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".

summi
Submit your search terms to the Summize conversation search engine (as of now, Summize searches only Twitter, as far as I know). See Summize.com for information on specific search syntax. Example: summi "dogwood festival" summi barack OR hillary Made by (e)nb(a)r
387 uses - Created 2008-05-25 03:53:28 - Last used 2011-10-25 12:38:03 - Nominate - Description - http://summize.com/search?q=%s

desktopteam

109 uses - Created 2008-05-25 03:17:23 - Last used 2012-06-26 12:15:53 - Nominate - Description - http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog

iconv (Golden Egg)
Converts a string from one character set to another, similar to the iconv commmand/function in Unix and PHP. Example: iconv -from UTF-8 -to UTF-16 -str test The "from" and "to" parameters both default to UTF-8. //IGNORE and //TRANSLIT are supported; see http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.iconv.php for more information. http://www.ibiblio.org/weidai/iconv_list.php lists known coded character sets.
130524 uses - Created 2008-05-25 01:59:04 - Last used 2021-08-14 11:33:19 - Description - http://www.ibiblio.org/weidai/iconv.php?from=${from=UTF-8}&to=${to=UTF-8}&str=${str}

sslpackage

20 uses - Created 2008-05-24 20:12:30 - Last used 2008-06-04 19:49:09 - Nominate - Description - http://tinyurl.com/4yw928

jezza

20 uses - Created 2008-05-24 19:22:49 - Last used 2008-05-30 02:21:01 - Nominate - Description - http://www.magicforest.co.uk/index.htm

wopr
Woody's Lounge
25 uses - Created 2008-05-24 19:21:06 - Last used 2013-08-30 02:58:11 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wopr.com/cgi-bin/w3t/wwwthreads.pl?Cat=

2geek
Searches tips and others in www.HowToGeek.com.
50 uses - Created 2008-05-24 16:48:23 - Last used 2016-10-11 10:42:33 - Nominate - Description - http://www.howtogeek.com/sitesearch/?cx=009481737823548119489%3Aw5lekpyovpo&cof=FORID%3A9&q=%s

gtru
Translate URL with Google Example: gtru fi en http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kekkonen See also: gtr2, gtrs2
65 uses - Created 2008-05-24 15:01:31 - Last used 2023-01-03 00:43:03 - Nominate - Description - https://translate.google.com/translate?u={% 3- %s}&sl={% 1 %s}&tl={% 2 %s}[use for spaces]

gtr2
Translate text with Google Example: gtr2 en fr translate me See also: gtrs2
158 uses - Created 2008-05-24 14:45:14 - Last used 2020-03-30 07:59:43 - Nominate - Description - https://translate.google.com/translate_t?q={strReplace -find " " -replace + -string {% 3- %s}}&sl={% 1 %s}&tl={% 2 %s}[use for spaces]

gsafe
Runs Google Safe Browsing Diagnostic on the given website http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2008/05/safe-browsing-diagnostic-to-rescue.html
38 uses - Created 2008-05-24 03:33:06 - Last used 2015-01-06 08:15:03 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=%s

anjuna
Directly Link to www.anjunabeats.com - The best Trance Label of the world
77 uses - Created 2008-05-23 19:18:46 - Last used 2010-12-07 14:17:38 - Nominate - Description - http://www.anjunabeats.com

rpds
Rapidshare files searcher
57 uses - Created 2008-05-23 16:26:56 - Last used 2017-07-28 06:51:46 - Nominate - Description - http://fileshunt.com/?q=%s&ftype=0

megas
A searcher of megaupload archives
305 uses - Created 2008-05-23 16:18:19 - Last used 2023-11-04 14:44:03 - Nominate - Description - http://www.megadownload.net/search.html?keyword=%s&submit=Search&server﷐5B﷐5D=megaupload.com&server﷐5B﷐5D=rapidshare.com

4sh
To perform searches on the site 4shared.com Very good for quickly download soft and stuff! Thank a lost for this amazing site!
471 uses - Created 2008-05-23 16:01:47 - Last used 2017-10-26 03:55:23 - Nominate - Description - http://www.4shared.com/network/search.jsp?searchmode=2&searchName=%s

vps
Search ServerGrove Web Hosting Knowledge Base, full of tips and tricks on how get the most of ServerGrove VPS (Virtual Private Servers) service.
68 uses - Created 2008-05-23 14:39:55 - Last used 2024-07-10 14:10:14 - Nominate - Description - http://my.servergrove.com/knowledgebase.php?action=search&search=%s

pim

47 uses - Created 2008-05-23 10:51:43 - Last used 2025-05-04 16:59:41 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.hmrc.gov.uk%2Fmanuals%2FPIMMANUAL+%s&meta=

zet

13 uses - Created 2008-05-23 10:29:39 - Last used 2012-09-26 18:28:51 - Nominate - Description - http://www.zettels.info

msljp
Translates technical words (especially those from Microsoft products) from English into Japanese. Usage: msljp "whatever is to be translated" Try it with "msljp download" and the response should give "ダウンロード"
11 uses - Created 2008-05-23 06:38:55 - Last used 2008-07-02 15:07:37 - Nominate - Description - http://www.microsoft.com/language/en/us/search.mspx?sString=%s&langID=ja-jp

ustmyweb
Linked to specified personal web folders at the University of St.Thomas.
14 uses - Created 2008-05-23 02:58:48 - Last used 2008-06-19 03:02:29 - Nominate - Description - http://personal.stthomas.edu/%s

alc
Japanese <==> English Dictionary Search. Works like "SPA", but allows for both Japanese and English to be translated.
7175 uses - Created 2008-05-23 01:28:41 - Last used 2024-06-14 20:10:09 - Nominate - Description - http://eow.alc.co.jp/%s/UTF-8/?reg=sa

grphone
Gets a persons name that owns the specified greek phone number (with area code)
76 uses - Created 2008-05-23 00:24:45 - Last used 2014-08-30 01:34:28 - Nominate - Description - http://www.greekphones.info/index.php?phone=%s

randb
RandomBase.com an mp3 search engine with over 20,000,000 "songs."
17 uses - Created 2008-05-21 19:36:44 - Last used 2008-09-16 05:34:25 - Nominate - Description - http://www.randombase.com/random/fsearch/%s

oradoc10g
Search Oracle 10g documentation library
19 uses - Created 2008-05-21 18:12:14 - Last used 2017-08-04 13:54:03 - Nominate - Description - http://www.oracle.com/pls/db102/db102.vbook?search=%s

applekb
Apple Knowledge Base search. The KB-specific search at Apple is much better for technical searches.
133 uses - Created 2008-05-21 16:45:19 - Last used 2011-09-12 16:14:23 - Nominate - Description - http://support.apple.com/kb/index?page=search&src=support_site.kbase.search&q=%s

techm
Searches tech news at Techmeme.com
19 uses - Created 2008-05-21 14:27:30 - Last used 2023-04-22 13:42:55 - Nominate - Description - http://techmeme.com/search/query?q=%s&wm=false

techmeme
Searches tech news at Techmeme.com
196 uses - Created 2008-05-21 14:26:21 - Last used 2025-09-09 11:58:07 - Nominate - Description - http://techmeme.com/search/query?q=%s&wm=false

wplt
Lithuanian Wikipedia search
14 uses - Created 2008-05-21 14:20:13 - Last used 2012-04-20 14:24:33 - Nominate - Description - http://lt.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=%s&ns0=1

Wonkette
Wonkette: The D.C. Gossip wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a
27 uses - Created 2008-05-21 11:28:28 - Last used 2016-01-04 05:27:25 - Nominate - Description - http://coverawards.com/2008/05/20/should-hillary-clinton-fight-on-2/

lfmar
Last.fm artists search. Example: lfmar johnny cash
17 uses - Created 2008-05-21 10:53:41 - Last used 2013-07-25 02:43:37 - Nominate - Description - http://www.last.fm/music/?m=artists&q=%s

lfmtr
Last.fm tracks search. Example: lfmtr bourgeois
67 uses - Created 2008-05-21 10:49:17 - Last used 2011-07-30 22:02:19 - Nominate - Description - http://www.last.fm/music/?m=tracks&q=%s

project
Navigates to Project playlist to search for song "Project %s" Same as command "playlist", but works on desktop
1108 uses - Created 2008-05-21 00:06:47 - Last used 2026-03-02 01:27:04 - Nominate - Description - http://search.playlist.com/tracks/%s

AYNAKY

11 uses - Created 2008-05-20 23:49:36 - Last used 2009-07-28 15:07:11 - Nominate - Description - http://www.d1g.com/a9waat/show/1474190

wowcurse
Curse gaming's wow addons.
63 uses - Created 2008-05-20 21:45:17 - Last used 2011-07-16 14:56:10 - Nominate - Description - http://wow.curse.com/downloads/addons/browse/?q=%s&s=1&x=0&y=0

gset
Google Sets. To see more prefixes if you know some of them, type: Example: gset mega, tera, giga, To find out most-mentioned UNIX command line commands, type: Example: gset man, cat SEE ALSO: sets, set
987 uses - Created 2008-05-20 00:21:38 - Last used 2026-04-20 10:39:59 - Nominate - Description - {runphp <? $a=explode(",", "%s"); echo "http://labs.google.com/sets?"; foreach($a as $i => $q) echo "q".($i+1)."=".urlencode(trim($q))."&"; echo "btn=Large+Set" ?>}[no url encoding]

nyut
NYU Campus Transportation Route E Schedule
20 uses - Created 2008-05-19 20:26:18 - Last used 2010-12-26 09:07:32 - Nominate - Description - http://www.nyu.edu/public.safety/transportation/routeE.inbound.pdf

webtrans
Translate an URL from one language to the other using Google translate webtrans <url> -lp <source language>_<destination language> EXAMPLE webtrans http://www.lemonde.fr : Translates LeMonde from french to english || webtrans {url wpen Cheese} -lp en_es : Translates the Cheese article on Wikipedia from Engish to Spanish Author VkLJ
11 uses - Created 2008-05-18 10:26:35 - Last used 2016-08-18 12:28:06 - Nominate - Description - http://66.196.80.202/babelfish/translate_url_content?.intl=en&lp=${lp=fr_en}&trurl=%s

chtv

245 uses - Created 2008-05-18 02:54:38 - Last used 2009-03-26 20:33:23 - Nominate - Description - http://www.collegehumor.com/chtv

gcz
Google.cz Search. Returns only czech results. Use it just how you use Google:) Example: gcz phrase
5451 uses - Created 2008-05-16 20:00:51 - Last used 2026-05-11 02:23:00 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.cz/search?hl=cs&q=%s&lr=lang_cs

eplist
Wikipedia TV series episode list. Lists all the episodes of a given TV series.
29 uses - Created 2008-05-16 17:27:32 - Last used 2012-06-04 18:50:28 - Nominate - Description - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=List+of+%s+episodes&go=Go

tmpmail
Generate an easy to remember temporary e-mail address. You can use it to sign up at websites anonymously, and avoid spam this way. USAGE tmpmail : generate a random email address trashymail <inbox name> : get to the inbox of an address EXAMPLE Step 1: Type tmpmail to get a temporary email address (ie. grind21H@trashymail.com) and a link to get to the inbox. Step 2: Register somewhere with that valid e-mail Step 3: Type "trashymail grind21H" to check for the confirmation e-mail Author VkLJ
26 uses - Created 2008-05-16 17:08:36 - Last used 2011-12-04 20:23:09 - Nominate - Description - echo The temporary e-mail address is: {randwd}{randstring 4 -l off}@trashymail.com You can check for new e-mails {linktag {url trashymail {randwd}{randstring 4 -l off}}!!here} or with the YubNub command trashymail {randwd}{randstring 4 -l off} {linktag {curl tmpmail}!!Generate another one} 

curl
Gets the url which points to a YubNub command, without making the server perform the request. USAGE curl <command> EXAMPLE curl gim Trees : http://www.yubnub.org/parser/parse?command=gim+trees
652 uses - Created 2008-05-16 17:00:58 - Last used 2026-02-24 00:28:18 - Nominate - Description - echo http://www.yubnub.org/parser/parse?command={URLencode2 %s}

tempmail
Generate an easy to remember temporary e-mail address. You can use it to sign up at websites anonymously, and avoid spam this way. USAGE tempmail : generate an email address trashymail <inbox name> : get to the inbox of an address EXAMPLE Step 1: Type tempmail to get a temporary email address (grind21H@trashymail.com) Step 2: Register somewhere with that valid e-mail Step 3: Type "trashymail grind21H" to check for the confirmation e-mail Author VkLJ
319 uses - Created 2008-05-16 16:43:13 - Last used 2011-12-04 20:23:22 - Nominate - Description - echo The temporary e-mail address is: {randwd}{randstring 4 -l off}@trashymail.com You can check for new e-mails {linktag {url trashymail {randwd}{randstring 4 -l off}}!!here} or with the YubNub command trashymail {randwd}{randstring 4 -l off} {linktag {curl tmpmail}!!Generate another one} 

randstr
Alias for randstring. Check man randstring for help
10 uses - Created 2008-05-16 16:29:50 - Last used 2008-06-10 20:56:06 - Nominate - Description - randstring %s

randstring
Generates a random alphanumeric string. Useful for generating random passwords randstr <lenght> -n [on|off] -u [on|off] -l [on|off] -count <number of strings> -seed id.<string> <length> : Number of characters in the string -n : Whether you want numbers in the string (on) or not (off) -l : Whether you want lowercase letters in the string (on) or not (off) -u : Whether you want uppercase letters in the string (on) or not (off) -count : Number of strings you want to get -seed : How the data will b…
549 uses - Created 2008-05-16 16:28:18 - Last used 2017-10-12 23:51:18 - Nominate - Description - http://random.org/strings/?num=${count=1}&len=%s&digits=${n=on}&upperalpha=${u=on}&loweralpha=${l=on}&unique=on&format=plain&rnd=${seed=new}

linktag
USAGE linktag <url>!!<link caption> -t <target> Returns a hyperlink html code with the given text and destination EXAMPLES linktag {url g chocolate} : Link to a Google search for "chocolate" linktag www.google.com : Link to Google linktag www.google.com!!Search : Link to Google, with the text "Search" linktag www.google.com!!Search -t _blank : The link will open in a new window AUTHOR VkLJ
2188 uses - Created 2008-05-16 13:54:17 - Last used 2024-05-26 11:29:19 - Nominate - Description - runphp <? $a=split("!!","%s",2); if($a[1]=="") $a[1]=$a[0]; echo '<a href="'.$a[0].'" target="${t=_self}">'.$a[1].'</a>'; ?>

ptitle
ptitle <url> Gets the title of a webpage. If the page doesn't exist, it will return "Error". In order to avoid this, you should try ptitle+, though it may prove less reliable. EXAMPLES ptitle microsoft.com : Microsoft Corporation ptitle http://www.google.com : Google ptitle maikrowsopht.com : Error
123 uses - Created 2008-05-16 13:37:53 - Last used 2015-11-04 21:25:39 - Nominate - Description - scrape -tokens <title> </title> -dirs 0 0 -url {url simple %s}

vkeyboard
vkeyboard takes you to a javascript demo of a virtual keyboard that can be used to type text in a form field using a mouse. See http://debugger.ru/demo/projects/virtualkeyboard/demo_popup.html pablo7 AT inbox DOT com
41 uses - Created 2008-05-16 12:37:36 - Last used 2024-02-28 13:01:02 - Nominate - Description - http://debugger.ru/demo/projects/virtualkeyboard/

crunchbase
Search CrunchBase (fixed)
1053 uses - Created 2008-05-16 12:25:52 - Last used 2026-02-03 07:38:58 - Nominate - Description - http://www.crunchbase.com/search?query=%s&commit=Search

playlist
Project playlist search. Searches playlist.com for songs Enter "playlist (search perameters)"
140 uses - Created 2008-05-15 23:40:26 - Last used 2024-10-14 05:16:43 - Nominate - Description - http://www.playlist.com/iphone.php?searchfor=%s&search

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