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Command List (ls)

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yc
search hackernews ---------- Old implementation: http://searchyc.com/%s
300 uses - Created 2009-06-10 17:30:23 - Last used 2025-09-25 12:39:04 - Nominate - Description - http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/all&q=%s

blind
A blind search of Yahoo, Bing, and Google results.
168 uses - Created 2009-06-10 16:52:58 - Last used 2025-12-21 10:54:36 - Nominate - Description - http://blindsearch.fejus.com/?q=%s

redirectipipfromtop

10 uses - Created 2009-06-10 10:01:46 - Last used 2009-06-10 12:56:51 - Nominate - Description - {echo http://radio.ipip.cz/{strReplace -find " -replace -string {scrape -tokens %s ><img href= -dirs 0 1 1 -url http://radio.ipip.cz/?p=home}}}

simplewiki
Simple Wikipedia search to get simple descriptions in wiki form
16 uses - Created 2009-06-09 21:52:01 - Last used 2011-10-02 09:49:56 - Nominate - Description - http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/%s

cpandoc
Looks up the documentation for a Perl module in CPAN, using the (poorly documented) http://search.cpan.org/perldoc interface. Unlike the 'cpan' command, this jumps directly to the module documentation, instead of the search results. Examples: cpandoc CPAN cpandoc DBD::SQLite cpandoc Acme::Bleach
27 uses - Created 2009-06-09 20:13:57 - Last used 2019-05-05 23:40:24 - Nominate - Description - http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?%s

redirectipip
redirect to http://radio.ipip.cz/ "winamp playlist". search the page from bottom to top for the parameter 1 word only, no "" example: redirectipip [Trance example: redirectipip [Dance] :)
53 uses - Created 2009-06-09 19:21:32 - Last used 2011-11-09 22:44:42 - Nominate - Description - {echo http://radio.ipip.cz/{strReplace -find " -replace -string {scrape -tokens %s ><img href= -dirs 1 1 1 -url http://radio.ipip.cz/?p=home}}}

macos
Performs a Google Mac search (specific area of Google dedicated to Mac OS) with specified search terms Example: macos leopard software By David G. Alviz, 2009
299 uses - Created 2009-06-09 14:59:24 - Last used 2026-08-28 22:07:29 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.es/search?hl=es&q=%s&btnmeta%3Dsearch%3Dmac=Buscar+sitios+de+Mac&meta=

hil

41 uses - Created 2009-06-09 13:25:47 - Last used 2018-01-26 13:43:40 - Nominate - Description - http://hilaryhahn.com/journal/index.shtml

s5
side-by-side google and bing
207 uses - Created 2009-06-09 08:18:15 - Last used 2025-02-09 09:36:27 - Nominate - Description - split {url[no url encoding] g %s} {url[no url encoding] b %s}

s4
Compare Scroogle secure, Scroogle secure spanish, Exalead and Wolfram Alpha
83 uses - Created 2009-06-09 08:13:30 - Last used 2023-05-18 09:42:01 - Nominate - Description - split {url[no url encoding] sscr %s} {url[no url encoding] sses %s} {url[no url encoding] exa %s} {url[no url encoding] wfa %s}

sses
Scroogle secure search for Spanish websites.
452 uses - Created 2009-06-09 08:10:18 - Last used 2012-06-12 07:22:43 - Nominate - Description - https://ssl.scroogle.org/cgi-bin/nbbwssl.cgi?Gw=%s&l=es&n=1

im3
search images in google, yahoo and Stock.XCHNG
21 uses - Created 2009-06-09 07:54:35 - Last used 2019-11-12 10:36:29 - Nominate - Description - split {url[no url encoding] gim %s} {url[no url encoding] yim %s} {url[no url encoding] sxc %s}

w12
side-by-side english wikipedia and spanish wikipedia
113 uses - Created 2009-06-09 07:30:38 - Last used 2022-05-01 10:00:56 - Nominate - Description - split {url[no url encoding] wp %s} {url[no url encoding] wpe %s}

w2
side-by-side english wikipedia and spanish wikipedia
51 uses - Created 2009-06-09 07:24:11 - Last used 2023-03-10 04:58:26 - Nominate - Description - split http://en.wikipedia.org/?search=%s http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Especial:Search?search=%s

wdn
Wordnik Search Just like a dictionary but so much more: - Examples - Definitions - Pronunciation - Etymology - Related words
255 uses - Created 2009-06-09 00:52:28 - Last used 2018-05-01 16:13:56 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wordnik.com/words/%s

pel
Mash of: Cineol+Rotten+Imdb
253 uses - Created 2009-06-08 15:41:11 - Last used 2025-08-09 02:18:50 - Nominate - Description - mash2 %s -cmd imdb rotten cineol

peli

21 uses - Created 2009-06-08 15:36:48 - Last used 2012-12-03 11:11:07 - Nominate - Description - mash %s imdb rotten cineol

cineol
Command to search movies in the "CinEOL" webpage.
1560 uses - Created 2009-06-08 15:29:48 - Last used 2013-03-16 12:25:29 - Nominate - Description - http://www.cineol.net/search.php?search=%s&select=0&button=Buscar

lsh
Opens Jon Aquino's Line Shuffler, that will let you paste in a bunch of lines of text and hit a button, and it will shuffle the lines for you.
23 uses - Created 2009-06-08 14:49:39 - Last used 2017-12-12 16:20:37 - Nominate - Description - http://jonathanaquino.com/line_shuffler/

fjar
Locate jar files.
11 uses - Created 2009-06-08 02:57:19 - Last used 2010-12-30 09:12:48 - Nominate - Description - http://findjar.com/index.x?query=%s

fr2es
Translate a french word to spanish via wordreference.com / Traduit un mot français en espagnol avec le site wordreference [log2g]
15 uses - Created 2009-06-07 09:09:01 - Last used 2013-03-04 07:35:21 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wordreference.com/fres/%s

es2fr
Translate a spanish word to french via wordreference.com / Traduit un mot espagnol en français avec le site wordreference [log2g]
30 uses - Created 2009-06-07 09:06:11 - Last used 2013-08-28 01:42:06 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wordreference.com/esfr/%s

eventsmn
alhomsi events and adventures in Minnesota
64 uses - Created 2009-06-06 21:33:27 - Last used 2010-01-19 17:14:15 - Nominate - Description - https://eventsandadventures.com/singleseventsclub/member/calendar.aspx

videology
search movie titles available at Videology (http://videology.info/) in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
18 uses - Created 2009-06-06 17:11:29 - Last used 2024-09-03 02:19:42 - Nominate - Description - http://videology.info/checkedinout_search.php?criteria=1&submitted=yes&searchterm=%s

edrink
Search epicurious's recipes for cocktails & other drinks.
16 uses - Created 2009-06-06 17:06:28 - Last used 2012-09-22 13:37:35 - Nominate - Description - http://www.epicurious.com/tools/searchresults/drinks?alco=whatever&type=drink&search=%s

dnzb
Shortcut to http://dirtynzb.com/
16 uses - Created 2009-06-06 07:28:44 - Last used 2010-05-08 16:19:15 - Nominate - Description - http://dirtynzb.com/

hfor
Go to hardforum/hardforums
46 uses - Created 2009-06-06 03:39:25 - Last used 2010-04-03 05:48:59 - Nominate - Description - http://www.hardforum.com

badjojo

1717 uses - Created 2009-06-06 02:55:03 - Last used 2017-11-16 21:37:55 - Nominate - Description - http://badjojo.com/?q=%s

w4u
Local weather from weatherforyou.com, via either "city, ST" combination or zip code. To find local weather for Yosemite National Park, either of the following would work: Example: w4u yosemite, ca Example: w4u 95389
88 uses - Created 2009-06-05 15:46:15 - Last used 2021-01-28 23:48:24 - Nominate - Description - http://www.weatherforyou.com/cgi-bin/hw3/hw3.cgi?nc=config%2Cforecast%2Cpands%2Ccountry%2Cdaysonly%2Cmaxdays&forecast=zandh&pands=%s&submit=Go

bvid
Bing video search.
1642 uses - Created 2009-06-05 09:15:51 - Last used 2022-07-02 18:09:13 - Nominate - Description - http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=%s

estante
Faz busca por autor e título no Estante Virtual
81 uses - Created 2009-06-05 00:57:30 - Last used 2026-02-12 16:41:04 - Nominate - Description - http://www.estantevirtual.com.br/mod_perl/busca.cgi?pchave=%s&tipo=simples&estante=(todas+estantes)&alvo=autor+ou+titulo

yse

18 uses - Created 2009-06-04 22:30:33 - Last used 2011-04-06 21:32:46 - Nominate - Description - https://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com

bmap
Bing Map Search. To map out a single location, just type the address. Example: bmap 123 Maple Dr. Detroit, MI
1491 uses - Created 2009-06-04 21:04:29 - Last used 2026-06-14 23:06:30 - Nominate - Description - http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?q=%s

binfo
binsearch.info binary search, 250 per page, 300 day age. binfo <query>
327 uses - Created 2009-06-04 19:57:34 - Last used 2012-05-07 03:47:03 - Nominate - Description - http://binsearch.info/?q=%s&max=250&adv_age=300&server=

fcp
Find files in Rapidshare and Megaupload servers. Usage: fcp fileneme By David G. Alviz 2009
1698 uses - Created 2009-06-04 11:12:17 - Last used 2018-08-12 08:43:34 - Nominate - Description - http://www.filecrop.com/search.php?w=%s&engine_r=1&engine_m=1

filecrop
Busca archivos en Rapidshare y Megaupload. Uso: filecrop nombre_de_archivo By David G. Alviz 2009
608 uses - Created 2009-06-04 11:08:54 - Last used 2015-04-16 22:48:06 - Nominate - Description - http://www.filecrop.com/search.php?w=%s&engine_r=1&engine_m=1

123p
123people.es is a search engine for finding people profiles.
240 uses - Created 2009-06-04 08:50:08 - Last used 2022-03-06 17:46:36 - Nominate - Description - http://www.123people.com/s/%s

documentales
Te dirije a Documentales online en cinetube (by l3utterfish)
22 uses - Created 2009-06-04 07:02:01 - Last used 2019-05-08 10:00:59 - Nominate - Description - http://www.cinetube.es/indices/documentales.html

gsq
Search using Google Squared -- http://www.google.com/squared
63 uses - Created 2009-06-03 23:08:27 - Last used 2021-01-13 21:05:32 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/squared/search?q=%s

square
This command creates a Google Square of the query. Google Square is currently (June 09) a Google Labs experiment. -JM
307 uses - Created 2009-06-03 21:02:37 - Last used 2026-09-25 01:41:28 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/squared/search?q=%s

editpdf
Edit Pdf's Online!
25 uses - Created 2009-06-03 19:39:42 - Last used 2015-11-04 19:23:58 - Nominate - Description - http://www.pdfescape.com/pdf/open/

spreeder

17 uses - Created 2009-06-03 13:45:43 - Last used 2015-01-04 18:33:00 - Nominate - Description - http://www.spreeder.com/

gtlink>
Create a "feeling lucky" message and "Let Me Google That For You"("lmgtfy") link for your email reply. gtlink> [KEYWORD(S)] Example: gtlink> yubnub Would return a lucky message and "lmgtfy" link referring to http://lmgtfy.com/?q=yubnub&l=1. gomelet AT gmail DOT com
11 uses - Created 2009-06-03 00:46:13 - Last used 2016-01-23 19:54:01 - Nominate - Description - echo <html><pre>Are You Feeling Lucky?</pre><a href="http://lmgtfy.com/?q=%s&l=1">Let Me Google That For You.</a></html>[no url encoding]

gtlink
Create a "Let Me Google That For You"("lmgtfy") link already to paste into your email reply. gtlink [KEYWORD(S)] Example: gtlink legal drinking age Would return an instructional "lmgtfy" link pointing to http://lmgtfy.com/?q=legal drinking age. gomelet AT gmail DOT com
14 uses - Created 2009-06-03 00:39:10 - Last used 2021-03-12 08:39:42 - Nominate - Description - echo <html><a href="http://lmgtfy.com/?q=%s">Let Me Google That For You.</a></html>[no url encoding]

tzconvert
Time Zone Converter
459 uses - Created 2009-06-02 22:01:40 - Last used 2024-10-02 15:14:34 - Nominate - Description - http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html

geoz
NAME geoz - open Google Maps using GeoNames.org data. SYNOPSIS geoz [ ZIPCODE ] geoz provides commandline access to the Google Maps provided through GeoNames.org by referencing the latitude and longitude corresponding to the center of a U.S. Zip Code area. EXAMPLES Example: geoz 10004 Result: Displays online map of Ellis Island, New York. Example: geoz 95389 Result: Displays online map of Yosemite, California. SEE ALSO http://www.geonames.org/about.html AUTHOR Paul M. Boren pmboren AT gmail DOT…
19 uses - Created 2009-06-02 19:15:31 - Last used 2023-09-26 02:01:11 - Nominate - Description - http://www.geonames.org/maps/google_{strreplace -find / -replace _ -string {scrape -tokens <small> </small> -dirs 1 0 -url http://www.geonames.org/postalcode-search.html?q=%s&country=US}}.html

pwgen
Password generator through pctools.com
33 uses - Created 2009-06-02 12:20:33 - Last used 2018-07-14 10:51:47 - Nominate - Description - http://www.pctools.com/guides/password/?length=8&phonetic=on&alpha=on&mixedcase=on&numeric=on&nosimilar=on&quantity=16&generate=true

bde
Bing - the new Microsoft Search Engine - this is the german site
33 uses - Created 2009-06-02 08:29:10 - Last used 2018-01-03 06:51:22 - Nominate - Description - http://www.bing.com/search?q=%s&go=&form=QBLH&filt=all

bim
Bing image search.
9576 uses - Created 2009-06-02 05:45:54 - Last used 2026-02-16 08:34:28 - Nominate - Description - http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=%s

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