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".

mgd

36 uses - Created 2010-01-25 09:01:16 - Last used 2012-01-17 19:35:47 - Nominate - Description - http://megadownload.net/search/%s/all.html

subscribe
web proxy subscription
36 uses - Created 2010-02-11 16:52:34 - Last used 2017-01-18 15:46:51 - Nominate - Description - http://www.bravemile.com/cgi-bin/kj.cgi?e=%s

playpage
NAME playpage - Stream mp3s from a page SYNOPSIS playpage [URL OF PAGE WITH MP3S LINKED] EXAMPLES playpage http://armknecht.com/chickenfat/ << displays a link that streams all the mp3s linked at this url. This command uses the Yahoo Media Player to play all the mp3s embedded in a webpage. NOTES Technical details are here: http://developer.yahoo.net/blog/archives/2008/02/yahoo_media_pla.html AUTHOR Brian Armknecht b.a.
36 uses - Created 2010-03-03 21:13:19 - Last used 2014-10-01 10:43:13 - Nominate - Description - echo <script type="text/javascript" src="http://mediaplayer.yahoo.com/js"></script><a class="playthispage" href="%s">Play the mp3s at %s</a>. <a href="%s">Visit %s</a>.

defin
Definition of the word from Google Dictionary (http://www.google.com/dictionary) Example: defin part (defines "part")
36 uses - Created 2010-03-13 03:25:51 - Last used 2022-12-12 10:38:09 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/dictionary?langpair=en|en&q=%s

tcodemap
NAME tcodemap - opens the lat/long coordinates in Google Maps. SYNOPSIS tcodemap -pt [POINT] The tcodemap command uses Tiny Geo-coder to generate the latitude/ longitude coordinates for a given place or point and opens them via Google Maps. EXAMPLES Example: tcodemap New York Example: tcodemap Yellowstone SEE ALSO http://maps.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=18539 AUTHOR Paul M. Boren pmboren AT gmail DOT com
36 uses - Created 2010-05-09 06:06:58 - Last used 2016-03-25 10:30:57 - Nominate - Description - gmaps {tcode ${pt}}

whois2
Get information about the owner of a domain in plain text. USAGE whois2 <domain name> EXAMPLES whois2 google.com whois2 wikipedia.org INCORRECT USAGE whois http://www.google.es whois www.microsoft.com whois en.wikipedia.org
36 uses - Created 2008-06-13 10:25:30 - Last used 2012-09-26 19:33:47 - Nominate - Description - http://www.hq42.net/cgi-bin/whois.cgi?ip_address=%s[post]

vndb
The Visual Novel Database
36 uses - Created 2008-07-02 13:19:22 - Last used 2015-12-13 08:39:36 - Nominate - Description - http://vndb.org/v/search?sq=%s

dawn

36 uses - Created 2008-07-12 08:37:47 - Last used 2025-10-12 02:01:29 - Nominate - Description - http://www.dawn.com

intelcpu
Intel Processor Spec Finder
36 uses - Created 2008-07-18 08:12:54 - Last used 2010-04-13 15:06:40 - Nominate - Description - http://processorfinder.intel.com/List.aspx?ParentRadio=All&ProcFam=0&SearchKey=%s

pdp
Search entire posts on the PeerDen torrent site & display the results via thread
36 uses - Created 2008-08-12 14:33:28 - Last used 2025-08-30 12:21:29 - Nominate - Description - http://www.peerden.com/search.php?s=&do=process&searchthreadid=&titleonly=0&query=%s

pdm
Please Dress Me Search. T-Shirt search engine. Example: pdm beer
36 uses - Created 2008-09-03 14:35:57 - Last used 2024-03-27 11:23:21 - Nominate - Description - http://www.pleasedress.me/?q=%s

Cws
Searches the Computer Weekly website from Reed. It's refined so that it will *only* search the CW site, not bring in other results.
36 uses - Created 2008-02-06 10:18:25 - Last used 2025-06-19 16:12:04 - Nominate - Description - http://www.computerweekly.com/SearchServices/Search.aspx?o=&sKeywords=%s&content=site&cat=&searchType=site&sortBy=Relevance&filter=0

subsrc
Search for movie subtitles at subtitlesource.org ~ Author: guglielf <guglielf at gmail dot com> ~
36 uses - Created 2008-02-12 23:10:25 - Last used 2021-02-05 08:03:03 - Nominate - Description - http://www.subtitlesource.org/searchresult.php?q=%s

tur
Turkishdictionary.net Turkish -> English Dictionary. Example: tur seksi
36 uses - Created 2008-02-22 01:43:54 - Last used 2023-08-14 17:50:11 - Nominate - Description - http://www.turkishdictionary.net/?word=%s

Harvest
Welcome to Harvest Properties would like to assist you in finding the perfect property. At harvest, we back our knowledge in the real estate market with years of experience.
36 uses - Created 2008-03-26 11:30:04 - Last used 2025-12-05 09:32:30 - Nominate - Description - http://www.harvestre.com/

nooz
Mashes Drudge Report and CNN
36 uses - Created 2008-04-30 16:44:20 - Last used 2008-06-20 20:14:56 - Nominate - Description - mash drud cnn

ddn
Awesomely fast dictionary at dict.die.net with multiple sources and a clean look. Usage: ddn [word]
36 uses - Created 2008-06-02 22:53:37 - Last used 2024-02-22 04:48:19 - Nominate - Description - http://%s.dict.die.net/

gosh
Use goosh.org to search with google.
36 uses - Created 2008-06-03 15:24:27 - Last used 2013-12-01 08:28:02 - Nominate - Description - http://goosh.org/?q=s %s

tweets
Search twitter tweets with tweetscan
36 uses - Created 2008-06-07 08:54:43 - Last used 2017-03-18 10:53:29 - Nominate - Description - http://tweetscan.com/index.php?s=%s&u=&d=

remb
Add a new Bible memory verse. Remember Me offers various options to save a Bible memory text to your phone. Make the most of every opportunity. Remember Me works because you can take the one minute during which you are walking to your car or ten minutes while you are eating Muesli in the morning to memorize Scripture. Keep it with you and use it during those natural pause moments of life.
36 uses - Created 2017-12-08 13:40:00 - Last used 2019-05-06 02:01:13 - Nominate - Description - http://my.remem.me/verses

tr*
Translates the given text from the first language to the second language, courtesy of Google Translate in 2021.. The above example translates "phrase to be translated" from English (en) to Spanish (es). English ............ en Spanish ............ es Chinese (Simplified) zh-CN French ............. fr German ............. de Italian ............ it Japanese ........... ja Korean ............. ko Portuguese ......... pt
36 uses - Created 2022-02-08 05:52:52 - Last used 2022-07-21 16:46:21 - Nominate - Description - https://translate.google.com/?sl={% 1 %s}&tl={% 2 %s}&text={% 3- %s}&op=translate

fans

36 uses - Created 2026-06-11 01:50:40 - Last used 2026-07-20 04:02:38 - Nominate - Description - https://fans.rip/search/%s/

scihubtv
Search URLs on sci-hub.tv
35 uses - Created 2018-02-20 05:59:34 - Last used 2023-12-06 03:07:39 - Nominate - Description - http://sci-hub.tv/http://sci-hub.tv/%s

idp
IDope Search
35 uses - Created 2018-03-06 18:00:27 - Last used 2020-12-14 10:25:13 - Nominate - Description - https://idope.se/torrent-list/%s/

ocfx
Search OnChainFX for a given asset (e.g. ocfx ethereum, or ocfx bitcoin). If the asset is multi-word (e.g. Bitcoin Cash), use a dash. Example: ocfx bitcoin-cash
35 uses - Created 2018-03-29 15:19:21 - Last used 2018-09-20 14:26:31 - Nominate - Description - https://onchainfx.com/asset/%s

audi
General Audible search for particular audiobooks and/or authors.
35 uses - Created 2018-10-07 05:51:40 - Last used 2026-06-08 14:20:00 - Nominate - Description - https://www.audible.com/search?keywords=%s

redditle
Search redditle.com, a search engine that searches Reddit only
35 uses - Created 2022-04-29 11:55:28 - Last used 2023-10-29 06:58:22 - Nominate - Description - https://redditle.com/search?q=%s

Riley
Fbo website Hoes
35 uses - Created 2007-09-11 13:17:27 - Last used 2022-10-17 18:57:01 - Nominate - Description - http://faribault.com

tdu
search tudou.com
35 uses - Created 2007-09-20 14:25:09 - Last used 2011-07-14 09:45:50 - Nominate - Description - http://www.tudou.com/search/programs/?posto=%2Fsearch%2Fprograms%2F&nav_search_target=0&comefrom=1&kw=%s

meg
To get to the main page of Megan-Koss.net!
35 uses - Created 2007-11-19 01:23:53 - Last used 2023-06-05 05:39:33 - Nominate - Description - http://www.megan-koss.net

gco

35 uses - Created 2007-11-28 11:31:07 - Last used 2016-04-21 02:56:23 - Nominate - Description - http://mail.google.com/mail/contacts/ui/ContactManager

hwik
searches heroes wiki (heroeswiki.com) for given string e.g 'hwik claire' searches for claire if its a real article or close enough the wiki should redirect to the page you want also accepts multi word args, like 'hwik group of 12'
35 uses - Created 2008-11-16 21:31:58 - Last used 2019-05-14 04:46:34 - Nominate - Description - http://heroeswiki.com/Special:Search?search=%s&go=Go

hakia
Search with Hakia.com, semantic search engine
35 uses - Created 2008-11-17 17:34:27 - Last used 2020-10-07 09:13:43 - Nominate - Description - http://www.hakia.com/search.aspx?lang=nl&q=%s

htag
looks up the text at http://hashtags.org
35 uses - Created 2008-12-02 10:48:55 - Last used 2020-08-31 10:55:20 - Nominate - Description - http://www.hashtags.org/tag/%s/

amimg2
More fun for Wes.
35 uses - Created 2008-12-18 15:15:56 - Last used 2008-12-30 17:59:11 - Nominate - Description - echo <a href="http://amazon.com/dp/%s/?tag=affiliateid-20"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/%s.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg"> PUT TITLE HERE</a> <a href="http://amazon.com/dp/%s/?tag=affiliateid-20"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/%s.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg"> PUT TITLE HERE</a> <a href="http://amazon.com/dp/%s/?tag=affiliateid-20"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/%s.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg"> PRODUCT NAME HERE</a> <a href="http://amazon.com/dp/%s/?tag=affiliateid-20"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/%s.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg"> PRODUCT NAME HERE</a> <a href="http://amazon.com/dp/%s/?tag=affiliateid-20"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/%s.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg"> LINK TEXT HERE</a> <a href="http://amazon.com/dp/%s/?tag=affiliateid-20"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/%s.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg"> LINK TEXT HERE</a>

jorno
Wall Street Journal... In Today's Paper page
35 uses - Created 2008-12-24 15:59:21 - Last used 2016-01-13 13:55:11 - Nominate - Description - http://online.wsj.com/public/page/us_in_todays_paper.html

difm
Digital Imported Radio
35 uses - Created 2008-12-29 14:38:55 - Last used 2024-02-27 22:41:16 - Nominate - Description - http://www.di.fm/

lingg
puts Linux filter on Google Search
35 uses - Created 2009-01-03 17:25:33 - Last used 2012-02-12 17:25:36 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/linux?hl=en&q=%s

hackn
Loads Ycombinator's Hacker News - http://news.ycombinator.com/
35 uses - Created 2009-02-25 14:39:12 - Last used 2023-08-19 17:25:49 - Nominate - Description - http://news.ycombinator.com/

transdk
Translate from danish to english on google translate
35 uses - Created 2009-04-14 15:04:05 - Last used 2010-06-09 09:44:48 - Nominate - Description - http://translate.google.dk/translate_t#da|en|%s

tors
Google Torrent Search - The New Pirate Bay
35 uses - Created 2009-04-21 00:25:52 - Last used 2023-05-04 18:52:43 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/custom?hl=en&client=google-coop&cof=FORID%3A13%3BAH%3Aleft%3BCX%3ATorrent%2520Search%3BL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fcoop%2Fintl%2Fen-US%2Fimages%2Fcustom_search_sm.gif%3BLH%3A65%3BLP%3A1%3BVLC%3A%23551a8b%3BGFNT%3A%23666666%3BDIV%3A%23cccccc%3B&adkw=AELymgXuBvRn6AlpKJBYIN2I7e4KVbkn9JCglTqqMe88WIU7Cu0cgwwW5x86eAmbUlIMiMM9iCRT1iFcCN1okx8SLfIcClNK0dRXiOwAIkvDb_rOlsMcidg&boostcse=0&q=%s&btnG=Search&cx=003849996876419856805%3Aerhhdbygrma

sploed
Searches the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) via the Seatle Public Library (SPL) online proxy. You must be a member of SPL and authenticate in order to use it.
35 uses - Created 2009-04-21 16:10:13 - Last used 2016-07-06 16:12:58 - Nominate - Description - http://dictionary.oed.com.ezproxy.spl.org:2048/cgi/findword?query_type=word&queryword=%s&find.x=0&find.y=0&find=Find+word

flki
Flickr full text search, with results as thumbnails, sorted by interestingness. From there, you can click on 'slideshow' on the right (or use the cooliris plugin). (NB: 'flk' command does full text search, with results as detail, sorted by relevancy.)
35 uses - Created 2009-04-28 10:51:16 - Last used 2009-12-23 10:13:48 - Nominate - Description - http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=%s&z=t&ss=2&s=int

bsg
To watch episodes of battlestar gallactica from seasons 1, 2 and 3.
35 uses - Created 2006-12-30 11:46:20 - Last used 2013-10-27 18:31:11 - Nominate - Description - http://www.alluc.org/alluc/tv-shows.html?action=getviewcategory&category_uid=510

:-)
Search for funny videos, pictures/images, jokes, and online flash games.
35 uses - Created 2007-01-03 18:43:34 - Last used 2013-03-20 11:13:31 - Nominate - Description - http://www.dork.tv/search?q=%s

nbl
Search the Newport Beach Public Library
35 uses - Created 2007-01-05 01:07:57 - Last used 2011-03-10 16:47:37 - Nominate - Description - http://aquabrowser.city.newport-beach.ca.us/result.asp?cmd=find&q=%s&si=user&inlibrary=true&noext=true&debugkey=&lastquery=crichton&lsi=user&uilang=en&searchmode=assoc&hardsort=rank&skin=hybrid-blue&c_over=1&branch=&ref=&curpage=1&hrecpos=0&aquamode=aqua

frsp
Translate French to Spanish with wordreference
35 uses - Created 2007-01-23 15:35:23 - Last used 2014-02-25 08:37:42 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wordreference.com/fres/%s

zproxy
Proxify a url.
35 uses - Created 2007-01-24 17:33:09 - Last used 2024-04-11 02:36:04 - Nominate - Description - http://z.zootboy.com/nph-proxy.cgi/000110A/http/%s

siss
Sports Illustrated Swim Suit Gallery Example: siss [year] - defaults to year of the current date - 40 days
35 uses - Created 2007-02-14 22:11:00 - Last used 2009-10-05 18:15:12 - Nominate - Description - http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/{ifempty -value %s -then {date -format Y -offset -40} -else %s}_swimsuit

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