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".

quo
Google finance search. Stock quotes, company profiles, businesses.
78 uses - Created 2006-04-14 08:32:30 - Last used 2025-10-09 08:48:15 - Nominate - Description - http://finance.google.com/finance?q=%s

readable
Runs the readability bookmarklet
78 uses - Created 2009-11-01 01:24:14 - Last used 2013-03-11 00:29:21 - Nominate - Description - http://javascript:(function(){readStyle='style-newspaper';readSize='size-large';readMargin='margin-medium';_readability_script=document.createElement('SCRIPT');_readability_script.type='text/javascript';_readability_script.src='http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/js/readability.js?x='+(Math.random());document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(_readability_script);_readability_css=document.createElement('LINK');_readability_css.rel='stylesheet';_readability_css.href='http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/css/readability.css';_readability_css.type='text/css';_readability_css.media='screen';document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(_readability_css);_readability_print_css=document.createElement('LINK');_readability_print_css.rel='stylesheet';_readability_print_css.href='http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/css/readability-print.css';_readability_print_css.media='print';_readability_print_css.type='text/css';document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(_readability_print_css);})();

mfyr
http://www.mediafire.com/
78 uses - Created 2010-02-22 18:45:41 - Last used 2011-08-12 19:56:34 - Nominate - Description - http://www.mediafire.com/

gmobload
Use google mobile search to bypass a proxy server and load a specified url. Example: gmobload www.youtube.com
78 uses - Created 2007-09-15 06:42:27 - Last used 2024-01-14 11:34:49 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=%s

tecnew
Search technocrati in any language with any authorithy
78 uses - Created 2007-11-09 10:51:17 - Last used 2011-10-24 14:11:57 - Nominate - Description - http://technorati.com/search/%s?authority=n&language=n

tamil
srilanka
78 uses - Created 2007-11-23 10:42:46 - Last used 2022-05-28 00:44:56 - Nominate - Description - http://thetamil.net/

frwikt
Direct lookup in the Wiktionnaire (French Wiktionary).
78 uses - Created 2007-11-27 16:47:13 - Last used 2012-08-10 15:25:17 - Nominate - Description - http://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/%s

spock
Searches Spock.com for a personal name, first name first. Same as the command peeps but I just couldn't remember it. Example: spock Jon Aquino
78 uses - Created 2008-01-03 03:26:50 - Last used 2015-02-27 10:40:53 - Nominate - Description - peeps %s

tad
Basic search for TimeAndDate.com A searched location returns dialling codes, daylight times, local weather and more. Example: tad London Worth a little digging on the site for other time-related usefulness
78 uses - Created 2008-01-21 15:37:40 - Last used 2022-10-31 07:28:55 - Nominate - Description - http://www.timeanddate.com/search/results.html?query=%s

78
From the site's description: 3600 titles recorded from a personal collection of 78 rpm records. Many of them are linked to MP3 files and will play what was recorded. No sound enhancement, just what was recorded. I hope to eventually have all the titles linked to music files, though that might take a while.
78 uses - Created 2008-07-20 21:27:25 - Last used 2026-07-15 19:47:51 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2F78records.cdbpdx.com%2F+%s

prwyl
Format any webpage for printing. Print webpages without whitespace, ads, graphics or other clutter. Make printed web pages more readable by removing distractions. Fix broken pages that don't print correctly. Save money on paper and ink and help SAVE THE ENVIROINMENT.
78 uses - Created 2008-09-19 13:34:24 - Last used 2018-06-28 23:44:57 - Nominate - Description - http://www.printwhatyoulike.com/print?url=%s

sciprices
sci sanlam amplify prices
78 uses - Created 2023-05-23 04:28:17 - Last used 2026-04-13 00:45:02 - Nominate - Description - https://app.sanlam.co.za/selfdirected/sciprices/sciprices/

twenga
Comparer les prix sur le net de la plupart des produits
78 uses - Created 2008-05-12 07:07:57 - Last used 2012-08-03 15:09:40 - Nominate - Description - http://www.twenga.fr/search.php?q=%s

ysow
Yahoo! Sports World Soccer
78 uses - Created 2007-05-10 05:44:17 - Last used 2011-10-22 04:02:53 - Nominate - Description - http://sports.yahoo.com/sow

vvoo
vivisimo
78 uses - Created 2007-05-22 11:48:38 - Last used 2007-10-05 08:06:26 - Nominate - Description - http://www.vivisimo.com

xul
Look up a page in Mozilla's XUL Reference Example: xul browser xul menubar etc http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/XUL_Reference
78 uses - Created 2007-06-23 10:45:36 - Last used 2022-06-18 14:45:27 - Nominate - Description - http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/XUL:%s

govid
Searches Google Video and limits results to just Google Video hosted videos
78 uses - Created 2007-07-02 21:18:45 - Last used 2011-07-06 21:40:42 - Nominate - Description - http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=site:video.google.com %s

atl
All Things Linux Forum search Search the All Things Linux forum Example: atl grub
78 uses - Created 2007-07-10 07:44:12 - Last used 2026-06-19 13:12:25 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/custom?hl=en&cof=&q=site%3Aforums.scotsnewsletter.com/index.php?s=09fc4fb26291380b0bf08c35b5dbb390&act=SF&f=14&q=%s

ampdm
Search Amazon's Prime Digital Music. For example: ampdm oscar aleman <--- returns tracks from Oscar Aleman. b.a.
78 uses - Created 2014-10-02 03:52:21 - Last used 2016-01-25 11:21:16 - Nominate - Description - http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dprime-digital-music&field-keywords=%s

flfav
NAME flfav - Random page of a Flickr user's favorites SYNOPSIS flfav [FLICKR USERNAME] EXAMPLES flfav sage Input a Flickr.com username (the one that is in a user's Flickr URL, http://flickr.com/photos/[USERNAME] ) and this command will return a random page from that user's favorite Flickr photos. AUTHOR Brian Armknecht b.a.
78 uses - Created 2007-03-20 14:49:24 - Last used 2011-04-25 22:53:36 - Nominate - Description - http://www.flickr.com/photos/%s/favorites/page{rand -max {scrape -tokens class=%22Next%22 %22> < -dirs 0 1 0 -url http://www.flickr.com/photos/%s/favorites/}}/

gra
Search in the database of GameRankings.com, one of the most important gaming review summaries.
78 uses - Created 2011-01-01 05:19:17 - Last used 2024-09-26 17:38:49 - Nominate - Description - http://www.gamerankings.com/browse.html?search=%s&numrev=3&site=

DB2
DB2 Information Center search To find the description of an error message or a reason code, just type the message ID or the code. Example: DB2 00C90101 To find information about SQL syntax enter the name of the SQL statement Example: DB2 ALTER TABLE To restrict the search to distinct versions and manuals include more information in your command. Example: DB2 9 codes 00C90101 or: DB2 10 SQL ALTER TABLE
78 uses - Created 2011-01-28 14:14:40 - Last used 2026-02-15 05:12:35 - Nominate - Description - http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/dzichelp/v2r2/index.jsp?tab=search&searchWord=DB2+%s

sse
Seznam Slovník English English to Czech dictionary Nový beta.slovnik.seznam.cz více info na http://seznam.sblog.cz/2011/05/20/217
78 uses - Created 2011-05-25 11:49:46 - Last used 2022-09-08 00:58:25 - Nominate - Description - http://beta.slovnik.seznam.cz/?q=%s&lang=en_cz

prs
Call the yubnub parser. Used for commands like gsite: where some webbrowsers see gsite: as a type of web address.
78 uses - Created 2009-03-23 12:27:42 - Last used 2026-05-27 10:03:29 - Nominate - Description - http://www.yubnub.org/parser/parse?default=g2&command=%s

veraex
Vera Multi-search engine from MIT. Exact sarch. Example veraex science.
78 uses - Created 2009-05-17 01:48:53 - Last used 2015-12-08 11:49:10 - Nominate - Description - http://owens.mit.edu/sfx_local/az/mit_all?param_sid_save=db6b2511cd536dd8773bac7095e60ce4&param_lang_save=eng&param_letter_group_save=&param_perform_save=searchTitle&param_letter_group_script_save=&param_chinese_checkbox_save=0&param_services2filter_save=getAbstract&param_services2filter_save=getFullTxt&param_current_view_save=detail&param_pattern_save=j+biomed+biotech&param_jumpToPage_save=&param_type_save=textSearch&param_textSearchType_save=contains&param_type_value=textSearch&param_jumpToPage_value=&param_pattern_value=%s&param_textSearchType_value=exactMatch&x=36&y=11

!ls
Lists Yahoo! Open Shortcuts. Only default shortcuts are listed when not logged-in. SYNTAX !ls OFFICIAL SHORTCUTS !create, !help, !list, !set, !unset gomelet AT gmail DOT com
78 uses - Created 2009-05-22 14:06:08 - Last used 2022-12-25 03:33:09 - Nominate - Description - http://search.yahoo.com/osc/list?ei=UTF-8&p=!list

yamli
Search www.yamli.com. Yamli is a search engine that reads your Roman character input and translates it into Arabic text, a form of transliteration.
77 uses - Created 2009-02-08 05:49:30 - Last used 2014-06-28 11:25:26 - Nominate - Description - http://www.yamli.com/#t=web&q=%s

isissp
Search ISIS's Community Portal for a given string.
77 uses - Created 2009-02-23 18:48:49 - Last used 2011-04-07 14:49:16 - Nominate - Description - http://portal.isis.org/searchcenter/Pages/Results.aspx?k=%s&s=All%20Sites

llvm
Searches the llvm.org website
77 uses - Created 2009-03-10 19:15:58 - Last used 2025-08-08 12:27:15 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?sitesearch=llvm.org&q=%s&submit=Search%21

bfi
Search for a Battleforge card on www.bfcards.info. Simply type "bfi" followed by the card name. eg: bfi windweavers
77 uses - Created 2009-06-22 07:20:19 - Last used 2025-04-09 02:15:38 - Nominate - Description - http://bfcards.info/search.php?cname=%s

lolcode
NAME lolcode - Executes LOLCODE SYNOPSIS lolcode [LOLCODE] -url [URL TO LOLCODE] EXAMPLES lolcode HAI\nVISIBLE "YOU"\nKTHXBYE Uses http://www.tetraboy.com/lolcode/lol_core.phps to render LOLCODE. \n is translated to a newline character (work-around for YubNub bug). AUTHOR Stephen Paul Weber a.k.a. Singpolyma http://singpolyma.net/
77 uses - Created 2007-06-13 21:11:24 - Last used 2018-04-11 08:50:41 - Nominate - Description - http://sandbox.singpolyma.net/lolcode/?code=%s&url=${url}

jxz
Product Search on Czech search engine Jyxo.cz
77 uses - Created 2007-07-10 17:27:23 - Last used 2012-04-30 10:05:25 - Nominate - Description - http://jyxo.cz/s?q=%s&d=zb

lyrart
Lyrics on demand's site. This command is to find lyrics artist's name. example: lyrart -start o -artist onerepublic The "-start" variable defines what letter the artist/band starts with. "-artist" variable defines the artist and band with no space included. Enjoy!
77 uses - Created 2008-06-25 21:56:29 - Last used 2012-06-26 09:21:14 - Nominate - Description - http://www.lyricsondemand.com/${start}/${artist}lyrics/

nycsl
New York City Show Listings.
77 uses - Created 2008-08-14 03:07:54 - Last used 2010-09-02 04:20:11 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=r7po67qbcjalmk2gib43smt7k4%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/New_York

ebuyclub

77 uses - Created 2008-09-04 15:01:30 - Last used 2010-09-27 12:39:19 - Nominate - Description - http://achat.ebuyclub.com/comparaisons.php?mots_clefs=%s

freedic
thefreedictionary search
77 uses - Created 2008-09-12 18:13:38 - Last used 2012-02-23 18:54:33 - Nominate - Description - http://www.thefreedictionary.com/%s

aviary
Create a screenshot of a web page using Aviary screen capture. aviary [URL] Example: aviary http://yubnub.org Returns a shot of the YubNub homepage in the image markup editor. Open http://aviary.com/launch/talon to use web interface. gomelet AT gmail DOT com
77 uses - Created 2009-07-03 16:52:07 - Last used 2022-01-23 02:11:59 - Nominate - Description - http://aviary.com/%s

evony
goes to the sign in page for the evony online game.
77 uses - Created 2009-07-25 17:54:21 - Last used 2024-02-13 09:16:38 - Nominate - Description - http://www.evony.com/index.do

smh
Sydney Morning Herald home page
77 uses - Created 2009-08-22 07:14:08 - Last used 2026-05-21 18:48:18 - Nominate - Description - http://www.smh.com.au

gme
Google Maps Search in Español "Spain". Google Maps has several handy features included within it. To map out a single location, just type the address. Example: gme Plaza Colon, Madrid
77 uses - Created 2009-09-02 20:36:20 - Last used 2025-12-18 07:59:47 - Nominate - Description - http://maps.google.es/maps?q=%s

nzbs.org
Performs a search on NSBs.org for usenet NZB files.
77 uses - Created 2009-10-07 04:25:24 - Last used 2019-11-16 12:21:03 - Nominate - Description - http://nzbs.org/index.php?action=search&q=%s

charlixmled
charlix is a desktop assistant for linux, who can answer or execute many requests. It asks the charlix demo a question that is answered in xml example: charlixmled Install gimp charlixmled What is OpenOffice? charlixmled Look on google for a car charlixmled run kmail charlixmled How are you today? charlixmled Where is London? charlixmled What is your name? .... For more info: http://charlix.sourceforge.net/
77 uses - Created 2007-10-22 19:43:14 - Last used 2012-06-12 14:27:04 - Nominate - Description - http://www.pandorabots.com/pandora/talk-xml?botid=f8a374a1ee3644fe&custid={date date -format m/d/Y-H:M:S}&input=connect2.%20%s

sources
Find notable news sources
77 uses - Created 2008-01-11 05:21:20 - Last used 2026-07-02 11:00:37 - Nominate - Description - http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=%22%s%22+source:%22-newswire%22+source:%22-wire%22+source:%22-presswire%22+source:%22-PR%22+source:%22-press%22+source:%22-release%22&sa=N&start=60

down?
Is a website down for everyone or just you?
77 uses - Created 2008-03-27 17:28:50 - Last used 2019-07-31 08:14:39 - Nominate - Description - http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/%s

anjuna
Directly Link to www.anjunabeats.com - The best Trance Label of the world
77 uses - Created 2008-05-23 19:18:46 - Last used 2010-12-07 14:17:38 - Nominate - Description - http://www.anjunabeats.com

u1
Search youtube with last 1 hour filter (ipb)
77 uses - Created 2019-11-12 05:59:28 - Last used 2024-07-31 09:48:32 - Nominate - Description - https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%s&sp=EgIIAQ%253D%253D

crait
Searches Toronto Craigslist For Sale / Wanted section for your query.
77 uses - Created 2010-05-18 11:07:34 - Last used 2012-11-18 03:46:22 - Nominate - Description - http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/search/sss?query=%s

tmg
Search The Mountain Goats wiki.
77 uses - Created 2011-01-20 00:48:54 - Last used 2018-01-17 00:57:49 - Nominate - Description - http://www.themountaingoats.net/wiki/doku.php?do=search&id=%s

albums
Free music album downloads - 100,000+ albums, no registration required! Friend just showed me this link. Huge site over 100,000 albums, no registration required! Its a site that has a huge DB of music albums linked to upload sites like rapidshare megaupload etc to get free music albums. I know alot of you guys download music, so enjoy.
77 uses - Created 2007-01-05 22:23:46 - Last used 2013-09-16 09:49:27 - Nominate - Description - http://musire.com/searchframe.php?q=%s&by=album

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