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".

filep
Search for files in Open Directories . Similar to Filechef Example use: filep disney [command by l3utterfish 2020]
69 uses - Created 2020-05-14 06:13:53 - Last used 2022-08-29 10:13:20 - Nominate - Description - https://filepursuit.com/pursuit?q=%s&type=all&sort=datedesc

fbplayer
Works like the command fbmp3. First parameter is the URL of an mp3 file, named parameters (required) are song title and artist. Will give you a Flash mp3 player hosted at Facebook. Example: fbplayer http://www.movingtoafrica.com/blog/music/songs/songs3/Prisoner.mp3 -title Prisoner -artist Lucky Dube created by (e)nb(a)r 5 23 2007
69 uses - Created 2007-05-23 16:46:26 - Last used 2018-11-04 21:07:02 - Nominate - Description - http://static.ak.facebook.com/swf/mp3.swf?src=%s&song=${title}&artist=${artist}

seb
My bookmarks
69 uses - Created 2007-07-11 09:55:28 - Last used 2024-02-17 12:08:55 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%s

kwoutt
Submit a URL to the screenshot-clipping service, Kwout.com. Supply the full URL of the page you wish to "quote" as a parameter. Example: kwoutt http://yubnub.org kwoutt http://amazon.com/o/ASIN/156861053X
69 uses - Created 2008-06-15 23:56:35 - Last used 2024-09-09 14:51:53 - Nominate - Description - http://kwout.com/grab?address=%s

csx
Searches for publications in CiteSeerX, http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/
69 uses - Created 2008-07-02 12:59:53 - Last used 2020-07-16 00:46:14 - Nominate - Description - http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/search?q=%s&submit=Search&sort=cite

roja
OJADIRECTA, ver fútbol gratis en directo, recién finalizados y video resúmenes. TVp2p streams
69 uses - Created 2008-07-03 02:21:17 - Last used 2024-09-25 11:41:40 - Nominate - Description - http://www.rojadirecta.org/

kij
Search kijiji.ca for specified term in specified city.
69 uses - Created 2008-07-06 19:33:30 - Last used 2014-03-25 20:46:32 - Nominate - Description - http://${where}.kijiji.ca/f-${what}-Classifieds-W0QQisSearchFormZtrueQQCatIdZ0QQKeywordZ${what}[use Q20 for spaces]

goofram
Searches Google and Wolfram Alpha simultaneously, using the excelent Goofram
69 uses - Created 2009-07-15 20:08:04 - Last used 2013-02-03 01:33:26 - Nominate - Description - http://www.goofram.com/search.html?cx=007161580536721391517%3Axccdqhpllri&cof=FORID%3A11&ie=UTF-8&q=%s&sa=Search#1033

ssy
Search in Series Yonkis
69 uses - Created 2009-10-24 18:08:09 - Last used 2019-07-10 01:44:21 - Nominate - Description - http://www.seriesyonkis.com/buscarSerie.php?s=%s

wild
Wilders Security Forums Security forums covering a wide array of topics including spyware, viruses and privacy software.
69 uses - Created 2010-01-26 05:14:46 - Last used 2022-02-28 18:22:41 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wilderssecurity.com/

ynhk

69 uses - Created 2010-04-17 13:59:25 - Last used 2010-09-16 05:41:48 - Nominate - Description - http://hk.news.yahoo.com/

newmult
Replacement for multitab. Opens URLs in multiple tabs. newmult apple.com;google.com;{url csveryq -noun Michael+Jordan -adj incredible}
69 uses - Created 2009-03-20 17:14:54 - Last used 2018-10-14 14:24:15 - Nominate - Description - open {strReplace -find ; -replace ;${cmd} -string ${cmd}%s}

dicons
NAME dicons - Search icons at Devinart SYNOPSIS dicons [KEYWORD] EXAMPLES dicons dock itunes dicons mac folder Devinart has lots of icons to customize your computer interface NOTES Devinart has lots of icons to customize your computer interface. Try searching software replacement icons AUTHOR ycc
69 uses - Created 2009-04-08 09:49:26 - Last used 2012-11-02 13:23:12 - Nominate - Description - http://www.deviantart.com/#catpath=customization/icons&q=%s

rbt
Uses pagereboot.com to reload the url following the command, eg: rbt http://yahoo.com reloads yahoo.com every 30 seconds by default There is an optional parameter to specify the time (-t), eg: rbt http://yahoo.com -t 4 reloads yahoo.com every 4 seconds
69 uses - Created 2008-03-04 18:06:17 - Last used 2019-12-16 07:06:56 - Nominate - Description - http://www.pagereboot.com/?url=http://yubnub.org/parser/parse?command=%s&skipcheck=true&refresh=${t}

appledev
Search Apple Developer Connection site, http://developer.apple.com
69 uses - Created 2008-03-17 02:50:53 - Last used 2012-08-24 07:31:17 - Nominate - Description - http://developer.apple.com/cgi-bin/search.pl?q=%s&num=10&site=default_collection

tpba
SYNOPSIS tpba [keywords] EXAMPLE tpba Buckethead Searches The Pirate Bay for audio files. AUTHOR 222r 45054 (Used the synopsis of tpb)
69 uses - Created 2008-03-26 01:25:18 - Last used 2014-04-09 07:59:22 - Nominate - Description - http://thepiratebay.org/search/%s/0/99/100[use %20 for spaces]

gaps
Google API Proximity Search (GAPS) To find ``python`` within 3 words of ``ruby`` in that order, type: gaps python -- ruby To find ``Java`` within ``2`` words of ``c language`` in either order, type: gaps Java -- c language -n 2 -order 0
69 uses - Created 2008-03-27 15:11:11 - Last used 2026-01-20 02:19:33 - Nominate - Description - http://www.staggernation.com/cgi-bin/gaps.cgi?term1=%s&n=${n=3}&term2=${-}&order={ifEqual -value1 ${order=1} -value2 1 -then that -else either}&sort=ranking&additional=&limit_total=0&per_query=10&key=

restnyc
Lists all restaurants in Manhattan and Brooklyn on restaurant.com Also check yubnub command 'coupon restaurant.com' to check for 50% discounts which some times exist. http://www.restaurant.com/listings.asp?VicinitySearchLevel=REGION&StateID=21&SearchID=101,%20102&DistrictID=0&RegionID=27
69 uses - Created 2008-04-07 23:50:50 - Last used 2016-02-27 21:33:01 - Nominate - Description - http://www.restaurant.com/listings.asp?VicinitySearchLevel=REGION&StateID=21&SearchID=101,%20102&DistrictID=0&RegionID=27

r-a
Do simple (artist) search on roots-archives.com (JA music/reggae site). Example: r-a willie lindo
69 uses - Created 2008-06-08 16:31:20 - Last used 2011-05-22 19:43:31 - Nominate - Description - http://roots-archives.com/search/?query=%s&x=0&y=0

rst
Search for a restaurant.
69 uses - Created 2007-01-03 18:41:53 - Last used 2026-03-04 20:15:42 - Nominate - Description - http://www.starved.org/search?q=%s

ncl
ncl=http://johnhaller.com/jh/useful_stuff/disable_caps_lock/disable_caps_lock.reg
69 uses - Created 2007-03-16 13:06:15 - Last used 2025-01-14 14:24:21 - Nominate - Description - http://johnhaller.com/jh/useful_stuff/disable_caps_lock/disable_caps_lock.reg

yelp4
Yelp is the fun and easy way to find, review and talk about what's great (and not so great) in your world. The original yelp yubnub command does not let you specify location. This one does. Here's how: yelp4 -what keyword1 -where keyword2 replace keyword1 with what you want to search and keyword2 with the location, be it zipcode, city, state, etc.
69 uses - Created 2007-04-24 00:53:43 - Last used 2012-01-13 21:08:46 - Nominate - Description - http://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=%s${what}&find_loc=%s${where}

nifty
Search nifty erotic stories archive
69 uses - Created 2007-11-12 03:26:49 - Last used 2023-02-20 14:39:14 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/custom?q=%s&sa=Search+Nifty&cof=LW%3A206%3BL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.freegaysex.com%2Fidb%2Ffreegaysex.jpg%3BLH%3A47%3BAH%3Aleft%3BS%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.freegaysex.com%2F%3BAWFID%3A35ef1a4bfe80595e%3B&domains=www.freegaysex.com&sitesearch=www.freegaysex.com

pinktorrent
Searches porn torrent site pinktorrent
68 uses - Created 2007-10-23 11:48:59 - Last used 2012-08-04 19:26:46 - Nominate - Description - http://www.pinktorrent.com/search?query=%s+&x=616&y=21

defr
Definr.org definition search. A fast, free dictionary.
68 uses - Created 2007-11-24 23:28:14 - Last used 2013-10-25 05:22:43 - Nominate - Description - http://definr.com/%s

socrates
Stanford University library movie search. This command will search Socrates for media in Green library. Just enter the title of the movie. Example: socrates superbad
68 uses - Created 2008-01-20 22:51:37 - Last used 2024-01-30 07:41:15 - Nominate - Description - http://jenson.stanford.edu/uhtbin/cgisirsi/lzP7NLHigs/GREEN/238030087/5/0?srchfield1=GENERAL%5ECLASS%5EGENERAL%5E%5Eeverything&searchdata1=&searchoper1=AND&srchfield2=WQ%5EALLAUTHS%5EAUTHORS%5EAuthor+Processing%5Eauthor&searchdata2=&searchoper2=AND&srchfield3=WB%5ETITLE%5EBIGTITLE%5ETitle+Processing%5Etitle&searchdata3=%s&searchoper3=AND&srchfield4=WS%5ESUBJECT%5EBIGSUBJECT%5E%5Esubject&searchdata4=&searchoper4=AND&srchfield5=SER%5ESERIES%5ESERIES2%5ETitle+Processing%5Eseries&searchdata5=&searchoper5=AND&srchfield6=PER%5EPERTITLE%5ETITLES%5ETitle+Processing%5Eperiodical+title&searchdata6=&library=ALL&language=ANY&format=ANY&location=MEDIA-MTXT&pubyear=&sort_by=NONE&item_type=ANY&item_1cat=ANY&item_2cat=ANY&shadow=NO

dpl

68 uses - Created 2009-07-05 18:12:15 - Last used 2019-10-12 14:29:10 - Nominate - Description - http://semeb.com/dpldemo/index.php?search=%s&go=Go

clipart
get some clipart from www.clipart.com example:clipart moon
68 uses - Created 2009-09-07 00:18:44 - Last used 2022-02-09 15:45:58 - Nominate - Description - http://www.clipart.com/en/search/split?sub1=&orows=3&ocols=3&realign=&a=a&q=%s&k_mode=all&k_exc=&q_color=1&q_bw=1&q_gif=1&q_jpeg=1&q_eps=1&q_wmf=1&q_psd=1&q_png=1&rows=3&srch=Search

7digital
Search 7digital's online music store
68 uses - Created 2009-10-26 18:59:08 - Last used 2021-07-27 10:38:11 - Nominate - Description - http://www.7digital.com/Search?search=%s&searchtype=global&submit=Search

pdr3
searched http://www.prescriptiondrug-info.com
68 uses - Created 2007-05-02 13:33:33 - Last used 2011-08-03 20:16:15 - Nominate - Description - http://www.prescriptiondrug-info.com/Drugs/%s.asp

oth
Will retrieve german synonyms for the given word from http://openthesaurus.de
68 uses - Created 2007-05-05 16:15:01 - Last used 2022-12-20 00:00:10 - Nominate - Description - http://openthesaurus.de/multimatch.php?word=%s

neg
NewEgg.com Search. Find awesome deals on computer equipment.
68 uses - Created 2007-05-21 14:54:15 - Last used 2018-06-16 21:25:43 - Nominate - Description - http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Description=%s

pja
Ouvre la page principale des Pages Jaunes loads the french yellow pages.
68 uses - Created 2007-05-29 11:59:57 - Last used 2012-08-24 00:46:59 - Nominate - Description - http://www.pagesjaunes.fr/pj.cgi?

unbase64
NAME unbase64 - Decodes base64-encoded string SYNOPSIS unbase64 [BASE64 ENCODED STRING] EXAMPLES unbase64 dW5iYXNlNjQ= Returns 'unbase64' unbase64 {base64 text} Return 'text' Decodes base64-encoded string. AUTHOR Michael Dubner http://pyhedgehog.livejournal.com/
68 uses - Created 2007-05-31 14:01:47 - Last used 2022-08-30 13:23:39 - Nominate - Description - xpath -query //table/tr/td/textarea/text() -as text -url http://makcoder.sourceforge.net/demo/base64.php?plain=%s&process=Decode

fhau
This Command links directly to a homepage of a member of Fachhochschule Augsburg, a University of Applied Sciences in Bavaria, Germany. Just type fhau USERNAME Example: fhau glasauer
68 uses - Created 2007-07-15 09:29:39 - Last used 2008-05-04 16:01:13 - Nominate - Description - http://www.fh-augsburg.de/~%s

grt
Greektube search. Greektube is a service similar to Youtube, but it is in Greek. To search for a video for George Michael type: grt George Michael
68 uses - Created 2007-07-26 10:07:51 - Last used 2025-11-11 07:32:46 - Nominate - Description - http://www.greektube.org/index.php?option=com_search&Itemid=&searchword=%s

echopage
NAME echopage - echo HTML wrapped in a valid page SYNOPSIS echopage [HTML TEXT] NOTES Idea by Trevor Creech <http://trevorcreech.com/> AUTHOR Stephen Paul Weber a.k.a. Singpolyma http://singpolyma.net/
68 uses - Created 2007-08-17 00:52:06 - Last used 2020-06-02 16:51:31 - Nominate - Description - echo <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head><title>echo</title></head> <body>%s</body> </html>

es-en
Traductor español-ingles con la pagina wordreference
68 uses - Created 2008-08-13 20:52:31 - Last used 2021-10-14 21:25:02 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=%s

noz

68 uses - Created 2008-08-13 22:27:01 - Last used 2020-05-10 10:29:04 - Nominate - Description - http://www.nozbe.com/account/next

verizonwireless
verizonwireless=https://login.verizonwireless.com/amserver/UI/Login?realm=vzw&goto=https%3A%2F%2Fmyaccount.verizonwireless.com%3A443%2Fclp%2Flogin
68 uses - Created 2008-09-07 23:49:16 - Last used 2024-11-07 15:47:30 - Nominate - Description - https://login.verizonwireless.com/amserver/UI/Login?realm=vzw&goto=https%3A%2F%2Fmyaccount.verizonwireless.com%3A443%2Fclp%2Flogin

gcsfd
Google powered site search of csfd.cz, the Czechoslovak Movie Database, if you trust Google search more then the site's own search. Example: to find information about movie Gladiator, use: gcsfd Gladiator
68 uses - Created 2008-10-05 10:32:56 - Last used 2014-09-03 05:25:44 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Acsfd.cz+%s

citsearch
I have combined all three caltech search (which I had created before) commands in one. Search directory, web, and donut directory. This will allow caltech students to look up other students easily. May not work well for request originating out of caltech subnet. Undergraduate directory is public only on campus. Siddharth Patel
68 uses - Created 2007-01-13 05:48:06 - Last used 2012-11-12 14:05:52 - Nominate - Description - split {url caltech %s} {url techdir %s} {url donut %s}

melissa

68 uses - Created 2007-02-14 07:23:28 - Last used 2022-09-20 08:05:03 - Nominate - Description - http://www.melissadata.com/Lookups/index.htm

slug
---------- Original implementation: Slug - a YubNub clone brought to you by YelloSoft.us MC Andre http://slug.yellosoft.us/?e=%s
68 uses - Created 2008-11-25 20:23:08 - Last used 2024-01-15 10:59:57 - Nominate - Description - https://www.google.com/search?q=slug

amzbuttonhtml
HTML to Preview button link before getting code. (Input: -asin -title) Wes Amazon.
68 uses - Created 2008-12-24 06:13:29 - Last used 2015-04-14 07:59:54 - Nominate - Description - echo <center><img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/aa/amazon/logo._V46788305_.gif" alt="Amazon.com"><br><b>${title}</b><br><a href="http://amazon.com/dp/${asin}/?tag=affiliateid-20"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/${asin}.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg" border="0" alt="Click for details..."><br>${title}</a><form method="GET" action="http://www.amazon.com/gp/aws/cart/add.html"><input type="hidden" name="AssociateTag" value="affiliateID-20"/><input type="hidden" name="SubscriptionId" value="0EMJ6TWAXGX6JF1NP202"/><input type="hidden" name="ASIN.1" value="${asin}"/><input type="hidden" name="Quantity.1" value="1"/><input type="image" name="add" value="Buy from Amazon.com" border="0" alt="Buy from Amazon.com" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/add-to-cart.gif"></form><br /><a href="http://yubnub.org/parser/parse?command=amzbuttoncode -asin ${asin} -title ${title}" />Get HTML Code</a></center>

sesli
Sesli sozluk is a very rich dictionary. Translates from English, German, Spanish to Turkish and vica versa
68 uses - Created 2009-01-19 03:03:20 - Last used 2015-04-14 07:58:47 - Nominate - Description - http://www.seslisozluk.com/?word=%s

nrk
NRK Nett-TV Search
68 uses - Created 2009-04-09 16:21:38 - Last used 2024-03-24 15:18:43 - Nominate - Description - http://www1.nrk.no/nett-tv/sok/%s

ucsd
NAME ucsd - Performs a regular search on the ucsd.edu webpage EXAMPLE ucsd financial aid NOTES The regular "Search" on ucsd.edu is powered by google. I'll update it soon to include the "People" search as well. AUTHOR Terry McCall <hagure (at) gmail (dot) com
68 uses - Created 2009-04-24 06:45:12 - Last used 2024-06-27 16:39:33 - Nominate - Description - http://www-act.ucsd.edu/cwp/tools/search?q=%s

lfmt
Last.fm tags search. (Alias of the 'ltag' command, because using the 'lfm' prefix makes more sense, imho.) Example: lfmt music to smoke - by norz
68 uses - Created 2009-04-25 14:40:01 - Last used 2011-08-08 15:22:36 - Nominate - Description - http://www.last.fm/search?m=tag&q=%s

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