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The Most-Used Commands

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giant
Returns a giant redirection URL, guaranteed to break in email postings. (See also: "tiny", a command to generate a tiny URL.) Usage: giant [url] Example: giant yubnub.org Resulting URL: http://www.gianturl.com?KozhZnTtSW,,7b,W6J1l5MqZ7G5CJ,,7C,7jRD7,0ZY,B25,7v6nxk0TYZ,8ggYLp,Xc0r0f0P,r,9Kq28,CWg,7,,C8dcqBZh8jR1wKpf,6YW2,7TBBMm,3n6y,6,Tq6cYHfXfy5,mr0lj,,tWMsc,z,z,6T4,l,S5Nq8v,Sd7,y5ytSgs,,,b0z2W,9,Zsy4kd2Z9TQ6N,ykR6,,DkzZz7cX2,t,,9h,vc,t,w,Q9L5Jg,l,8q,1m9cc1wFDDkb4nL7xls5mCm,dcj3kS8Q2X2g,4R,8mn,…
265 uses - Created 2009-04-28 14:40:28 - Last used 2026-01-27 09:49:25 - Nominate - Description - http://www.gianturl.com/cgi-bin/create.cgi?url=%s

base64
NAME base64 - Encodes string using base64 SYNOPSIS base64 [STRING] EXAMPLES base64 base64 returns 'YmFzZTY0' base64 {unbase64 dGV4dA==} returns 'dGV4dA==' Encodes string using base64. AUTHOR Michael Dubner http://pyhedgehog.livejournal.com/
265 uses - Created 2007-05-31 14:01:21 - Last used 2025-05-26 15:37:14 - Nominate - Description - xpath -query //table/tr/td/textarea/text() -as text -url http://makcoder.sourceforge.net/demo/base64.php?plain=%s&process=Encode

2arch
NAME 2arch - Compare results from the Internet Archive Wayback Machine and its Egyptian mirror on a split screen. SYNOPSIS 2arch [URL] EXAMPLES 2arch yubnub.org Searches for a URL on both the Internet Archive Wayback Machine and its mirror at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (New Library of Alexandria). Yields two result pages on a horizontally split screen. The mirror may run faster than -- or contain pages that are not on -- the original site, or vice versa. For the parameter, you can enter a URL …
264 uses - Created 2008-08-20 07:45:33 - Last used 2025-07-19 19:23:38 - Nominate - Description - splith {url[no url encoding] arch %s} {url[no url encoding] archm %s}

hitta
för att söka på www.hitta.se använd -var och -vem för att ange dessa parametrar
264 uses - Created 2007-02-12 11:41:16 - Last used 2019-08-30 05:36:14 - Nominate - Description - http://www.hitta.se/SearchMixed.aspx?SearchType=4&UCSB%3aWflWhite=1a1b&UCSB%3aWflPink=4a&UCSB%3aTextBoxWho=${vem}&UCSB%3aTextBoxWhere=${var}

windirstat
WinDirStat is a disk usage statistics viewer and cleanup tool for Microsoft Windows (all current variants). Features WinDirStat reads the whole directory tree once and then presents it in three useful views: * The directory list, which resembles the tree view of the Windows Explorer but is sorted by file/subtree size, * The treemap, which shows the whole contents of the directory tree straight away, * The extension list, which serves as a legend and shows statistics about the file types.
264 uses - Created 2006-10-15 10:00:13 - Last used 2025-08-30 01:37:22 - Nominate - Description - http://easynews.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/windirstat/windirstat1_1_2-exe-ansi.zip

ror (Golden Egg)
Search Ruby on Rails
264 uses - Created 2005-06-05 22:40:36 - Last used 2015-09-15 07:37:57 - Description - http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/search/?query=%s

Hu
the worst ever
264 uses - Created 2005-06-10 02:52:31 - Last used 2025-09-02 17:41:47 - Nominate - Description - http://www.geocities.com/steve_2001_2001/BONE1.html

gamestop
Gamestop Video game sales
264 uses - Created 2005-06-14 23:15:47 - Last used 2025-01-09 08:23:06 - Nominate - Description - http://www.gamestop.com

hun
The Hun's Yellow Pages (porn).
264 uses - Created 2006-04-07 23:43:13 - Last used 2023-10-26 07:31:59 - Nominate - Description - http://www.thehun.net/

roy
Retrieves Riced Out Yugo post #n, where n is the first argument.
264 uses - Created 2005-06-20 23:07:48 - Last used 2026-04-24 09:11:25 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ricedoutyugo.com/view.php?post=%s

gmods
Search Google Modules (http://www.googlemodules.com/ ) Find new modules for the Google personalized homepage. usage: gmods [search term] example: gmods yubnub AUTHOR: chicagosage b.a.
264 uses - Created 2005-12-20 21:43:59 - Last used 2009-05-13 14:33:27 - Nominate - Description - http://www.googlemodules.com/?q=%s&mode=showSearchResults

postsecret

264 uses - Created 2006-06-22 14:25:50 - Last used 2016-11-23 02:52:49 - Nominate - Description - http://postsecret.blogspot.com/

usloop
US Loop of Satellite Images
264 uses - Created 2006-07-19 00:23:50 - Last used 2012-08-09 17:50:48 - Nominate - Description - http://adds.aviationweather.gov/satellite/displaySat.php?region=US&isingle=mult_big&itype=ir

stpb
Another https version of the tpb command.
264 uses - Created 2013-05-03 02:07:29 - Last used 2016-09-29 09:33:16 - Nominate - Description - https://thepiratebay.se/search/%s/0/7/0

gn:
Google News
264 uses - Created 2017-10-08 20:33:31 - Last used 2026-03-05 11:20:36 - Nominate - Description - https://news.google.com/news/search/section/q/%s/%s?hl=en&ned=us[use %20 for spaces]

plate
The Daily Plate on livestrong.com. Calorie journal / diet tool.
264 uses - Created 2010-07-23 07:42:31 - Last used 2016-10-05 12:38:23 - Nominate - Description - http://www.livestrong.com/myplate/

faup
This command look for Persons in Univis Database der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Syntax: faup Name
263 uses - Created 2010-10-11 12:47:15 - Last used 2014-01-12 09:17:59 - Nominate - Description - http://www.univis.uni-erlangen.de/go/search/persons&what=%s

sharepoint

263 uses - Created 2007-01-03 06:33:30 - Last used 2026-03-23 09:28:57 - Nominate - Description - http://msusa.sharepointsite.net/default.aspx

hatt

263 uses - Created 2007-01-11 15:05:45 - Last used 2012-01-21 13:25:15 - Nominate - Description - http://www.hattrick.org

cover
Find the cover of your CD.
263 uses - Created 2007-02-13 18:13:27 - Last used 2025-02-05 06:21:38 - Nominate - Description - http://www.cdcovers.to/search.php?q=%s

tve

263 uses - Created 2007-05-14 07:22:42 - Last used 2024-08-02 11:31:06 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/custom?cx=001491000379620846559%3Akri3kiwvz78&sa=Search&cof=GFNT%3A%23000000%3BGALT%3A%23008000%3BLH%3A60%3BCX%3ATV%2520Episode%3BVLC%3A%23663399%3BDIV%3A%23336699%3BFORID%3A1%3BT%3A%23000000%3BALC%3A%230000CC%3BLC%3A%230000CC%3BS%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Efreetvsearch%2Ecom%2F%3BL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Efreetvsearch%2Ecom%2FImages%2Ffreetvsearchbanner%2Ejpg%3BGIMP%3A%23000000%3BLP%3A1%3BBGC%3A%23EAEBEC%3BAH%3Aleft&client=pub-7089889200638091&channel=4668159559&q=%s

crncy (Golden Egg)
Uses Yahoo Finance to convert an optional amount between any two currencies and shows price history for the two currencies. crncy Cr1Cr2 [-amount {AMOUNT}] [-time {1d|5d|3m|1y|2y|5y}] Cr1Cr2 is here the combination of two currencies you want to look at, e.g. USDGBP converts between USD and GBP -amount is an optional handle (set to 1 by default) e.g. -amount 100 -time is an optional handle that shows the historical price graph for the desired period (set to 3m by default), allowed inputs are 1d,…
263 uses - Created 2007-08-06 18:18:56 - Last used 2024-11-26 15:47:30 - Description - http://finance.yahoo.com/currency/convert?from={strleft {% 1 %s} 3}&to={strright {% 1 %s} 3}&amt=${amount=1}&t=${time=1y}

ald
Shortcut to Arts & Letters Daily.
263 uses - Created 2007-08-27 17:13:48 - Last used 2025-12-12 04:04:54 - Nominate - Description - http://aldaily.com/

julian
Julian Date Converter (from Gregorian Calendar). Syntax: julian MM/DD/YYYY Example: julian 02/01/2008 Output: 2454498
263 uses - Created 2008-02-05 18:33:35 - Last used 2026-03-11 10:29:20 - Nominate - Description - http://isotropic.org/cgi-bin/date.pl?date=%s

trove
Search for books and other available content in the Trove catalogue Trove (http://trove.nla.gov.au/) is a catalogue which indexes books available in any Australian library and content available online.
263 uses - Created 2010-03-29 02:05:04 - Last used 2012-12-18 15:23:38 - Nominate - Description - http://trove.nla.gov.au/result?q=%s

topsyu
SYNOPSIS topsyu [keywords] EXAMPLE topsyu gvanrossum Performs a topsy user search using the given keywords.
263 uses - Created 2009-05-30 01:19:13 - Last used 2015-01-10 18:48:31 - Nominate - Description - http://topsy.com/twitter/%s

js
Joe Schmidt's Blog
263 uses - Created 2005-06-09 22:34:58 - Last used 2025-12-18 01:08:10 - Nominate - Description - http://www.joeschmidt.com

vicbus (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS vicbus [route] EXAMPLE vicbus 70 Victoria BC bus schedules. Displays the bus schedule for the given route in Victoria BC Canada, courtesy of BC Transit.
263 uses - Created 2005-06-14 04:24:48 - Last used 2011-10-28 04:49:58 - Description - http://www.busonline.ca/regions/vic/schedules/schedule.cfm?line=%s

ld
Yahoo Linkdomain command. Use to find out how many href links Yahoo believes point to a single domain. Example: ld www.google.com
262 uses - Created 2005-06-17 16:27:59 - Last used 2024-08-24 17:34:48 - Nominate - Description - http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=linkdomain%3A%s

wde
Web.de-Suche (German) Added by Robin Roth (search@robinro.de)
262 uses - Created 2005-06-19 06:14:49 - Last used 2021-05-05 18:51:17 - Nominate - Description - http://suche.web.de/search/?mc=hp%40suche.suche%40home&su=%s&webRb=de

wpi
NAME wpi - search wpi.edu SYNOPSIS wpi [{-news,-directory}] [TEXT TO SEARCH] Optional arguments: -news Searches the university news -directory Searches the directory <TEXT TO SEARCH> Search the text you enter on http://www.wpi.edu EXAMPLES To perform a search: wpi campus center To search for a person: wpi -directory Dean O'Donnell To go to the main page: wpi ... AUTHOR Kevin Ballard Inspired by Microsiervos command
262 uses - Created 2006-11-13 21:25:02 - Last used 2018-11-26 06:03:54 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wpi.edu{ifEmpty -value %s${news}${directory} -then -else /cgi-bin/search.pl?dept={ifThen -value1 ${news} -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then news -else {ifThen -value1 ${directory} -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then people -else wpi}}&search_query={ifThen -value1 ${news} -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then ${news} -else {ifThen -value1 ${directory} -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then ${directory} -else %s}}&pr=wpi}

gmini
Go to the mobile version of Gmail. The chief benefit of this is that it loads faster than regular Gmail, so you can get in and out quickly. usage: gmini Note: Must be logged in to Gmail to use this command. b.a.
262 uses - Created 2006-01-05 17:52:34 - Last used 2017-04-07 22:12:38 - Nominate - Description - http://m.gmail.com

rd
Take me to RyanDaigle.com!
262 uses - Created 2005-06-21 19:18:26 - Last used 2025-07-15 19:34:55 - Nominate - Description - http://ryandaigle.com/pebble/

olook
A onelook.com command that actually works.
262 uses - Created 2008-02-08 20:17:04 - Last used 2010-12-26 21:38:02 - Nominate - Description - http://www.onelook.com/?w=%s&ls=a

ru2en

262 uses - Created 2007-05-15 02:44:38 - Last used 2013-01-24 06:02:02 - Nominate - Description - http://lingvo.yandex.ru/en?st_translate=1&lang=en&text=%s

rtmadd
Add your task to rememberthemilk.com :) nXqd
262 uses - Created 2007-07-15 01:13:51 - Last used 2019-09-16 00:27:24 - Nominate - Description - http://www.rememberthemilk.com/services/ext/addtask.rtm?d=&t=%s

archm
NAME archm - Find cached web pages at the Egyptian mirror site for the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. SYNOPSIS archm [URL] EXAMPLES archm yubnub.org Searches the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (New Library of Alexandria) mirror to the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. The mirror may run faster than -- or contain pages that are not on -- the original site, or vice versa. For the parameter, you can enter an URL with or without the "http://" or a subdomain such as "www." In other words, http://www.yah…
262 uses - Created 2008-08-20 07:27:51 - Last used 2023-07-26 14:24:12 - Nominate - Description - http://web.petabox.bibalex.org/web/*/%s[no url encoding]

oktc
Procura por comunidades no orkut
262 uses - Created 2007-10-29 00:46:33 - Last used 2017-03-23 03:02:31 - Nominate - Description - http://www.orkut.com/UniversalSearch.aspx?searchFor=C&q=%s

tnt
tv programs for France (TNT) author: GaRZoL
261 uses - Created 2007-10-17 19:17:31 - Last used 2022-12-04 12:00:01 - Nominate - Description - http://www.programme-tv.net/programme-tnt.html

uesp
Search the Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages wiki for information. ---------- Old implementation: http://www.uesp.net/wiki/%s[no url encoding][use _ for spaces]
261 uses - Created 2008-03-09 08:52:26 - Last used 2023-05-08 15:15:09 - Nominate - Description - https://en.uesp.net/w/index.php?title=Special:Search&search=%s

ע
translates the g command in to hebrew
261 uses - Created 2007-01-02 03:22:12 - Last used 2020-11-23 12:08:16 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%s

instr
Instructables search. Performs a simple search on the Instructables website.
261 uses - Created 2007-07-10 00:46:55 - Last used 2025-11-14 15:36:17 - Nominate - Description - http://www.instructables.com/tag/?limit%3Atype%3Ainstructable=on&x.x=0&x.y=0&q=%s

ipt
IPTorrents Search Option
261 uses - Created 2010-05-31 23:16:56 - Last used 2022-10-06 14:39:17 - Nominate - Description - http://www.iptorrents.com/browse.php?search=%s

duf
Searches keyword from the Debian User Forum posts. Example: duf keyword
261 uses - Created 2010-06-02 07:42:41 - Last used 2022-04-20 06:07:31 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aforums.debian.net+%s

gviso
Search Google Videos with SafeSearch turned off.
261 uses - Created 2010-10-28 02:39:42 - Last used 2017-01-28 16:10:56 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%s&tbs=vid:1&safe=off

gmp
get google maps directions with a default view on public transportation
261 uses - Created 2011-02-04 22:11:09 - Last used 2026-04-01 12:58:08 - Nominate - Description - http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&q=%s&hl=en&mra=ltm&dirflg=r&ttype=dep&noexp=0&noal=0&sort=def&start=0

cdc
Searches the CDC website for a key word. Usage "cdc keyword". Example "cdc sars".
261 uses - Created 2005-06-20 18:53:38 - Last used 2025-06-25 11:09:42 - Nominate - Description - http://www.cdc.gov/search.do?action=search&queryText=%s&x=0&y=0

cm
get today's topics from codemode. to get the topic for a specific date, use cm 2005-06-20.
261 uses - Created 2005-06-20 21:07:35 - Last used 2025-06-20 12:19:16 - Nominate - Description - http://codemode.org/viewdate.php?date=%s

revo (Golden Egg)
Search Reta Vortaro (online esperanto dictionary) for the specified word. ---------- Old implementation: http://www.google.be/search?q=%s&hl=eo&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&sitesearch=www.uni-leipzig.de&hq=inurl:esperanto/
261 uses - Created 2005-06-10 07:57:48 - Last used 2024-07-14 15:33:40 - Description - http://www.reta-vortaro.de/cgi-bin/sercxu.pl?sercxata=%s&kadroj=1

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