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".
amca
Amazon.ca (Canada) Search. Search for anything, for example: amca anna karenina
3616 uses
-
Created 2005-06-22 03:16:37
-
Last used
2025-06-09 11:47:45
-
Nominate -
Description
-
http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/external-search?mode=blended&keyword=%s[use %20 for spaces]
ip
Look's up the owner of an ip address.
3616 uses
-
Created 2005-06-25 07:08:19
-
Last used
2025-04-03 18:11:10
-
Nominate -
Description
-
http://www.whois.sc/%s
wq
SYNOPSIS wq [keywords] EXAMPLE wq friends Performs a search in the English Wikiquote using the given keywords.
3616 uses
-
Created 2006-01-11 04:43:42
-
Last used
2024-03-27 10:22:22
-
Nominate -
Description
-
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s
wpsv
Swedish Wikipedia search
3614 uses
-
Created 2005-10-25 19:44:22
-
Last used
2021-12-14 09:06:42
-
Nominate -
Description
-
http://sv.wikipedia.org?search=%s
emacs
Searches the EmacsWiki (http://www.emacswiki.org/) ---------- Old implementation: http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki?search=%s
3602 uses
-
Created 2007-06-19 06:58:29
-
Last used
2025-02-20 09:52:47
-
Nominate -
Description
-
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%s%3Aemacswiki.org
0
Truly random numbers from www.random.org -# (number of values, default 10) -\ (lowest value, default 1) -/ (highest value, default 100) -' (number of viewing columns, default 5)
3599 uses
-
Created 2005-12-28 16:10:20
-
Last used
2025-05-15 09:08:16
-
Nominate -
Description
-
http://jonathanaquino.com/random.php?num=${#=10}&min=${\=1}&max=${/=100}&col=${'=5}
lyrics
3594 uses
-
Created 2005-06-10 20:08:19
-
Last used
2025-04-29 05:39:00
-
Nominate -
Description
-
http://www.lyrics.com/search.php?what=all&keyword=%s
ann
Search Anime News Network website
3589 uses
-
Created 2005-12-15 05:30:06
-
Last used
2025-06-08 06:30:42
-
Nominate -
Description
-
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/search.php?searchbox=%s
itunes
The popular 99¢ per-download music service. Owned by Apple, the same geniuses behind OS X and the iPod (which is overpriced, by the way...)
3582 uses
-
Created 2005-08-15 02:20:13
-
Last used
2025-06-05 03:07:58
-
Nominate -
Description
-
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSearch.woa/wa/search?term=%s
x
3578 uses
-
Created 2006-08-14 13:17:43
-
Last used
2025-06-16 10:29:58
-
Nominate -
Description
-
http://dexonline.ro/search.php?cuv=%s&source=
yeah
Gateway command to Allen Ormond's YubNub-like app, YeahWay.com Example: yeah am kayak
3559 uses
-
Created 2006-10-11 05:22:10
-
Last used
2023-09-30 10:23:16
-
Nominate -
Description
-
http://yeahway.com/parser/run.php?query=%s
gbr
Google Brazil Search. Get only results from Brazil. Example: gbr submarino
3555 uses
-
Created 2006-09-10 19:50:18
-
Last used
2024-10-17 05:28:44
-
Nominate -
Description
-
http://www.google.com.br/search?q=%s&meta=cr=countryBR
vimeo
Vimeo tag search. Vimeo is a site for sharing your video clips. ---------- Old implementation: http://www.vimeo.com/tag=%s
3550 uses
-
Created 2005-06-17 18:47:39
-
Last used
2025-05-18 09:36:43
-
Nominate -
Description
-
https://www.vimeo.com/search?q=%s
\\
(Golden Egg)
Checks the spelling of your input of any Yubnub command. SYNTAX \\ [yubnub command] [your query to be spellchecked] EXAMPLE \\ gim cmbodia (performs a google image search for "cambodia") \\ wiki collor (performs a wikipedia search for "color") \\ gmails new prooject (performs a gmail search for "new project") RELATED COMMANDS ?> filterstring % spellcheck CREATED BY Jacob Ensor (magicjj) of jjefferydesign.com. Special thanks to Jon Aquino and Anastas for help with debugging the command. Made po…
3516 uses
-
Created 2006-01-31 02:43:17
-
Last used
2013-05-15 23:18:17
-
Description
-
http://yubnub.org/parser/parse?command={% 1 %s}+{spllw {filterstring 1 %s}}[no url encoding]
blogger
Homepage of blogger.com
3515 uses
-
Created 2005-06-10 00:00:53
-
Last used
2024-10-03 03:16:14
-
Nominate -
Description
-
http://www.blogger.com
movie
Searches for movies using movies.yahoo.com instead of Fandango (don't like those Fandango pop-ups and Fandango doesn't show all Theaters!)
3515 uses
-
Created 2005-07-08 20:43:03
-
Last used
2025-05-18 13:57:56
-
Nominate -
Description
-
http://movies.yahoo.com/showtimes/showtimes.html?z=%s&r=sim
sinfesty
Shows the Sinfest comic for yesterday. Made by XmasBug.
3508 uses
-
Created 2007-03-06 00:26:04
-
Last used
2017-05-03 12:14:58
-
Nominate -
Description
-
sinview {date -format Y-m-d -offset -1}
tuc
Check dict.tu-chemnitz.de for German / English translation.
3506 uses
-
Created 2005-10-17 11:40:03
-
Last used
2024-07-10 22:40:28
-
Nominate -
Description
-
http://dict.tu-chemnitz.de/dings.cgi?lang=de&noframes=1&o=3007$3Bcount$3D50&query=%s&service=
e
Everything2.com Search. Searches for titles in the nodegel.
3502 uses
-
Created 2005-06-20 18:40:59
-
Last used
2025-06-02 09:59:49
-
Nominate -
Description
-
http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=%s
ucase
(Golden Egg)
NAME ucase - convert text to uppercase SYNOPSIS ucase [STRING] EXAMPLE ucase Hello, World! AUTHOR Jonathan Aquino <jonathan.aquino@gmail.com> (Requested by Allen Ormond)
3490 uses
-
Created 2005-08-07 17:09:20
-
Last used
2025-01-21 17:22:37
-
Description
-
http://yubnub.org/example/ucase?text=%s
vt
(Golden Egg)
Searches Versiontracker for Mac software
3462 uses
-
Created 2005-06-06 14:27:11
-
Last used
2023-11-14 07:21:35
-
Description
-
http://versiontracker.com/php/search.php?str=%s&plt%5B%5D=macosx&mode=basic&action=search
hello
3457 uses
-
Created 2007-01-16 15:38:36
-
Last used
2025-06-16 23:24:09
-
Nominate -
Description
-
http://www.google.com
io
Launches iGoogle personalized Google Homepage
3456 uses
-
Created 2007-06-21 14:34:45
-
Last used
2025-01-13 07:06:01
-
Nominate -
Description
-
http://www.google.com/ig
mcw
Looks up an entry in the Minecraft Wiki. Examples: mcw sand mcw minecart mcw axe
3442 uses
-
Created 2010-10-19 20:13:20
-
Last used
2022-02-16 19:53:33
-
Nominate -
Description
-
http://www.minecraftwiki.net/index.php?title=Special:Search&search=%s
s.i
(Golden Egg)
Super Image Search Google Images / Yahoo Images / Flickr >||;)
3424 uses
-
Created 2006-04-16 01:04:54
-
Last used
2023-07-30 11:33:04
-
Description
-
split {url[no url encoding] gim %s} {url[no url encoding] yim %s} {url[no url encoding] flickr %s}
market
Google Android app market
3387 uses
-
Created 2011-02-03 07:59:24
-
Last used
2025-04-06 18:13:10
-
Nominate -
Description
-
https://market.android.com/search?q=%s
adobe
Search adobe.com, the newly re-launched website of Adobe Systems Inc., makers of popular software products including Acrobat, Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, and InDesign. Example: adobe indesign Returns adobe.com's pages on InDesign By Auricfuzz
3386 uses
-
Created 2006-05-29 19:39:19
-
Last used
2025-05-08 03:49:08
-
Nominate -
Description
-
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/search/index.cfm?loc=en_us&term=%s
fortune
The classic Fortune Cookie program from UNIX! A real fortune cookie from a real unix system. Extremely light and barebones output - no advertisements, no fuss - just plain fortune. Fit even for mobile phones!
3385 uses
-
Created 2006-07-04 00:25:36
-
Last used
2021-10-28 01:07:22
-
Nominate -
Description
-
http://data.freeshell.org/fortune.cgi
1337x
www.1337x.pl torrent search
3361 uses
-
Created 2017-02-05 03:35:34
-
Last used
2025-06-17 01:23:46
-
Nominate -
Description
-
https://1337x.to/search/%s/1/
rdmeta
NAME rdmeta - a tool for reddit/metareddit SYNOPSIS rdmeta [KEY] OR rdmeta [COMMAND][WORD] OR rdmeta [TOKEN] KEYS * - Go to Metareddit ? - Open Yubnub with Reddit toolbar (no key/no parameters) - Go to Reddit COMMAND ? - Reddit search ?? - metareddit search TOKEN * - Locate Metareddit(so *comics=metareddit comics) / - Add reddit url( so /dwl9l will take you to that entry) http:// - if url is from reddit call metareddit, else adds toolbar (any other) - ask for redit(so pics will send you to that…
3359 uses
-
Created 2010-11-02 16:38:26
-
Last used
2023-12-20 02:51:33
-
Nominate -
Description
-
echo <script> var s='%s';var p=/http:\/\/www.reddit.com/i ;var p2=/http:\/\//i;var m1='http://metareddit.com';var m2='http://www.reddit.com/';var c='';c=(s=='')? m2+'':c;c=(s=='*')? m1+'/':c;c=(s=='?')? m2+'s/http://efridge.net/yubnub/ynframes.php?args=':c;c=(p.test(s))? s.replace(p,m1):c;c=((c=='')&&(p2.test(s))) ? s.replace(p2,m2+'http://'):c;c=((c=='')&&(s.indexOf('*')==0)) ? s.replace(/\*/i,m1+'/t/'):c;c=((c=='')&&(s.indexOf('/')==0)) ? m2+s.replace(/\//i,''):c;c=((c=='')&&(s.indexOf('?? ')==0)) ? s.replace(/\?\? /i,m1+'/search?q=')+'&r=':c;c=((c=='')&&(s.indexOf('? ')==0)) ? s.replace(/\? /i,m2+'search?q='):c;c=(c=='')? m2+'r/'+s:c;document.location=c;</script>
mefi
Goes to Metafilter
3342 uses
-
Created 2006-09-10 03:18:16
-
Last used
2021-08-01 08:54:39
-
Nominate -
Description
-
http://www.metafilter.com/
bmn
SYNOPSIS bmn [url] EXAMPLE bmn nytimes.com Returns a login from bugmenot.com - useful for sites with free but compulsory registration. ---------- Old implementation: http://www.bugmenot.com/view.php?url=%s
3337 uses
-
Created 2005-06-22 21:24:49
-
Last used
2025-05-16 06:55:50
-
Nominate -
Description
-
http://bugmenot.com/view/%s
fcs
Google site search of Fidelity.com
3335 uses
-
Created 2009-11-29 20:41:28
-
Last used
2021-03-07 17:33:43
-
Nominate -
Description
-
http://www.google.com/search?q=%s+site%3Afidelity.com
glx
Google Linux Search. To search just type what you need: Example: glx Debian.
3333 uses
-
Created 2006-03-23 13:17:54
-
Last used
2021-02-24 07:25:43
-
Nominate -
Description
-
http://www.google.com/linux?hl=en&lr=&q=%s&btnG=Search
perp
Perplexity AI search engine search
3326 uses
-
Created 2023-03-07 07:00:00
-
Last used
2025-06-20 22:55:48
-
Nominate -
Description
-
https://www.perplexity.ai/?q=%s
gui
(Golden Egg)
NAME gui - A graphical user interface (GUI) for YubNub commands. SYNOPSIS gui [YUNUB_COMMAND] EXAMPLES gui scrape gui change gui ifthen This command is the anti-YubNub. It takes any yubnub command name as a parameter and displays a graphical user interface (GUI) for it. Who needs command lines anyway?! AUTHOR Allen Ormond - aormond (at) gmail (dot) com Thanks to Sean O'Hagan, whose 'scrape' command is doing some behind the scenes work.
3325 uses
-
Created 2006-04-01 05:16:02
-
Last used
2025-03-27 16:52:25
-
Description
-
ifthen -value1 %s -value2 {scrape -tokens <h1> </h1> -dirs 0 0 -url http://www.yubnub.org/kernel/man?args=%s} -test NOTEQUAL -then http://www.yubnub.org/kernel/man?args=gui -else http://fromrocks.com/yubnub/abbreviate/gui.php?input=%s -redirect true
lies
Search EN>ES on Linguee
3320 uses
-
Created 2014-11-10 11:42:35
-
Last used
2022-04-19 08:34:06
-
Nominate -
Description
-
http://www.linguee.es/espanol-ingles/search?source=ingles&query=%s
translate
traductor
3314 uses
-
Created 2005-06-27 07:10:22
-
Last used
2025-06-12 07:32:01
-
Nominate -
Description
-
http://babelfish.altavista.com/
hype
Search for audio tracks on The Hype Machine website, an aggregator for mp3 blogs. To find Pink Floyd mp3s, simply type the following: hype Pink Floyd
3314 uses
-
Created 2006-05-09 21:57:09
-
Last used
2024-05-15 13:57:12
-
Nominate -
Description
-
http://hypem.com/search/%s/
lart
Go directly to an artist page on Last.fm
3308 uses
-
Created 2007-05-02 21:49:01
-
Last used
2025-06-06 08:38:13
-
Nominate -
Description
-
http://www.last.fm/music/%s
npm
Search the node package manager registry
3305 uses
-
Created 2014-03-05 06:25:41
-
Last used
2025-06-18 19:52:24
-
Nominate -
Description
-
https://www.npmjs.org/search?q=%s
mlpug
Comando para buscar no Mercado livre (ml) com os filtros: menor preço (p), usados (u) e visualizando o resultado em grade (g).
3300 uses
-
Created 2017-03-21 00:04:32
-
Last used
2025-06-20 17:18:26
-
Nominate -
Description
-
http://lista.mercadolivre.com.br/%s_OrderId_PRICE_ItemTypeID_U_G_OrderId_PRICE_U
gprint
Google Print Search. Use this to find a book indexed by Google. To find books about Freud. Example: gprint Freud
3298 uses
-
Created 2005-06-20 19:46:33
-
Last used
2024-04-19 05:03:37
-
Nominate -
Description
-
http://print.google.com/print?q=%s
ign
(Golden Egg)
Searches IGN for the specified text.
3295 uses
-
Created 2005-06-10 21:00:13
-
Last used
2024-07-01 20:03:48
-
Description
-
http://my.ign.com/my/sb?pageID=2003&nuaction=gameSearch&gameTitleSearch=%s
yarr
Search thepiratebay.org
3281 uses
-
Created 2005-06-22 04:14:28
-
Last used
2025-05-27 09:34:50
-
Nominate -
Description
-
http://thepiratebay.org/search/%s/0/7/0[use %20 for spaces]
yf
(Golden Egg)
Takes you to the Yahoo Fantasy Sports home page.
3277 uses
-
Created 2005-06-15 21:55:03
-
Last used
2024-11-03 05:20:59
-
Description
-
http://fantasysports.yahoo.com/
gspot
Search GameSpot for, um, games. Example: gspot bard's tale
3271 uses
-
Created 2005-06-24 20:48:39
-
Last used
2013-11-17 13:05:50
-
Nominate -
Description
-
http://www.gamespot.com/pages/search/index.php?type=11&stype=all&qs=%s&x=0&y=0.
allm
Allmusic search using their new API.
3268 uses
-
Created 2006-02-06 15:21:22
-
Last used
2024-07-28 01:18:20
-
Nominate -
Description
-
http://allmusic.com/search/artist/%s
mscb
MusicBrainz search. This combines the six other commands into one and provides features the others don't. By default, the command searches MusicBrainz by artist without advanced query syntax, limited to 25 results per page. The -type switch can be used to search for release group (-type release_group), release (-type release), track (-type track), label (-type label), CD stub (-type cdstub), FreeDB (-type freedb), or by annotation (-type annotation). The default is -type artist The -limit switc…
3265 uses
-
Created 2006-11-08 23:29:21
-
Last used
2025-06-20 04:54:19
-
Nominate -
Description
-
http://musicbrainz.org/search/textsearch.html?query=%s&type=${type=artist}&limit=${limit=25}&adv={ switch ${adv=off} | off => 0, on => on}
Previous Page
Next Page
