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".

litstory2

341 uses - Created 2008-09-25 22:13:50 - Last used 2014-02-08 20:11:02 - Nominate - Description - http://search.literotica.com/search.php?type=story&q=%s&db=text&sort=vote&sort_order=desc&hot=on

mbtv

341 uses - Created 2009-08-20 13:21:05 - Last used 2009-10-16 23:50:22 - Nominate - Description - http://www.blogtv.com/MyBlogTv

ihf
Do not give up on Isohunt yet. You can still access full version using this command
341 uses - Created 2010-04-13 03:54:28 - Last used 2017-07-31 00:22:23 - Nominate - Description - http://anonymouse.org/cgi-bin/anon-www.cgi/http://isohunt.com/torrents/?ihq=%s

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

ah
Simple search command for https://artifacthub.io/ Packages are sort by relevance (default) To find prometheus helm chars, just type: ah prometheus
341 uses - Created 2023-03-28 00:17:56 - Last used 2026-05-09 08:01:58 - Nominate - Description - https://artifacthub.io/packages/search?ts_query_web=%s&sort=relevance&page=1

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/

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}

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

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

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
340 uses - Created 2005-06-09 23:58:57 - Last used 2026-05-13 12:33:27 - Nominate - Description - https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/?date={normalizeDate -date %s -format Y-m-d}

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

ì†Œ
search at www.naver.com ì†Œ 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

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

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

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]

gogle
El blog de noticias Tekis
339 uses - Created 2006-04-03 05:12:03 - Last used 2026-03-31 08:26:55 - Nominate - Description - http://www.notitek.com.ar

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]

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

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

star

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

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

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}}

dutch
Translates english to dutch
337 uses - Created 2007-07-12 16:22:38 - Last used 2026-05-17 03:19:52 - Nominate - Description - http://babelfish.altavista.com/tr?lp=en_nl&trtext=%s

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}

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

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

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

ocr

336 uses - Created 2021-05-28 18:18:49 - Last used 2026-05-08 07:55:12 - Nominate - Description - https://translate.yandex.com/?lang=zh-en

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/

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