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".

svlib
Search catalog at Sunnyvale Public Library
208 uses - Created 2008-03-22 02:49:28 - Last used 2010-12-24 22:23:41 - Nominate - Description - http://sunset.ci.sunnyvale.ca.us/search/?searchtype=X&searcharg=%s&SORT=D&searchscope=1

omf
Search for a location in openstreetmaps.org
208 uses - Created 2008-05-31 15:44:35 - Last used 2022-12-12 12:57:34 - Nominate - Description - http://www.openstreetmap.org/?query=%s

evite
Evite- electronic invitation services
208 uses - Created 2005-11-02 17:24:34 - Last used 2021-03-09 18:39:48 - Nominate - Description - http://www.evite.com

scrapeisbn1
Takes the keywords you specify, runs a keyword search on ISBNdb.com, and scrapes the **first** ISBN number returned by the search. NB: Will only work on ten-digit ISBNs, and beware of titles with multiple editions. The ISBN can be piped to other commands like bsense. Example: scrapeisbn1 denton smith "soul searching" will return 019518095X the ISBN for Christain Smith and Melinda Denton, "Soul Searching" (the hardback edition). For more on the search site, see http://yubnub.org/kernel/man?args=…
208 uses - Created 2006-04-23 19:48:58 - Last used 2023-01-01 17:50:44 - Nominate - Description - strleft {scrape -tokens ISBN: </td> -dirs 0 0 -url {url isbndb %s}} 10

radioblog
same as rbc command - enter band/song and rbc plays shows list of songs.
208 uses - Created 2006-07-29 19:14:40 - Last used 2014-12-25 07:13:50 - Nominate - Description - http://www.radioblogclub.com/search/0/%s[use _ for spaces]

gs2
simultaneous search on google and google scholar e.g. gs2 lehalle azencott author: GaRZoL
208 uses - Created 2006-02-14 12:46:41 - Last used 2025-09-24 13:12:14 - Nominate - Description - split {url[no url encoding] g %s} {url[no url encoding] gs %s}

ldss
SYNOPSIS ldss [search string] EXAMPLES ldss moses ldss 2 ne 2 Searches the Lds Scriptures Online Edition.
208 uses - Created 2005-07-15 20:57:13 - Last used 2014-05-17 20:08:15 - Nominate - Description - http://raphil.org/yubnub/ldss/?q=%s

sears
Search Sears for products
208 uses - Created 2010-09-01 14:45:02 - Last used 2025-09-25 19:26:46 - Nominate - Description - http://www.sears.com/shc/s/search_10153_12605?keyword=%s&x=0&y=0&vName=&viewType=gal&viewItems=24

porn2

208 uses - Created 2012-10-04 10:22:45 - Last used 2026-05-06 08:15:26 - Nominate - Description - http://www.anonib.com

contalogin

208 uses - Created 2015-01-17 03:32:22 - Last used 2016-07-06 10:46:45 - Nominate - Description - https://app.contamoney.com/login.php

ujuldum
Searches The Undermine Journal (http://theunderminejournal.com) for items and sellers on the Alliance Auction House for the realm Uldum-US.
207 uses - Created 2012-02-10 00:45:52 - Last used 2012-08-12 23:12:54 - Nominate - Description - http://theunderminejournal.com/?realm=A-Uldum&search=%s

whip
Find Similar or Opposite words at WordHippo!
207 uses - Created 2015-12-04 21:13:28 - Last used 2025-12-22 10:16:56 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/another-word-for/%s.html

zax
Mix search enginees.Type ZAX one letter and your query. SYNOPSIS ZAX [COMMAND] [QUERY] COMMANDS a=> (gbl alta) ALTAvista & Gigablast b=> (bing y) Bing and Yahoo d=> (dp ii) metasearch:dogpile and ixquick g=> (gbl g) Google i=> (gim yim) Images m=> (mama mcraw) metasearch t=> (t30 alta) t30ma o=> (bякim gooi)Other Countries(Goo,Baidu and Yandex) p=> (zimage pcs) Pictures y=> (gbl cmdline) Yubnub z=> (mama zimage) metasearch EXAMPLES ZAX t "where is the cream filling" To search where is the cream…
207 uses - Created 2010-08-06 21:02:45 - Last used 2012-12-13 20:19:19 - Nominate - Description - {url[no url encoding] echo {mashswitch { switch {% 1 %s} | a=>gbl alta, b=>bing y,d=>dp ii,g=>gbl g,i=>gim yim,m=>mama mcraw,t=>t30 alta,p=>zimage pcs,o=>b??im gooi,y=>gbl cmdline,z=>mama zimage, * => gbl g } -search {% 2- %s} }}

gnap
Uses Google to search for open web directories containing downloadable music files.
207 uses - Created 2008-06-11 18:55:58 - Last used 2024-12-30 18:47:28 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=-inurl%3A%28htm%7Chtml%7Cphp%29+intitle%3A%22index+of%22+%2B%22last+modified%22+%2B%22parent+directory%22+%2Bdescription+%2Bsize+%2B%28wma%7Cmp3%29+%22%s%22

s5
side-by-side google and bing
207 uses - Created 2009-06-09 08:18:15 - Last used 2025-02-09 09:36:27 - Nominate - Description - split {url[no url encoding] g %s} {url[no url encoding] b %s}

dogs

207 uses - Created 2005-07-04 01:14:31 - Last used 2025-04-07 12:17:04 - Nominate - Description - http://dogpile.com

djdoc
Django documentation
206 uses - Created 2006-06-06 20:48:32 - Last used 2013-12-04 18:05:02 - Nominate - Description - http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/

C#
C# & .NET. fun and coding..
206 uses - Created 2006-07-05 10:34:34 - Last used 2020-07-04 09:21:09 - Nominate - Description - http://www.csharpnedir.com

sip
Search Amazon.com's Statistically Improbable Phrases Usage: sip [phrase] Example: sip creatively religious For more info on SIPs, see this link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/search-inside/sipshelp.html/104-5660881-1505528 b.a.
206 uses - Created 2005-08-18 19:46:37 - Last used 2025-09-03 12:45:00 - Nominate - Description - http://www.amazon.com/gp/phrase/ref=sip_bod_3/?%5Fencoding=UTF8&phrase=%s

pand
NAME Pand - goes to specified user favorite page SYNOPSIS Pand [USER] Optional arguments: -<USER> goes to specified user favorite page EXAMPLES To go to USER Favorite page: Pand keudjone To go to the main page: Pand ... AUTHOR Superjuju
206 uses - Created 2006-02-10 06:18:36 - Last used 2020-03-06 11:22:15 - Nominate - Description - http://www.pandora.com{ifThen -value1 %s -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then /people/%s}

gpb
Searches with Google's Phonebook search. More information can be found here: http://www.google.com/features.html
206 uses - Created 2006-03-03 01:31:49 - Last used 2025-12-12 08:25:12 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%s&hl=en&lr=&pb=f&pb=f

tvu
tvu - TV Underground search ========== Old implementation: http://tvunderground.org.ru/index.php{ifThen -value1 %s -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then ?show=show%26search=%s}
206 uses - Created 2006-03-16 04:17:41 - Last used 2011-07-03 22:10:26 - Nominate - Description - http://tvunderground.org.ru/index.php?show=search&search=%s[post]

haskell
Haskell Programming Language help. (Functional Programming)
206 uses - Created 2006-04-19 08:19:02 - Last used 2025-10-03 14:39:01 - Nominate - Description - http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Haskell

bpm
BPMDatabase.com search. Returns results for search of "artist" field. The site lists BPM counts (beats per minute) for a growing number of songs. Example: bpm timbaland
206 uses - Created 2006-08-13 23:18:35 - Last used 2026-04-29 01:12:09 - Nominate - Description - http://bpmdatabase.com/search.php?artist=%s

has
HaskellWiki Page Search. the Haskell Language Wiki. This is a Wiki server for the language Haskell. To go to the page http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Haskell/Pointfree Example: has Pointfree
206 uses - Created 2006-08-26 00:20:25 - Last used 2025-09-03 05:34:14 - Nominate - Description - http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Haskell/%s

vpc

206 uses - Created 2025-11-28 12:45:29 - Last used 2026-05-21 07:12:06 - Nominate - Description - https://www.crif-online.at/sb/viewprivatecheck/%s

redir
Redirect to an URL then close the window. Most useful with special URIs like TELNET:// or FILE:///, as it will launch the local desktop application without keeping a blank window opened. redir telnet://someoldbbs.com redir file://///127.0.0.1/C$/temp/test/go.bat stephanegregoire@gmail.com
206 uses - Created 2008-12-30 03:30:59 - Last used 2014-07-23 13:18:11 - Nominate - Description - http://yubnub.org/example/echo?text=%3Ciframe+src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fyubnub.org%2Fexample%2Fecho%3Ftext%3D%253Cmeta%2Bhttp-equiv%253D%2522Refresh%2522%2Bcontent%253D%25220%253Burl%253D%s%2522%253EThis%2Bpage%2Bshould%2Bautomatically%2Bredirect%2Bto%2B%253Ca%2Bhref%253D%2522calisse%2522%253Ecalisse%253C%252Fa%253E%22+onload%3D%22location%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fyubnub.org%2Fexample%2Fexit%27%22+style%3D%22display%3Anone%22%3E

demauro
cerca parola nel dizionario italiano de mauro paravia
206 uses - Created 2007-08-06 00:53:24 - Last used 2013-12-20 17:24:08 - Nominate - Description - http://demauroparavia.it/_%s

builtwith
Builtwith Search: Web Page Technology Profiler. Find out what a site is built with. Follow the command with a valid url to see a detailed breakdown of script libraries, web technologies, widgets, tracking and analytics, frameworks, multimedia content etc
206 uses - Created 2007-08-13 23:16:53 - Last used 2025-07-11 11:46:10 - Nominate - Description - http://builtwith.com/default.aspx?%s

promoconso

206 uses - Created 2008-09-04 15:02:45 - Last used 2026-04-25 14:10:46 - Nominate - Description - http://www.promo-conso.net/recherche.php?keyword=%s

lcbo
Search LCBO by name search term
206 uses - Created 2009-08-02 19:15:44 - Last used 2022-12-30 11:21:11 - Nominate - Description - http://www.lcbo.com/lcbo-ear/lcbo/product/searchResults.do?ITEM_NAME=%s&ITEM_NUMBER=

gwave
Google Wave
205 uses - Created 2009-12-06 14:34:56 - Last used 2012-03-26 15:04:08 - Nominate - Description - https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=wave&passive=true&nui=1&continue=https://wave.google.com/wave/&followup=https://wave.google.com/wave/&ltmpl=standard

kwt
Adwords Keyword Tool
205 uses - Created 2009-05-06 16:06:38 - Last used 2011-11-29 09:11:22 - Nominate - Description - https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal?defaultView=2

lastfmbr
Vá direto ao perfil de um usuário, à ficha ou álbum de um artista, ou faça uma busca na lastfm do Brasil. Para ir direto a um perfil (-usuario): lastfmbr -usuario jpbcosta Para ir direto à ficha de um artista (-artista): lastfmbr -artista Tom Zé (O uso de iniciais maiúsculas não é obrigatório e o de acentos é recomendado.) É possível ir diretamente a um álbum específico do artista (-album): lastfmbr -artista tom zé -album todos os olhos (Nesse caso, o uso de acentos é obrigatório.) Caso deseje …
205 uses - Created 2009-05-09 07:14:11 - Last used 2013-12-12 10:20:44 - Nominate - Description - http://www.lastfm.com.br/{ifEmpty -value ${artista} -value ${usuario} -then search?m=all&q=%s{ifNotEmpty ${album} -then +${album}} -else {ifEmpty -value ${artista} -then user/${usuario} -else {ifEmpty -value ${usuario} -then music/${artista}/${album} -else search?m=all&q=${artista}+${usuario}{ifNotEmpty ${album} -then +${album}}}}}

acer
Search Acer battery in www.usa-batteries.com and www.canada-batteries.ca
205 uses - Created 2008-02-19 08:41:14 - Last used 2025-06-07 08:41:25 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/cse?cx=013849984165846061063%3A1zcukzzixgo&cof=FORID%3A1&q=acer

fxaddons
searches the mozilla firefox addons site on your query.
205 uses - Created 2007-04-05 06:48:22 - Last used 2012-07-03 13:31:04 - Nominate - Description - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search?q=%s&status=4

octave
SYNOPSIS octave programm EXAMPLE octave help - Shows the help of octave octave sqrt(-25) - shows: ans = 0 + 5i Run an Octave script (a Very powerful math-language). There is a timelimit at about four minutes of execution time. Sadly this command is not usable for pipes because for the frame and because it display also the equtations.
205 uses - Created 2007-05-14 12:57:54 - Last used 2024-01-28 04:26:46 - Nominate - Description - http://www.online-utility.org/servlet/MathServlet?program=%s

gint
Search google with No Country Redirect, which means that if you have a localized version of Firefox, you won't be redirected to google's localized page (as with the command 'g'). Instead, you'll be able to search using the international version of google.
205 uses - Created 2007-08-01 11:54:38 - Last used 2024-06-01 12:13:21 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%s&lr=

mp
Official page for Rob Moore MP Fundy Royal, New Brunswick Canada
205 uses - Created 2005-07-01 22:33:42 - Last used 2025-06-25 18:29:17 - Nominate - Description - http://robmooremp.com

blink
Search www.blinklist.com Tags
205 uses - Created 2006-03-05 18:53:34 - Last used 2025-05-23 03:38:02 - Nominate - Description - http://www.blinklist.com/tag/%s

ko
koders.com - koders is a search engine that indexes the source code of many open source projects to find a file that uses a specific win32 api for exemple : Example: ko wininet.h
205 uses - Created 2005-09-01 22:34:35 - Last used 2026-04-29 06:17:20 - Nominate - Description - http://www.koders.com/?s=%s

board
BoardTracker.com is an advanced and highly effective search engine for message boards.
205 uses - Created 2005-10-31 12:36:50 - Last used 2025-06-24 16:19:19 - Nominate - Description - http://www.boardtracker.com/search/?search=%s&cat=1&filter=1

jeni
Takes you to jenibehrens.com
205 uses - Created 2005-06-10 04:48:17 - Last used 2011-11-29 09:09:35 - Nominate - Description - http://jenibehrens.com

freshports
Search FreeBSD ports in freshports.org
205 uses - Created 2010-08-24 20:38:01 - Last used 2026-05-08 04:40:13 - Nominate - Description - http://www.freshports.org/search.php?query=%s&search=go&num=10&stype=name&method=match&deleted=excludedeleted&start=1&casesensitivity=caseinsensitive

clfu
commandlinefu.com is the place to record those command-line gems that you return to again and again. Example: clfu ls
205 uses - Created 2011-03-30 23:50:47 - Last used 2018-02-12 17:06:28 - Nominate - Description - http://www.commandlinefu.com/search/handler?q=%s[post]

precios
Encuentra Precios - El motor que investiga por tus compras - Encuentra y compara los mejores precios online E.g. precios Iphone ( by l3utterfish )
205 uses - Created 2011-12-12 19:37:25 - Last used 2025-02-10 03:48:23 - Nominate - Description - http://www.encuentraprecios.es/categoria.aspx?libera=%s&id=-1&prezzoMin=&prezzoMax=

virtualbox
A direct link to the free software virtualisation tool's homepage.
205 uses - Created 2012-08-11 21:55:34 - Last used 2025-05-19 15:28:40 - Nominate - Description - https://www.virtualbox.org/

wktnstep1
STATUS test command I'm trying to make a universal wiktionary command but i'm having a hard time. I'm new in this. This is the step one for the command wktn. I have a really difficult time using the positional parameters. So that's why I will do this in two steps. I hope it will work. Anyway... SYNTAX wktnstep1 -lcode "language code" -text "text" AUTHOR Luis Gabriel Matallana Vallejo luisgmatallana@gmail.com
204 uses - Created 2010-05-18 10:12:59 - Last used 2012-03-04 21:42:31 - Nominate - Description - http://${lcode}.wiktionary.org/?search=${text}

gyt

204 uses - Created 2010-11-14 12:02:05 - Last used 2020-01-20 23:28:56 - Nominate - Description - http://www.youtube.com/my_subscriptions

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