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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".

eztv
Search for EZTV torrents in mininova. Example: eztv lost Example: eztv american chopper ---------- Old implementation: http://www.mininova.org/search/%s+eztv/added
2381 uses - Created 2006-09-10 20:17:07 - Last used 2025-08-29 22:48:40 - Nominate - Description - https://eztv.ag/search/%s

wc
Goes to the Wikimedia Commons page for the specified query. E.g. wc flags
2379 uses - Created 2005-09-01 11:02:05 - Last used 2026-07-13 11:26:53 - Nominate - Description - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s

tto
Nobody else here had useful torrent comments. It was weird.
2375 uses - Created 2006-08-10 05:06:07 - Last used 2017-08-09 13:29:07 - Nominate - Description - http://torrents.to/search/247/%s.html

rfc (Golden Egg)
Find an RFC (request for comment) by number. Example: rfc 2822 Or search on a keyword (thanks to Daniel Gurney for this improvement) Example: rfc icalendar
2369 uses - Created 2005-06-19 14:53:24 - Last used 2025-02-19 08:10:29 - Description - http://rfc.net/{ifThen -value1 %s -value2 9999 -test GREATER -then search.php3?phrase=%s -else rfc%s.html}

goo
Gamewinners is where you can find cheats.
2368 uses - Created 2005-06-13 23:21:09 - Last used 2026-07-10 07:54:04 - Nominate - Description - http://www.gamewinners.com

snote
USAGE: snote <sap_note_number> EXAMPLE: snote 903220 NOTE: you need a account and might have some display problems with automatic single sign on.
2367 uses - Created 2006-06-21 13:31:25 - Last used 2024-08-01 00:17:11 - Nominate - Description - https://service.sap.com/~form/handler?_APP=01100107900000000342&_EVENT=REDIR&_NNUM=%s

anon
Enter a URL to browse using an working anonymous CGIProxy from http://proxy.org/cgi_proxies.shtml. Usage: http://www.yubnub.org/test
2359 uses - Created 2005-11-04 00:56:10 - Last used 2025-04-10 08:35:17 - Nominate - Description - http://proxy.org/proxy.pl?url=%s&framed=no&proxy=random

gir
Google Image Ripper is a web tool which skips the thumbnail gallery when searching on Google Images
2358 uses - Created 2006-05-15 14:16:53 - Last used 2026-01-01 04:10:27 - Nominate - Description - http://dearcomputer.nl/gir/?q=%s

fiaf
Hace una busqueda en el nuevo sitio web de film affinity. Hecho por lalito bodoque.
2354 uses - Created 2013-05-28 10:59:02 - Last used 2026-08-01 10:40:16 - Nominate - Description - http://www.filmaffinity.com/es/search.php?stext=%s&stype=all

l
Make a short url out of a really long one. If the long url is "http://www.kjhgkghkjghkjg.net/something/somethingelse/index.htm" just type this to get a short URL: l http://www.kjhgkghkjghkjg.net/something/somethingelse/index.htm
2352 uses - Created 2005-06-28 02:39:30 - Last used 2026-08-24 05:38:47 - Nominate - Description - http://w3t.org/?url=%s

moma
Searching Google employee only search portal.
2351 uses - Created 2021-10-11 18:38:27 - Last used 2026-08-27 11:57:03 - Nominate - Description - https://moma.corp.google.com/search?q=%s

cnet
Search cnet.com
2350 uses - Created 2005-06-11 09:43:52 - Last used 2023-03-06 18:34:57 - Nominate - Description - http://cnet.search.com/search?chkpt=astg.cnet.fd.search.cnet&q=%s&tag=srch

lorem (Golden Egg)
generate Lorem Ipsum usage: lorem {number of paragraphs}
2341 uses - Created 2005-06-07 20:21:00 - Last used 2024-04-30 06:38:07 - Description - http://www.lipsum.com/feed/html?amount=%s

wppt
Portuguese Wikipedia search ---------- Old implementation: http://pt.wikipedia.org/?search=%s
2334 uses - Created 2005-11-16 16:52:45 - Last used 2026-04-10 04:34:13 - Nominate - Description - http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Especial:Search?search=%s&go=Ir

tweedit
Twitter search
2334 uses - Created 2008-09-16 05:53:04 - Last used 2012-07-30 20:05:38 - Nominate - Description - http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%s

gbooks
Query google books. An alias of the gbo command. Usage: gbooks foo returns digitized books from google containing the search string "foo" (in author, title, contents etc.).
2331 uses - Created 2010-07-29 08:41:28 - Last used 2026-07-26 13:02:19 - Nominate - Description - http://books.google.com/books?q=%s

gpla
Google Play search, to replace market search.
2330 uses - Created 2012-03-17 04:30:22 - Last used 2026-06-05 06:23:27 - Nominate - Description - https://play.google.com/store/search?q=%s

tts (Golden Egg)
Text-to-speech demo from AT&T Labs. Sounds amazing. Update: Mark Beutnagel at AT&T asked me if I would disable the direct link, as it is a research demo with limited resources. --Jon
2330 uses - Created 2005-06-07 05:52:24 - Last used 2026-08-17 02:18:30 - Description - http://www.research.att.com/projects/tts/demo.html?%s

apr
Search ArchLinux APR (Arch Package Repository). Usage: apr <package>
2329 uses - Created 2008-10-10 20:56:24 - Last used 2026-07-03 12:36:26 - Nominate - Description - http://www.archlinux.org/packages/?q=%s

idealo
German price comparison site idealo.de ---------- Old implementation: http://www.idealo.de/preisvergleich/MainSearchProductCategory.html?prodsearch.form.7240=%s&submit.hidden=&submitButton.x=26&submitButton.y=14&submitButton=submit
2323 uses - Created 2010-05-06 16:40:35 - Last used 2026-07-07 11:02:43 - Nominate - Description - http://www.idealo.de/preisvergleich/MainSearchProductCategory.html?q=%s

all
Search the web using AlltheWeb.com
2320 uses - Created 2005-11-04 12:53:09 - Last used 2026-07-08 08:35:24 - Nominate - Description - http://www.alltheweb.com/search?cat=web&cs=iso88591&q=%s&rys=0&itag=crv&_sb_lang=pref

meme-old
Search for articles on Encylopedia Dramatica, a wiki about memes and internet phenomenons.
2318 uses - Created 2006-08-30 13:47:14 - Last used 2017-04-09 06:54:12 - Nominate - Description - http://encyclopediadramatica.com/?search=%s

leau
Searches through 6000+ Leau.Net Archives ========== Old implementation: http://www.google.nl/custom?domains=www.de-leau.com&q=%s&sa=Zoeken&sitesearch=www.de-leau.com&client=pub-8649481488342718&forid=1&ie=ISO-8859-1&oe=ISO-8859-1&cof=GALT%3A%23008000%3BGL%3A1%3BDIV%3A%23336699%3BVLC%3A663399%3BAH%3Acenter%3BBGC%3AFFFFFF%3BLBGC%3A336699%3BALC%3A0000FF%3BLC%3A0000FF%3BT%3A000000%3BGFNT%3A0000FF%3BGIMP%3A0000FF%3BFORID%3A1%3B&hl=nl
2311 uses - Created 2006-01-08 00:44:29 - Last used 2026-01-01 04:11:51 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/custom?hl=en&client=pub-8649481488342718&channel=1690764549&cof=FORID%3A1%3BGL%3A1%3BL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fedward.de.leau.net%2Fimages%2Favatar.gif%3BLH%3A50%3BLW%3A36%3BLBGC%3Affffff%3BLC%3A%23000000%3BVLC%3A%23663399%3BGFNT%3A%230000ff%3BGIMP%3A%230000ff%3B&domains=edward.de.leau.net&sig=tNac8CcAR5TG_QAu&flav=0001&ie=ISO-8859-1&oe=ISO-8859-1&q=%s&btnG=Search&sitesearch=edward.de.leau.net

lexico
Lexico.com search, powered by Oxford’s free English and Spanish dictionaries
2311 uses - Created 2022-04-11 10:37:50 - Last used 2023-01-08 17:11:11 - Nominate - Description - https://www.lexico.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&filter=noad&dictionary=en&query=%s

hotel
Display hotels next to a place
2310 uses - Created 2008-01-10 16:01:16 - Last used 2026-08-18 06:52:03 - Nominate - Description - http://www.tvtrip.com/desambiguation?des=%s

Dpost
Submit a url to delicius. You don't have to write your user name but must be logged
2310 uses - Created 2005-12-27 13:40:11 - Last used 2017-07-15 03:05:59 - Nominate - Description - http://del.icio.us/post/?url=%s

picasa
Opens personal Picasa Web Album (Google)
2308 uses - Created 2006-08-11 14:31:56 - Last used 2021-08-28 17:29:47 - Nominate - Description - http://picasaweb.google.com/{eop lh/searchbrowse?q=@%s@}

4chan
Takes you to 4chan.org. If you don't know what 4chan is, I would advise against using this command (NSFW)
2302 uses - Created 2005-06-21 16:01:20 - Last used 2025-12-03 14:15:49 - Nominate - Description - http://4chan.org

perldoc
Searches perldoc.perl.org
2302 uses - Created 2005-06-16 13:10:17 - Last used 2023-12-02 23:18:42 - Nominate - Description - http://perldoc.perl.org/search.html?q=%s

pstr
NAME pstr - parametrized super tr - a better google translation command EXAMPLES pstr -from en -to fr -text hello pstr -from en -to es -text yugo pstr -from de -to en -text schwester A parametrized ancestor command of str. It could all go into one command but using parameters allows for the word shuffling to take way less command calls. SEE ALSO: tr, str AUTHOR elzr.com
2298 uses - Created 2007-10-06 08:22:52 - Last used 2014-03-28 02:31:44 - Nominate - Description - split {url tr ${from} ${to} ${text}} {url tr ${to} ${from} ${text}}

sines
Diccionario de sinónimos español Espasa-Calpe Spanish synonym dictionary
2296 uses - Created 2006-01-29 21:15:39 - Last used 2026-08-21 03:54:07 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wordreference.com/sinonimos/%s

gblogs
Searches Google Blog Search (in English) for the requested keyword(s). Example: gblogs tom tancredo
2296 uses - Created 2005-09-17 04:18:14 - Last used 2014-05-25 11:22:22 - Nominate - Description - http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?hl=en&q=%s

old!ls
Works just as "ls" in YubNub, but shows all YubNub (aliases) commands. SYNTAX !ls [search parameters] (searches all of your YubNub (aliases) command.) !ls (views all of your YubNub (aliases) commands.) WHAT IS YUBNUB (ALIASES)? YubNub (aliases) is an extension for YubNub allowing you to create your own commands, shortcuts, memos, etc. using a YubNub-based cookies system. HOW DO I USE YUBNUB (ALIASES)? YubNub (aliases) uses several YubNub commands to operate properly.In order to set a personal …
2280 uses - Created 2006-02-01 14:05:34 - Last used 2017-05-18 13:47:52 - Nominate - Description - http://www.jakeisgod.com/yubnub/aliases/jobactions.cfm?action=ls&s=%s

ws
Searches Wikisource, the online collection of free content source texts. ws [searchterm]
2279 uses - Created 2005-06-21 13:14:10 - Last used 2026-08-27 16:23:40 - Nominate - Description - http://en.wikisource.org/?search=%s

m_
Search Megaupload through FilesTube meta search engine.
2279 uses - Created 2010-04-18 12:41:06 - Last used 2024-01-14 11:40:15 - Nominate - Description - http://www.filestube.com/search.html?select=All&hosting=3&q=%s

βκ
Searches a word in el.wiktionary.org.
2275 uses - Created 2018-02-22 22:29:38 - Last used 2025-12-25 16:24:35 - Nominate - Description - https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%s

domstr
Search the Dominion Strategy wiki for the card game Dominion
2271 uses - Created 2019-05-04 21:06:43 - Last used 2026-05-19 18:35:47 - Nominate - Description - http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?search=%s

eksi
Search sourtimes.org ---------- Old implementation: http://sozluk.sourtimes.org/show.asp?t=%s
2267 uses - Created 2006-01-17 01:44:23 - Last used 2018-01-24 05:02:00 - Nominate - Description - http://www.eksisozluk.com/show.asp?t=%s

bbn
BBC News (the existing command 'bbcnews' was far too much typing :P)
2265 uses - Created 2005-11-05 15:59:51 - Last used 2017-02-08 15:03:28 - Nominate - Description - http://news.bbc.co.uk/

youporn

2263 uses - Created 2007-03-27 12:51:00 - Last used 2026-01-29 08:29:41 - Nominate - Description - http://www.shufuni.com

wt
Wikitravel search. Find guides to destinations, travel subjects, itineraries.
2262 uses - Created 2005-07-09 16:34:17 - Last used 2025-09-09 10:31:00 - Nominate - Description - http://wikitravel.org/en/Special:Search?search=%s

j2e
Japanese to English translation Example: j2e shigoto
2248 uses - Created 2008-03-20 09:36:27 - Last used 2025-09-10 22:50:23 - Nominate - Description - http://jisho.org/words?jap=%s&dict=edict

why
Ask Yahoo! Answers.
2247 uses - Created 2006-01-09 01:38:57 - Last used 2026-08-21 10:27:23 - Nominate - Description - http://answers.yahoo.com/search/search_result;_ylt=ArvXfSCOVpl5f4Eh8WY1Mrnpy6IX?p=%s

eclipse
Search the eclipse documentation.
2247 uses - Created 2005-08-22 15:47:59 - Last used 2026-08-27 05:10:15 - Nominate - Description - http://help.eclipse.org/help30/advanced/search.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/api/org/eclipse/core/resources/IFile.html?searchWord=%s&maxHits=500&workingSet=All%20topics

fin
Google Finance stock information
2243 uses - Created 2008-08-03 05:11:10 - Last used 2026-04-03 10:20:50 - Nominate - Description - http://finance.google.com/finance?q=%s

@@
Use Gmail enabled with multiple accounts switching. "@@ <mailbox_number>" leads to https://mail.google.com/mail/u/<mailbox_number> Example: - @@ 0 goes to https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0 - @@ 1 goes to https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1
2241 uses - Created 2010-10-18 08:01:09 - Last used 2019-03-18 06:19:47 - Nominate - Description - https://mail.google.com/mail/u/%s/?nobrowsercheck

wppl
Polish Wikipedia
2240 uses - Created 2005-06-21 09:49:52 - Last used 2026-08-18 12:28:24 - Nominate - Description - http://pl.wikipedia.org/?search=%s[use %20 for spaces]

dogpile (Golden Egg)
An alias for pile.
2233 uses - Created 2005-06-11 20:50:36 - Last used 2024-12-09 17:46:51 - Description - http://www.dogpile.com/info.dogpl/search/web/%s

gig
Search using GOOGLE Personal Homepage http://google/ig To use, type "gig" in yubnub then "whatever" ><>MAXINE/F/M/1950/Grandma<>< MKBowen@aol.com 12/20/2006 ;D
2233 uses - Created 2005-12-20 22:37:46 - Last used 2025-07-01 08:19:36 - Nominate - Description - http://google.com/ig?q=%s

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