The Most-Used Commands

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h2g2
h2g2 - search the Earth edition of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (the BBC's h2g2) EXAMPLES: h2g2 ohio will search for Ohio h2g2 ohio -r 0 -g 0 will search only for the Edited entry on Ohio h2g2 nighthoover -t USER searches for a user called nighthoover h2g2 jim -t forum searches for a conversation about Jim Notice that the switches '-r', '-g' and '-e' will control recommended, normal and Edited Guide Entries respectively. By default, all are searched, but putting a 0 next to the switch w…
112 uses - Created 2005-08-31 21:33:40 - Last used 2011-07-10 14:25:47 - Nominate - Description - http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/classic/Search?searchstring=%s&dosearch=Search&searchtype=${t=article}&showapproved=${e=1}&showsubmitted=${r=1}&shownormal=${g=1}

beyonce
Checks whether Beyonce Knowles is hot or not.
112 uses - Created 2005-09-27 20:47:55 - Last used 2025-02-06 04:31:36 - Nominate - Description - http://images.google.com/images?q=beyonce

jason
Jason Berberich's website.
112 uses - Created 2005-06-09 20:42:46 - Last used 2021-12-29 12:58:27 - Nominate - Description - http://www.berbs.us

halo
Halo: Art Of War
112 uses - Created 2005-06-09 22:25:20 - Last used 2022-01-29 10:22:24 - Nominate - Description - http://haloartofwar.blogsome.com/

cricket
My website... Because I can...
112 uses - Created 2005-06-13 23:59:26 - Last used 2025-06-08 03:32:13 - Nominate - Description - http://mooncricket11.net

adp
Dancing in the bay area
112 uses - Created 2005-06-21 00:25:56 - Last used 2026-02-22 03:27:52 - Nominate - Description - http://www.arieldanceproductions.com

lin
Search in http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pascal.grouselle/
112 uses - Created 2005-06-21 17:27:58 - Last used 2025-10-08 08:21:06 - Nominate - Description - http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp-q=

nf
The web's most detailed and inclusive website dedicated to the #1 Japanese anime, Naruto.
112 uses - Created 2005-06-22 15:07:18 - Last used 2022-12-18 10:02:35 - Nominate - Description - www.narutofan.com

dictu
English<->German translation
112 uses - Created 2006-10-06 15:05:41 - Last used 2011-03-30 09:57:26 - Nominate - Description - http://dict.tu-chemnitz.de/dings.cgi?lang=en&service=&opterrors=0&optpro=0&query=%s

dictleo
dictleo
112 uses - Created 2006-11-23 20:58:27 - Last used 2013-03-25 09:45:08 - Nominate - Description - http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&lang=de&searchLoc=0&cmpType=relaxed&sectHdr=on&spellToler=on&search=%s&relink=on

mytmobile
Shortcut to the login page for My T-Mobile
112 uses - Created 2006-08-01 03:33:11 - Last used 2010-05-24 21:15:02 - Nominate - Description - https://my.t-mobile.com/login/MyTmobileLogin.aspx

playcom
Searches http://www.play.com/
112 uses - Created 2005-12-03 23:41:35 - Last used 2012-12-16 20:59:03 - Nominate - Description - http://www.play.com/play247.asp?pa=search&searchtype=allproducts&searchstring=%s&page=search&Go.x=0&Go.y=0

alias
help and products for digital artists and beginners
112 uses - Created 2006-01-28 19:41:17 - Last used 2021-12-27 19:00:50 - Nominate - Description - http://www.alias.com/eng/index.shtml

gcf
Searches the ColdFusion MX 7 online documentation using googles "I'm Feeling Lucky" feature. USAGE gcf array functions - results in a list of functions regarding arrays. gcf <cffile> - results in a page describing the <cffile> tag. gcf <cfquery> - results in a page describing the <cfquery> tag. COMMAND BY Jacob Ensor, jjefferydesign.com
112 uses - Created 2006-01-29 07:18:20 - Last used 2023-04-08 00:14:32 - Nominate - Description - gfl site:livedocs.macromedia.com +"ColdFusion MX 7" %s[no url encoding]

uscs
USC search
111 uses - Created 2006-01-16 03:58:54 - Last used 2014-11-26 02:04:13 - Nominate - Description - http://www.usc.edu:8766/uscweb/query.html?lk=2&qt=%s&searchButton.x=0&searchButton.y=0

school
My College
111 uses - Created 2005-06-10 19:08:03 - Last used 2024-06-14 06:57:51 - Nominate - Description - http://www.abtech.edu

cock
These guys are the definition of cock
111 uses - Created 2005-06-10 20:22:21 - Last used 2024-04-28 06:06:44 - Nominate - Description - http://dnc.org

amy
click me
111 uses - Created 2005-06-13 01:55:08 - Last used 2021-04-20 08:43:21 - Nominate - Description - http://www.vaproduction.8m.com

erlmod
Brings up the documentation page for the specified erlang module from erlang.org. Examples: erlmod lists => lists documentation erlmod string => string documentation If no module is specified, defaults to the index of modules page that all the available module pages are linked from. bakert@gmail.com
111 uses - Created 2006-02-22 14:53:43 - Last used 2009-10-10 08:25:19 - Nominate - Description - http://www.erlang.org/doc/doc-5.4.12/{ifThen -value1 %s -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then lib/stdlib-1.13.11/doc/html/%s.html -else doc/man_index.html}

WordCount
NAME WordCount - Counts the number of words in a phrase. SYNOPSIS WordCount [PHRASE] -delimit [DELIMITER] EXAMPLES WordCount Hello World! (returns 2) WordCount a;b;c;d;e;f -delimit ; (returns 6) Returns the number of words in a phrase. The -delimit argument is optional, and defaults to a space. AUTHOR Allen Ormond - aormond (at) gmail (dot) com
111 uses - Created 2006-03-26 22:01:07 - Last used 2023-10-06 05:39:10 - Nominate - Description - http://jonathanaquino.com/yubscripts/strings/stringmanip.php?command=wordcount&delimit=${delimit=%20}&string=%s&xn_auth=no[no url encoding]

ot
Link to blog of On the walk
111 uses - Created 2005-07-30 12:25:08 - Last used 2026-02-13 06:37:45 - Nominate - Description - http://www.onthewalk.blogspot.com

eba

111 uses - Created 2005-08-23 01:02:11 - Last used 2023-01-02 03:10:35 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ebaclan.com

amluck
Amazon I'm Feeling Lucky! Combines Amazon with Google's I'm Feeling Lucky feature. In practice, goes directly to the product page of the most-likely item you want in Amazon without having to look through search results. Example: amluck Harry Potter Example: amluck Beatles
111 uses - Created 2005-11-18 23:59:41 - Last used 2009-04-28 08:57:50 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%s site:amazon.com

thehun
Everyone loves the hun.
111 uses - Created 2006-05-03 06:03:45 - Last used 2012-04-17 15:01:12 - Nominate - Description - http://thehun.net/

times

111 uses - Created 2006-07-02 03:21:10 - Last used 2025-08-14 07:20:33 - Nominate - Description - http://nytimes.com

Brooklyn
Fuhgeddaboutit!!!
111 uses - Created 2005-06-20 19:47:20 - Last used 2020-04-03 09:36:53 - Nominate - Description - http://softech-consulting.com/brooklyn/

ik
ik7 area quick command.
111 uses - Created 2005-06-29 05:51:07 - Last used 2025-12-18 05:54:14 - Nominate - Description - http://current.spookey.net/%s

cdbaby
Run a keyword search on the CD Baby database (cdbaby.com). Examples: cdbaby "iron maiden" cdbaby damned cdbaby mozart
111 uses - Created 2006-10-12 18:44:14 - Last used 2021-05-04 03:55:43 - Nominate - Description - http://cdbaby.com/found?allsearch=%s&allsearchsubmit=Search

ldb
National Rail Live Departure Boards search (United Kingdom) Syntax: abc: 3-letter station code Example: ldb LST - gives train departure times for London Liverpool Street
111 uses - Created 2008-02-03 12:52:35 - Last used 2016-05-25 02:40:04 - Nominate - Description - http://www.livedepartureboards.co.uk/ldb/sumdep.aspx?T={ ucase %s }

gbatemp
Use Google to search GBAtemp.net, the "largest GBA and DS community on the web".
111 uses - Created 2009-10-10 23:08:10 - Last used 2014-09-07 13:41:22 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%s+site%3Agbatemp.net&btnG=Search

surfthechannel
search http://www.surfthechannel.com/
111 uses - Created 2009-12-29 15:42:02 - Last used 2012-08-24 18:08:05 - Nominate - Description - http://www.surfthechannel.com/search/all/3/1/%s.html

hdx

111 uses - Created 2008-06-11 13:07:04 - Last used 2017-02-24 08:33:18 - Nominate - Description - http://www.hiphopdx.com

hashtags
Look up twitter hashtags on hashtags.org
111 uses - Created 2008-06-12 15:23:16 - Last used 2024-08-06 03:39:09 - Nominate - Description - http://www.hashtags.org/tag/%s/

OAC
Online Alarm Clock
111 uses - Created 2008-08-25 22:16:45 - Last used 2021-02-14 23:38:44 - Nominate - Description - http://onlineclock.net

ares
Search music like in Ares!
111 uses - Created 2008-09-05 16:09:43 - Last used 2018-12-05 11:13:03 - Nominate - Description - http://www.aresmusica.org/index.php?search=%s&source=all

ry
Roll your own search. Create search engines using the sources you trust
111 uses - Created 2007-02-14 12:19:05 - Last used 2026-04-01 04:52:49 - Nominate - Description - http://rollyo.com/search.html?q=%s&sid=web

gmanes
NAME gmanes - search gmane.org for mailing lists. SYNOPSIS gmanes [ KEYWORD(S) ] gmanes searches the mail to news and back again service hosted by gmane.org and returns any matching mailing lists. EXAMPLES Example: gmanes ubuntu Result: Displays search results for the mailing lists associated with Ubuntu Linux. Example: gmanes ratpoison Result: Displays the ratpoison-devel mailing list. SEE ALSO http://search.gmane.org/ AUTHOR Paul M. Boren pmboren AT gmail DOT com
111 uses - Created 2007-03-03 03:29:08 - Last used 2012-11-20 13:03:04 - Nominate - Description - http://dir.gmane.org/search.php?match=%s

thai

111 uses - Created 2007-03-18 06:23:50 - Last used 2023-11-16 17:46:59 - Nominate - Description - https://www.google.com/search?q=thai

skip
search films on skip.at
111 uses - Created 2007-03-21 15:06:59 - Last used 2025-12-31 18:44:57 - Nominate - Description - http://www.skip.at/AT/filme/suche/filmsuche.php?filmtitel=%s

dpron
Søker nynorskordboka på Dokumentasjonsprosjektet (bruk ae, oe og aa).
111 uses - Created 2009-02-26 19:19:44 - Last used 2012-01-02 11:45:25 - Nominate - Description - http://www.dokpro.uio.no/perl/ordboksoek/ordbok.cgi?OPP=%s&nynorsk=S%F8k+i+Nynorskordboka&ordbok=nynorsk&s=n&alfabet=o&renset=j

2pennt
Directions to Penn Station NYC by transit.
111 uses - Created 2009-04-15 19:43:30 - Last used 2012-05-08 22:56:08 - Nominate - Description - http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=%s&daddr=W+34th+St,+New+York,+NY+10001&hl=en&geocode=&dirflg=r

nyuh
NYU Home
111 uses - Created 2007-10-22 16:00:00 - Last used 2010-10-29 10:12:00 - Nominate - Description - https://home.nyu.edu/

mind
Calling mindmeister.com, a free mindmapping app
111 uses - Created 2007-04-28 09:59:56 - Last used 2024-02-01 05:28:49 - Nominate - Description - http://www.mindmeister.com

ndex
Usage ndex "pokemon name" searches the Serebii.net pokedex by Pokemon Name If you want to search by type or number or the name of a move, then use pdex created by Arlen Phillips
111 uses - Created 2007-05-13 01:31:49 - Last used 2012-05-08 15:21:28 - Nominate - Description - pdex {scrape -tokens %s ! -dirs 0 0 -url http://pokemonlist.googlepages.com/list.txt}

16
Opens 16 Google frames!
111 uses - Created 2007-05-19 20:38:44 - Last used 2021-04-16 19:14:07 - Nominate - Description - split http://www.google.com http://www.google.com http://www.google.com http://www.google.com http://www.google.com http://www.google.com http://www.google.com http://www.google.com http://www.google.com http://www.google.com http://www.google.com http://www.google.com http://www.google.com http://www.google.com http://www.google.com http://www.google.com

wowarm
Looks up a character on the World of Warcraft Armory. Use like this: wowarm Burich -realm Garithos The -realm option can be shortened to -r: wowarm Burich -r Garithos If no realm is specified, it will default to Garithos; this is for selfish reasons.
111 uses - Created 2007-06-11 23:13:16 - Last used 2012-04-01 16:48:30 - Nominate - Description - http://armory.worldofwarcraft.com/character-sheet.xml?r=${realm=${r=Garithos}}&n=%s

ltag
Searches www.last.fm by tag by the_funk
111 uses - Created 2007-06-17 16:57:09 - Last used 2011-07-31 23:33:11 - Nominate - Description - http://www.last.fm/music/?m=tags&q=%s

mts
Search both Mininova and The Pirate Bay at once.
111 uses - Created 2007-07-16 04:52:42 - Last used 2015-03-26 08:49:00 - Nominate - Description - http://mytorrentsearch.ofacrazedgeek.com/results.php?q=%s

npm:
Search npm packages.
111 uses - Created 2016-12-22 07:43:20 - Last used 2021-06-09 16:01:12 - Nominate - Description - https://www.npmjs.com/package/%s[use - for spaces]

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