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".

mu
Search Mozilla Update Finds extensions and themes for Mozilla products, including Firefox and Thunderbird. Syntax: mu LiveLines
486 uses - Created 2005-06-24 16:54:38 - Last used 2026-04-24 18:00:58 - Nominate - Description - https://addons.mozilla.org/quicksearch.php?q=%s

pydoc
Search the pydoc.org website for the relevant python command. Specify the version using -v. eg: pydoc -v 2.4.1 open
329 uses - Created 2005-06-24 16:37:26 - Last used 2023-04-14 12:42:47 - Nominate - Description - http://pydoc.org/-{v}/search.cgi?key=%s

grel
finds related sites provide domain like google.com or oracle.com nice start to browse the web
16 uses - Created 2005-06-24 16:15:46 - Last used 2014-06-26 12:46:29 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=related%3A%s

coral (Golden Egg)
Enter a URL and this command will load it using the Coral Content Distributed Network (http://coralcdn.org/ ). Coral is peer-to-peer content distribution network, comprised of a world-wide network of web proxies and nameservers. This will only work after the root domain (e.g. urls ending in .com, .edu, etc.) but not subdirectories. And don't include the trailing slash if any (e.g. "coral www.vischeck.com", not "coral www.vischeck.com/") Usage: coral [URL] Example: coral www.vischeck.com
555 uses - Created 2005-06-24 15:41:09 - Last used 2025-06-06 13:52:48 - Description - http://%s.nyud.net:8090

spinuzzi
Search Clay Spinuzzi's website, which primarily contains reviews of academic books. Example: spinuzzi dialogic imagination
18 uses - Created 2005-06-24 14:58:30 - Last used 2007-08-22 10:11:53 - Nominate - Description - http://babbage2.cwrl.utexas.edu/~spinuzzi/spinuzzi_drupal/?q=search&keys=%s

passgen
Create a random yet somewhat pronounceable password Example: passgen Uses the Linuxbuilt password generator http://www.linuxbuilt.com
78 uses - Created 2005-06-24 14:28:19 - Last used 2018-10-06 03:17:21 - Nominate - Description - http://www.linuxbuilt.com/password-generator.php

manpage
Displays the man page for a queried item from FreeBSD.org using their default settings. Adjustments to the scope and release version can be adjusted after the result is shown. Example: man cp
109 uses - Created 2005-06-24 14:28:13 - Last used 2023-08-31 15:37:33 - Nominate - Description - http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=%s

ymovie
To get yahoo review
17 uses - Created 2005-06-24 14:24:46 - Last used 2008-08-29 17:56:03 - Nominate - Description - http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/search?p=%s

vienna

67 uses - Created 2005-06-24 14:00:03 - Last used 2025-03-14 13:28:33 - Nominate - Description - http://viennateng.com

request

356 uses - Created 2005-06-24 13:56:15 - Last used 2025-08-12 07:23:34 - Nominate - Description - http://demo.ifinch.com/Finch/SRM/requestDetails?REQ_ID=%s

rkw
search korean ruby user group wiki
18 uses - Created 2005-06-24 12:57:14 - Last used 2009-12-21 19:27:53 - Nominate - Description - http://wiki.rubykr.org/instiki/search?query=%s

ypau
Search Australian (au) Yellow Pages Usage: ypau business_type_goes_here
33 uses - Created 2005-06-24 12:24:48 - Last used 2017-08-09 18:52:42 - Nominate - Description - http://www.yellowpages.com.au/search/postSearchEntry.do?businessType=%s&businessName=&locationClue=&serviceArea=true

river
Searches for whitewater rivers on AmericanWhitewater.org, in any state in the United States.
326 uses - Created 2005-06-24 11:39:31 - Last used 2025-09-28 14:25:26 - Nominate - Description - http://www.americanwhitewater.org/search/?rivername=%s&state=any&level=any&atleast=I&atmost=V%2B&sr=River+Search

qpostal (Golden Egg)
Canada Postal Code (Quick) Search. To find a postal code, type in an address in the following way. Example: qpostal -n 123 -s main -t street -c winnipeg -p MB Switches: -n the street number -s the street name -t the street type (this is optional; also "street" or "st" works) -c the town or city -p the province (AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT)
155 uses - Created 2005-06-24 11:36:36 - Last used 2024-04-02 20:11:15 - Description - http://www.canadapost.ca/common/tools/pcl/bin/cp_search_response-e.asp?street_number=${n}&street_name=${s}&street_type=${t}&city=${c}&prov=${p}[post]

kdic
english to korea, korea to english dictionary
24 uses - Created 2005-06-24 11:27:29 - Last used 2010-10-14 21:25:41 - Nominate - Description - http://engdic.empas.com/dicsearch/show.tsp/?z=C&q=%s

apoddate (Golden Egg)
Astronomy Picture of the Day find by date Enter the date to search for as yymmdd, as far back as 950616 (June 16th, 1995) Example: To see the picture for June 5th, 2005 enter apoddate 050605
138 uses - Created 2005-06-24 11:27:24 - Last used 2023-03-29 05:00:14 - Description - http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap%s.html

apod
Astronomy Picture of the Day
473 uses - Created 2005-06-24 11:15:03 - Last used 2026-02-07 10:16:45 - Nominate - Description - http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

coru
Koders.com Search with ruby language. example: coru Array.new see also code kode
12 uses - Created 2005-06-24 10:50:45 - Last used 2010-01-12 20:27:46 - Nominate - Description - http://www.koders.com/?s=%s&_%3Abtn=Search&_%3Ala=Ruby&_%3Ali=*

now
Gives the current time in any country Just type the 2 letter code of the country you're looking for. Example: now UK
586 uses - Created 2005-06-24 10:18:10 - Last used 2026-03-05 08:42:14 - Nominate - Description - http://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_%s.aspx

posten
This will track a package in the norwegian postal system. ---------- Old implementation: http://nettgods.posten.no/Nettgods/Internett/nettspor_res.asp?sendingsnummer=%s
22 uses - Created 2005-06-24 09:58:04 - Last used 2020-06-08 04:43:29 - Nominate - Description - http://sporing.posten.no/sporing.html?q=%s

Europa
Search all sites with domain name 'eu.int'
202 uses - Created 2005-06-24 08:57:04 - Last used 2025-05-20 17:38:43 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?as_q=%s&num=10&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=.eu.int&safe=images

yub
Shortcut to the YubNub front page.
1123 uses - Created 2005-06-24 07:13:23 - Last used 2025-09-24 05:28:06 - Nominate - Description - http://yubnub.org/

slut
LOL!
75 uses - Created 2005-06-24 06:50:19 - Last used 2024-03-20 19:46:36 - Nominate - Description - http://www.livejournal.com/users/babyretardfetus/

arxiv
Search in the arXiv. The query for arXiv can be fairly complicated, but simple examples are: Search in Mathematics for the author "Grothendieck": arxiv -grp math -what au:grothendieck Search in Mathematics articles containing "combinatorics" in the title: arxiv -grp math -what ti:combinatorics
604 uses - Created 2005-06-24 06:41:58 - Last used 2026-05-26 08:51:41 - Nominate - Description - http://arxiv.org/find/grp_${grp}/1/${what}/0/1/0/all/0/1

uwz
Unwettervorhersage für Bundesländer und Landkreise in Deutschland. Palast
14 uses - Created 2005-06-24 06:16:24 - Last used 2017-01-07 13:45:23 - Nominate - Description - http://www.unwetterzentrale.de/uwz/

BackPack
Type in your username after the command to be taken to your BackPack login page.
281 uses - Created 2005-06-24 05:45:54 - Last used 2023-10-03 13:54:19 - Nominate - Description - http://%s.backpackit.com/

earthquakemap
Plots the latest earthquakes on Google Maps http://www.snellspace.com/wp/?p=159
12 uses - Created 2005-06-24 04:59:29 - Last used 2012-08-06 15:56:25 - Nominate - Description - http://mygmaps.com/show/0.0.7/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2F06%2Fwebdata%2Fxslt%3Fxslfile%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.snellspace.com%2Fpublic%2Fusgseq.xslt%26xmlfile=http%3A%2F%2Fearthquake.usgs.gov%2Frecenteqsww%2Fcatalogs%2Feqs1day-M2.5.xml

vcd

18 uses - Created 2005-06-24 04:58:21 - Last used 2023-01-02 11:09:35 - Nominate - Description - http://www.visualdesigncore.com

gjp
Google.co.jp
7638 uses - Created 2005-06-24 04:39:52 - Last used 2024-01-17 05:54:46 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.co.jp/search?q=%s

disneyland
A site all about disneyland CA!
60 uses - Created 2005-06-24 04:30:29 - Last used 2024-09-23 17:17:58 - Nominate - Description - http://www.freewebs.com/disneylandmagic

secmy
Secure My Yahoo. You will need to save a cookie on the computer you are calling this from in order to skip entering your user name, but your password will always be required.
43 uses - Created 2005-06-24 03:25:39 - Last used 2014-07-21 10:25:44 - Nominate - Description - https://login.yahoo.com/

secym
Secure Yahoo Mail. You will need to save a cookie on the computer you are calling this from in order to skip entering your user name, but your password will always be required.
20 uses - Created 2005-06-24 03:23:12 - Last used 2006-07-21 14:06:14 - Nominate - Description - https://login.yahoo.com/config/login?.src=ym

tada
Takes you to your Ta-da list. Type in your Ta-da list user name after the command. Example: tada jqpublic
104 uses - Created 2005-06-24 02:59:22 - Last used 2014-01-06 17:28:16 - Nominate - Description - http://%s.tadalist.com/

gfl
Google's I Feel Lucky option Takes you to the 1st option.
170523 uses - Created 2005-06-24 02:56:41 - Last used 2026-07-15 11:43:36 - Nominate - Description - http://google.com/search?q=%s&btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky

tdsearch
Use this command to search the inventory of TigerDirect, a really great online tech store! example: tdsearch barebones
40 uses - Created 2005-06-24 02:30:09 - Last used 2011-02-12 09:06:27 - Nominate - Description - http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/search.asp?keywords=%s&image1.x=0&image1.y=0

mb
Mtbr.com mountain bike product search
197 uses - Created 2005-06-24 01:59:07 - Last used 2026-04-11 21:49:56 - Nominate - Description - http://www.mtbr.com/search/productsearch.asp?search=%s&section=Products

bike
Huge mountain biking resource
147 uses - Created 2005-06-24 01:57:18 - Last used 2025-07-12 02:48:00 - Nominate - Description - http://www.mtbr.com

steve
Search Steve's GLDN blog.
1850 uses - Created 2005-06-24 01:32:01 - Last used 2026-04-24 12:08:21 - Nominate - Description - http://gnulinux.net/blog/index.php?blog=2&s=%s&submit=envoyer

gldn
GNULinux dot NET search. Find security related posts quickly!
11 uses - Created 2005-06-24 01:27:38 - Last used 2006-02-02 16:17:34 - Nominate - Description - http://gnulinux.net/modules.php?name=Search&query=%s

glocal
Google Local
2926 uses - Created 2005-06-24 00:54:20 - Last used 2025-01-04 11:13:37 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/local?sc=1&hl=en&q=%s

gmap
Google Maps
152520 uses - Created 2005-06-24 00:52:34 - Last used 2026-07-15 09:31:12 - Nominate - Description - http://maps.google.com/maps?oi=map&q=%s

tgp
Deep search into Adult porn site
1690 uses - Created 2005-06-24 00:51:06 - Last used 2025-06-15 23:12:59 - Nominate - Description - http://www.hypertgp.com/search_1.html?o=%s&what=0

froo
Froogle Search!
2586 uses - Created 2005-06-24 00:40:22 - Last used 2016-11-19 11:12:08 - Nominate - Description - http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=%s&btnG=Search+Froogle

gmails (Golden Egg)
Gmail Search Automatically searches for emails in your Gmail account.
4058 uses - Created 2005-06-24 00:30:43 - Last used 2026-05-14 13:38:02 - Description - http://gmail.google.com/gmail?&search=query&q=%s&view=tl&fs=1

laugh
THE BEST INTERNET RADIO SHOW IN THE WORLD!!!
15 uses - Created 2005-06-24 00:24:50 - Last used 2016-09-04 14:31:42 - Nominate - Description - http://www.defconradio.com/?s=status

sca
StoryCode US fiction book recommendation engine by author. Use the author's name of a US fiction book you enjoyed to find other matching books. Example: sca Stanislaw Lem
33 uses - Created 2005-06-24 00:22:37 - Last used 2024-08-23 17:54:49 - Nominate - Description - http://www.storycode.com/search.php?authorstring=%s

sct
StoryCode US fiction book recommendation engine by title. Use the title of a US fiction book you enjoyed to find other matching books. Example: sct The Various
66 uses - Created 2005-06-24 00:20:01 - Last used 2025-03-01 19:26:52 - Nominate - Description - http://www.storycode.com/search.php?searchstring=%s

id

181 uses - Created 2005-06-24 00:03:37 - Last used 2024-04-11 02:37:09 - Nominate - Description - www.idlebrain.com

360
Opens someone's Yahoo! 360 page. Example: 360 vijaymv_in This example goes to the Yahoo! 360 page of vijaymv_in. Yahoo! 360 is an easy way to keep connected to friends and family with blogs, photos, and more.
327 uses - Created 2005-06-23 23:16:49 - Last used 2024-12-19 11:50:30 - Nominate - Description - http://360.yahoo.com/%s

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