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".

rdic
Uses the "reverse dictionary" command at onelook.com to find a word based on fragments of the definition.
50 uses - Created 2005-07-13 07:19:53 - Last used 2019-08-18 23:02:48 - Nominate - Description - http://onelook.com/?w=*&loc=revfp2&clue=%s

dru
Takes you to Matt Drudge's Website
58 uses - Created 2005-07-13 04:12:01 - Last used 2023-07-10 03:25:46 - Nominate - Description - http://www.drudgereport.com

mp3z
full Album direct downloads. You want it.
107 uses - Created 2005-07-13 02:58:24 - Last used 2022-06-11 11:07:28 - Nominate - Description - http://phazemp3.com/search.php?q=%s

unit
SYNOPSIS unit [unit] EXAMPLES unit meter unit hogshead Retrieves the definition of the specified unit of measurement. If the unit name is ambiguous or not found, the page of all units starting with the same letter as that of the specified unit will be shown.
401 uses - Created 2005-07-12 23:07:12 - Last used 2026-02-23 02:42:16 - Nominate - Description - http://raphil.org/units/unit.php?u=%s

training
Software Training for Students (of UW: Madison)
38 uses - Created 2005-07-12 22:43:04 - Last used 2024-07-29 08:07:54 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wisc.edu/sts

nice
A nice website. Haha!
96 uses - Created 2005-07-12 21:55:55 - Last used 2024-02-14 05:42:31 - Nominate - Description - http://www.krylonet.com

reactor
search for torrents from torrentreactor.net
150 uses - Created 2005-07-12 21:39:38 - Last used 2019-08-06 02:38:13 - Nominate - Description - http://www.torrentreactor.net/search.php?search=&words=%s

newsmap
Interactive News TreeMap. Source is Google News. UI is Flash based.
38 uses - Created 2005-07-12 20:22:11 - Last used 2015-01-18 01:44:40 - Nominate - Description - http://www.marumushi.com/apps/newsmap/newsmap.cfm

bestbuy
Best Buy search. ---------- Old implementation: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=cat12085&type=page&sc=ALL&qs=%s&cp=1&sp=Relevance&mipp=25&uq=%s&_requestid=53936
1144 uses - Created 2005-07-12 19:19:53 - Last used 2025-12-30 16:19:01 - Nominate - Description - http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1&_dynSessConf=-4268119219330931904&id=pcat17071&type=page&st=%s&sc=Global&cp=1&nrp=15&sp=&qp=&list=n&iht=y&usc=All+Categories&ks=960

perlmonk
Perlmonks search (www.perlmonks.org)
17 uses - Created 2005-07-12 18:15:17 - Last used 2009-03-20 15:18:34 - Nominate - Description - http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node=%s&go_button=Search

iit
IIT Delhi Site
26 uses - Created 2005-07-12 18:07:54 - Last used 2019-09-16 10:59:26 - Nominate - Description - http://www.iitd.ac.in

pyfunc
Searches www.python.org/doc for the Python function specified.
26 uses - Created 2005-07-12 17:18:51 - Last used 2014-03-06 09:46:52 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.python.org%2Fdoc+%s

sparkline_d (Golden Egg)
Here are some examples - sparkline_d -d 88,84,82,92,82,86,66,82,44,64,66,88,96,80,24,26,14,0,0,26,8,6,6,24,52,66,36,6,10,14,30 -upper 90 sparkline_d -d 88,84,82,92,86,95,82,78,89,90,88,96,80,82,86,95,82,78,89,90,88,96,80 -height 40 -upper 90 -acolor blue -bcolor green check http://bitworking.org/projects/sparklines to know what it all means
223 uses - Created 2005-07-12 16:09:39 - Last used 2015-04-15 06:46:40 - Description - http://bitworking.org/projects/sparklines/spark.cgi?type=discrete&d=${d}&height=${height=20}&upper=${upper}&above-color=${acolor=red}&below-color=${bcolor=gray}[no url encoding]

slick
SYNOPSIS slick {-from [date YYYY-MM-DD] -to [date YYYY-MM-DD]} EXAMPLE slick -from 2005-07-01 -to 2005-07-31 Checks slickdeals.net for today's deals or deals for a date range NOTES If you just specify a from date, -to will default to today and the from date is at the bottom of the list. If you specify a to date without a from date slickdeals will NOT return anything.
323 uses - Created 2005-07-12 15:30:14 - Last used 2023-11-23 02:00:36 - Nominate - Description - http://www.slickdeals.net/?from=${from}&to=${to}

ifl
I'm feeling lucky - from Google
36995 uses - Created 2005-07-12 15:25:02 - Last used 2026-05-19 07:03:27 - Nominate - Description - http://google.com/search?q=%s&btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky

cool
Cool Website Links Example: "Cool travel" for travel links. Other uses (Cool ?): Google, Yahoo, Metacrawler, InfoSpace, forward, other, addons, business, metric, words, foreign, international, guide, computer, jobs, map, train, people, price, religious, science_news, software, space, travel, government, weather, mail
1191 uses - Created 2005-07-12 14:46:50 - Last used 2026-04-08 13:13:52 - Nominate - Description - http://www.whiz.netfirms.com#%s

fido
will send to fetch fido games
47 uses - Created 2005-07-12 14:26:21 - Last used 2025-03-30 06:56:54 - Nominate - Description - http://www.fetchfido.co.uk/games/menu/games_menu.htm

perlfunc
Looks up the perlfunc document and returns the page describing the perl function.
72 uses - Created 2005-07-12 13:59:47 - Last used 2017-12-10 22:31:34 - Nominate - Description - http://www.perl.com/doc/manual/html/pod/perlfunc/%s.html

gmac
USAGE: gmac <query> Google Mackintosh Search (google.com/mac)
760 uses - Created 2005-07-12 13:43:06 - Last used 2016-02-19 11:35:53 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/mac?q=%s

IMJ
IM J
13 uses - Created 2005-07-12 13:40:56 - Last used 2010-02-27 17:03:41 - Nominate - Description - http://www.mymmode.com/messagecenter/init

int

128 uses - Created 2005-07-12 13:04:10 - Last used 2026-04-22 16:20:10 - Nominate - Description - http://www.indiatimes.com

ou

170 uses - Created 2005-07-12 12:29:37 - Last used 2025-08-15 01:58:43 - Nominate - Description - http://www.osmania.ac.in

osm
Osmanl?ca sozluk --------- Old implementation: http://www.osmania.ac.in
392 uses - Created 2005-07-12 12:27:55 - Last used 2026-05-05 04:32:04 - Nominate - Description - http://www.risaleinurenstitusu.org/shared/lugat/lugat.asp?Kelime=%s

sab

41 uses - Created 2005-07-12 12:21:05 - Last used 2021-10-17 19:22:56 - Nominate - Description - http://www.santabanta.com

samd
To my homepage.
15 uses - Created 2005-07-12 12:11:04 - Last used 2008-03-04 17:41:20 - Nominate - Description - http://153rd.com/sam/%s

ynet
Go to www.ynet.co.il news page
3246 uses - Created 2005-07-12 12:05:33 - Last used 2021-03-21 14:43:06 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ynet.co.il

intel
Support from Intel
255 uses - Created 2005-07-12 11:51:07 - Last used 2024-09-20 13:25:24 - Nominate - Description - http://support.intel.com/

yme
to access my yahoo
1974 uses - Created 2005-07-12 10:35:38 - Last used 2023-01-25 15:30:11 - Nominate - Description - http://my.yahoo.com/index.html

dm
A shortened version of the DMotion command, which lets you search the French video sharing site, DailyMotion.com.
1129 uses - Created 2005-07-12 10:29:34 - Last used 2026-04-17 18:36:39 - Nominate - Description - http://www.dailymotion.com/search/%s[use %20 for spaces]

hsn

70 uses - Created 2005-07-12 08:34:58 - Last used 2025-06-07 01:22:03 - Nominate - Description - http://www.hsn.com

bcj
Make Bookcrossing.com Journal entries usage: bcj XXX-XXXXXXX XXX-XXXXXXX is the BCID of the book you want to make a journal. see bookcrossing.com for mor information
51 uses - Created 2005-07-12 08:18:56 - Last used 2009-11-17 17:37:05 - Nominate - Description - http://bookcrossing.com/%s

ex
Searches Eurekster.com Personalized search. ex foobar - searches the web for foobar ex foobar -source blog - searches in blogs for foobar possible -sources: web blog defaults to web due to parse problems specify the source last.
489 uses - Created 2005-07-12 07:31:50 - Last used 2025-10-10 06:46:40 - Nominate - Description - http://eurekster.com/search?p=Q&ts=e&w=%s&src=${source=web}

ds
Search your del.icio.us bookmarks (must be logged in to del.icio.us). Usage: du [query] ---------- Old implementation: http://del.icio.us/search/?search=%s
5552 uses - Created 2005-07-12 07:21:20 - Last used 2025-09-05 02:25:10 - Nominate - Description - http://delicious.com/search?p=%s

DOS
It has the essential dos commands fully explained and has unique search cum ad banners in it .
117 uses - Created 2005-07-12 06:35:50 - Last used 2024-10-23 11:12:11 - Nominate - Description - http://www.freewebs.com/golokchandramandal/

ir
Indian Railways website
161 uses - Created 2005-07-12 05:22:24 - Last used 2025-01-18 09:22:08 - Nominate - Description - http://www.indianrail.gov.in

Friend
PIMPIN
67 uses - Created 2005-07-12 04:44:07 - Last used 2024-08-03 11:18:58 - Nominate - Description - http://img342.imageshack.us/img342/3424/dankaljosh3ca.gif

perlman
Gets the htmlized man page listing of the perl document asked for from the perl documentation set.
36 uses - Created 2005-07-12 04:15:03 - Last used 2024-03-08 05:00:27 - Nominate - Description - http://www.perl.com/doc/manual/html/pod/%s.html

XWE
HABBOS WRESTLING PERFECTION
113 uses - Created 2005-07-12 02:37:53 - Last used 2011-11-01 14:33:50 - Nominate - Description - http://www.freewebs.com/xtreme-wrestling-entertainment/

csm
Colorado School of Mines
25 uses - Created 2005-07-12 01:14:06 - Last used 2023-09-22 07:03:48 - Nominate - Description - http://www.mines.edu/index_js.shtml

gay

623 uses - Created 2005-07-12 00:38:28 - Last used 2026-01-26 16:17:24 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=gay

rapi
Searches the Ruby on Rails API for a given command or search term. (This is what rorapi is supposed to do but that one doesn't work as the URL has changed.)
168 uses - Created 2005-07-11 23:45:02 - Last used 2017-02-15 12:54:01 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=site:api.rubyonrails.com+%s

chain2
SYNOPSIS chain2 -1 <command1> -2 <command2> EXAMPLES chain2 -1 googleit -2 autotr chain2 -1 spages -keyword pizza -where 20057 -2 tiny This command chains two YubNub commands! The second one must take a URL as its only parameter, but if you think about it, how else would YubNub chaining make sense anyway? Of course this isn't perfect but I think it's a step in the right direction. I'm trying to work out if there's a way to write a recursive form of this - if anyone works it out, well done! AUTH…
42 uses - Created 2005-07-11 20:21:45 - Last used 2019-03-12 07:47:34 - Nominate - Description - http://yubnub.org/parser/parse?command=${2} http://yubnub.org/parser/parse?command=${1}

googleit
Google Italian
61 uses - Created 2005-07-11 20:13:59 - Last used 2025-09-26 12:13:09 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.it

PUB

35 uses - Created 2005-07-11 20:11:59 - Last used 2025-09-09 08:34:22 - Nominate - Description - http://WWW.PUBMED.COM/SEARCH

parse
Reserved by Jon, as recommended by Sage. See http://yubnub.blogspot.com/2005/07/idea-for-combining-commands-rather.html
316 uses - Created 2005-07-11 20:02:17 - Last used 2026-04-30 10:21:30 - Nominate - Description -

g2
SYNOPSIS g [keywords] EXAMPLE g cars g porsche Google's "Browse By Name" search. If the first search result is the one that almost all users click on, g takes you directly to that page. Otherwise (and most of the time) it displays the usual list of Google search results. For example, "g cars" will display a list of Google search results for cars. But "g porsche" will take you directly to the Porsche website, because that's what almost all users click on. For more information, see Jesse Ruderman…
3248 uses - Created 2005-07-11 19:52:02 - Last used 2026-05-19 10:33:03 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=%s

race
race in blr
33 uses - Created 2005-07-11 18:37:31 - Last used 2024-08-29 04:22:43 - Nominate - Description - http://www.indiarace.com

pastlife
Find out who you were in your past life.
11 uses - Created 2005-07-11 18:17:31 - Last used 2010-04-11 19:17:55 - Nominate - Description - http://www.thebigview.com/pastlife/

nhc
NHC site
141 uses - Created 2005-07-11 18:13:51 - Last used 2025-06-24 08:07:36 - Nominate - Description - http://www.nhc.noaa.gov

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