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".

descriptious (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS descriptious EXAMPLE descriptious A live list of what's popular on the web, based on number of links in del.icio.us.
59 uses - Created 2005-06-08 20:18:44 - Last used 2012-07-12 13:15:34 - Description - http://jonathanaquino.com/descriptious/descriptious-populicious-cheyne.html

buckeroo
Create a new command
11 uses - Created 2005-06-08 19:15:11 - Last used 2009-08-13 15:31:45 - Nominate - Description - http://yubnub.org/command/new?name=%s

geo (Golden Egg)
NAME geo - Find geotagged Flickr photos and GPS tracks on a Google Map at maps.yuan.cc SYNOPSIS geo [ADDRESS] -z [OPTIONAL: ZOOM LEVEL 1-19] -service [OPTIONAL: SERVICE] EXAMPLES geo 450 s dearborn, chicago, il (returns a map of 450 s. dearborn, chicago, il, with Flickr photos) geo 60607 -z 15 (returns a map of Flickr photos in zip code 60607, zoomed to level 15) geo taipei, taiwan -service gps (returns a map of GPS tracks in Taipei) geo (returns a world map of Flickr photos) Yuan.CC Maps is a …
688 uses - Created 2005-06-08 19:08:33 - Last used 2026-05-11 12:16:18 - Description - http://maps.yuan.cc/?{eop address=@%s@&zoom=${z=13} -else zoom=${z=2}}&service=${service=flickr}

xyzzy
Nothing happens.
41 uses - Created 2005-06-08 18:53:02 - Last used 2021-06-05 02:42:06 - Nominate - Description - http://sundae.triumf.ca/pub2/cave/node001.html

aart (Golden Egg)
Create ASCII art from text suitable for using in an email signiture.
213 uses - Created 2005-06-08 18:37:35 - Last used 2018-03-03 18:49:22 - Description - http://www.network-science.de/ascii/ascii.php?TEXT=%s&x=29&y=12&FONT=ogre&RICH=no&FORM=left&STRE=no

gmp3 (Golden Egg)
find mp3s using google
24823 uses - Created 2005-06-08 18:22:06 - Last used 2026-10-23 08:03:27 - Description - http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=+-inurl%3Ahtm+-inurl%3Ahtml+intitle%3A%22index+of%22+%22Last+modified%22+mp3+%22%s%22

deli (Golden Egg)
delicious tags
17873 uses - Created 2005-06-08 17:45:15 - Last used 2026-10-23 07:20:29 - Description - http://del.icio.us/tag/%s

yoto
Searches for public domain images with the Yotophoto.com search engine, which queries several public domain image resources. ========== Old implementation: http://www.yotophoto.com/index.php?what=%s
221 uses - Created 2005-06-08 17:35:27 - Last used 2024-07-12 01:05:58 - Nominate - Description - http://yotophoto.com/images/%s/1

rcode (Golden Egg)
Searches all code on RAA for the specified commands. Useful for finding sample usage or just pleasing your statistical self.
23 uses - Created 2005-06-08 17:08:43 - Last used 2017-05-04 04:03:49 - Description - http://raa.ruby-lang.org/gonzui/search?q=%s

rails (Golden Egg)
Search the RubyOnRails web site (which includes API documentation) for the given term. This will find more than the 'ror' command, but it might produce results of lesser quality.
3901 uses - Created 2005-06-08 17:07:09 - Last used 2024-12-05 18:41:15 - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=site:rubyonrails.com+%s

fdb (Golden Egg)
Searches freedb.org for artist or album information.
63 uses - Created 2005-06-08 15:25:30 - Last used 2022-06-16 08:38:50 - Description - http://www.freedb.org/freedb_search.php?words=%s&allfields=NO&fields=artist&fields=title&allcats=YES&grouping=none

netcraft (Golden Egg)
Displays what a site is running.
1180 uses - Created 2005-06-08 14:49:43 - Last used 2020-05-30 14:52:07 - Description - http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph?site=%s

zp
zap style sheets. Disables all style sheets. more at, http://www.squarefree.com/bookmarklets/webdevel.html
49 uses - Created 2005-06-08 14:34:19 - Last used 2021-07-29 07:18:52 - Nominate - Description - javascript:(function(){var i,x;for(i=0;x=document.styleSheets[i];++i)x.disabled=true;})();

wikipedia (Golden Egg)
English Wikipedia search
14096 uses - Created 2005-06-08 14:33:57 - Last used 2026-10-20 13:04:22 - Description - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s&go=Go

proxy (Golden Egg)
surf anonymously through the fireprox.com proxy
1343 uses - Created 2005-06-08 14:30:23 - Last used 2026-05-12 18:53:18 - Description - http://fireprox.com/index.php?url=%s

2t (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS 2t URL EXAMPLE 2t http://slashdot.org convers a page of HTML into clean, easy-to-read plain ASCII. Better yet, that ASCII also happens to be valid Markdown (a text-to-HTML format).
1545 uses - Created 2005-06-08 14:26:39 - Last used 2024-01-16 16:57:23 - Description - http://www.aaronsw.com/2002/html2text/?url=%s

goto (Golden Egg)
Go directly to Google's number one result
65591 uses - Created 2005-06-08 14:06:05 - Last used 2026-10-27 21:19:37 - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%s&btnI=I'm+Feeling+Lucky

aix51 (Golden Egg)
Perform an "exact phrase" search of IBM's AIX 5.1 documentation
116 uses - Created 2005-06-08 14:03:09 - Last used 2014-02-06 18:44:04 - Description - http://publibn.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/ds_form?JavaScript=Yes&newlang=en_US&newview=Books&query=%s&SearchType=0&viewset=AIX&view=Books&mtime=1059597174&lang=en_US&expanded=1&index=ADMCNCEN%2CASYCOMEN%2CBSADMNEN%2CCMADMNEN%2CNISPLSEN%2CPRFTUNEN%2CPRINTREN%2CRSCTEN%2CWSMADMEN%2CX25USREN&AllIndexes=ADMCNCEN%2CASYCOMEN%2CBSADMNEN%2CCMADMNEN%2CNISPLSEN%2CPRFTUNEN%2CPRINTREN%2CRSCTEN%2CWSMADMEN%2CX25USREN&index=INSGDEN%2CINSPKEN%2CLPARINEN%2CNIMGDEN&AllIndexes=INSGDEN%2CINSPKEN%2CLPARINEN%2CNIMGDEN&index=USRCMMEN%2CUSRSDVEN&AllIndexes=USRCMMEN%2CUSRSDVEN&index=DDNATIEN%2CDIAGUNEN%2CGENPRGEN%2CGL32PREN%2CKERNEXEN%2CPROGCMEN%2CWNPGDEN&AllIndexes=DDNATIEN%2CDIAGUNEN%2CGENPRGEN%2CGL32PREN%2CKERNEXEN%2CPROGCMEN%2CWNPGDEN&index=DSMITGEN%2CPGHMSGEN%2CPHGCUSEN%2CPHGGETEN%2CPHGISOEN%2CPHGREFEN%2CPHGTRFEN%2CPHGUNDEN&AllIndexes=DSMITGEN%2CPGHMSGEN%2CPHGCUSEN%2CPHGGETEN%2CPHGISOEN%2CPHGREFEN%2CPHGTRFEN%2CPHGUNDEN&index=ALANGREN%2CCMDS01EN%2CCMDS02EN%2CCMDS03EN%2CCMDS04EN%2CCMDS05EN%2CCMDS06EN%2CFILESEN%2CGLOSRYEN%2COPENGLEN&AllIndexes=ALANGREN%2CCMDS01EN%2CCMDS02EN%2CCMDS03EN%2CCMDS04EN%2CCMDS05EN%2CCMDS06EN%2CFILESEN%2CGLOSRYEN%2COPENGLEN&index=BSTRF1EN%2CBSTRF2EN%2CCMTRF1EN%2CCMTRF2EN%2CGL32TREN%2CISOSUBEN%2CKTREF1EN%2CKTREF2EN%2CKYBDTEEN%2CPHGSUBEN&AllIndexes=BSTRF1EN%2CBSTRF2EN%2CCMTRF1EN%2CCMTRF2EN%2CGL32TREN%2CISOSUBEN%2CKTREF1EN%2CKTREF2EN%2CKYBDTEEN%2CPHGSUBEN

cpan (Golden Egg)
Search the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network
11463 uses - Created 2005-06-08 13:58:09 - Last used 2024-08-09 12:17:08 - Description - http://search.cpan.org/search?query=%s&mode=all

gf (Golden Egg)
searches GameFAQS for the given game
18003 uses - Created 2005-06-08 12:51:44 - Last used 2026-10-11 15:14:37 - Description - https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/search?game=%s

map (Golden Egg)
use Multimap for worldwide map searches - postcode, town name, etc. ========== Old implementation: http://www.multimap.com/map/places.cgi?quicksearch=%s&client=public&lang=&advanced=
6311 uses - Created 2005-06-08 10:18:17 - Last used 2026-10-05 13:26:41 - Description - http://www.multimap.com/maps/?qs=%s&countryCode=GB

guk (Golden Egg)
Google UK search: UK Specific Type in the search term and Google will return pages from the UK. ========== Old implementation: http://www.google.co.uk/search?ie=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=%s Google UK's "Browse By Name" search
94665 uses - Created 2005-06-08 10:01:21 - Last used 2026-10-27 00:32:28 - Description - http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=%s&btnG=Search&meta=cr%3DcountryUK%7CcountryGB

yandex
Makes a query to the Yandex Search Engine (popular russian service).
1519 uses - Created 2005-06-08 09:33:22 - Last used 2026-10-24 09:08:55 - Nominate - Description - http://yandex.ru/yandsearch?&text=%s

art (Golden Egg)
Search the Web Gallery of Art (text)
1140 uses - Created 2005-06-08 08:44:36 - Last used 2026-08-12 00:49:11 - Description - http://www.wga.hu/cgi-bin/search.cgi?comment=%s&lang=2&author=&time=any&form=any

dw (Golden Egg)
Searches for the given Keyword in the DokuWiki at http://wiki.splitbrain.org
194 uses - Created 2005-06-08 07:55:37 - Last used 2026-03-25 03:11:49 - Description - http://wiki.splitbrain.org/?do=search&id=%s

cw (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS cw EXAMPLE cw Launches ClockWork, a set of timers that you can start and stop. ClockWork is ideal for anyone who works with clients on an hourly basis, or needs a solution to track productivity for any task or project. ClockWork allows you the flexibility to start, pause and resume an unlimited amount of task timers making it easy to switch between tasks without delay. You simultaneously run timers for multi-tasked projects, or easily switch back and forth between tasks, all without ev…
292 uses - Created 2005-06-08 06:03:09 - Last used 2025-10-19 13:54:46 - Description - http://clockwork.jupit.net/

up (Golden Egg)
browse upcoming.org events by tag
397 uses - Created 2005-06-08 03:52:18 - Last used 2026-07-02 21:56:27 - Description - http://upcoming.org/tag/%s

df (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS df TERM EXAMPLE --sort=name --include-spam All the definitions for a term found by Google (define:term)
1519 uses - Created 2005-06-08 03:39:44 - Last used 2026-06-23 05:31:36 - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A%s

penny-arcade
Search penny arcade by keyword.
57 uses - Created 2005-06-07 22:11:42 - Last used 2024-08-27 17:41:33 - Nominate - Description - http://penny-arcade.com/search.php?keywords=%s&jointype=1&searchtype=1

goats
Search goats comics for text: try 'fornicate' for some classic Jerrell strips.
37 uses - Created 2005-06-07 22:03:38 - Last used 2018-10-28 13:46:11 - Nominate - Description - http://goats.com/search/?q=%s&search=comics

apt-search (Golden Egg)
Unofficial APT repositories apt-get.org is intended as a place for people to share useful APT (Advanced Package Tool) sources for the Debian operating system.
59 uses - Created 2005-06-07 21:52:56 - Last used 2024-11-04 11:06:24 - Description - http://www1.apt-get.org/search.php?query=%s&submit=&arch%5B%5D=all

mycroft (Golden Egg)
Here you can find a Search plugin for your favorite site you can add to the Sidebar panel or to the search box (Mozilla Firefox). Just enter a site name.
405 uses - Created 2005-06-07 21:45:56 - Last used 2025-10-15 01:21:49 - Description - http://mycroft.mozdev.org/download.html?name=%s&submitform=Find+search+plugins

jobs (Golden Egg)
Performs a search at Indeed.com for available jobs that include the keywords provided.
665 uses - Created 2005-06-07 21:42:48 - Last used 2026-10-22 02:24:19 - Description - http://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=%s

yim (Golden Egg)
Yahoo Image search
28607 uses - Created 2005-06-07 21:33:13 - Last used 2026-01-01 04:12:03 - Description - http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=%s

FindPost (Golden Egg)
Invokes the main http://feedster.com search to find Blog Posts, News Articles, and Other Documents that contain the keywords you type in.
18 uses - Created 2005-06-07 21:27:19 - Last used 2010-05-30 17:12:18 - Description - http://www.feedster.com/search.php?q=%s

scigen (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS scigen -author1 [name] -author2 [name] -author3 [name] EXAMPLE scigen -author1 Jane Doe -author2 John Smith SCIgen is a program that generates random Computer Science research papers, including graphs, figures, and citations. It uses a hand-written context-free grammar to form all elements of the papers. Our aim here is to maximize amusement, rather than coherence.
107 uses - Created 2005-06-07 21:27:03 - Last used 2020-10-17 10:25:35 - Description - http://punitive-surgery.lcs.mit.edu/cgi-bin/scigen.cgi?author=%s&author=${author1}&author=${author2}&author=${author3}

FindFeed (Golden Egg)
This command invokes http://feedfinder.feedster.com to find feeds about the keywords you specify.
54 uses - Created 2005-06-07 21:24:48 - Last used 2022-10-27 19:10:02 - Description - http://feedfinder.feedster.com/search.php?db=feeds&sort=relevance&q=%s

wunder (Golden Egg)
Look up weather on The Weather Underground. usage: wunder {city|state|zip|airport code|country} examples: wunder Philadelphia wunder MI wunder 90210 wunder ORF wunder Belgium
5519 uses - Created 2005-06-07 20:31:55 - Last used 2025-07-22 14:00:09 - Description - http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=%s

joule (Golden Egg)
Takes you to marnanel.org's joule for the user specified. Joule allows you to show a history of the user's LiveJournal friendings and defriendings.
61 uses - Created 2005-06-07 20:22:06 - Last used 2011-12-21 15:08:58 - Description - http://marnanel.org/joule?user=%s

lorem (Golden Egg)
generate Lorem Ipsum usage: lorem {number of paragraphs}
2341 uses - Created 2005-06-07 20:21:00 - Last used 2024-04-30 06:38:07 - Description - http://www.lipsum.com/feed/html?amount=%s

acro (Golden Egg)
Look up the definition of an acronym.
4239 uses - Created 2005-06-07 20:19:04 - Last used 2026-10-26 21:38:23 - Description - http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?Acronym=%s&String=exact

bible (Golden Egg)
Enter the Bible passage (e.g. John 3:16), keyword (e.g. Jesus, prophet, etc.) or topic (e.g. salvation) you want to find.
13725 uses - Created 2005-06-07 20:16:55 - Last used 2026-10-05 19:23:56 - Description - http://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=%s

urban (Golden Egg)
Look-up a term in UrbanDictionary.com
12698 uses - Created 2005-06-07 20:14:43 - Last used 2026-09-30 07:34:09 - Description - http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=%s

w3c (Golden Egg)
w3c validation for the given URL
1738 uses - Created 2005-06-07 20:14:00 - Last used 2026-06-06 08:21:35 - Description - http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=%s

xanga (Golden Egg)
Jump directly to a user's Xanga site. Used: "xanga you_do" jumps to www.xanga.com/you_do
203 uses - Created 2005-06-07 19:32:35 - Last used 2026-01-06 13:47:31 - Description - http://www.xanga.com/%s

tz
Searches www.torrentz.com Keywords: torrent, torrents, bittorent, p2p
6505 uses - Created 2005-06-07 19:12:07 - Last used 2022-06-21 23:59:19 - Nominate - Description - http://www.torrentz.com/search?q=%s

arc (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS arc [keywords] EXAMPLE arc accessworkspacefactory Searches ArcGIS Developer Online for the given keywords. ArcGIS Developer Online is an online help system for ArcObjects for ArcGIS. ArcGIS is a well-known Geographic Information System (software for viewing maps).
726 uses - Created 2005-06-07 18:37:21 - Last used 2026-03-10 10:02:58 - Description - http://edn.esri.com/index.cfm?fa=search.results&c_2_b=on&sa=2&q=%s

dnow (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS dnow [YYYY-MMDD] EXAMPLE dnow 2005-0607 dnow Play the Democracy Now archive from archive.org. Democracy Now is a daily radio and TV news program on over 300 stations, pioneering the largest community media collaboration in the US. Specify a date in YYYY-MMDD format. Or leave out the date for today's show.
39 uses - Created 2005-06-07 18:03:03 - Last used 2023-03-03 13:17:12 - Description - http://yubnub.org/example/dnow?args=%s

old-ts (Golden Egg)
Search TorrentSpy.com
22752 uses - Created 2005-06-07 17:55:08 - Last used 2021-05-18 10:09:04 - Description - http://www.torrentspy.com/search.asp?query=%s

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