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".

quadsplit
Search METARS, TAFS, Forcasted weather, Tides and Currents, and NOTAM
94 uses - Created 2009-12-17 14:04:49 - Last used 2013-06-05 02:42:20 - Nominate - Description - http://yubnub.org/example/split?type=t&urls=http%3A%2F%2Fadds.aviationweather.gov%2Ftafs%2F+http%3A%2F%2Fwww.erh.noaa.gov%2Fforecast%2FMapClick.php%3FCityName%3DCarol%2BCity%26state%3DFL%26site%3DPHI+http%3A%2F%2Ftidesandcurrents.noaa.gov%2Fdata_menu.shtml%3Fstn%3D8723214%2520Virginia%2520Key%2C%2520FL%26type%3DMeteorological%2BObservations+https%3A%2F%2Fwww.notams.jcs.mil%2F

offc
offc does a Google Scholar search while attempting to use the UC Santa Cruz Science and Engineering Library as a proxy. Off course you will still require an activated UCSC student ID number in order to access The Literature.
94 uses - Created 2009-12-21 02:24:43 - Last used 2011-07-07 18:32:13 - Nominate - Description - http://scholar.google.com.oca.ucsc.edu/scholar?q=%s

stacko
Shorthand for stack overflow searches.
94 uses - Created 2010-03-31 15:56:51 - Last used 2016-07-22 08:30:55 - Nominate - Description - http://stackoverflow.com/search?q=%s

cssdog
Get HTML Dog's documentation for a CSS property. e.g. cssdog border
93 uses - Created 2009-08-25 09:04:00 - Last used 2016-10-05 04:18:09 - Nominate - Description - http://www.htmldog.com/reference/cssproperties/%s/

frcp
Searches for a rule in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure on http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/. Search by rule number, e.g. "frcp 4" for Rule 4.
93 uses - Created 2009-09-27 07:07:21 - Last used 2017-07-13 13:40:17 - Nominate - Description - http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/Rule%s.htm

ano
Uses anonymouse proxy for anonymous browsing. Alternative to command "anm" as not all urls start with www.
93 uses - Created 2009-09-28 10:13:53 - Last used 2024-01-14 11:19:48 - Nominate - Description - http://anonymouse.org/cgi-bin/anon-www.cgi/http://%s

ejf
Elitist Jerks Forum.
93 uses - Created 2009-10-09 20:24:41 - Last used 2017-10-31 10:49:46 - Nominate - Description - http://elitistjerks.com/forums.php

ltax
searches lake county, illinois taxes requires dashes
93 uses - Created 2010-03-02 17:08:56 - Last used 2012-04-30 15:43:25 - Nominate - Description - http://oldapps.lakecountyil.gov/sptreasurer/collbook/collbook4.asp?Pin=%s

inffrance
takes you to infobel french white pages
93 uses - Created 2007-01-09 11:55:24 - Last used 2011-04-05 09:53:53 - Nominate - Description - http://www.infobel.com/teldir/result.asp?country=60&URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.infobel.com%2Ffrance%2Fwp%2Fsearch%2Fdefault.asp

ydict
yodao dict
93 uses - Created 2007-01-18 06:46:34 - Last used 2020-09-21 19:08:58 - Nominate - Description - http://dict.yodao.com/search?tab=chn&keyfrom=dict.result&q=%s

a1
Altavista Audio Search
93 uses - Created 2007-02-19 22:44:17 - Last used 2026-07-25 23:11:46 - Nominate - Description - http://www.altavista.com/audio/results?q=%s&mik=photo&mik=graphic&mip=all&mis=all&miwxh=all

bvb
Basel (Switzerland) public transportation: gets you to a website where you can search for connections in the Basel public transport system
93 uses - Created 2007-03-25 09:59:04 - Last used 2019-11-22 04:41:05 - Nominate - Description - http://www.mybasel.ch/verkehr_bvbfahrplan_fahrplan.cfm

ptorrent
Search pizzatorrent.com
93 uses - Created 2008-11-19 04:06:09 - Last used 2019-09-30 12:50:24 - Nominate - Description - http://www.pizzatorrent.com/%s-torrents

Moody
searches Moody's Ratings page and returns collected research
93 uses - Created 2009-03-13 13:50:52 - Last used 2024-07-01 07:24:15 - Nominate - Description - http://v2.moodys.com/moodys/cust/search/issuernamesyncsearchresult.asp?searchident=qcksearch&startkey=0&search=1&searchquery=%s

As.

93 uses - Created 2009-05-14 19:59:02 - Last used 2023-07-12 08:08:16 - Nominate - Description - http://www.as.com/

lynda
Search Lynda.com for tutorials.
93 uses - Created 2008-06-12 14:22:39 - Last used 2025-08-29 15:10:35 - Nominate - Description - http://www.lynda.com/search/?q=%s

yann
Search Yandex in region Nizhny Novgorod
93 uses - Created 2008-09-15 10:43:54 - Last used 2026-06-30 15:15:37 - Nominate - Description - http://yandex.ru/yandsearch?text=%s&rstr=-47

bboard
Access the Bitcoin forum
93 uses - Created 2011-06-04 13:28:22 - Last used 2011-07-15 14:12:31 - Nominate - Description - http://forum.bitcoin.org/

eurlex
Looks for Google results in the Eur-Lex multilingual document database. Useful for finding parallel texts when translating.
93 uses - Created 2011-08-19 18:10:31 - Last used 2025-11-16 23:07:02 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=inurl%3Aeur-lex+%s

dpar
Search with DuckDuckGo.com with multiple parameters. _do_ -> adds a prefix to the search for shortcuts, ie 'define' or 'synonym for'. _this_ -> the search terms.
93 uses - Created 2012-07-17 12:28:02 - Last used 2019-09-11 10:51:39 - Nominate - Description - http://duckduckgo.com/?q=${do}+${this}

mger

93 uses - Created 2008-02-06 01:45:44 - Last used 2024-05-23 01:09:23 - Nominate - Description - http://www.metager.de/meta/cgi-bin/meta.ger1?eingabe=%s&mm=and&hits=&linkTest=no&check_time=3&maxtreffer=200&sorturls=&sorturls_kompakt=&allesklar=&allthedoc=&allthepix=&allthesound=&atsearch=on&blitzsuche=&crawler=&crossbot=&deutschland=&dmoz=on&dmozint=&metarss=on&ebay=&etoc=&fastbot=on&onlinks=&firstsfind=on&firstsfind_int=&fportal=on&fpdiss=&portalu=on&harvest=on&wikipedia=on&hurrade=&intersearch=&mediastreet=&mirago=&msn=&overture=on&plaff=&qualigo-ch=&qualigo=&sharelook=&tiborder=&tonline=&vondo=&witch=on&yahoo=&Nachrichten=on&Usenet=&nebel=on&seekport=&exalead=on&nutch=&suchclip=on&cpase=&intnews=&tauchen=&usunis=&plazoo=&ngsearch=&clewwa=&stellendirekt=&mrwong=on&komercatv=&audioclipping=on&regengergie=&yacy=&tuhh=on&ecoshopper=&BASE=&zoggle=&kompaktsuche=&start=1&QuickTips=beschleuniger&sprueche=on&newWindow=1&sorturls=&textmenge=2&showList=&synonyme=on&wikiboost=on&wissRank=on&time=2&hitsPerServer=2

ref
Search BusinessWeek database of more than 300,000 private or 42,000 public companies by name using ref and -c for company name and -t for public or private ownership (defaults to private)
93 uses - Created 2008-03-06 20:27:25 - Last used 2023-12-24 21:28:25 - Nominate - Description - http://investing.businessweek.com/research/common/symbollookup/symbollookup.asp?region=ALL&letterIn=${c}&lookuptype=${t=private}

japi
Search via google i'm feeling lucky in the javadoc for a particular page. Extremely awesome... try japi collections
93 uses - Created 2008-03-07 09:23:04 - Last used 2013-01-10 22:59:23 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=site:http://java.sun.com/j2se %s&btnI=I'm+Feeling+Lucky

bibso
Find urls or bibliographic @ bibsonomy.org
93 uses - Created 2008-04-08 13:26:56 - Last used 2012-04-02 09:05:41 - Nominate - Description - http://www.bibsonomy.org/search/%s

moose
Displays the main http://www.jedimoose.org website (with no parameters) or searches the site when paramaters are given.
93 uses - Created 2006-03-02 15:53:46 - Last used 2024-04-05 13:32:46 - Nominate - Description - http://www.jedimoose.org{ifThen -value1 %s -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then /index.php?s=%s}

googmp3
Google MP3 Beta
93 uses - Created 2006-04-17 22:53:09 - Last used 2024-10-20 04:12:47 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22parent+directory%22+%2B+%22mp3%22+%2B+%22%s%22+-filetype%3Ahtm+-filetype%3Ahtml+-filetype%3Aphp+-filetype%3Aasp&btnG=Search

clphx
craigslist for sale/wanted search in the phoenix area To search for hedge trimmers for sale in the phoenix area. Example: clphx hedge trimmer
93 uses - Created 2005-12-07 18:21:59 - Last used 2011-05-23 07:23:37 - Nominate - Description - http://phoenix.craigslist.org/cgi-bin/search?areaID=18&query=%s&catAbbreviation=sss

wpzh
Chinese Wikipedia Search
93 uses - Created 2005-12-13 10:30:46 - Last used 2021-06-25 07:47:27 - Nominate - Description - http://zh.wikipedia.org?search=%s

cpall
CodeProject Search - All categories
93 uses - Created 2006-01-19 09:53:04 - Last used 2008-01-06 15:43:44 - Nominate - Description - http://www.codeproject.com/info/search.asp?cats=2&cats=3&cats=4&cats=5&cats=6&searchkw=%s&Submit1=Search

death

93 uses - Created 2005-08-03 10:52:34 - Last used 2023-05-19 09:42:34 - Nominate - Description - http://www.happytreefriends.com

dod
check your dodgeit (RSS) mail account e.g. dod deeznuts author: GaRZoL
93 uses - Created 2005-08-11 12:41:11 - Last used 2026-02-16 20:29:14 - Nominate - Description - http://www.dodgeit.com/run/checkmail?mailbox=%s

tmt
Mix Tape Listing Search at Tiny Mix Tapes, www.tinymixtapes.com/amg/ A simple search that looks for any occurence of the search term in the Mix Tape listing. Example: tmt Led Zeppelin
93 uses - Created 2006-06-03 20:31:04 - Last used 2018-07-16 09:33:47 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%s+site%3Awww.tinymixtapes.com%2Famg%2F

laptop
Laptop modification is the practice of modifying a computer laptop case, most often done for aesthetical purposes. LaptopKit.com covers this topic.
93 uses - Created 2005-06-10 23:03:43 - Last used 2025-08-29 05:36:06 - Nominate - Description - http://laptopkit.com

neopet
A great online community.
93 uses - Created 2005-06-12 03:26:06 - Last used 2012-06-08 00:35:11 - Nominate - Description - http://www.neopets.com

Typo3
Full Service Internet Bureau, projectmanagement, contentmanagement van concept tot evaluatie.
93 uses - Created 2005-06-21 11:38:59 - Last used 2014-02-15 18:43:15 - Nominate - Description - http://www.fenomedia.com

aud
Audioscrobbler "Explore Music" search. Type an artist name to find similar artists using Audioscrobbler's data. Example: aud Radiohead
92 uses - Created 2005-07-21 10:43:50 - Last used 2026-07-04 08:33:05 - Nominate - Description - http://www.audioscrobbler.com/explore/?artistname=%s

fallout
Takes one to the Fallout centre of No Mutants Allowed!
92 uses - Created 2005-09-18 15:07:37 - Last used 2022-01-09 12:01:09 - Nominate - Description - http://www.nma-fallout.com

fbsd-pr
Queriers the FreeBSD GNATS system for a Problem Report (by ID)
92 uses - Created 2006-03-20 22:26:57 - Last used 2010-08-18 15:54:15 - Nominate - Description - http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=%s

btw
NAME btw - Takes you to BoxtheWeb AUTHOR Stephen Paul Weber a.k.a. Singpolyma http://singpolyma-tech.blogspot.com/
92 uses - Created 2006-04-05 07:34:20 - Last used 2020-12-04 08:36:12 - Nominate - Description - http://boxtheweb.4x2.net/

rndclrsplit

92 uses - Created 2005-12-21 16:01:58 - Last used 2011-10-26 15:29:34 - Nominate - Description - split {url[no url encoding] randomcolor} {url[no url encoding] rndclrsplit}

bin
Blogged IT News
92 uses - Created 2005-12-26 21:07:36 - Last used 2023-05-30 07:14:50 - Nominate - Description - http://bloggeditnews.com/

greedland
searched the greedLand anime torrent tracker
92 uses - Created 2006-01-20 16:51:37 - Last used 2025-09-19 14:56:21 - Nominate - Description - http://p.greedland.net/search.php?key=%s&cateId=&Submit=%CB%D1%CB%F7

clr
Clusty Search. Clusty uses a Clustering Engine to organize search results into folders grouping similar items together. To cluster a search, simply type in your search term after the word "cluster." Example: cluster [Your Keyword Here] For instance, if you wanted to search for "The Homestar Runner," you would enter: cluster "The Homestar Runner"
92 uses - Created 2006-01-23 04:49:03 - Last used 2020-08-18 10:05:03 - Nominate - Description - http://clusty.com/search?query=%s

israel

92 uses - Created 2005-06-10 07:52:01 - Last used 2024-06-23 05:44:29 - Nominate - Description - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel

gas

92 uses - Created 2005-06-16 09:11:21 - Last used 2023-10-17 07:54:46 - Nominate - Description - http://gasgroup.com

atom
Webisodes
92 uses - Created 2005-06-19 01:54:34 - Last used 2022-06-04 17:55:31 - Nominate - Description - http://atomfilms.com

lta
Searches LibraryThing.com for a given author name. Example: lta thompson will give a list of author names containing the string Thompson.
92 uses - Created 2006-04-22 14:13:40 - Last used 2023-03-02 14:58:19 - Nominate - Description - http://www.librarything.com/search_author.php?searchbox=%s&Search=Search

911b
made by David Baynard Searches www.911tabs.com/ for bands For songs try 911s
92 uses - Created 2006-06-20 16:33:00 - Last used 2010-04-02 07:29:12 - Nominate - Description - http://www.911tabs.com/search.php?search=%s&type=band

artux
Artux site: GNU/Linux
92 uses - Created 2006-06-28 13:12:46 - Last used 2008-04-05 17:25:31 - Nominate - Description - http://www.artux.com.ar/?page_id=2

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