random -max 50}/

dgos
forwards to player status on the dragon go server
335 uses - Created 2009-01-19 17:50:32 - Last used 2009-12-15 10:11:57 - Nominate - Description - http://www.dragongoserver.net/status.php

atwi
Images from all the web, I like it because I get linked directly to _THE_ images, no HTML files to run through
335 uses - Created 2005-06-20 18:25:13 - Last used 2011-06-27 19:18:19 - Nominate - Description - http://alltheweb.com/search?cat=img&cs=iso88591&q=%s&rys=0&itag=crv

80 (Golden Egg)
80s pop/rock streaming audio, courtesy of Shoutcast. Try it on your mobile device!
335 uses - Created 2005-07-11 04:48:35 - Last used 2024-08-11 11:14:40 - Description - http://www.shoutcast.com/sbin/shoutcast-playlist.pls?rn=1694&file=filename.pls

sfish3
Searches SingingFish.com for mp3's. Like sfish or sfishh, but limits the search to files with filetype mp3, in the "Music" category, with duration of over one minute. Example: sfish3 "mad world"
335 uses - Created 2006-08-09 22:51:07 - Last used 2015-10-03 18:51:18 - Nominate - Description - http://search.singingfish.com/sfw/search?a_submit=1&aw=1&sfor=a&dur=1&fmp3=1&cmus=1&rpp=10&persist=1&exp=0&query=%s&x=22&y=16

u2b
Takes you to youtube.
335 uses - Created 2006-07-28 00:35:54 - Last used 2012-05-19 01:14:25 - Nominate - Description - http://www.youtube.com/

sdpl
San Diego Public Library keyword search (Central Branch)
334 uses - Created 2005-06-27 23:13:17 - Last used 2011-12-22 01:06:45 - Nominate - Description - http://sdplweb.sannet.gov/Web2/Tramp2.exe/do_keyword_search/guest?home_library=2Home&servers=2Home&setting_key=ACREMOTE&index=default&query=%s

names
What does your name mean? uses behindthename.com to find out
334 uses - Created 2006-01-28 06:22:27 - Last used 2025-05-31 20:09:40 - Nominate - Description - http://www.behindthename.com/php/search.php?terms=%s&nmd=n&gender=both&operator=or

rabo
Redirects to Rabobank Internetbankieren
334 uses - Created 2006-02-20 06:56:02 - Last used 2016-03-31 01:00:46 - Nominate - Description - https://bankieren.rabobank.nl/mijnbankzaken

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