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".

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
603 uses - Created 2005-06-24 06:41:58 - Last used 2026-04-10 11:52:35 - 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.
170431 uses - Created 2005-06-24 02:56:41 - Last used 2026-05-18 18:50:54 - 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
152304 uses - Created 2005-06-24 00:52:34 - Last used 2026-05-19 13:11:30 - 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

ldlc
LDLC is a French e-shop Example: ldlc sd ram
344 uses - Created 2005-06-23 21:38:16 - Last used 2020-09-03 00:59:28 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ldlc.fr/navigation/recherche2.html?motcle=%s

spages (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS spages -where <location> -keyword <keyword> -business <business_name> EXAMPLE spages -where 20057 -keyword pizza OR spages -where new york -business best buy Searches Verizon's SuperPages.com. Use the -where switch to specify location, the -keyword switch to specify a keyword, and the -business switch to specify a business name. You don't need to do a business name and a keyword, just one or the other...you can do both but it may severely limit results.
134 uses - Created 2005-06-23 21:36:55 - Last used 2025-09-27 22:32:24 - Description - http://yellowpages.superpages.com/listings.jsp?SRC=&STYPE=S&PG=L&R=N&L=${where}&C=${keyword}&N=${business}&T=&S=&search=Find+It

vi
searches vimeo w/ full text query
654 uses - Created 2005-06-23 21:15:11 - Last used 2026-03-25 15:06:42 - Nominate - Description - http://www.vimeo.com/videos/search:%s

far
Visit Tyler Farrer's blog on National Politics, PATRIOT, Technology, and Science.
76 uses - Created 2005-06-23 21:08:54 - Last used 2024-05-06 03:09:46 - Nominate - Description - http://farrercommons.blogspot.com

bravo

29 uses - Created 2005-06-23 20:25:29 - Last used 2025-06-23 08:37:22 - Nominate - Description - bravoteens.com

fmsearch
Searches Freshmeat projects. SYNTAX: fmsearch <project or keyword>. <command by Tommy>
63 uses - Created 2005-06-23 19:51:28 - Last used 2014-08-12 23:37:19 - Nominate - Description - http://freshmeat.net/search/?q=%s&section=projects

waxylinks
Waxy.org Linksblog. <command by Tommy>
314 uses - Created 2005-06-23 19:48:43 - Last used 2009-10-19 21:27:40 - Nominate - Description - http://waxy.org/links/

nps
Search Neopets.com SYNTAX: nps -type <pet or object> -search <keywords> Example: nps -type object -search Neopets Beachball
24 uses - Created 2005-06-23 19:46:29 - Last used 2024-09-17 01:41:42 - Nominate - Description - http://www.neopets.com/search.phtml?selected_type=${type}&string=${search}

aim
AOL Instant Messenger: Using this easy command, you can pop up an AIM box for a spicific screenname and if so inclined, you can include the message. To bring up just the AIM box with the screenname simply indlude the name as shown below. Example: aim -sn JayizKool To include the message, give the screenname and the message as shown below. Example: aim -sn JayizKool -msg Thanks for this kool command. Enjoy.
356 uses - Created 2005-06-23 18:33:47 - Last used 2021-02-07 16:49:19 - Nominate - Description - aim:goim?screenname=$(sn)&message=$(msg)

salary
PayScale Salary Search
129 uses - Created 2005-06-23 18:21:15 - Last used 2025-12-08 05:56:18 - Nominate - Description - http://www.payscale.com/search.asp?str=%s

CFS
Click For Support: A FREE online tech support center.
18 uses - Created 2005-06-23 18:08:48 - Last used 2017-11-06 01:02:26 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ClickForSupport.org

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