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".

wikisp
performs "go" function (not "Search") on Wikispecies to jump right to that page or to go to perform a search if that exact page is not found.
26 uses - Created 2006-01-06 01:23:15 - Last used 2012-09-01 11:56:02 - Nominate - Description - http://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s&go=Go

wikin
Search Wikinews. wikin [searchterm]
17 uses - Created 2006-01-06 01:13:54 - Last used 2012-03-19 09:15:02 - Nominate - Description - http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s&go=Go

wikigo
Go directly to article page for Wikipedia, instead of a results page. Some people may prefer this over "wiki" which sends one to a results page. Type "wiki " (space included) then your search term.
34332 uses - Created 2006-01-06 01:07:42 - Last used 2026-10-08 13:19:14 - Nominate - Description - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s&go=Go

wikid
"go" for Wikitionary (Wikimedia's dictionary), instead of "search". Search Wikitionary w/o having to see a results page (jump straight to the words page, if you enter a bad word, it will send you to the results page).
1586 uses - Created 2006-01-06 01:04:48 - Last used 2025-11-10 10:19:54 - Nominate - Description - http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s&go=Go

greader
Launches Google Reader. ---------- Old implementation: http://www.google.com/reader/lens/
17078 uses - Created 2006-01-05 23:26:24 - Last used 2017-02-04 15:08:34 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/reader/view/

ae
americanexpress.com
201 uses - Created 2006-01-05 20:53:01 - Last used 2026-09-15 12:20:35 - Nominate - Description - http://home.americanexpress.com/home/mt_personal.shtml

ro
rock.com
85 uses - Created 2006-01-05 20:49:12 - Last used 2024-10-10 12:35:16 - Nominate - Description - http://rock.com/

vy
To access Verizon Yahoo!...
643 uses - Created 2006-01-05 20:46:27 - Last used 2021-02-12 21:26:26 - Nominate - Description - http://login.yahoo.com/config/login?.partner=vz-acs&.done=http%3a//verizon.yahoo.com

yw
To find weather forecast in Yahoo just type the address: Example: yw Boston, MA Format: yw City, State or ZIP code
1402 uses - Created 2006-01-05 18:58:26 - Last used 2021-06-28 11:16:10 - Nominate - Description - http://weather.yahoo.com/search/weather2?p=%s

tviv
Search The TV IV (tviv.org)
379 uses - Created 2006-01-05 18:29:32 - Last used 2009-04-20 19:28:35 - Nominate - Description - http://tviv.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s

sport
Search Sportiki.com - The Sports Wiki
538 uses - Created 2006-01-05 18:28:40 - Last used 2026-08-20 07:45:54 - Nominate - Description - http://www.sportiki.com/index.php?search=%s

gmini
Go to the mobile version of Gmail. The chief benefit of this is that it loads faster than regular Gmail, so you can get in and out quickly. usage: gmini Note: Must be logged in to Gmail to use this command. b.a.
262 uses - Created 2006-01-05 17:52:34 - Last used 2017-04-07 22:12:38 - Nominate - Description - http://m.gmail.com

hen
haaretz.com in english.
20 uses - Created 2006-01-05 16:32:25 - Last used 2020-10-07 17:11:56 - Nominate - Description - http://www.haaretz.com/

rfdf

23 uses - Created 2006-01-05 15:36:09 - Last used 2006-01-13 17:04:14 - Nominate - Description - http://redflagdeals.com/forums

haaretznow
A shourtcut to israeli Haaretz newpaper, skipping the advertising.
14 uses - Created 2006-01-05 14:39:54 - Last used 2012-12-18 05:39:30 - Nominate - Description - http://www.haaretz.co.il/?from=hasot

vipsms
NAME vipsms - Sends SMS using Croatian VIP carrier web server. You need to be registered VIP user to use this. SYNOPSIS vipsms -net [net_prefix] -num [phone_num] -msg [message_text] EXAMPLES vipsms -net 38591 -num 5551234 -msg Short Message Here! Sends SMS using Croatian VIP carrier web server. You need to be already logged in at their web site. Allowed net_prefix are: 38591, 38598, 38595, 43664, 38640 AUTHOR Buly <buly at otpisani dot net>
142 uses - Created 2006-01-05 13:08:59 - Last used 2008-06-11 17:32:12 - Nominate - Description - http://www.vip.hr/sp/d_sendSMS?formflag=true&netpref=%2B${net}&phoneno=${num}&mess=${msg}

pink
gay news searching from PinkNews.co.uk
667 uses - Created 2006-01-05 10:53:15 - Last used 2026-07-06 20:04:46 - Nominate - Description - http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/view.php?load=search&find=%s

ky
Innovative search site for everything travel
71 uses - Created 2006-01-05 08:36:36 - Last used 2024-02-07 01:43:47 - Nominate - Description - http://www.kayak.com

mtpick
Generate a random number between 1 and 1353.
31 uses - Created 2006-01-04 22:49:55 - Last used 2006-01-21 01:32:57 - Nominate - Description - http://jonathanaquino.com/random.php?num=1&min=1&max=1353&col=1

mtrand
Pick a random page for user moderntimes at stumbleupon.com
87 uses - Created 2006-01-04 22:27:58 - Last used 2017-10-12 23:53:29 - Nominate - Description - http://moderntimes.stumbleupon.com/archive/%s/

gav
Opens split screen with Google and AltaVista search on given term. eg. gav porsche 911
32 uses - Created 2006-01-04 22:16:19 - Last used 2017-01-10 08:03:47 - Nominate - Description - splith {url[no url encoding] g %s} {url[no url encoding] alta %s}

alta
AltaVista search shortcut...
786 uses - Created 2006-01-04 22:12:00 - Last used 2026-10-16 04:33:10 - Nominate - Description - http://www.altavista.com/web/results?itag=ody&q=%s&kgs=1&kls=0

smll
SongMeanings.net (lyrics) site search, using Google "I'm Feeling Lucky" to return the first result. To return a list of results, use the command "sml" instead. Example: smll bye bye miss american pie smll plush dogs find her smll she's a brick and i'm drowning slowly
1277 uses - Created 2006-01-04 21:09:00 - Last used 2015-05-08 02:50:35 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?btnI&q=site%3Asongmeanings.net+%s

mtf
All friends of stumbleupon.com user moderntimes.
19 uses - Created 2006-01-04 20:41:14 - Last used 2018-09-23 02:14:49 - Nominate - Description - http://moderntimes.stumbleupon.com/friends/all/

psd
PreviewSeek dictionary search
96 uses - Created 2006-01-04 19:28:16 - Last used 2019-04-11 12:21:36 - Nominate - Description - http://beta.previewseek.com/?query=%s&twin=n&con=y&where=dictionpedia

psv
PreviewSeek video search
17 uses - Created 2006-01-04 19:26:18 - Last used 2012-10-20 22:25:54 - Nominate - Description - http://beta.previewseek.com/?query=%s&twin=n&con=y&where=video

psi
PreviewSeek image search
110 uses - Created 2006-01-04 19:25:28 - Last used 2021-05-21 17:12:42 - Nominate - Description - http://beta.previewseek.com/?query=%s&twin=n&con=y&where=image

mp3art
searches www.mp3.com for album information
14 uses - Created 2006-01-04 17:36:03 - Last used 2007-06-04 19:38:01 - Nominate - Description - http://www.mp3.com/search.php?action=Search&stype=artist&query=%s&x=18&y=12

upc
Search UPC Code, find product description. upcdatabase.com
244 uses - Created 2006-01-04 17:11:12 - Last used 2025-07-26 16:16:18 - Nominate - Description - http://www.upcdatabase.com/item.pl?upc=%s

kcrwsounds
Searches "Sounds Eclectic" archive at KCRW.
108 uses - Created 2006-01-04 06:49:30 - Last used 2009-08-27 21:15:22 - Nominate - Description - http://www.kcrw.com/find/find_results.php3?words=%s&exclude=%2Fpl%2F&restrict=&any_desc=%s&search_keywords=%s&AllOrAny=all&x=0&y=0&search_archives=on&show_code=sc&radiodate=button_fixed&past_shows=all&start_date=&end_date=&sort_order=AirDate&order_type=ReverseOrder&search_static=on

ERP

43 uses - Created 2006-01-03 21:57:11 - Last used 2021-10-24 23:31:45 - Nominate - Description - http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=SAP&btnG=Search+News

gvideo
Google videos (what's with the other ones?!)
4160 uses - Created 2006-01-03 21:13:31 - Last used 2022-03-06 19:19:18 - Nominate - Description - http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=%s

deliut
Look up del.icio.us bookmark using username and tag Example: deliut -u username -t tagname Generates: http://del.icio.us/username/tagname
46 uses - Created 2006-01-03 18:50:27 - Last used 2008-03-16 14:16:53 - Nominate - Description - http://del.icio.us/${u}/${t}

GPO
Search www.gameportalonline.com
76 uses - Created 2006-01-03 18:49:54 - Last used 2023-02-03 06:52:51 - Nominate - Description - http://www.gameportalonline.com/search.php?q=%s&sourceid=mozilla-search

hsbcc

161 uses - Created 2006-01-03 15:28:04 - Last used 2013-06-20 12:21:29 - Nominate - Description - https://www.householdbank.com/ccssa/HBCustomerCare

nntime
NNTime Anonymizer
17 uses - Created 2006-01-03 13:58:52 - Last used 2007-11-19 19:07:46 - Nominate - Description - http://anonymizer.nntime.com/

zargan
english-turkish dictionary. proffessional style
73 uses - Created 2006-01-03 13:45:00 - Last used 2011-07-01 09:28:54 - Nominate - Description - http://www.zargan.com

og
O-Game Turkey
279 uses - Created 2006-01-03 09:14:03 - Last used 2023-08-10 13:04:45 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ogame.com.tr

meuchedet

50 uses - Created 2006-01-03 08:39:30 - Last used 2012-12-09 05:04:44 - Nominate - Description - https://www.meuhedet.co.il/meuhedet/views/index.jsp

whatson
What's On - The Yahoo! TV Grid
911 uses - Created 2006-01-03 05:42:49 - Last used 2021-11-30 08:39:27 - Nominate - Description - http://tv.yahoo.com/grid/?

Q!
brings up a realtime recent california earthquakes map
46 uses - Created 2006-01-03 03:22:10 - Last used 2018-11-29 23:59:43 - Nominate - Description - http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/index_map.gif

pls (Golden Egg)
Okay, I made this command that searches video games for certain player online, and tells you what server their on using GameTiger. pls [player] [game] pls Knube (Searches "Knube" in all games) pls Knube DOD (Searches "Knube" in Day of Defeat) Accurate parameters for "game": cstrike (Counter-Strike), h2 (Counter-Strike: Source), tfc (Team Fortress), dod (Day of Defeat), dod2 (Day of Defeat: Source), q3 (Quake 3), bf (Battle Field 1942), u3 (Unreal Tournament 2003), u4 (Unreal Tournament 2004). L…
240 uses - Created 2006-01-03 00:06:42 - Last used 2017-10-19 15:16:06 - Description - http://gametiger.com/search?player={% 1 %s}&game={% 2 %s}[no url encoding]

1/2
It searches Half.com. And, unlike half or halfbooks, it works!
331 uses - Created 2006-01-02 23:37:38 - Last used 2026-07-23 13:49:29 - Nominate - Description - http://search.half.ebay.com/%s_W0QQ[use - for spaces]

sml
SongMeanings.net (lyrics) site search, using Google. Example: sml bye bye miss american pie sml plush dogs find her sml she's a brick and i'm drowning slowly
86 uses - Created 2006-01-02 23:06:33 - Last used 2025-02-14 19:55:59 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Asongmeanings.net+%s

stat
Pulls up the ShortStat statistics for any WordPress powered site. CONTEXT: stat mysite Pulls up statistics for http://www.mysite.com stat mysite -sub banana Pulls up statistics for http://banana.mysite.com
275 uses - Created 2006-01-02 22:18:21 - Last used 2026-01-12 14:47:38 - Nominate - Description - http://${sub=www}.%s.com/wp-admin/index.php?page=wp-shortstat.php

uw
UWhub, a search engine for content related to the University of Waterloo
321 uses - Created 2006-01-02 20:35:44 - Last used 2021-02-12 21:05:31 - Nominate - Description - http://uwhub.ca/?q=%s

urlx
This is a web service for managing long, cumbersome URLs. By using url(x), you can more easily share a permanent,1 redirecting URL with others via email, IRC, or anywhere else you might need to keep things concise.
55 uses - Created 2006-01-02 19:39:46 - Last used 2007-11-27 16:45:31 - Nominate - Description - http://urlx.org/?x=%s

mlnt
Search for a title through the Minuteman Library Network (suburban Boston, Massachusetts). Example: mlnt hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy
189 uses - Created 2006-01-02 16:47:27 - Last used 2012-04-26 12:26:36 - Nominate - Description - http://library.minlib.net/search/t?SEARCH=%s

mlns
Search for a subject through the Minuteman Library Network (suburban Boston, Massachusetts). Example: mlns media
14 uses - Created 2006-01-02 16:43:27 - Last used 2012-03-17 14:54:09 - Nominate - Description - http://library.minlib.net/search/d?SEARCH=%s

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