The Most-Used Commands

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".

metro
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority operates the second largest rail system and the fifth largest bus network in the United States. Safe, clean and reliable "America's Transit System" transports more then a thrid of the federal government to work and millions of tourist to the landmark's in the nations capitol.
180 uses - Created 2005-12-27 03:49:38 - Last used 2023-10-27 04:04:50 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wmata.com/

albumart
Retrieve Album art for the specified album name
180 uses - Created 2005-12-28 18:25:55 - Last used 2018-09-22 05:04:06 - Nominate - Description - http://www.slothradio.com/covers/?adv=&artist=&album=%s

forum
Awesome tech forum for anyone!
180 uses - Created 2005-06-09 23:10:29 - Last used 2024-04-30 11:55:09 - Nominate - Description - http://kozmosis.proboards19.com

tom
tom's college photo album
180 uses - Created 2005-06-10 00:19:21 - Last used 2020-04-19 07:11:24 - Nominate - Description - http://www.homepage.villanova.edu/thomas.hallett/

ideas
The source for new and old ideas
180 uses - Created 2005-06-17 18:49:10 - Last used 2021-11-22 15:50:07 - Nominate - Description - http://lifemuse.blogspot.com

yuburl
Returns the YubNub url which can be used to direct to the command input. SYNTAX yuburl \\ gim car (returns http://yubnub.org/parser/parse?command=%5C%5C+gim+car) CREATED BY Jacob Ensor, jjefferydesign.com/ This command was created mostly for piping purposes of YubNub (alias), but I'm sure most likely somebody will find a use for it as well.
180 uses - Created 2006-02-02 05:11:18 - Last used 2017-11-27 21:51:25 - Nominate - Description - url yubnub %s

wait
1836
179 uses - Created 2006-02-06 22:32:55 - Last used 2022-09-11 13:26:00 - Nominate - Description - http://1836.multiply.com/notes/item/1

mub
Search books at MU library
179 uses - Created 2006-03-04 16:25:22 - Last used 2013-09-11 13:19:24 - Nominate - Description - http://aleph.muni.cz/F?func=find-b&request=%s&find_code=WRD&adjacent=Y

arx
search in all text at arxiv.org use: arx azencott author: GaRZoL
179 uses - Created 2006-04-07 14:08:05 - Last used 2021-01-16 10:41:56 - Nominate - Description - http://arxiv.org/find/grp_q-bio,grp_cs,grp_physics,grp_math,grp_nlin/1/all:+%s/0/1/0/all/0/1

wqde
This performs a search in the german WikiQuote with the given keywords
179 uses - Created 2006-04-13 09:17:32 - Last used 2014-07-29 12:20:40 - Nominate - Description - http://de.wikiquote.org/wiki/Spezial:Search?search=%s

kies
kieskeurig.nl search ---------- Old implementation: http://www.kieskeurig.nl/nl/product.nsf/queryprices?readform&qcode=0&q=%s&pcode=0
179 uses - Created 2006-10-24 08:47:52 - Last used 2023-10-28 02:17:03 - Nominate - Description - http://www.kieskeurig.nl/zoeken/index.html?q=%s

ahkdoc
Autohotkey documentation search thru google
179 uses - Created 2006-11-17 13:27:20 - Last used 2014-10-30 23:43:05 - Nominate - Description - g site:http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/ %s

scriptaculous

179 uses - Created 2005-09-25 23:52:37 - Last used 2016-04-02 01:15:34 - Nominate - Description - http://script.aculo.us/

de<>en
Translation from English to German, or from German to English
179 uses - Created 2005-11-11 08:11:04 - Last used 2011-08-26 19:20:15 - Nominate - Description - http://dict.tu-chemnitz.de/dings.cgi?lang=de&noframes=1&service=&query=%s&optword=1&optcase=1&opterrors=0&optpro=0&style=&dlink=self

applesfera
Un blog de una comunidad muy entusiasta que da a conocer información respecto a la plataforma Mac OS También se sugieren aplicaciones para todo tipo de actividades
179 uses - Created 2010-07-22 02:55:04 - Last used 2026-04-28 07:05:07 - Nominate - Description - http://www.applesfera.com/

maria

179 uses - Created 2008-07-10 22:46:04 - Last used 2023-10-26 20:54:48 - Nominate - Description - http://mms://wms.soloinrete.it/RMLive/Austria

bart
Opens http://www.breitbart.com News Portal
179 uses - Created 2007-05-21 17:42:21 - Last used 2022-07-02 21:37:39 - Nominate - Description - http://www.breitbart.com/

fuska-later
save a text on delicious for later
179 uses - Created 2007-09-01 09:53:23 - Last used 2010-05-05 02:30:39 - Nominate - Description - http://del.icio.us/fuska?v=4&noui&tags=${tags=later}&url={url g %s}&title=%s&extended=${extended}&private=true

fflt
The three most recent Freefall comics (FreeFall Last Three). No arguments necessary. From http://freefall.purrsia.com.
179 uses - Created 2007-01-09 15:48:23 - Last used 2008-08-27 02:05:54 - Nominate - Description - http://freefall.purrsia.com/lastthree.htm

dark
Full-screen green-on-black old-skool text editor, like WriteRoom.
179 uses - Created 2007-02-07 06:24:33 - Last used 2023-02-22 19:17:46 - Nominate - Description - http://writer.bighugelabs.com/

myrecipes
Search the recipe archive from the following magazines: Cooking Light Coastal Living Cottage Living Health MyHomeIdeas Southern Accents Southern Living Sunset
179 uses - Created 2007-11-12 20:16:22 - Last used 2015-07-28 15:22:59 - Nominate - Description - http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=searchResults&keywords=%s&justKeys=true

xkcds
NAME xkcds - searches XKCD using Ohnorobot, their comic search engine of choice. SYNTAX xkcds [SEARCH TERM] EXAMPLES xkcds rick roll Returns: Search Page for "Rick Roll" CREDITS Idea and Code - Klink C. <mrthr33 _at_ gmail _dot_ com> Amazingly Funny Webcomic - http://www.xkcd.com
179 uses - Created 2007-12-31 16:42:29 - Last used 2020-02-07 08:04:05 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ohnorobot.com/index.pl?comic=56&s=%s&search=Search

amazonjp
Search Amazon.co.jp. Usage: amazonjp item
179 uses - Created 2008-12-14 18:46:34 - Last used 2019-05-13 05:23:00 - Nominate - Description - http://www.amazon.co.jp/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?__mk_ja_JP=%83J%83%5E%83J%83i&url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=%s&x=0&y=0

progarch
Prog Archives search - use only single terms
179 uses - Created 2009-03-20 10:57:21 - Last used 2016-09-04 01:39:06 - Nominate - Description - http://www.progarchives.com/google-search-results.asp?domains=www.progarchives.com&q=%s&sa=Search&sitesearch=www.progarchives.com&client=pub-0447992028883143&forid=1&ie=ISO-8859-1&oe=ISO-8859-1&cof=GALT%3A%23b22222%3BGL%3A1%3BDIV%3A%23336699%3BVLC%3Apurple%3BAH%3Acenter%3BBGC%3AFFFFFF%3BLBGC%3A336699%3BALC%3A0000FF%3BLC%3A663399%3BT%3A000000%3BGFNT%3AFF9E10%3BGIMP%3A0000FF%3BFORID%3A11&hl=en

woo
find words at http://woordenlijst.nl
178 uses - Created 2007-01-03 07:54:43 - Last used 2023-09-23 01:22:03 - Nominate - Description - http://woordenlijst.org/zoek/?q=%s

furl
Search furl.net
178 uses - Created 2007-03-05 12:54:27 - Last used 2011-05-25 18:51:27 - Nominate - Description - http://www.furl.net/search?keyword=%s

gjdoc (Golden Egg)
Parametric Java doc search via google no parameters %s controls what it searches -s sets search parameter -ver sets version number (default is 1.5.0) -ed set the java edition (default is j2se) -qk tells it whether to use the "I'm feeling lucky" feature 1, yes or true will turn it on it is off by default
178 uses - Created 2008-07-15 13:20:55 - Last used 2017-10-31 04:56:01 - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&q=%s${s}+site%3Ajava.sun.com%2F${ed=j2se}%2F${ver=1.5.0}%2Fdocs%2Fapi%2F&btn{switch ${qk}|true=>I, 1=>I, yes=>I, *=>G}= Search

kara
Allows you to search the private bittorent tracker Karagarga.
178 uses - Created 2007-05-11 18:34:14 - Last used 2024-04-10 14:53:34 - Nominate - Description - http://www.karagarga.net/browse.php?incldead=&d=&sort=&search=%s&search_type=torrent

}
}=http://cafelinux.org/OptickleArt/
178 uses - Created 2007-08-04 16:01:38 - Last used 2024-05-14 19:54:10 - Nominate - Description - http://cafelinux.org/OptickleArt/

tmob

178 uses - Created 2007-10-02 12:07:56 - Last used 2015-07-13 06:51:28 - Nominate - Description - http://www.t-mobile.at

cra
Craigslist Toronto (Canada) - Search Classified Ads
178 uses - Created 2008-03-08 18:04:45 - Last used 2026-05-04 21:15:37 - Nominate - Description - http://toronto.craigslist.ca/search/sss?query=%s

grados
Show the weather of Buenos Aires
178 uses - Created 2008-05-25 05:06:35 - Last used 2020-04-07 09:20:05 - Nominate - Description - http://www.smn.gov.ar/

c4m
search for entries in codez4mac.com (NOTE: you need to be logged in!)
178 uses - Created 2008-06-07 12:02:33 - Last used 2012-06-28 17:41:53 - Nominate - Description - http://codez4mac.com/forum/search.php?keywords=%s&terms=all&author=&sc=1&sf=titleonly&sr=topics&sk=t&sd=d&st=0&ch=300&t=0&submit=Search

gohere
a command to redirect to any website. Syntax: gohere [website address] without the []
178 uses - Created 2008-06-10 16:58:32 - Last used 2013-12-16 13:00:22 - Nominate - Description - %s

hst
Just another route to your localhost (http://localhost). This one is especially quick for those who DVORAK.
178 uses - Created 2010-03-23 23:06:44 - Last used 2022-08-14 07:44:00 - Nominate - Description - http://localhost

dsx
Welcome to the biggest and the best independent community for the products and strategies that surround the IBM® WebSphere® Data Integration Suite, featuring DatatStage®. We are now over 8800 members thanks to you who have dedicated your time, resources and considerable experience. 10,000 members could be just around the corner with your help! If you know a Data Integration Professional developing or managing a project with IBM® WebSphere® suite products who could benefit from this site, pass t…
178 uses - Created 2005-08-31 10:48:56 - Last used 2023-11-20 15:09:41 - Nominate - Description - http://www.dsxchange.com/

newsgator
Link to the online version of Newsgator
178 uses - Created 2005-11-06 13:24:09 - Last used 2016-07-07 20:23:00 - Nominate - Description - http://www.newsgator.com/ngs/subscriber/WebEd2.aspx?fld=0

spiegel
German podcast diary of Hans Spiegel.
178 uses - Created 2006-08-11 10:11:39 - Last used 2025-02-27 23:53:08 - Nominate - Description - http://pfarrer.herzblut.fm/

semantic
View word as Semanticat.com node.
178 uses - Created 2006-09-13 07:22:42 - Last used 2025-02-04 08:29:05 - Nominate - Description - http://semanticat.com/{strLeft %s 1}/%s.htm

whoisp
Liefert zu einer deutschen Telefonnummer den Namen (inverse Suche). Bsp: whoisp 1234 liefert z.B. Max Müller
178 uses - Created 2005-11-21 22:49:12 - Last used 2018-11-12 22:28:41 - Nominate - Description - http://www.dasoertliche.de/DB4Web/es/oetb2suche/home.htm?kw_invers=%s&main=Antwort&AKTION=START_INVERS_SUCHE&SEITE=INVERSSUCHE_V&s=2&rg=1&taoid=&si=05112123422166705112123422168000&SKN=0&SEITE=INVERSSUCHE_V&AKTION=START_SUCHE

gml
Returns the GuideML of the code (just the number) of a given h2g2 Entry.
178 uses - Created 2005-11-27 15:54:38 - Last used 2022-10-30 15:50:27 - Nominate - Description - scrape -tokens <ARTICLE> </ARTICLE> -dirs 0 0 -url http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/test%s -textonly 1

fd2
SYNOPSIS fd2 [word or phrase] EXAMPLES fd2 tree fd2 author Gives only the meaning of the word. It does not load the entire page.
178 uses - Created 2006-03-19 14:35:33 - Last used 2012-03-04 00:38:19 - Nominate - Description - http://www.thefreedictionary.com/%s?p

nn (Golden Egg)
Exact match for an "N" number in the aircraft registration database Do not include the leading "N" in the number if searching by N-Number!
178 uses - Created 2005-06-10 05:24:16 - Last used 2025-09-06 11:18:48 - Description - http://www.popularaviation.com/N-NumberDetail.asp?SearchOption=1&MatchType=1&param=%s

God
God
178 uses - Created 2005-06-10 07:54:28 - Last used 2024-04-11 02:29:49 - Nominate - Description - http://www.myspace.com/PhineasPoe

travel
Amazing deals on travel and what's better than that?
178 uses - Created 2005-06-11 22:55:12 - Last used 2024-06-04 07:56:00 - Nominate - Description - http://www.kennywizedream.travelwize.com

4s
4s (four searches) searches Google, MSN, Yahoo and A9 on a single split screen. Good for finding obscure quotations or for making sure you've found all the references to something. Example: 4s "Kirchengeschichte ist Theologie und Geschichte"
178 uses - Created 2006-07-04 16:38:39 - Last used 2024-11-30 06:43:58 - Nominate - Description - split {url g %s} {url mss %s} {url y %s} {url a9 %s}

colle
The Collect, or opening prayer, for today's Mass.
178 uses - Created 2016-03-04 08:50:04 - Last used 2018-08-31 00:48:48 - Nominate - Description - http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm

thale
NAME ThaleMine Data mining on Arabidopsis thaliana Col-0 for the ARAPORT project SYNOPSIS thale [TEXT TO SEARCH] EXAMPLES thale sag12 AUTHOR jm
178 uses - Created 2016-12-14 13:59:28 - Last used 2023-09-24 04:25:13 - Nominate - Description - https://apps.araport.org/thalemine/keywordSearchResults.do?searchTerm=%s&searchSubmit=Search

unsplash
Search images on unsplash.com. Works best with single search term. So `unsplash sport` will find all free images on unsplash.com with the keyword *sport*
177 uses - Created 2016-08-04 06:28:17 - Last used 2026-04-22 15:56:00 - Nominate - Description - https://unsplash.com/search?keyword=%s

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