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Command List (ls)

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doi
Digital Object Identifier. Useful if you have the doi of an article. [Example] doi 10.1021/ja0436594 Takes you to the article in the Journal of the American Chemical Society
4274 uses - Created 2005-07-18 18:53:06 - Last used 2026-09-09 16:29:42 - Nominate - Description - http://dx.doi.org/%s

mjrgks

132 uses - Created 2005-07-18 18:29:18 - Last used 2006-06-10 16:05:03 - Nominate - Description - http://www.majorgeeks.com

maily

364 uses - Created 2005-07-18 18:03:30 - Last used 2011-08-24 21:33:53 - Nominate - Description - http://mail.yahoo.com/?.intl=us

emyth
The Encyclopedia Mythica is an online encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, and legends. It currently contains over 7,000 entries on gods and goddesses, heroes, legendary creatures and beings from all over the world.
25 uses - Created 2005-07-18 17:56:11 - Last used 2014-02-01 21:09:10 - Nominate - Description - http://www.pantheon.org/cgi-bin/search.pl?Terms=%s

riddle
An internet riddle based on video games.
44 uses - Created 2005-07-18 17:17:59 - Last used 2023-05-17 06:43:14 - Nominate - Description - http://www.freewebs.com/videogameriddle/

ybrief
Yahoo provides many services to open Yahoo! Briefcase home page type:ybrief.
12 uses - Created 2005-07-18 14:41:50 - Last used 2005-09-05 06:13:17 - Nominate - Description - http://briefcase.yahoo.com/bc//home

pat2pdf
pat2pdf.org - convert U.S. patents to a downloadable PDF document.
163 uses - Created 2005-07-18 08:44:35 - Last used 2011-12-05 17:34:44 - Nominate - Description - http://pat2pdf.org/pat2pdf/foo.pl?number=%s

jg

58 uses - Created 2005-07-18 08:31:29 - Last used 2025-07-08 14:11:47 - Nominate - Description - http://www.jagran.com/

nvt
link to navbharat times online
15 uses - Created 2005-07-18 08:30:36 - Last used 2018-06-03 10:09:20 - Nominate - Description - http://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/

qwe
sxdgder dheth
29 uses - Created 2005-07-18 07:48:24 - Last used 2024-06-06 03:08:28 - Nominate - Description - http://cricinfo.com/

ticket

97 uses - Created 2005-07-18 04:26:39 - Last used 2024-03-25 03:10:47 - Nominate - Description - http://www.theticket.com

active

504 uses - Created 2005-07-18 04:24:54 - Last used 2026-06-09 05:49:19 - Nominate - Description - http://active.com/running/?ec=0&feature=36&search_criteria=run&zip=%s&maxrows=10&CFID=24212262&CFTOKEN=87590848

sunmoon
This command will bring up a form to obtain sunrise, sunset and lunar data for any date and location.
42 uses - Created 2005-07-18 03:39:48 - Last used 2014-10-25 06:09:44 - Nominate - Description - http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneDay.html

jpost
Jerusalem Post Internet Edition in English: news about Israel
27 uses - Created 2005-07-18 03:33:12 - Last used 2010-04-14 17:46:28 - Nominate - Description - http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/P/FrontPage/FrontPage&cid=1002116796299

nfl

1426 uses - Created 2005-07-18 03:23:58 - Last used 2025-12-27 19:06:46 - Nominate - Description - http://www.nfl.com

musik

41 uses - Created 2005-07-18 03:12:45 - Last used 2023-04-05 18:09:16 - Nominate - Description - http://www.xsao.net

brain (Golden Egg)
Ask Brainboost a question, and it will search the internet to find a precise answer to your question. Sponsored by NASA. Example: brain how far is sidney from victoria bc?
2621 uses - Created 2005-07-18 02:46:31 - Last used 2026-08-15 09:42:40 - Description - http://www.answers.com/bb/bbsearch.jsp?Q=%s

pdoc
Processing documentation (complete)
123 uses - Created 2005-07-17 23:26:57 - Last used 2018-07-13 14:03:37 - Nominate - Description - http://processing.org/reference/index_ext.html

Lonnie

15 uses - Created 2005-07-17 21:56:36 - Last used 2020-01-16 10:32:20 - Nominate - Description - http://www.xanga.com/smallguy310

caitlin

31 uses - Created 2005-07-17 21:50:19 - Last used 2023-05-11 11:51:20 - Nominate - Description - http://www.xanga.com/lynn7410

tripods
A fun little game based off Google Maps. Check the site for more info. If you ever see a guy named Tommy on, say hi and that you're from YubNub :D ---------- Old implementation: http://www.thomasscott.net/tripods/
14 uses - Created 2005-07-17 21:40:33 - Last used 2020-04-28 12:50:18 - Nominate - Description - https://www.google.com/search?q=tripods

pcgen1
Generates 8 random D&D characters using Version 2 of the NPC Generator. To use, enter "pcgen1 <class>" or "pcgen1 any" for random class selection. <class> can be any core D&D class (fighter, druid, rogue, wizard, etc). Only low-level classes will be generated. Later versions will allow configuration.
15 uses - Created 2005-07-17 21:26:21 - Last used 2012-12-14 20:27:30 - Nominate - Description - http://www.aarg.net/~minam/npc2.cgi?look=standard&stats_ability_bonuses=0&stats_ac_breakdown=1&stats_init_breakdown=1&stats_attack_breakdown=0&stats_save_breakdown=0&stats_skill_breakdown=0&stats_languages=1&stats_skillsfeats=1&stats_possessions=1&stats_spells=1&stats_formatting=1&stats_skill_points=1&alignment=anyg&gender=any&race=anycore&class=%s&level=lo&class2=&level2=any&class3=&level3=any&count=10&scorestrategy=1&seed=

cheatcodes

85 uses - Created 2005-07-17 21:23:51 - Last used 2011-07-28 20:20:07 - Nominate - Description - http://www.cheatcodes.com

ahley

13 uses - Created 2005-07-17 21:11:03 - Last used 2005-07-24 01:56:36 - Nominate - Description - http://www.xanga.com/kiss_wink_smile

stanley

58 uses - Created 2005-07-17 21:10:36 - Last used 2024-09-13 19:50:56 - Nominate - Description - http://www.xanga.com/sekcxbeast

today
Wikipedia's English page that lists events for this day: "today in history," holidays, holy days, birth days and death days. Today is determined by GMT. You can correct for your local today with today -off +1 or today -off -1
837 uses - Created 2005-07-17 21:03:01 - Last used 2026-01-21 17:41:04 - Nominate - Description - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{date -format B_d -offset ${off=0}}

fn
Food Network Recips Search To find particular recipes, just type the name. Example: fn seafood gumbo To find recipes that contain specific ingredients, type the ingredients. Example: fn tomatoes cucumber
651 uses - Created 2005-07-17 18:32:06 - Last used 2026-07-19 10:04:29 - Nominate - Description - http://web.foodnetwork.com/food/web/searchResults?searchString=%s&site=FOOD&searchType=Recipe

axim
Searches Aximsite.com - the Dell Axim community. Dell Axims are Pocket PC PDAs.
43 uses - Created 2005-07-17 18:09:31 - Last used 2011-01-10 18:57:43 - Nominate - Description - http://www.aximsite.com/boards/search.php?do=process&showposts=0&query=%s

bms6
NAME bms6 - Search the Bemanistyle.com Version 6 Simfile Database SYNOPSIS bms6 -artist [ARTIST] -user [USERNAME] -name [SIMFILE NAME] EXAMPLES bms6 bms6 -songartist DJ Taka bms6 -simartist NVLM_ZK bms6 -simname Colors bms6 -simname xepher -simartist eggmanimn bms6 allows a user to search the Bemanistyle 6 database for artists, users, and songs. I explicitly tagged it as Bemanistyle 6 because Bemanistyle 7 is supposed to be out soon. Note that typing this with no arguments will let you browse a…
12 uses - Created 2005-07-17 17:38:36 - Last used 2005-10-07 22:39:48 - Nominate - Description - http://bemanistyle.com/sims/results.php?offset=0&sort=DD&type=1&category=1&artist=${songartist}&username1=${simartist}&name=${simname}&padkey=1&wherebpm1=&wherebpm2=[post][use %20 for spaces]

paview3
Jumps to last week's Penny Arcade comic. Like paview2, but more flexible because you can optionally specify the age of the comic that you want (in days). Demonstrates how you can type command combinations directly into the URL box to create a new command from existing ones. Example: paview3 Example: paview3 -age 14
2825 uses - Created 2005-07-17 08:44:43 - Last used 2026-10-21 08:06:57 - Nominate - Description - paview {date -format Y-m-d -offset -${age=7}}

paview2
Jumps to last week's Penny Arcade comic. Demonstrates how you can type command combinations directly into the URL box to create a new command from existing ones. Usage: paview2 Author: Jonathan Aquino <jonathan.aquino@gmail.com>
1493 uses - Created 2005-07-17 08:28:30 - Last used 2026-10-21 05:58:41 - Nominate - Description - paview {date -format Y-m-d -offset -7}

mozinekb (Golden Egg)
NAME mozinekb - Search the MozillaZine Knowledge Base SYNOPSIS mozinekb [SEARCH] EXAMPLES mozinekb "profile folder" mozinekb extention install A command to search the MozillaZine Knowledge Base Wiki. It includes info on Mozilla, Firefox, Thunderbird, and more. If what you need isn't covered, make sure to check out the MozillaZine forums. AUTHOR Tommy B. <tommy04@gmail.com>
182 uses - Created 2005-07-17 03:40:04 - Last used 2023-10-24 20:04:10 - Description - http://kb.mozillazine.org/Special:Search?search=%s&fulltext=Search

ie
link to Indian Express online
150 uses - Created 2005-07-17 02:58:49 - Last used 2024-02-24 18:11:54 - Nominate - Description - http://www.expressindia.com/

date (Golden Egg)
NAME date - print the system date and time SYNOPSIS date -format [FORMAT] -offset [DAYS] EXAMPLES date date -format m/d/Y -offset -7 Displays the current date and time, offset by the given number of DAYS. The FORMAT is given by the codes below: a The abbreviated weekday name ("Sun") A The full weekday name ("Sunday") b The abbreviated month name ("Jan") B The full month name ("January") c The preferred local date and time representation d Day of the month (01..31) H Hour of the day, 24-hour clo…
36768 uses - Created 2005-07-17 02:34:38 - Last used 2026-08-09 17:06:48 - Description - http://yubnub.org/example/today?format=${format=Y-m-d}&offset=${offset=0}

lil_joker

12 uses - Created 2005-07-17 00:38:08 - Last used 2006-06-13 05:44:26 - Nominate - Description - http://wildcards32@hotmail.com

echo (Golden Egg)
NAME echo - display a line of text SYNOPSIS echo [STRING] EXAMPLE echo Hello, World! AUTHOR Jonathan Aquino <jonathan.aquino@gmail.com>
1371056 uses - Created 2005-07-16 19:48:17 - Last used 2026-10-17 15:59:35 - Description - http://yubnub.org/example/echo?text=%s

nothing
This is to return a blank for use with my test recursive chain command (don't count on it working!)
60 uses - Created 2005-07-16 19:18:16 - Last used 2025-07-22 11:26:23 - Nominate - Description - http://

yanews
Yahoo! News Search (batches of 100; sorted by date) Example: yanews london
14 uses - Created 2005-07-16 13:31:53 - Last used 2011-03-29 03:59:31 - Nominate - Description - http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/search?ei=UTF-8&va=%s&datesort=1&fl=0&n=100

polo
Feel like shopping for tacky, overpriced clothes? Go to Polo Ralph Lauren's website here.
55 uses - Created 2005-07-16 13:11:22 - Last used 2022-12-08 16:55:34 - Nominate - Description - http://www.polo.com

chd
testing "directory/channel" changing
42 uses - Created 2005-07-16 12:31:45 - Last used 2021-10-11 12:31:36 - Nominate - Description - http://efridge.net/yubnub/chd.php?d=%s

pipe
pipe testing
223 uses - Created 2005-07-16 10:01:57 - Last used 2025-08-16 03:59:52 - Nominate - Description - http://efridge.net/yubnub/pipe.php?c=%s

fd
link to thefreedictionary.com
668 uses - Created 2005-07-16 05:03:59 - Last used 2026-08-04 05:31:28 - Nominate - Description - http://www.thefreedictionary.com/

auwp
Australian White Pages
241 uses - Created 2005-07-16 03:42:30 - Last used 2013-09-25 14:09:04 - Nominate - Description - http://www.sensis.com.au/search.do?profile=wp&find=%s

isketch
It's iSketch! Cool online pictionary game.
27 uses - Created 2005-07-16 02:55:39 - Last used 2014-08-19 20:47:56 - Nominate - Description - http://www.isketch.net

ice
A wonderful alternative to Google. If you needed an alternative to Google!
1335 uses - Created 2005-07-16 02:31:58 - Last used 2025-10-13 06:45:02 - Nominate - Description - http://www.icerocket.com/search?tab=web&q=%s

TMS
The Main Server: Tech news and commentary for the common geek.
26 uses - Created 2005-07-16 02:26:02 - Last used 2021-11-29 10:16:53 - Nominate - Description - http://mainserver.blogspot.com

roms
gba roms
35 uses - Created 2005-07-15 23:03:24 - Last used 2025-11-08 08:13:06 - Nominate - Description - http://grn.dl.am

unix
Search the UNIX man pages
2979 uses - Created 2005-07-15 22:19:31 - Last used 2025-12-10 16:45:20 - Nominate - Description - http://bama.ua.edu/cgi-bin/man-cgi?%s

un
Searches UNIX man pages
846 uses - Created 2005-07-15 22:15:44 - Last used 2026-08-27 07:30:45 - Nominate - Description - http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?%s

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