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".

splitf2
NAME splitf2 - issue 2 YubNub commands to a split-frame window. SYNOPSIS splitf2 [ FIRST_COMMAND ] [ SECOND_COMMAND ] [ -s SPECIAL_PARAMETER ] splitf2 opens a split-frame browser window (or tab). Unlike similar YubNub commands it uses uses positional parameters to issue commands to each frame so as to minimize keystrokes. splitf2 opens up the web interface at YubNub.org by default, but allows you to send multiple commands to each frame and use a single argument as a special parmeter across both…
97 uses - Created 2008-05-08 17:51:28 - Last used 2013-02-05 06:33:08 - Nominate - Description - split {url {ifEmpty -value {% 1 %s} -then yu ${s} -else {strReplace -find + -replace " " -string {% 1 %s}} ${s}}}} {url {ifEmpty -value {% 2 %s} -then yu ${s} -else {strReplace -find + -replace " " -string {% 2 %s} ${s}}}

ghop
Google Public Transport search, command: ghop fromLocation; To location example: ghop 22 W 11th St, nyc; Newark Airport
97 uses - Created 2009-01-10 22:09:57 - Last used 2026-02-01 12:59:02 - Nominate - Description - ghoppublic {param from;to %s}

douban
douban is a web2.0 site,fun!
97 uses - Created 2006-12-22 01:43:15 - Last used 2023-03-23 20:26:34 - Nominate - Description - http://www.douban.com/subject_search?search_text=%s

tx
Search tech reviews and growing list of more than 1300 web companies and services.
97 uses - Created 2007-01-04 21:58:15 - Last used 2026-08-19 01:36:29 - Nominate - Description - http://tecno.xintesis.com/result.html?cx=014620822161588018020%3A4ygnie2brui&q=%s&sa=Search&cof=FORID%3A9&cx=014620822161588018020%3A4ygnie2brui

nac

97 uses - Created 2007-02-02 01:23:34 - Last used 2013-08-04 22:44:47 - Nominate - Description - http://msusa.sharepointsite.net/national/default.aspx

chuck

97 uses - Created 2007-03-16 02:10:09 - Last used 2020-10-11 16:21:32 - Nominate - Description - http://www.chuckman.org

nasatv

97 uses - Created 2007-05-05 19:46:09 - Last used 2021-04-18 01:30:31 - Nominate - Description - http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

txt
txtDrop.com Free SMS sender (USA only) YubNub Command: txt -n YourName -p 1234567890 -m Hey dude are you coming? Enjoy! Author: Honeybear Webdesign (http://www.kalebdf.com)
97 uses - Created 2007-07-10 01:49:18 - Last used 2026-02-03 10:27:46 - Nominate - Description - http://www.kalebdf.com/txtdrop/drop.php?n=${n}&p=${p}&m=${m=Hey whats up?}

ilike
search for music and artists on ilike.com
97 uses - Created 2007-07-14 10:45:52 - Last used 2011-06-29 01:09:32 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ilike.com/artist/search?artist_qp=%s

canoe
French Canadian news portal for the province of Quebec Portail de nouvelles du Canada français pour la province de Québec
97 uses - Created 2007-08-16 11:23:37 - Last used 2016-06-01 12:39:19 - Nominate - Description - http://www.canoe.qc.ca

aiderss
Analyze site RSS on AideRSS.com
97 uses - Created 2007-09-01 19:50:36 - Last used 2010-05-22 13:02:16 - Nominate - Description - http://www.aiderss.com/all/%s

locip
IP geophysical location via www.yougetsignal.com
97 uses - Created 2012-04-05 09:59:46 - Last used 2012-12-26 20:57:37 - Nominate - Description - http://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/network-location/?remoteAddress=%s

gbone
GentlemanBoners subreddit search
97 uses - Created 2014-12-23 03:27:20 - Last used 2022-11-27 16:29:40 - Nominate - Description - http://www.reddit.com/r/gentlemanboners/search?q=%s&restrict_sr=on

diggup
Searches Digg.com's Upcoming section ordered by newest first. This is incredibly useful if you want to see if people are submitting new things about a certain topic. For example: to see the latest digg stories on iPhone, type, "diggup iPhone"
97 uses - Created 2007-09-28 03:11:08 - Last used 2022-03-06 17:50:49 - Nominate - Description - http://www.digg.com/search?s=%s&submit=Search&section=all&type=both&area=dig&sort=new

huuto
huuto.net haku
97 uses - Created 2007-11-07 00:36:56 - Last used 2016-04-28 13:23:01 - Nominate - Description - http://huuto.net/fi/showlist.php3?status=N&sellstyle=k&tits=%s&order=R&cat=%25&lcat=X&start=0&num=50

geocode (Golden Egg)
Uses geocoder.us to attempt to geocode the parameter
97 uses - Created 2005-06-13 23:20:31 - Last used 2021-06-14 03:40:40 - Description - http://geocoder.us/demo.cgi?address=%s

CommandURL
NAME CommandURL - scrapes a YubNub command's 'man' page and returns the command's URL SYNOPSIS CommandURL [COMMAND_NAME] EXAMPLE CommandUrl gim -returns: http://images.google.com/images?q=%s CommandURL ifempty -returns: ifThen -value1 ${value} -value2 -test EQUAL -then ${then} -else ${else} NOTES This command most likely would only be useful for building other commands (and maybe not even that). AUTHOR Allen Ormond - aormond (at) gmail (dot) com
97 uses - Created 2006-03-26 03:03:21 - Last used 2020-11-17 13:38:58 - Nominate - Description - scrape -tokens muted%22> </span> -dirs 0 0 -url http://www.yubnub.org/kernel/man?args=%s

grok
Search Grokker
97 uses - Created 2005-06-20 22:56:17 - Last used 2026-08-25 06:15:01 - Nominate - Description - http://grokker.com/applet.html?query=%s

ebert
Search reviews from Roger Ebert
97 uses - Created 2005-06-22 00:21:44 - Last used 2020-04-04 21:31:13 - Nominate - Description - http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/classifieds?category=search

pv
Website with bands and music.
97 uses - Created 2005-06-22 15:14:55 - Last used 2021-04-27 05:59:49 - Nominate - Description - http://www.purevolume.com

blogsearch
Search bloggersblog.com on Technorati for the latest blogging news.
97 uses - Created 2005-06-28 06:09:28 - Last used 2014-02-16 03:23:08 - Nominate - Description - http://www.technorati.com/search/%s?from=http://www.bloggersblog.com

ticket

97 uses - Created 2005-07-18 04:26:39 - Last used 2024-03-25 03:10:47 - Nominate - Description - http://www.theticket.com

moto
Motorola homepage
97 uses - Created 2005-07-25 13:32:23 - Last used 2022-07-10 08:51:38 - Nominate - Description - http://www.motorola.com

shu
Creates a short URL with shurl.org Usage: shu <longurl>
97 uses - Created 2006-05-22 18:29:11 - Last used 2025-11-29 15:15:07 - Nominate - Description - http://shurl.org/?url=%s

lookingforlight
This is riddlific.
97 uses - Created 2006-06-24 11:27:04 - Last used 2016-06-10 20:34:56 - Nominate - Description - http://riddle.davyson.com/grey/SomeFileNameThatYoudNeverHaveGuessed.jpg

pictures
Tal Lewinger's Flickr blog
96 uses - Created 2005-06-09 23:57:53 - Last used 2025-12-19 19:00:17 - Nominate - Description - http://flickr.dentistry123.com

bad
AIM Icons
96 uses - Created 2005-06-10 21:26:37 - Last used 2025-07-23 09:28:58 - Nominate - Description - http://badassbuddy.com

dsl
dsl reports
96 uses - Created 2005-06-11 16:58:14 - Last used 2026-05-16 04:44:14 - Nominate - Description - http://www.broadbandreports.com/

psd
PreviewSeek dictionary search
96 uses - Created 2006-01-04 19:28:16 - Last used 2019-04-11 12:21:36 - Nominate - Description - http://beta.previewseek.com/?query=%s&twin=n&con=y&where=dictionpedia

hon
It searches for link conversation using four famous services like bloglines, technorati, google blog search and blogpulse
96 uses - Created 2006-01-30 08:33:19 - Last used 2022-12-12 03:50:32 - Nominate - Description - http://yubnub.org/parser/parse?command=mash %s tec bps gbs blc

20910
20910=http://www.erh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?CityName=Silver+Spring&state=MD&site=LWX
96 uses - Created 2006-12-03 19:11:26 - Last used 2012-03-30 20:54:38 - Nominate - Description - http://www.erh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?CityName=Silver+Spring&state=MD&site=LWX

dr.ar
Searches DeRemate.com.ar using the given keyword (e.g. product name)
96 uses - Created 2005-11-08 23:59:11 - Last used 2008-10-29 18:14:46 - Nominate - Description - http://www.deremate.com.ar/accdb/search1.asp?txtsearch=%s&TipoRemates=0

ffext
Search for official firefox extentions Usage: ffext adblock
96 uses - Created 2006-02-03 20:49:32 - Last used 2011-12-25 01:31:49 - Nominate - Description - https://addons.mozilla.org/quicksearch.php?q=%s&section=A&application=firefox

fact
Search Factbug.org, a fast Wikipedia mirror
96 uses - Created 2006-04-09 21:02:04 - Last used 2024-10-03 07:35:33 - Nominate - Description - http://www.factbug.org/cgi-bin/factfind.cgi?v=%s

foot
An Independant film company, Foot in Mouth Productions! Enjoy our films!
96 uses - Created 2005-06-21 00:45:46 - Last used 2026-05-29 22:56:58 - Nominate - Description - www.freewebs.com/fnmp

goatse
goatse
96 uses - Created 2005-06-21 04:38:34 - Last used 2021-12-23 11:55:57 - Nominate - Description - http://goat.cx

lit
Gallileus offers a literature search engine integrating a growing number of the World's leading databases of interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed content. For this purpose, Gallileus partners with private databank hosts and publishers, providing them with an excellent and high quality distribution channel in the internet.
96 uses - Created 2005-06-27 09:53:35 - Last used 2024-07-23 20:27:09 - Nominate - Description - http://www.gallileus.info/search/simple?expr=%s

cref
USAGE cref <C/C++ keyword> cppreference.com is a basic no nonsence C/C++ Reference.
96 uses - Created 2005-07-05 09:18:22 - Last used 2021-08-30 22:57:48 - Nominate - Description - http://www.cppreference.com/cgi-bin/ksearch.cgi?terms=%s

ht
Welcome to Het's blog, for shortcut h-heT, t-Toral
96 uses - Created 2005-07-05 11:15:18 - Last used 2022-10-15 20:17:56 - Nominate - Description - http://hetwaghela.blogspot.com

c411
Search Canada411 directory for a person. Arguments: -f : first name (can be just the first initial) -l : last name -c : city -p : province Example usage: c411 -f marc -l beualieu -c montreal -p qc
96 uses - Created 2005-07-05 19:13:18 - Last used 2011-05-03 14:51:01 - Nominate - Description - http://findaperson.canada411.ca/10649/search/Find_Person?firstname_begins_with=1&firstname=${f}&name=${l}&city_zip=${c}&state_id=${p}

nice
A nice website. Haha!
96 uses - Created 2005-07-12 21:55:55 - Last used 2024-02-14 05:42:31 - Nominate - Description - http://www.krylonet.com

ghsa
Look up human gene in NCBI gene database. ('hsa' stands for 'H. sapiens').
96 uses - Created 2007-10-02 08:25:00 - Last used 2007-10-08 16:21:56 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=search&term=%22Homo%20sapiens%22%20%5BOrganism%5D%20%s

alb
Searches audiolunchbox.com for DRM free music See "drmfree" command to search multiple DRM-free music stores
96 uses - Created 2007-10-30 03:18:37 - Last used 2017-12-23 20:53:44 - Nominate - Description - http://audiolunchbox.com/find.php?t=x&fi=%s

heidi
Heidi.Catalog for libraries of Heidelberg University. Too lazy to bring back your books? Just extend them online!
96 uses - Created 2007-12-14 15:59:19 - Last used 2021-07-13 08:58:03 - Nominate - Description - http://katalog.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/cgi-bin/login.cgi

dia

96 uses - Created 2008-01-08 19:11:54 - Last used 2025-06-16 05:56:36 - Nominate - Description - http://www.opendiary.com

wkfr
search in news and blog search in French service Wikio
96 uses - Created 2007-03-14 13:21:02 - Last used 2018-05-03 04:52:25 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wikio.fr/search=%s

tsa
Searches in a Windows OS tips and tricks for system administrator, TheSystemAdministrator.com. Example: tsa install xp
96 uses - Created 2008-04-23 09:46:46 - Last used 2024-07-10 08:05:42 - Nominate - Description - http://thesystemadministrator.com/index.php?option=com_search&Itemid=99999999&searchword=%s&submit=Search&searchphrase=all&ordering=newest

bmo
Bank of Montreal
96 uses - Created 2008-04-29 12:05:30 - Last used 2026-03-30 18:20:39 - Nominate - Description - http://bmo.com/

wikino
Search Norwegian Wikipedia. Søk på Norsk Wikipedia.
96 uses - Created 2010-05-01 16:38:52 - Last used 2012-11-16 16:53:50 - Nominate - Description - http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s&fulltext=Search

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