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Golden Eggs (ge)

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".

gimyim
Compare Google Images and Yahoo Images example: gimyim lantana b.a.
5914 uses - Created 2005-08-04 20:03:52 - Last used 2025-05-27 10:30:13 - Description - split http://images.google.com/images?q=%s http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?&p=%s

phon
Converts the given text to the phonetic alphabet (Alpha, Bravo, Zulu, ...) Example: phon hello world returns: Hotel Echo Lima Lima Oscar Whiskey Oscar Romeo Lima Delta Useful for conveying important information over the phone (like zip codes)
748 uses - Created 2005-08-17 05:06:33 - Last used 2024-07-06 12:42:37 - Description - http://yubnub.org/example/to_phonetics?text=%s

wrd
Launches Microsoft Word by downloading a blank Word document.
363 uses - Created 2005-08-16 04:24:48 - Last used 2024-07-20 14:52:25 - Description - http://yubnub.org/New%20Microsoft%20Word%20Document.doc

xl
Launches Microsoft Excel by downloading a blank Excel document.
286 uses - Created 2005-08-16 04:30:33 - Last used 2024-07-20 14:52:57 - Description - http://yubnub.org/New%20Microsoft%20Excel%20Worksheet.xls

oow
Launches the OpenOffice word processor by downloading a blank .sxw document.
124 uses - Created 2005-08-16 04:33:56 - Last used 2021-02-13 12:37:13 - Description - http://yubnub.org/New%20OpenOffice.org%201.1.2%20Text%20Document.sxw

oos
Launches the OpenOffice spreadsheet application by downloading a blank sxc file.
54 uses - Created 2005-08-16 04:37:03 - Last used 2020-07-05 04:43:53 - Description - http://yubnub.org/New%20OpenOffice.org%201.1.2%20Spreadsheet.sxc

strReplace
NAME strReplace - replace all instances of a character or string found within another string SYNOPSIS strReplace -find [TEXT TO FIND] -replace [TEXT TO SUBSITUTE IN] -string [STRING TO BE SEARCHED] EXAMPLES strReplace -find pizza -replace hot dogs -string I like pizza. (returns: I like hot dogs.) strReplace -find a -replace o -string Banana Camera (returns: Bonono Camero) Replaces all instances of a string or character with another string or character, and returns the resulting string. This com…
283220 uses - Created 2005-08-13 19:16:44 - Last used 2025-01-08 10:45:36 - Description - http://jonathanaquino.com/yubscripts/strings/stringmanip.php?command=strreplace&find=${find}&replace=${replace}&string=${string}&xn_auth=no

strFind
NAME strFind - Returns the position of a string or character within another string SYNOPSIS strFind -find [TEXT TO FIND] -string [STRING TO BE SEARCHED] -reverse [REVERSE SEARCH] EXAMPLES strFind -find b -string abcabc (returns: 2) strFind -find b -string abcabc -reverse true (returns: 5) strFind -find z -string abcabc (returns: 0) Returns the position of the first occurence of a string or character within another string. If nothing is found, the command returns 0. Set -reverse to TRUE if you w…
247851 uses - Created 2005-08-13 19:40:44 - Last used 2024-11-05 09:34:33 - Description - http://jonathanaquino.com/yubscripts/strings/stringmanip.php?command=strfind&find=${find}&reverse=${reverse=FALSE}&string=${string}&xn_auth=no

strUcase
An alias for ucase. I thought it would be handy to have all the string manipulation commands prefixed by "str"
75 uses - Created 2005-08-13 19:52:19 - Last used 2010-03-02 10:51:02 - Description - http://www.yubnub.org/parser/parse?command=ucase+%s

strLcase
An alias for lcase. I thought it would be handy to have all the string manipulation commands prefixed by "str"
2664 uses - Created 2005-08-13 19:52:58 - Last used 2023-07-26 04:01:20 - Description - http://www.yubnub.org/parser/parse?command=lcase+%s

Sum
NAME Sum - adds values together SYNOPSIS Sum [VALUE1] [VALUE2] [VALUE3] ... EXAMPLES Sum 20 5.3 (result: 25.3) Sum 2 4 6 8 10 (result: 30) This command adds space separated numbers together. You can use as many numbers as you like. AUTHOR Allen Ormond <aormond (at) fromrocks (dot) com>
30316 uses - Created 2005-08-13 22:59:26 - Last used 2025-09-29 09:07:33 - Description - http://jonathanaquino.com/yubscripts/math/math.php?command=sum&input=%s&xn_auth=no

Subtract
NAME Subtract - adds values together SYNOPSIS Subtract [VALUE1] [VALUE2] EXAMPLES Subtract 100 10 (returns: 90) Subtract 2 10 (returns: -8) This command subtracts the first number from the second, and returns the result. AUTHOR Allen Ormond <aormond (at) fromrocks (dot) com>
1318 uses - Created 2005-08-13 23:03:40 - Last used 2017-01-11 12:56:29 - Description - http://jonathanaquino.com/yubscripts/math/math.php?command=subtract&input=%s&xn_auth=no

Multiply
NAME Multiply - Multiplies two values together SYNOPSIS Multiply [VALUE1] [VALUE2] EXAMPLES Multiply 2 5 (returns: 10) This command multiplies two values together and returns the result. AUTHOR Allen Ormond <aormond (at) fromrocks (dot) com>
618 uses - Created 2005-08-13 23:06:30 - Last used 2023-03-03 12:33:54 - Description - http://jonathanaquino.com/yubscripts/math/math.php?command=multiply&input=%s&xn_auth=no

Divide
NAME Divide - Divides one value by another SYNOPSIS Divide [VALUE1] [VALUE2] EXAMPLES Divide 10 5 (returns: 2) This command divides one value by another and returns the result. AUTHOR Allen Ormond <aormond (at) fromrocks (dot) com>
475 uses - Created 2005-08-13 23:09:21 - Last used 2024-08-22 03:48:30 - Description - http://jonathanaquino.com/yubscripts/math/math.php?command=divide&input=%s&xn_auth=no

Cur
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=${from=GBP}${to=USD}=X Yahoo Currency Converter, converts any currency to another the default is from British pound to US Dollar for 1 Britsh pound (GBP) to Eguivlant in Egyptian pound (EGP) Cur -from GBP -to EGP for a complete list of Currency Abbreviation check: http://www.jhall.demon.co.uk/currency/by_abbrev.html#e AUTHOR Essam Eliwa
280 uses - Created 2005-08-11 16:23:52 - Last used 2020-06-13 02:59:03 - Description - http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=${from=GBP}${to=USD}=X

strRight
NAME strRight - returns characters from the end of a string SYNOPSIS strRight [STRING] [LENGTH] EXAMPLES strRight abcdefg 3 (returns: "efg") strRight This is a string 4 (returns: "ring") This command requires two parameters, a string and an integer. It will chop off and return the end of the string the length of the integer. Do not surround the string with quotes. The integer must come after a space at the end of the string. AUTHOR Allen Ormond <aormond (at) fromrocks (dot) com>
27840 uses - Created 2005-08-12 00:38:54 - Last used 2017-05-29 13:31:01 - Description - http://jonathanaquino.com/yubscripts/strings/stringmanip.php?command=strright&input=%s&xn_auth=no

strLeft
NAME strLeft - returns characters from the beginning of a string SYNOPSIS strLeft [STRING] [LENGTH] EXAMPLES strLeft abcdefg 3 (returns: "abc") strLeft This is a string 6 (returns: "This i") This command requires two parameters, a string and an integer. It will chop off and return the beginning of the string the length of the integer. Do not surround the string with quotes. The integer must come after a space at the end of the string. AUTHOR Allen Ormond <aormond (at) fromrocks (dot) com>
28808 uses - Created 2005-08-12 00:36:27 - Last used 2019-10-23 13:59:34 - Description - http://jonathanaquino.com/yubscripts/strings/stringmanip.php?command=strleft&input=%s&xn_auth=no

strLength
NAME strLength - returns the length of a string SYNOPSIS strLength [STRING] EXAMPLES strLength abcdefg (returns: 7) strLength This is a string (returns: 16) This command will return the length of the inputted string. Do not surround the string with quotes. AUTHOR Allen Ormond <aormond (at) fromrocks (dot) com>
73529 uses - Created 2005-08-12 00:58:20 - Last used 2022-02-13 14:08:51 - Description - http://jonathanaquino.com/yubscripts/strings/stringmanip.php?command=strlength&input=%s&xn_auth=no

ifThen
NAME ifThen - Compares two values (or evaluates a conditional statement) and returns a value based on the result SYNOPSIS This command can be used with two different syntaxes: ifThen -value1 [VALUE 1] -value2 [VALUE 2] -test [CONDITIONAL TEST] -then [RESULT IF TRUE] -else [RESULT IF FALSE] -redirect [REDIRECT] OR: ifThen (CONDITIONAL STATEMENT)RESULT IF TRUE, RESULT IF FALSE -delimit [DELIMITER] -redirect [REDIRECT] EXAMPLES The following are examples using both of the two syntaxes: ifThen -val…
1090467 uses - Created 2005-08-12 04:14:04 - Last used 2023-11-19 06:52:35 - Description - http://jonathanaquino.com/yubscripts/ifthen/ifthen.php?value1=${value1}&value2=${value2}&test=${test}&then=${then}&els=${else}&redirect=${redirect=false}&input=%s&delimit=${delimit=,}&xn_auth=no

sparkline_d
Here are some examples - sparkline_d -d 88,84,82,92,82,86,66,82,44,64,66,88,96,80,24,26,14,0,0,26,8,6,6,24,52,66,36,6,10,14,30 -upper 90 sparkline_d -d 88,84,82,92,86,95,82,78,89,90,88,96,80,82,86,95,82,78,89,90,88,96,80 -height 40 -upper 90 -acolor blue -bcolor green check http://bitworking.org/projects/sparklines to know what it all means
223 uses - Created 2005-07-12 16:09:39 - Last used 2015-04-15 06:46:40 - Description - http://bitworking.org/projects/sparklines/spark.cgi?type=discrete&d=${d}&height=${height=20}&upper=${upper}&above-color=${acolor=red}&below-color=${bcolor=gray}[no url encoding]

compose
NAME compose - creates an email with your default program SYNOPSIS compose -to [TO] -cc [CC] -bcc [BCC] -subject [SUBJECT] -body [MESSAGE BODY] EXAMPLES compose -to test@example.com compose -to sample@example.com -subject What up dog? -body YubNub Rocks! Creates an email in your default email application. All parameters are optional. Note: This does not send an email automatically. It only creates a message that will later need to be sent. AUTHOR Allen Ormond <aormond (at) fromrocks (dot) com>
635 uses - Created 2005-08-09 02:34:41 - Last used 2022-02-03 20:54:53 - Description - http://www.fromrocks.com/yubnub/email/redirect-mailto.php?to=${to}&subject=${subject}&cc=${cc}&bcc=${bcc}&body=${body}

sendsms
NAME sendsms - send an SMS text message to a mobile phone SYNOPSIS sendsms -n [PHONE NUMBER] -c [CARRIER] -m [MESSAGE] EXAMPLE sendsms -n 1234567890 -c tmobile -m Hello World! Sends a SMS text message to a mobile phone using the same method as Google's "Send to Phone" Firefox extension. This will only work for U.S. numbers. All parameters are required. These are the carrier codes that must be used. ALLTEL ATT CELLULARONE CINGULAR_4 NEXTEL OMNIPOINT QWEST SPRINT TMOBILE VERIZON VIRGIN
736 uses - Created 2005-08-07 15:25:39 - Last used 2021-02-20 08:54:52 - Description - http://sms.toolbar.google.com/send/sms?client=unknown&numsms=${n}&carriersms={ucase ${c}}&msgsms=${m}&sendsms=Send+message

lcase
NAME lcase - convert text to lowercase SYNOPSIS lcase [STRING] EXAMPLE lcase Hello, World! AUTHOR Jonathan Aquino <jonathan.aquino@gmail.com> (Requested by Allen Ormond)
20262 uses - Created 2005-08-07 17:10:41 - Last used 2025-10-22 12:23:02 - Description - http://yubnub.org/example/lcase?text=%s

ucase
NAME ucase - convert text to uppercase SYNOPSIS ucase [STRING] EXAMPLE ucase Hello, World! AUTHOR Jonathan Aquino <jonathan.aquino@gmail.com> (Requested by Allen Ormond)
3493 uses - Created 2005-08-07 17:09:20 - Last used 2025-07-16 14:04:31 - Description - http://yubnub.org/example/ucase?text=%s

exit
Closes the current window.
729 uses - Created 2005-06-28 17:52:14 - Last used 2023-08-24 23:54:34 - Description - http://yubnub.org/example/exit

scrape
NAME scrape - display a snippet of text parsed from a web page. SYNOPSIS scrape -tokens TOKENS -dirs DIRECTIONS -url URL [options] Mandatory arguments: -tokens <token_list_string> A list of tokens (delimited by spaces) which the user has determined to be sufficient to consistently point the parser to the exact location of the required data. For example -tokens <title> </title> would return all characters between these two HTML tags. -dirs <direction_list_string> A list of directions associated …
145874 uses - Created 2005-07-22 03:42:49 - Last used 2024-12-15 11:52:21 - Description - http://efridge.net/yubnub/parse.php?ynp_tokens=${tokens}&ynp_dirs=${dirs}&yndesturl=${url}&ynp_debug=${debug=0}&ynp_http=${method=get}&ynp_scrape=${textonly=1}

cmdline
NAME cmdline - opens a command line frame at the bottom of the screen cmd - an alias for cmdline SYNOPSIS cmdline [options] cmd [options] Optional arguments: -br <browser_type = ff> If not included, cmdline will assume that a Firefox browser is being used. This is the default value of "ff". If set to "ie", cmdline will assume an Internet Explorer browser is being used. -fc <font_colour = black> If not included, the cmdline will use a black font. This is the default value. HTML colour names, hex…
74989 uses - Created 2005-08-06 03:38:24 - Last used 2025-11-01 15:43:30 - Description - http://efridge.net/yubnub/ynframes.php?args=%s

yg
Search the yahoogroups with a specified keyword
532 uses - Created 2005-07-13 21:03:37 - Last used 2025-05-31 10:21:47 - Description - http://groups.yahoo.com/search?query=%s&ss=1

gmt
To find local time (and date) in a given location. E.g. gmt london
4386 uses - Created 2005-06-13 22:22:19 - Last used 2024-11-13 15:15:24 - Description - http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/results.html?query=%s

phone
WhitePages.com Residential Directory Assistance Search Find phone book listings by searching based on name, address, or phone number. Examples: phone (206) 802-2120 phone 206-802-2120 phone John Smith, Seattle, WA phone John Smith, 98107 phone 4802 Third, Seattle, WA phone 4802 Third, 98107
5899 uses - Created 2005-06-20 14:55:18 - Last used 2025-10-21 11:48:20 - Description - http://www.whitepages.com/search/SingleField?q=%s

blub
blub - Bloglines Subscribe. Subscribe to the given blog using the Bloglines RSS reader. Auto-discovers the feed, if any. Example: blub http://jonaquino.blogspot.com
2571 uses - Created 2005-07-29 06:08:19 - Last used 2021-02-03 06:42:59 - Description - http://www.bloglines.com/sub/%s[no url encoding]

timer
An online break reminder. Basically it will bug you to take a break every 30 minutes (you can configure the time interval). If you're not ready to take a break yet, you can snooze for 5 minutes (again, you can configure this time interval), after which it will bug you again. Go away, rest your eyes, and when you come back, hit the big Restart button -- this will reset the clock back to 30 minutes. Example: timer 45
2753 uses - Created 2005-07-24 03:51:18 - Last used 2025-10-19 12:29:07 - Description - http://jonathanaquino.com/timer/?minutesBetweenNotifications=%s

convert
Convert FROM any unit TO any unit, usage: "convert 50 km to miles" does just what you expect.
8841 uses - Created 2005-07-19 20:22:19 - Last used 2025-11-02 16:37:39 - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%s

yrss
Yahoo News Feed Search (RSS) Returns 5 linked headlines to the command prompt. Example: yrss middle east
235 uses - Created 2005-07-10 15:59:53 - Last used 2015-11-09 14:19:23 - Description - http://efridge.net/yubnub/parse.php?ynp_type=rss&yndesturl=http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss&ei=UTF-8&fl=0&x=wrt&p=%s&yncmd=${COMMAND}

gmd
Search Greasemonkeyed.com, the repository of Greasemonkey scripts. Usage: gmd [search term] b.a.
2503 uses - Created 2005-07-22 15:32:30 - Last used 2025-10-27 04:45:11 - Description - http://userscripts.org/scripts/search?q=%s&commit=Search

splitv
NAME splitv - displays several webpages on a single screen, arranged vertically SYNOPSIS splitv [URL] [URL] [URL] ... EXAMPLE splitv http://google.com http://yahoo.com http://answers.com splitv {url g porsche} {url y porsche} {url a porsche} AUTHOR Jonathan Aquino <jonathan.aquino@gmail.com>
21307 uses - Created 2005-07-22 03:49:54 - Last used 2025-09-27 02:27:43 - Description - http://yubnub.org/example/split?type=v&urls=%s

splith
NAME splith - displays several webpages on a single screen, arranged horizontally SYNOPSIS splith [URL] [URL] [URL] ... EXAMPLE splith http://google.com http://yahoo.com http://answers.com splith {url g porsche} {url y porsche} {url a porsche} AUTHOR Jonathan Aquino <jonathan.aquino@gmail.com>
4324 uses - Created 2005-07-22 03:48:33 - Last used 2025-09-27 00:40:10 - Description - http://yubnub.org/example/split?type=h&urls=%s

split
NAME split - displays several webpages on a single screen SYNOPSIS split [URL] [URL] [URL] ... EXAMPLE split http://google.com http://yahoo.com http://answers.com split {url g porsche} {url y porsche} {url a porsche} AUTHOR Jonathan Aquino <jonathan.aquino@gmail.com>
285967 uses - Created 2005-07-22 03:45:37 - Last used 2025-10-23 01:01:19 - Description - http://yubnub.org/example/split?type=t&urls=%s

gearth
If it's a valid address Google Maps recognizes, have Google Earth fly you there directly. For example, gearth 109 st. marks place, new york ny 10009 takes you straight to a view of Tompkins Square Park in the East Village. For more details, visit www.ogleearth.com
2223 uses - Created 2005-07-18 21:56:57 - Last used 2025-09-16 16:58:11 - Description - http://www.ogleearth.com/hack1/?address=%s&submit=Submit

dpop
Find recently popular links from del.icio.us. Examples: dpop -> http://del.icio.us/popular/ dpop favicon -> http://del.icio.us/popular/favicon dpop -from tag -> http://del.icio.us/tag/ dpop favicon -from tag -> http://del.icio.us/tag/favicon
8366 uses - Created 2005-07-06 18:34:19 - Last used 2023-07-20 16:10:03 - Description - http://del.icio.us/${from=popular}/%s

rnd
NAME rand - display a specified number of random numbers in a specified range, courtesy of random.org SYNOPSIS rand -min <min value = 1> -max <max value = 100> -num <how many to generate = 1> EXAMPLE rand 49 rand -min 1998 -max 2005 rand -num 5 -max 20 AUTHOR Richard Frankel
578 uses - Created 2005-07-19 02:37:54 - Last used 2021-09-20 09:00:48 - Description - http://jonathanaquino.com/random.php?num=${num=1}&min=${min=1}&max=%s${max}&col=1

brain
Ask Brainboost a question, and it will search the internet to find a precise answer to your question. Sponsored by NASA. Example: brain how far is sidney from victoria bc?
2615 uses - Created 2005-07-18 02:46:31 - Last used 2025-10-28 10:56:18 - Description - http://www.answers.com/bb/bbsearch.jsp?Q=%s

mozinekb
NAME mozinekb - Search the MozillaZine Knowledge Base SYNOPSIS mozinekb [SEARCH] EXAMPLES mozinekb "profile folder" mozinekb extention install A command to search the MozillaZine Knowledge Base Wiki. It includes info on Mozilla, Firefox, Thunderbird, and more. If what you need isn't covered, make sure to check out the MozillaZine forums. AUTHOR Tommy B. <tommy04@gmail.com>
182 uses - Created 2005-07-17 03:40:04 - Last used 2023-10-24 20:04:10 - Description - http://kb.mozillazine.org/Special:Search?search=%s&fulltext=Search

date
NAME date - print the system date and time SYNOPSIS date -format [FORMAT] -offset [DAYS] EXAMPLES date date -format m/d/Y -offset -7 Displays the current date and time, offset by the given number of DAYS. The FORMAT is given by the codes below: a The abbreviated weekday name ("Sun") A The full weekday name ("Sunday") b The abbreviated month name ("Jan") B The full month name ("January") c The preferred local date and time representation d Day of the month (01..31) H Hour of the day, 24-hour clo…
36757 uses - Created 2005-07-17 02:34:38 - Last used 2025-09-30 01:29:45 - Description - http://yubnub.org/example/today?format=${format=Y-m-d}&offset=${offset=0}

strip
Get Google's text-only cache of web page. Like the cachefromg, but strips images and scripts (I hope) from cache. Example: strip yahoo.com
963 uses - Created 2005-06-21 03:14:06 - Last used 2024-12-15 03:36:43 - Description - http://google.com/search?q=cache:%s&strip=1

echo
NAME echo - display a line of text SYNOPSIS echo [STRING] EXAMPLE echo Hello, World! AUTHOR Jonathan Aquino <jonathan.aquino@gmail.com>
1370970 uses - Created 2005-07-16 19:48:17 - Last used 2025-11-03 08:38:03 - Description - http://yubnub.org/example/echo?text=%s

url
Converts a YubNub command to a URL. For example, url gim porsche 911 displays the following text: http://images.google.com/images?q=porsche+911 This command will be useful for people experimenting with chaining YubNub commands together.
4561624 uses - Created 2005-07-15 04:39:23 - Last used 2025-10-22 00:59:35 - Description - http://yubnub.org/parser/url?command=%s

flku
Enter a flickr username to open their flickr page. Example: flku sprocket87
583 uses - Created 2005-07-13 18:40:20 - Last used 2016-08-04 00:54:07 - Description - http://www.flickr.com/photos/%s

blg
Jump to the Blogger.com dashboard.
1847 uses - Created 2005-07-11 01:30:56 - Last used 2023-06-22 05:19:35 - Description - http://www.blogger.com

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