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lipsum
SYNOPSIS lipsum [options] EXAMPLES lipsum -f html -a 6 lipsum -f html -a 100 -t words Generates "lorem ipsum" text. OPTIONS -f FORMAT Generate output in the given FORMAT. FORMAT is html or xml. -a NUM Generate NUM paragraphs (or words, bytes, or lists, depending on the type of unit specified) -t TYPE (Optional) TYPE is paragraphs, words, bytes, or lists. Defaults to paragraphs. -s START (Optional) START is yes or no, indicating whether to start with "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..." Defaults to n…
2577 uses - Created 2005-07-06 06:20:40 - Last used 2023-09-06 14:19:34 - Description - http://www.lipsum.com/feed/${f}/?amount=${a}&what=${t}&start=${s}

lynx
View the source of the given URL. Handy for browsers that do not have a "View Source" menu item (like mobile browsers). Example: lynx http://google.com Uses Rex Swain's HTTP Viewer. "See exactly what an HTTP request returns to your browser."
3038 uses - Created 2005-07-11 00:57:41 - Last used 2025-05-02 23:21:16 - Description - http://www.rexswain.com/cgi-bin/httpview.cgi?url=%s&req=Get&ver=1.1&fmt=Auto&uag=&aen=&fwd=on

y
SYNOPSIS y [keywords] EXAMPLE y why is the sky blue Searches the web using the Yahoo! search engine.
91647 uses - Created 2005-06-06 01:20:52 - Last used 2025-10-31 16:14:35 - Description - http://search.yahoo.com/search?&p=%s

a
Answers.com fact search
72184 uses - Created 2005-06-10 03:11:47 - Last used 2025-10-29 06:40:55 - Description - http://www.answers.com/%s

desa
Save a URL to your del.icio.us account. del.icio.us is a "social bookmarking service". Usage: desa -u <username> -t <tags> -url <URL> -d <description> -e <extended description> Example: desa -u JonathanAquino -url http://google.com -d My search engine of choice
376 uses - Created 2005-07-09 16:34:00 - Last used 2024-11-01 09:50:34 - Description - http://del.icio.us/${u}?submit=save&url=${url}&description=${d}&extended=${e}&tags=${t}[post]

webmsn
MSN webmessenger, use MSN from most web browsers
258 uses - Created 2005-06-28 17:14:06 - Last used 2010-09-15 05:32:13 - Description - http://webmessenger.msn.com

gma
With no parameter, opens GMail, with a parameter, searches GMail for parameter (must be logged in). Examples: gma - opens GMail gma world peace - searches GMail for world peace (if logged in) Proposed as replacement for gma. Stian Haklev, shaklev@gmail.com. My first command using eop, thanks Allen, this is awesome! ========== Old implementation: https://gmail.google.com/{eop gmail?search=query&q=@%s@&view=tl&fs=1}
89918 uses - Created 2005-06-22 23:30:00 - Last used 2025-11-02 06:56:27 - Description - https://mail.google.com/{eop mail/#search/@%s@ -else }

m
Get showtimes for movies in your area. Usage: ymovies zipcode (eg. ymovies 95603)
6668 uses - Created 2005-06-10 01:12:42 - Last used 2025-09-18 22:33:34 - Description - http://movies.yahoo.com/showtimes/showtimes.html?z=%s&r=sim

w
Weather Channel's weather for the given ZIP code
40592 uses - Created 2005-06-20 20:55:27 - Last used 2025-10-16 06:52:21 - Description - http://www.weather.com/weather/local/%s

netflix
Searches Netflix for DVD titles.
14404 uses - Created 2005-06-11 19:30:00 - Last used 2025-10-12 00:14:32 - Description - http://www.netflix.com/Search?v1=%s

gmails
Gmail Search Automatically searches for emails in your Gmail account.
4057 uses - Created 2005-06-24 00:30:43 - Last used 2025-06-02 02:09:54 - Description - http://gmail.google.com/gmail?&search=query&q=%s&view=tl&fs=1

tidy
HTML Tidy is a tool for checking and cleaning up HTML source files. It is especially useful for finding and correcting errors in deeply nested HTML, or for making grotesque code legible once more. Example: tidy http://google.com
600 uses - Created 2005-07-01 23:44:09 - Last used 2023-03-03 12:57:00 - Description - http://infohound.net/tidy/tidy.pl?_function=tidy&_url=%s&_html=&_file=&x=0&y=0&alt-text=&doctype=auto&drop-empty-paras=y&fix-backslash=y&fix-bad-comments=y&fix-uri=y&join-styles=y&lower-literals=y&ncr=y&new-blocklevel-tags=&new-empty-tags=&new-inline-tags=&new-pre-tags=&quote-ampersand=y&quote-nbsp=y&indent=no&indent-spaces=2&tab-size=4&wrap=68&wrap-asp=y&wrap-jste=y&wrap-php=y&wrap-sections=y&ascii-chars=y&char-encoding=ascii&input-encoding=latin1&output-bom=auto&output-encoding=ascii&_output=warn

skw
Skweezer. Optimizes the given URL for viewing on a cell phone, PDA, or other mobile device. Example: skw http://www.cnn.com/
701 uses - Created 2005-07-02 07:56:41 - Last used 2025-07-26 13:03:04 - Description - http://www.skweezer.net/skweeze.aspx?i=1&q=%s

lehto_io
Synopsis lehto_io -s [keywords] -p [page(s)] -l [language] -lb [breaks] -sk [skipping] EXAMPLE lehto_io -s Get A Google Poem: by Leevi Lehto -p 2 -l -lb 4 -sk a Performs AutoPost "Get A Google Poem: by Leevi Lehto" with all arguments. s: search/title text p: number of pages to search [1, 2, 3, ..., 10] l: language any language lang_ar Arabic lang_bg Bulgarian lang_ca Catalan lang_zh-CN Chinese (Simplified) lang_zh-TW Chinese (Traditional) lang_hr Croatian lang_cs Czech lang_da Danish lang_…
41 uses - Created 2005-06-30 01:46:59 - Last used 2015-11-16 11:01:45 - Description - http://www.io.com/~jsm/nph-ap.cgi/http://www.leevilehto.net/google/poem.asp?hae=${s}&pages=${p}&lang=${l}&linebrakes=${lb}&skipping=${sk}&dontskip=${ds}

u-g
Search Ultimate-Guitar. Usage: u-g -search [keywords] -type [type] Example: u-g -search stairway to heaven -type tabs The various types are: tabs, bands, reviews, news, columns, lessons
204 uses - Created 2005-06-29 19:53:34 - Last used 2014-06-19 15:10:28 - Description - http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/search.php3?ss=${search}&location=${type}

autotr
Google Auto-Translate. Automatically determines the language of the given URL and translates it into English. Example: autotr http://systempuntoout.blogspot.com/2005/06/per-molti-ma-non-per-tutti.html
13137 uses - Created 2005-06-25 15:50:38 - Last used 2025-11-03 10:22:08 - Description - https://translate.google.com/translate?u=%s

coral
Enter a URL and this command will load it using the Coral Content Distributed Network (http://coralcdn.org/ ). Coral is peer-to-peer content distribution network, comprised of a world-wide network of web proxies and nameservers. This will only work after the root domain (e.g. urls ending in .com, .edu, etc.) but not subdirectories. And don't include the trailing slash if any (e.g. "coral www.vischeck.com", not "coral www.vischeck.com/") Usage: coral [URL] Example: coral www.vischeck.com
555 uses - Created 2005-06-24 15:41:09 - Last used 2025-06-06 13:52:48 - Description - http://%s.nyud.net:8090

qpostal
Canada Postal Code (Quick) Search. To find a postal code, type in an address in the following way. Example: qpostal -n 123 -s main -t street -c winnipeg -p MB Switches: -n the street number -s the street name -t the street type (this is optional; also "street" or "st" works) -c the town or city -p the province (AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT)
155 uses - Created 2005-06-24 11:36:36 - Last used 2024-04-02 20:11:15 - Description - http://www.canadapost.ca/common/tools/pcl/bin/cp_search_response-e.asp?street_number=${n}&street_name=${s}&street_type=${t}&city=${c}&prov=${p}[post]

apoddate
Astronomy Picture of the Day find by date Enter the date to search for as yymmdd, as far back as 950616 (June 16th, 1995) Example: To see the picture for June 5th, 2005 enter apoddate 050605
138 uses - Created 2005-06-24 11:27:24 - Last used 2023-03-29 05:00:14 - Description - http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap%s.html

spages
SYNOPSIS spages -where <location> -keyword <keyword> -business <business_name> EXAMPLE spages -where 20057 -keyword pizza OR spages -where new york -business best buy Searches Verizon's SuperPages.com. Use the -where switch to specify location, the -keyword switch to specify a keyword, and the -business switch to specify a business name. You don't need to do a business name and a keyword, just one or the other...you can do both but it may severely limit results.
134 uses - Created 2005-06-23 21:36:55 - Last used 2025-09-27 22:32:24 - Description - http://yellowpages.superpages.com/listings.jsp?SRC=&STYPE=S&PG=L&R=N&L=${where}&C=${keyword}&N=${business}&T=&S=&search=Find+It

bkm
Brings the user in someone's social bookmarking world
74 uses - Created 2005-06-23 13:31:54 - Last used 2017-05-05 02:38:35 - Description - http://del.icio.us/%s

ofdb
Query the german IMDB-Pendant OFDB ("Online Filmdatenbank").
924 uses - Created 2005-06-23 11:16:14 - Last used 2016-02-22 10:42:49 - Description - http://www.ofdb.de/view.php?page=suchergebnis&SText=%s

odtag
See podcasts tagged under the %s tag at odeo site.
12 uses - Created 2005-06-23 07:29:05 - Last used 2007-07-29 18:39:00 - Description - http://odeo.com/tag/%s

od
Odeo Search. Find podcasts at odeo website (you need to be logged in) To search a podcast just type: od podcast_query
187 uses - Created 2005-06-23 07:27:32 - Last used 2025-09-12 20:49:33 - Description - http://odeo.com/search/query/?q=%s

gloc
Google Local. Find local businesses and services on the web. Examples: gloc pizza Poughkeepsie, NY gloc -what pizza -where Poughkeepsie, NY Sometimes the information you're looking for is related to a particular place -- like the all-night doughnut shop that's nearest to your house. Google Local locates neighborhood stores and services by searching billions of pages across the Web, then cross-checking those results with Yellow Pages data to pinpoint the local resources you want to find. This in…
9406 uses - Created 2005-06-23 05:31:46 - Last used 2023-10-31 00:39:58 - Description - http://www.google.com/local?sc=1&hl=en&q=%s${what}&near=${where}&btnG=Google+Search&rl=1

e2b
translate English words to Big5 traditional Chinese words.
117 uses - Created 2005-06-23 00:43:59 - Last used 2020-10-16 10:16:20 - Description - http://www.onlinedict.com/servlet/MobiDictLookup14?WoRd=%s

dart
Quickly go to someone's Deviantart page of whatever username they input. Example1: dart gwarg, would go to gwarg.deviantart.com Example2: dart scrappo, would go to scrappo.deviantart.com
2496 uses - Created 2005-06-22 18:06:18 - Last used 2025-10-28 19:03:20 - Description - http://%s.deviantart.com

fspell
Spell with Flickr. Have flickr spell out works for you. Example: fspell yubnub
9011 uses - Created 2005-06-22 17:54:26 - Last used 2025-10-14 12:59:45 - Description - http://metaatem.net/words/%s

newmusic
Here are Amazon's top new and future releases in all Music categories. Updated hourly.
68 uses - Created 2005-06-22 05:05:17 - Last used 2014-07-21 02:44:25 - Description - http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/new-for-you/new-releases/-/music/all/1/1/ref=pd_ys_nfy_nr_p/002-9205895-4352033

newbooks
Here are Amazon's top new and future releases in all Books categories. Updated hourly.
61 uses - Created 2005-06-22 04:17:02 - Last used 2010-10-01 12:17:30 - Description - http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/new-for-you/new-releases/-/books/all/ref=pd_nfy_nr_h/002-9205895-4352033

newdvds
Provides a listing of Amazon's top new and future releases in all DVD categories. Updated hourly.
50 uses - Created 2005-06-22 04:13:18 - Last used 2012-05-07 12:49:13 - Description - http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/new-for-you/new-releases/-/dvd/all/ref=pd_nfy_nr_h/002-9205895-4352033

newmovies
Displays the latest movies opening this week. Data is provided by IMDB, and the link provides an easy way to view trailers, photos, showtimes and reviews.
209 uses - Created 2005-06-22 03:56:26 - Last used 2018-02-10 22:02:22 - Description - http://www.imdb.com/nowplaying/

login
Returns an entry from BugMeNot.com Usage: login [url] ex: login www.gamespot.com
5536 uses - Created 2005-06-21 23:10:32 - Last used 2025-10-01 05:19:42 - Description - http://bugmenot.com/view.php?url=%s

less
Like the less command for GNU/Linux and other *nix variants. Shows the straight source code for any file on the Internet. Example: less yubnub.org
732 uses - Created 2005-06-21 19:32:50 - Last used 2025-06-11 08:43:14 - Description - http://jnwd.co.uk/less.php?q=%s

xe
Performs a currency conversion. Usage: xe -amount <amount> -from <currency1> -to <currency2> e.g. xe -amount 100 -from USD -to EUR All of the currency 3 letter abbreviations can be found at: http://www.xe.com/iso4217.htm
70422 uses - Created 2005-06-21 19:29:59 - Last used 2025-11-03 21:48:02 - Description - http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi?Amount=${amount}&From=${from}&To=${to}

cocklefighting
A command to login directly into cocklefighting from a command. Usage: cocklefighting -u username -p password cocklefighting is a game where you have cockles and they fight. your cockle will get better and better as it fights and the idea is to be the number 1 cockle in the game! "Strangely alluring" - Internet Magazine, September 2001
133 uses - Created 2005-06-21 18:44:29 - Last used 2008-05-14 09:42:24 - Description - http://www.cocklefighting.co.uk/default.aspx?form=login&LoginName=${u}&password=${p}

moz
Query Addons.mozilla.org What can you find here? Extensions Extensions are small add-ons that add new functionality to your Mozilla program. They can add anything from a toolbar button to a completely new feature. Browse extensions for: Firefox, Thunderbird, Mozilla Suite Themes Themes allow you to change the way your Mozilla program looks. New graphics and colors. Browse themes for: Firefox, Thunderbird, Mozilla Suite Plugins Plugins are programs that allow websites to provide content to you a…
28175 uses - Created 2005-06-21 10:45:59 - Last used 2025-10-27 10:58:10 - Description - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search?q=%s

fj
French-Japanese and Japanese-French dictionary.
61 uses - Created 2005-06-21 08:33:09 - Last used 2021-09-14 13:29:52 - Description - http://www.dictionnaire-japonais.fr/recherche.php?search=1&mot=%s

tor
Searches www.torrentz.com Keywords: torrent, torrents, bittorent, p2p
19585 uses - Created 2005-06-21 04:59:58 - Last used 2025-09-25 21:59:22 - Description - http://www.torrentz.com/search?q=%s

trailer
Uses Google to search Apple for the most likely movie trailer. Example: trailer smith
4875 uses - Created 2005-06-21 04:41:00 - Last used 2025-06-09 11:59:38 - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Aapple.com%2Ftrailers+%s&btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky

vil
Search McAfee's Virus Info Library for a virus, worm or hoax. Example: vil I Love You
49 uses - Created 2005-06-21 03:26:13 - Last used 2019-10-22 21:57:26 - Description - http://vil.nai.com/vil/query.asp?txtSearch=%s&query_type=2

fanfree
Returns printer-friendly movie listings from Fandango (without advertisements). Takes city and state or zip code as a parameter. Example: fanfree Bellingham, WA Example: fanfree 98225
302 uses - Created 2005-06-21 03:06:26 - Last used 2017-05-03 17:01:41 - Description - http://www.fandango.com/TheaterListings.aspx?location=%s[use %20 for spaces]&source=cityzipsearch&pf=1

snegg
Search for computer parts on New Egg!
2193 uses - Created 2005-06-21 00:24:39 - Last used 2025-06-25 15:10:45 - Description - http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=Go&DEPA=0&type=&description=%s&Category=0&minPrice=&maxPrice=&Go.x=0&Go.y=0

Foxnews
Functional Fox News search!
223 uses - Created 2005-06-21 00:21:03 - Last used 2024-09-10 20:58:19 - Description - http://search.foxnews.com/_1_EZ7TJO03D89CMU__info.foxnws/search/web/%s

strong
Generate _Strong_ Random Passwords. The only argument is the desired length of the passwords. Passwords will be mixed-case and include numbers and punctuation. SSL encrypted. example: "strong 64"
1110 uses - Created 2005-06-20 23:47:07 - Last used 2025-03-18 18:08:35 - Description - https://www.winguides.com/security/password.php?length=%s&phonetic=on&alpha=on&mixedcase=on&numeric=on&punctuation=on&nosimilar=on&quantity=10&guide=security&generate=true

passwd
Random Password Generator. Will Generate 10 passwords consisting of numbers and lowercase letters. The only arguement is a numerical value representing the length of the desired passwords. Example: "password 8"
1027 uses - Created 2005-06-20 23:40:54 - Last used 2025-09-18 22:38:43 - Description - https://www.winguides.com/security/password.php?length=%s&phonetic=on&alpha=on&numeric=on&quantity=10&guide=security&generate=true

paview
Shows the Penny-Arcade comic for a certain day. Enter the day in yyyy-mm-dd format.
7834 uses - Created 2005-06-20 22:40:41 - Last used 2025-09-07 05:27:01 - Description - http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php?date=%s

asce
Search returns American Society of Civil Engineers Journals.Displays upto 100 results. It doesn't search Conference Proceedings. To Search proceedings use asceproc. example: asce water supply
34 uses - Created 2005-06-20 22:38:11 - Last used 2017-08-21 08:54:54 - Description - http://www.asce.org/

ganswer
Searches Google Answers for questions and answers involving your chosen search term.
26 uses - Created 2005-06-20 21:38:11 - Last used 2024-01-16 11:38:24 - Description - http://answers.google.com/answers/search?q=%s&qtype=all&btnG=Google+Search

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