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Command List (ls)

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".

epfl
Search people at EPFL.ch
976 uses - Created 2008-06-16 07:09:23 - Last used 2024-09-25 13:16:28 - Nominate - Description - http://search.epfl.ch/process?lang=en&searchdomain=directory&query=%s

gcse
Find Google custom search engines Example: gcse science
62 uses - Created 2008-06-16 04:27:07 - Last used 2023-09-13 14:50:36 - Nominate - Description - http://base.google.com/base/s2?q=%s&a_n0=Google+Custom+Search+Engines&a_y0=9&view=list

kwoutt
Submit a URL to the screenshot-clipping service, Kwout.com. Supply the full URL of the page you wish to "quote" as a parameter. Example: kwoutt http://yubnub.org kwoutt http://amazon.com/o/ASIN/156861053X
69 uses - Created 2008-06-15 23:56:35 - Last used 2024-09-09 14:51:53 - Nominate - Description - http://kwout.com/grab?address=%s

bggs
Searches BoardGameGeek.com.
1204 uses - Created 2008-06-15 21:09:48 - Last used 2025-11-25 09:49:07 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?aq=f&num=100&hl=en&safe=off&q=site%3Aboardgamegeek.com+%s&btnG=Search

feet28

10 uses - Created 2008-06-15 20:32:46 - Last used 2008-07-16 14:48:24 - Nominate - Description - http://www.youtube.com/user/TsMsLis2

visu
Looks up a word in the Visuwords online graphical dictionary. Eg visu sausage
16 uses - Created 2008-06-15 20:26:00 - Last used 2012-04-04 02:01:04 - Nominate - Description - http://www.visuwords.com/?word=%s

prude
Search family-friendly movie reviews, e.g.: prude kung fu panda generates a movie review that informs you of questionable content: "When Po clamps two noodle bowls to his chest, it gives the impression that he's wearing a bikini top."
18 uses - Created 2008-06-15 17:16:36 - Last used 2013-01-12 20:31:00 - Nominate - Description - http://search.pluggedinonline.com/search?q=%s&Search=Search&site=pluggedinonline_com&output=xml_no_dtd&client=pluggedinonline_com&site=pluggedinonline_com&ud=1&oe=UTF-8&ie=UTF-8&filter=0&proxystylesheet=pluggedinonline_com

goopl
Commands that allows searching Google for pages in Polish ("szukaj na stronach kategorii: język polski")
733 uses - Created 2008-06-15 17:14:01 - Last used 2012-09-10 13:02:19 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.pl/search?aq=-1&oq=&hl=pl&q=%s&btnG=Szukaj&lr=lang_pl

ylook
Yottalook radiology search engine query Example: to search Yottalook for web pages containing "labrum", type: ylook meniscus
366 uses - Created 2008-06-15 10:34:38 - Last used 2012-12-21 17:58:24 - Nominate - Description - http://www.yottalook.com/results_ref.php?ys=1&yl=1&cx=002399708225919668872%3Azs40jgruyqg&cof=FORID%3A9&sa=Search&q=%s&hq=more:web#1222

mmri
Searches Musculoskeletal MRI blog Example: mmri meniscus
119 uses - Created 2008-06-15 10:26:41 - Last used 2012-12-04 14:54:27 - Nominate - Description - http://musculoskeletalmri.blogspot.com/search?q=%s

splitmo3
Splits the screen vertically and puts a mobile-optimized web page (via Skweezer) in each section of the screen. This command works with any number of URLs/domains (at least until the screen cannot be further subdivided). Same as splitmo2, except that you don't use a -cmd switch. Examples: splitmo3 google.com splitmo3 google.com yahoo.com splitmo3 google.com yahoo.com live.com/?scope=images maps.google.com labs.live.com/photosynth/aboutus.html splitmo3 google.com yahoo.com live.com/?scope=images…
16 uses - Created 2008-06-14 22:27:19 - Last used 2016-06-12 15:00:38 - Nominate - Description - splitmo2 {param cmd %s}

ffrsim
Flash Flash revolution simfile search
19 uses - Created 2008-06-14 22:24:29 - Last used 2009-08-10 07:12:29 - Nominate - Description - http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/sims/?search=%s&btn=Search

splitmo2
Splits the screen vertically and puts a mobile-optimized web page (via Skweezer) in each section of the screen. This command works with any number of URLs/domains (at least until the screen cannot be further subdivided). Inspired by the command splitmo. Based mainly upon the command mash2. Examples: splitmo2 -cmd google.com splitmo2 -cmd google.com yahoo.com splitmo2 -cmd google.com yahoo.com live.com/?scope=images maps.google.com labs.live.com/photosynth/aboutus.html splitmo2 -cmd google.com y…
51 uses - Created 2008-06-14 22:03:19 - Last used 2016-07-02 09:40:17 - Nominate - Description - splitv {foreach {explode ${cmd} -token <space>} -cmd echo [|url skwr %25s %s|] -as <space>}

whd
Search Wowhead Database
3037 uses - Created 2008-06-14 18:02:17 - Last used 2022-11-30 01:11:25 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wowhead.com/?search=%s

wvwo
Search for websites on the dutch social bookmarking site Watvindenwijover.nl. To search for instance for websites to order t-shirts on Watvindenwijover.nl: type wvwo t-shirt
27 uses - Created 2008-06-14 10:48:45 - Last used 2011-04-27 12:25:48 - Nominate - Description - http://watvindenwijover.nl/welcome/search?query=%s

splitmo
Splits the screen vertically and puts a mobile-optimized web page (via Skweezer) in each section of the screen. This command works with anywhere from one to five URLs/domains. Examples: splitmo -1 google.com splitmo -1 google.com -2 yahoo.com splitmo -1 google.com -2 yahoo.com -3 live.com/?scope=images splitmo -1 google.com -2 yahoo.com -3 live.com/?scope=images -4 maps.google.com splitmo -1 google.com -2 yahoo.com -3 live.com/?scope=images -4 maps.google.com -5 labs.live.com/photosynth/aboutus…
61 uses - Created 2008-06-14 07:28:07 - Last used 2012-11-03 05:56:57 - Nominate - Description - splitv {ifempty -value ${1} -then http://yubnub.org/kernel/man?args=splitmo -else {url skwr ${1}}} {ifempty -value ${2} -then -else {url skwr ${2}}} {ifempty -value ${3} -then -else {url skwr ${3}}} {ifempty -value ${4} -then -else {url skwr ${4}}} {ifempty -value ${5} -then -else {url skwr ${5}}}

icao
lookup ICAO or IATA code for an airport, or do a reverse lookup of an identifier. Examples: icao kntu Returns info for NAS Oceana, Va. icao portland or Returns info for portland, or. icao beijing Returns info for beijing, china.
37 uses - Created 2008-06-14 02:12:43 - Last used 2014-07-25 05:08:10 - Nominate - Description - http://www.logisticsworld.com/airports.asp?query=%s&mode=smart

nov
Mininova.org torrent search, sorted by number of seeders. Mininova is a comprehensive torrent search engine with many thousands of torrents indexed daily. To search for torrents, simply put the search terms after "nov", such as: nov batman begins Which will return all torrents relating to Batman Begins.
794 uses - Created 2008-06-14 02:06:17 - Last used 2023-06-30 11:08:04 - Nominate - Description - http://www.mininova.org/search/%s/seeds

rlsl
search new releases on www.rlslog.net
421 uses - Created 2008-06-13 17:13:11 - Last used 2014-01-14 09:05:59 - Nominate - Description - http://www.rlslog.net/?s=%s&sbutt=Go

dolar

107 uses - Created 2008-06-13 13:18:17 - Last used 2026-05-11 04:52:15 - Nominate - Description - http://www.dolarhoy.com/indexx.php

whois2
Get information about the owner of a domain in plain text. USAGE whois2 <domain name> EXAMPLES whois2 google.com whois2 wikipedia.org INCORRECT USAGE whois http://www.google.es whois www.microsoft.com whois en.wikipedia.org
36 uses - Created 2008-06-13 10:25:30 - Last used 2012-09-26 19:33:47 - Nominate - Description - http://www.hq42.net/cgi-bin/whois.cgi?ip_address=%s[post]

lng
A command for the multilingual dictionary www.ling.pl
843 uses - Created 2008-06-13 06:44:37 - Last used 2025-05-01 03:36:37 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ling.pl/index.jsp?word=%s

gbsbrazil
Google Blog Search Brazil. Does the same thing as gbl, only this one searches over the brazilian Google Blog Search. Pretty strait forward, hun? Exemple: gblbrazil rio de janeiro This brings up Google Blog Search BRAZIL with the 'rio de janeiro' query.
24 uses - Created 2008-06-13 05:29:05 - Last used 2008-06-29 05:52:17 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com.br/blogsearch?hl=pt-BR&q=%s&lr=

netv2
Searches a person's Netvouz social bookmarks. Usage: netv2 USER SEARCH Example: netv2 jon animals
25 uses - Created 2008-06-13 02:47:11 - Last used 2010-01-27 22:14:13 - Nominate - Description - http://netvouz.com/{% 1 %s}/search?query={% 2- %s}[no url encoding]

checkmail
Alias for checkemail
98 uses - Created 2008-06-12 19:41:14 - Last used 2014-05-13 05:33:13 - Nominate - Description - checkemail %s

goear
Goear.com music search. Takes artist or song as argument. Example: goear fade to black
819 uses - Created 2008-06-12 19:12:26 - Last used 2016-04-25 00:26:25 - Nominate - Description - http://www.goear.com/search.php?q=%s

rimshot
A button that you can press for an instant rimshot sound. Useful for jokes, standup comedy practice, etc.
19 uses - Created 2008-06-12 17:46:21 - Last used 2011-05-10 09:32:32 - Nominate - Description - http://www.instantrimshot.com/

gooo
goo dictionary japan only
365 uses - Created 2008-06-12 17:07:52 - Last used 2026-03-20 20:09:45 - Nominate - Description - http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/search.php?MT=%s&kind=all&mode=0&kwassist=0

hashtags
Look up twitter hashtags on hashtags.org
111 uses - Created 2008-06-12 15:23:16 - Last used 2024-08-06 03:39:09 - Nominate - Description - http://www.hashtags.org/tag/%s/

hronir
hronir's blog search Examples: hronir Dawkins Gould hronir root ubuntu hronir iwbank
269 uses - Created 2008-06-12 14:33:58 - Last used 2013-01-11 12:37:59 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?esrch=RefinementBarRhsPreview&q=site%3Ahronir.blogspot.com%20%s

lynda
Search Lynda.com for tutorials.
93 uses - Created 2008-06-12 14:22:39 - Last used 2025-08-29 15:10:35 - Nominate - Description - http://www.lynda.com/search/?q=%s

feet26

12 uses - Created 2008-06-12 13:23:56 - Last used 2009-01-26 15:16:11 - Nominate - Description - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_bp0G4-aoI&NR=1

dnlmp3
Search on downloads.nl/mp3.html
141 uses - Created 2008-06-12 12:23:38 - Last used 2012-12-02 14:43:50 - Nominate - Description - http://www.downloads.nl/results/mp3/1/%s

enpwn
A command to search for definitions in Polish PWN Encyclopaedia.
18 uses - Created 2008-06-12 12:06:28 - Last used 2016-01-02 07:47:29 - Nominate - Description - http://encyklopedia.pwn.pl/lista.php?co=%s

wuk
Ukrainian Wikipedia
14 uses - Created 2008-06-12 11:49:40 - Last used 2016-11-13 10:38:56 - Nominate - Description - http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s&go=Go

oids
looking for Text inside the IS.OrderQueue Tracker
23 uses - Created 2008-06-12 09:33:10 - Last used 2011-05-16 19:58:02 - Nominate - Description - https://ordertracker.is-asp.com/search/basic/index.html?sTextSearch=%s

sqwiki
To search wiki.squeak.org for a specific keyword.
30 uses - Created 2008-06-12 08:36:39 - Last used 2009-09-18 08:13:31 - Nominate - Description - http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/search?search=%s&casesensitive=false&and=true

sqsource
To display a specific project on the SqueakSource.com web site
313 uses - Created 2008-06-12 08:30:06 - Last used 2013-06-05 05:37:58 - Nominate - Description - http://www.squeaksource.com/%s

wipl
Polska Wikipedia - Polish Wikipedia
310 uses - Created 2008-06-12 07:09:00 - Last used 2012-05-24 06:39:56 - Nominate - Description - http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specjalna:Search?search=%s&fulltext=Szukaj

oid
looking for Order-NumberID inside the IS.OrderQueue Tracker
4399 uses - Created 2008-06-12 06:59:12 - Last used 2023-10-20 07:03:17 - Nominate - Description - https://ordertracker.is-asp.com/edit/index.html?iId=%s

iwk
Uses Google News advanced search to search InformationWeek, sorted by relevance. "iwk Microsoft" searches for all mentions of Microsoft at any time.
38 uses - Created 2008-06-12 05:05:42 - Last used 2011-06-01 11:01:13 - Nominate - Description - http://news.google.com/news?as_q=&svnum=10&as_scoring=r&ned=us&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=%s&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_drrb=q&as_qdr=&as_mind=12&as_minm=5&as_maxd=11&as_maxm=6&as_nsrc=InformationWeek&as_nloc=&geo=&as_occt=any&aq=f

wxnotam
Retrieve current weather observations (METAR), weather forecast (TAF), and notices to airmen (NOTAM) information for any airfield with an ICAO identifier. List multiple ICAOs to list multiple fields. Example: wxnotam knfl knhk kntu
185 uses - Created 2008-06-12 04:50:08 - Last used 2011-11-21 00:16:30 - Nominate - Description - split {url notam %s} {url mtaf %s}

gmau
Google Maps search in Australia
876 uses - Created 2008-06-12 03:36:34 - Last used 2026-05-12 02:31:41 - Nominate - Description - http://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=%s

omgg
Search Omgili & Google side-by-side
11 uses - Created 2008-06-12 00:46:00 - Last used 2014-07-04 03:16:46 - Nominate - Description - http://google.omgili.com/search?q=%s

flkrt
Basic flickr search, except defaults to thumbnail view. Useful for people who prefer viewing their search results this way by default, and are frustrated that flickr doesn't allow them to pick their default search type.
13 uses - Created 2008-06-12 00:27:36 - Last used 2024-12-05 18:25:37 - Nominate - Description - http://www.flickr.com/search/?z=t&ss=2&w=all&q=%s&m=text

feet22

10 uses - Created 2008-06-11 20:26:46 - Last used 2008-06-23 08:35:00 - Nominate - Description - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E9PBxFBREY&amp;feature=related

feet21

10 uses - Created 2008-06-11 20:24:59 - Last used 2009-01-26 15:15:36 - Nominate - Description - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnfJbCTngBk&amp;feature=related

gdsk
Google Desktop search.
60 uses - Created 2008-06-11 20:24:31 - Last used 2014-02-03 01:12:13 - Nominate - Description - http://127.0.0.1:4664/search&s=sQ4sd8kbNnkt8xAy9Sb98XQy0CY?q=%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

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