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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".

ukmap (Golden Egg)
Map of the UK, given a postcode. Uses multimap
55 uses - Created 2005-06-20 21:30:51 - Last used 2008-06-09 22:51:52 - Description - http://www.multimap.com/map/places.cgi?quicksearch=%s&client=public&lang=&advanced=

mds
Testing
55 uses - Created 2005-06-22 04:30:56 - Last used 2020-06-10 11:23:28 - Nominate - Description - http://flickr.com?q=%s

ax
Opens the AIM website so you can open AIM express.
55 uses - Created 2005-06-30 15:04:13 - Last used 2024-07-16 02:51:47 - Nominate - Description - http://www.aim.com

chips
CHIP Forum Search
55 uses - Created 2005-07-01 04:17:01 - Last used 2024-07-15 18:59:31 - Nominate - Description - http://www.chip.ro/forum/search.php?search_keywords=%s

student
Student Universe - Travel site run by Orbitz
55 uses - Created 2005-07-01 11:32:16 - Last used 2024-12-09 13:26:46 - Nominate - Description - http://www.studentuniverse.com/fly/search

defw
Returns a Wiktionary definition of a word. Example: defw nebula
55 uses - Created 2005-07-08 07:58:15 - Last used 2020-10-24 05:32:28 - Nominate - Description - http://efridge.net/yubnub/parse.php?ynp_tokens[]=%3C/ol%3E&ynp_tokens[]=%3Col%3E&ynp_dirs[]=0&ynp_dirs[]=1&yndesturl=http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%s&yncmd=${COMMAND}

polo
Feel like shopping for tacky, overpriced clothes? Go to Polo Ralph Lauren's website here.
55 uses - Created 2005-07-16 13:11:22 - Last used 2022-12-08 16:55:34 - Nominate - Description - http://www.polo.com

rlater
Instapaper. The best newspaper in the universe. How it works 1. You find something you want to read, but you don't have time now. You click . 2. When you have time to read, you come here on your computer or phone and get whatever you wanted to read. To mark "Read Later" (rlater) the current web page of your browser, just type the command "rlater". Example: rlater
55 uses - Created 2008-02-01 13:40:26 - Last used 2012-02-22 05:50:40 - Nominate - Description - http://javascript:var d=document,w=window,e=w.getSelection,k=d.getSelection,x=d.selection,s=(e?e():(k)?k():(x?x.createRange().text:0)),f='http://www.instapaper.com/b',l=d.location,e=encodeURIComponent,p='?v=3&u='+e(l.href) +'&t='+e(d.title) +'&s='+e(s),u=f+p;try{if(!/^(.*\.)?instapaper([^.]*)?$/.test(l.host))throw(0);iptstbt();}catch(z){a =function(){if(!w.open(u,'t','toolbar=0,resizable=0,status=1,width=250,height=150'))l.href=u;};if(/Firefox/.test(navigator.userAgent))setTimeout(a,0);else a();}void(0)

lap
A lap.hu oldalak között keres. Ékezetekkel sajnos nem működik. (Search in a popular Hungarian link-catalog)
55 uses - Created 2008-02-26 23:33:33 - Last used 2020-03-17 04:59:09 - Nominate - Description - lap: http://www.tango.hu/catalog.php?q={iconv -to WINDOWS-1250 -str %s}

dah
Searches in Debian GNU/Linux websites, DebianAdmin.com and DebianHelp.co.uk via Google. [Debian Admin Help]
55 uses - Created 2008-04-18 12:38:01 - Last used 2021-05-05 06:27:03 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%s+site%3Awww.debianadmin.com+OR+site%3Awww.debianhelp.co.uk&btnG=Search

lsb
Search on LinuxSwords Blog
55 uses - Created 2008-08-06 18:29:13 - Last used 2024-03-01 08:10:54 - Nominate - Description - http://blog.mjava.ch/?s=%s

gmg
Google minus Google. Search Google without results from Knol, Blogger, YouTube, Jaiku, Gmail and Blogspot
55 uses - Created 2008-08-19 17:19:09 - Last used 2025-02-23 21:30:44 - Nominate - Description - http://www.startupbin.com/google-google/search.php?cx=013624267394337592694%3A1i_jpk_znwu&cof=FORID%3A9&ie=UTF-8&q=%s&sa=Search

goit

55 uses - Created 2008-10-08 10:56:54 - Last used 2013-10-13 04:25:56 - Nominate - Description - http://eam.go-dove.com/en/equipmentdetails.asp?sOfferID=%s

finch
Finch makes slow Internet bearable, by stripping away the fat of web pages, leaving just the content. It takes out CSS, images, flash, metadata, iframes, and more, meaning less for your computer to load. For example, the New York Times homepage is over 110KB, and uses external resources (images, scripts, what have you) that make it amount to about 1.4MB. Finch trims that down to 84KB, which doesn't look as pretty, but is 94% less for your computer to download. Just put the UR
55 uses - Created 2008-10-14 00:00:59 - Last used 2022-11-25 19:15:09 - Nominate - Description - http://finch.ploogy.net/finch/%s/

uta
University of Texas at Arlington homepage search, UTA homepage search
55 uses - Created 2008-11-06 19:54:32 - Last used 2018-08-02 05:14:28 - Nominate - Description - http://www.googlesyndicatedsearch.com/u/uta?q=%s&domains=uta.edu&sitesearch=uta.edu&x=0&y=0

newsid
Newsid
55 uses - Created 2006-12-22 20:56:07 - Last used 2011-11-01 08:53:52 - Nominate - Description - http://download.sysinternals.com/Files/NewSid.zip

tcs
Search TechCrunch posts
55 uses - Created 2007-01-03 22:47:40 - Last used 2024-12-25 04:54:56 - Nominate - Description - http://www.techcrunch.com/?s=%s

fbmp3
takes an URL of an mp3 and then plays it in the Facebook SWF MP3 player
55 uses - Created 2007-02-02 15:53:31 - Last used 2012-07-04 15:00:15 - Nominate - Description - http://static.ak.facebook.com/swf/mp3.swf?src=%s&song=%s

jux2
jux2 <query> Searches 'query' in jux2 meta search engine. You can compare the leading search engines and see the relevant results.
55 uses - Created 2007-02-15 21:07:55 - Last used 2016-08-24 02:06:23 - Nominate - Description - http://www.jux2.com/best.php?e=0&q=%s&Submit=search

dwiki
Wikipedia full text search in german language.
55 uses - Created 2007-04-12 09:54:04 - Last used 2019-04-03 05:55:20 - Nominate - Description - http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spezial:Suche?search=%s&fulltext=Volltext

tfa
Search torrent site torrentsforall.net Syntax: tfa [search string] Example: tfa family guy
55 uses - Created 2007-10-01 05:39:53 - Last used 2017-01-28 17:49:11 - Nominate - Description - http://www.torrentsforall.net/browse.php?search=%s

stdir
search Streetdirectory.com
55 uses - Created 2007-10-13 02:25:44 - Last used 2008-07-16 02:18:36 - Nominate - Description - http://www.streetdirectory.com/asia_travel/search/?q=%s

dfus
Deadfrog.us
55 uses - Created 2007-10-29 14:54:14 - Last used 2011-08-10 02:01:02 - Nominate - Description - http://www.deadfrog.us/index.php?act=search&query=%s

exploseek
Send a string to the Exploseek music meta-search. It seems to handle phrases in quotation marks a little strangely. I haven't figured out whether it will work better with our without quotation marks. Settings: search for music, "All Words" option on ("Smart Exact" option off) Example: exploseek beyond the sea
55 uses - Created 2007-11-06 16:21:04 - Last used 2025-06-27 23:05:50 - Nominate - Description - http://exploseek.com/search.php?s=music&a=%s&exact=yes&seek=Exploseek

sayen
Search english pronunciation on howjsay.com
55 uses - Created 2007-12-11 11:41:05 - Last used 2012-05-24 09:07:24 - Nominate - Description - http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=%s&submit=Submit

myb

55 uses - Created 2007-12-13 21:55:17 - Last used 2014-11-19 01:51:20 - Nominate - Description - http://www.myyearbook.com/?mysession=cmVnaXN0cmF0aW9uX2hvbWU=

delp
A shorter version of postdelicious. Save the current URL to your del.icio.us bookmarks. Usage: delp (no argument needed)
55 uses - Created 2007-12-24 23:31:39 - Last used 2014-12-02 04:13:05 - Nominate - Description - script javascript:location.href='http://del.icio.us/post?v=4;url='+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+';title='+encodeURIComponent(document.title)

javachess
Opens up a new game of Java TkChess.
55 uses - Created 2007-12-27 13:09:02 - Last used 2008-03-25 18:00:05 - Nominate - Description - http://pine.cs.yale.edu/java/chess.html

dpdde
Track a shipment with DPD (Germany). Simply add the trackingnumber after the command.
55 uses - Created 2009-01-19 13:12:53 - Last used 2012-07-21 19:18:20 - Nominate - Description - http://extranet.dpd.de/cgi-bin/delistrack?typ=1&lang=de&pknr=%s&submit=Suchen

aetas
Performs a Google Books Search for full view content (both books and magazines) published in the so-called "aetas kantiana", that is, between 1781 and 1804
55 uses - Created 2009-03-26 23:12:28 - Last used 2020-10-06 03:16:03 - Nominate - Description - http://books.google.com/books?lr=&as_brr=1&q=%s&btnG=Search+Books&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=12&as_miny_is=1781&as_maxm_is=1&as_maxy_is=1804

gtasks

55 uses - Created 2009-03-28 07:46:16 - Last used 2023-06-18 20:13:24 - Nominate - Description - http://gmail.com/tasks

bbcws
BBC world service homepage
55 uses - Created 2009-04-04 14:57:57 - Last used 2013-05-08 02:53:29 - Nominate - Description - http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/

nao-user
This command will look up the specified user on NAO (nethack.alt.org) Example: nao Octavious
55 uses - Created 2009-05-04 18:34:45 - Last used 2011-01-03 19:24:30 - Nominate - Description - http://alt.org/nethack/plr.php?player=%s

imdbsp
Find the films at spanish.imdb.com Just type the title of the film. Example: imdbsp el dia de la bestia
55 uses - Created 2009-05-11 10:11:44 - Last used 2016-02-29 13:01:58 - Nominate - Description - http://spanish.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=%s

finn
finn.no finn-kode søk
55 uses - Created 2009-08-04 12:33:09 - Last used 2025-11-29 20:32:38 - Nominate - Description - http://www.finn.no/finn/boat/object?finnkode=%s

fluidicons
Searches the group pool of icons for various Web Apps. Originally intended for Fluid Site-Specific Browser users, this resource has plenty of high resolution icons for use just about anywhere Example: To find icons for Pandora: fluidicons Pandora
55 uses - Created 2009-10-23 02:12:36 - Last used 2018-12-30 08:27:48 - Nominate - Description - http://www.flickr.com/search/groups/?q=%s&w=636943%40N22&m=pool

gbip
ISBN search on Global Books in Print for Canadian and USA markets. Requires a subscription to the Global Books in Print service.
55 uses - Created 2009-12-21 22:08:16 - Last used 2010-04-22 20:08:51 - Nominate - Description - http://www.globalbooksinprint.com/merge_shared/Search/SearchResult.asp?Criteria1=ISBN%2FUPC&Action=Search&QueryMode=Simple&ResultTemplate=mgSearchResults_fl.hts&ScoreThreshold=0&ResultCount=25&SrchFrm=Home&navPage=1&CriteriaText1=%s&IMAGE1.x=18&IMAGE1.y=9&InPrint=InPrint&book=book&MarketAvailability=43|Canada&MarketAvailability=194|United+States

socment
Search with Social Mention. Social Mention is a social media search and analysis platform that aggregates user generated content from across the web's social media landscape into a single real-time stream of information. Social Mention monitors 100+ social media properties directly including: Twitter, Facebook, FriendFeed, YouTube, Digg, Google, etc. ~ Author: guglielf <guglielf at gmail dot com> ~
55 uses - Created 2009-12-28 16:08:59 - Last used 2017-05-05 02:40:52 - Nominate - Description - http://socialmention.com/search?q=%s&t=all&btnG=Search

dai
Daily ‘Nade is a blog about Urban Terror, a free to play online first person shooter. Here you can find resources and guides about weapons, equipments, tactics and so on. It’s the ideal place for both beginners and experienced players. We are a group of Urban Terror players from all around the world that wants to have fun and share our knowledge.
55 uses - Created 2010-01-26 03:03:53 - Last used 2021-10-20 10:10:38 - Nominate - Description - http://dailynade.com/

nabv
NAB Verse lookup. Looks up a verse in the USCCB NAB online. Examples: nabv 1chronicles nabv 1chronicles 3 nabv 1chronicles 3:2
55 uses - Created 2007-04-27 07:55:12 - Last used 2012-01-05 19:31:30 - Nominate - Description - {if {strLength {% 2 %s}} -then http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/{% 1 %s}/{% 1 %s}{% 2 {strReplace -find : -replace " " -string %s}}.htm#v{% 3 {strReplace -find : -replace " " -string %s}} -else http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/{% 1 %s}/{% 1 %s}1.htm} [no url encoding][use "" for spaces]

Gdocu
Utilises Google Documents. Usage - If you specify a parameter, it'll create a document with that name. If not, it'll list all google documents you have. You must be signed in to use this command, other wise it'll just return to the Google sign in screen.
55 uses - Created 2007-05-02 16:24:16 - Last used 2012-07-14 03:43:27 - Nominate - Description - http://docs.google.com/{eop ?action=newdoc&title=@%s@ -else ?action=all_docs}

superduper

55 uses - Created 2007-05-10 16:44:23 - Last used 2022-02-02 07:39:57 - Nominate - Description - http://disneychannel.com

href
href.nu - Make long URLs shorter by MCAndre
55 uses - Created 2007-08-08 19:15:57 - Last used 2017-05-15 06:53:17 - Nominate - Description - http://href.nu/cgi/new.rb?iri=%s

wlw
http://www.700wlw.com ~jbrown~
54 uses - Created 2007-06-13 14:56:19 - Last used 2025-09-05 14:34:43 - Nominate - Description - http://www.700wlw.com/

(
(=http://linuxnirvana.com/
54 uses - Created 2007-06-28 03:14:28 - Last used 2021-05-29 17:15:56 - Nominate - Description - http://linuxnirvana.com/

gli
search in google israel google.co.il
54 uses - Created 2007-07-14 10:20:28 - Last used 2023-05-11 08:43:03 - Nominate - Description - http://google.co.il/search?q=%s

ccm
Comment Ca Marche. French IT site http://www.commentcamarche.net/ Example: ccm BSOD Vista
54 uses - Created 2007-08-01 13:35:57 - Last used 2024-05-19 11:42:33 - Nominate - Description - http://www.commentcamarche.net/s/%s

mlg

54 uses - Created 2006-12-20 20:20:19 - Last used 2020-03-08 13:08:49 - Nominate - Description - http://www.mlgpro.com

brk
SYNOPSIS brk url EXAMPLE brk http://www.cnn.com Breaks out of the frame initiated by "cmd" or "cmdline" and refers the browser to the page indicated by the url parameter. If no url is specified, the user is directed to the YubNub page.
54 uses - Created 2006-12-27 17:45:59 - Last used 2012-04-04 01:27:11 - Nominate - Description - http://www.estes-family.org/breakout.php?u=%s

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