The Most-Used Commands
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ghacks
www.iplobster.com - ip | myip | my ip| whats my ip
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Created 2007-09-19 18:12:34
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2025-09-16 17:02:48
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http://www.ghacks.net/ip/
bobcat
Keyword search of the NYU library catalog, BobCat. This command has two parameters: key and word. -key sets the index type, and takes ti = title au = author sh = Library of Congress Subject Heading kw = all keywords among others. -word sets the actual terms of your search. E.g., bobcat -key au -word kant immanuel will return all books in the catalog with both "kant" and "immanuel" as the author.
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Created 2007-09-27 18:55:26
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2020-06-30 16:03:46
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http://library.nyu.edu/keywordsearch?database=ADVANCE&index1=${key}%3A&term1=${word}&
igoo
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Created 2007-10-06 20:04:30
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2013-06-05 01:23:16
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http://www.google.com/ig
wuzam2
Same as wuzam but fixed so you can type with spaces
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Created 2007-10-25 06:00:15
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2011-02-11 17:38:41
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http://www.wuzam.com/search.php?string=%s[use %20 for spaces]
dbpedia
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Created 2007-12-06 20:34:05
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2019-01-19 16:01:27
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http://dbpedia.org/
idf
Search for font name using identifont.
31 uses
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Created 2007-12-22 07:22:44
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2025-10-21 16:39:47
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http://www.identifont.com/find?font=%s&q=Go
gridnote
A grid of sticky notes. GridNote is a webpage of sticky notes that you can use to jot down things you need to remember (like a timesheet log, or restaurant prices, or calorie counts). GridNote uses a cookie to remember your notes - no database is involved, so your privacy is protected. These sticky notes are perfectly laid out for you. If you've got a third monitor or some extra screen real estate, try putting GridNote there.
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Created 2007-12-26 07:13:37
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2010-07-01 14:03:05
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http://jonathanaquino.com/gridnote
csp
A bookmark and search for the online, objective, free encyclopedia Cassiopedia. Just type 'csp' to go to the Cassiopedia homepage. Anything typed in after 'csp' will be searched for using the standard Cassiopedia search. Cassiopedia is a general encyclopedia that seeks to present objective knowledge in any field and about any topic. Cassiopedia is not serving any individual interest, its ambition is to be as close as possible to truth, thus Cassiopedia treats normal and also sensitive topics. U…
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Created 2007-10-08 00:28:54
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2026-03-19 11:02:29
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http://www.cassiopedia.org/wiki/{eop ?search=@%s@}
salad
Opens http://www.somafm.com/groovesalad.pls - Groove Salad Internet Radio
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Created 2007-10-25 18:31:41
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2020-04-05 00:03:01
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http://www.somafm.com/groovesalad.pls
rig
Generates a random identity. rig stands for Random Identity Generator
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Created 2007-12-24 00:48:46
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2017-12-10 10:07:16
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http://www.fakenamegenerator.com/gen-random-en-uk.php
cbt
Search in the c.b.t. online catalog
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Created 2008-01-03 16:01:56
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2024-10-29 04:24:14
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http://www.cbt.trentinocultura.net/LVbin//LibriVision/lv_search_form.html?SESSION_ID=1199341551_703571522&lv_action=LV_Search_Form&USER_LOGIN=demo&HTML_SEARCH_TYPE=SIMPLE&DB_ID[0]=8&LDB_NAME[0]=CBT
phpf
Use this command to search for PHP functions in the online docs. Remember to change all _'s with -'s - for example, mysql_connect must be mysql-connect or you will get no results.
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Created 2008-01-14 08:56:18
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2010-12-03 23:19:47
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http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.%s.php
sqwiki
To search wiki.squeak.org for a specific keyword.
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Created 2008-06-12 08:36:39
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2009-09-18 08:13:31
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http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/search?search=%s&casesensitive=false&and=true
mustrix
A version of tetris with the gameboy music, activated with 't'.
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Created 2008-06-23 01:17:27
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2011-03-05 21:22:26
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http://www.neave.com/games/nblox/play.php
elink
Perform searches for ELinks (Emule Links)
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Created 2008-06-23 22:47:37
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2015-10-22 05:29:48
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http://www.emugle.com/search.php?q=%s&t=All+categories&f=0&ex=&mins=&maxs=&avai=&Submit=Search+in+emugle
msnmoney
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Created 2008-07-18 21:49:48
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2011-02-16 18:36:04
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http://moneycentral.msn.com/detail/stock_quote?Symbol=%s
latex2gif
Convert TeX expression to gif image. Example: latex2gif \LaTeX Example: latex2gif m = \frac{m_0}{\sqrt{1-\frac{v^2}{c^2}}}
30 uses
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Created 2008-07-30 13:37:27
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2012-08-03 00:18:52
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http://www.codecogs.com/gif.latex?%s[use %20 for spaces]
sel
SearchEngineLand quick search.
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Created 2008-09-12 17:27:56
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2019-03-08 12:43:15
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http://search.searchengineland.com/search?w=%s
jfile
Searches the Jargon File.
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Created 2008-09-14 12:55:49
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2011-01-21 10:54:22
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http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Awww.catb.org%2Fjargon%2Fhtml+%s
sonypl
A command to search Sony's Polish website.
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Created 2008-09-19 08:16:01
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2009-02-05 12:58:56
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http://www.google.com/search?q=%s+site%3Asony.pl
gopubmed
Searches GoPubMed.
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Created 2008-09-23 07:29:29
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2010-08-21 14:31:34
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http://www.gopubmed.org/search?q=%s
ohloh
Ohloh is an open source directory that anyone can edit. It features comprehensive metrics and analysis on thousands of open source projects.
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Created 2008-11-03 13:14:38
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2017-01-19 07:05:36
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https://www.ohloh.net/
tdir
I thought the other commands for searching TigerDirect were too long to keep retyping.
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Created 2008-11-15 16:51:35
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2014-04-28 20:40:21
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http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/search.asp?keywords=%s&image1.x=0&image1.y=0
whost
Find out who is the hosting provider of any website using WhoIsHostingThis.com's services. Example: whost domain.com
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Created 2008-12-08 08:10:16
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2018-12-05 12:34:18
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http://www.whoishostingthis.com/%s
cprog
C++ Reference from www.cplusplus.com
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Created 2008-12-11 14:23:34
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2017-03-26 19:07:38
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http://www.cplusplus.com/query/search.cgi?q=%s
scam
Search through ComplaintsBoard.com to see if a company has received any scam complaints. Syntax: scam <company name> Example: scam Easy Money Online
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Created 2008-12-15 10:44:06
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2022-10-06 19:18:58
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http://www.complaintsboard.com/?search=%s
nysop
NYS Office of Professions License Verification
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Created 2008-12-30 16:25:35
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2014-01-29 07:16:22
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http://www.op.nysed.gov/opsearches.htm
dma
Looks up a word in the old italian De Mauro online dictionary.
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Created 2009-01-14 19:33:46
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2026-04-09 00:11:29
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http://old.demauroparavia.it/_%s
tracfone
TracFone is a cell phone company.
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Created 2009-01-21 03:39:09
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2018-11-28 08:31:36
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http://www.tracfone.com/
pert
Simple PERT calculation, taking in the best, likely, and worst case estimates. Example: Best 2 hours Likely 4 hours Worst 9 hours pert -a 2 -b 4 -c 9
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Created 2009-02-05 21:27:33
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2023-04-02 07:55:36
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http://www.google.com/search?q=(${a}%2B(4(${b}))%2B${c})%2F6&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
gbsj
google blog search (in Japanese only) ex)If you'd like to search "ドラえもん" gbsj ドラえもん
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Created 2009-02-23 02:22:58
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2011-02-13 09:27:24
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http://blogsearch.google.co.jp/blogsearch?hl=ja&ie=UTF-8&q=%s&btnG=%E3%83%96%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B0%E6%A4%9C%E7%B4%A2&lr=lang_ja
rstat
search ROLLYO for information related to the R statistical software (brought to you by Dan Goldstein)
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Created 2009-03-11 10:06:52
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2017-05-04 04:01:59
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http://www.rollyo.com/search.html?q=%s&x=22&y=8&sid=64453&togo-v=1
shd
Shahi is a visual dictionary that combines Wiktionary content with Flickr images, and more! / Example: shd word
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Created 2009-04-18 03:28:32
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2021-03-17 13:04:08
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http://blachan.com/shahi/%s
es2fr
Translate a spanish word to french via wordreference.com / Traduit un mot espagnol en français avec le site wordreference [log2g]
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Created 2009-06-07 09:06:11
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2013-08-28 01:42:06
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http://www.wordreference.com/esfr/%s
tan
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Created 2009-06-19 04:08:57
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2024-10-24 16:46:39
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http://www.gmail.com
serchilo
Use the service serchilo (similar to yubnub) To search via google for "pizza chicago" (as possible with yubnub) Example: serchilo g pizza chicago To show serchilo commands in the category "shopping" Example: serchilo wiki Category:Shopping
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Created 2009-06-20 15:45:04
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2015-12-30 05:33:25
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http://serchilo.net/%s
endless
sie deneme 1-2-3- hoooopppp deface :D turkishajan
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Created 2009-09-14 09:53:03
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2020-04-12 08:27:51
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http://endless
tarr
Submit a URL to the URL shortening service TinyArro.ws. This service uses Unicode characters to provide extremely short URLs (as short as six) in the form http://➡.ws/늸 . Syntax: tarr URL (Copied from "tinyarrows" command.)
30 uses
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Created 2009-10-02 17:08:08
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2016-03-21 07:34:10
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http://tinyarro.ws/api-create.php?url=%s
gsa
Search Google South Africa for a term. Usage gsa keyword
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Created 2009-10-06 17:29:22
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2025-06-12 03:50:19
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http://www.google.co.za/search?hl=en&q=%s&btnG=Search&meta=cr%3DcountryZA
unf
Searching Unfuddle
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Created 2010-01-12 10:26:56
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2011-11-29 15:28:51
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https://elc.unfuddle.com/account/search?query=%s
gjava
Java Google Code Search
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Created 2010-01-22 15:28:33
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2020-11-20 17:57:19
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http://www.google.com/codesearch?hl=fr&sa=N&q=%s++lang:java&ct=rr&cs_r=lang:java
googletrends
NAME googletrends - Google Trends SYNOPSIS googletrends [KEYWORD1] [KEYWORD2] [KEYWORD3] -days [DATE] EXAMPLES googletrends clinton bush obama googletrends firefox safari google+chrome -days 2009 Google Trends allows you to create graphs that visually track "buzz" over time for certain key words, phrases or links. NOTES Commande to combine/split with blogplustrends and icerockettrends AUTHOR ycc
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Created 2010-01-24 16:45:40
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2022-06-13 16:48:52
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http://www.google.com/trends?q={% 1 %s},{% 2 %s},{% 3 %s},{% 4 %s},{% 5 %s}&ctab=0&geo=all&date=${days=ytd}[no url encoding]
numerify
NAME numerify - Removes non-numeric characters from a given string. SYNOPSIS numerify [STRING] numerify uses Stephen Paul Weber's foreach command to manipulate and parse a string so that all of the non-numerical characters can be removed. If there are no numbers in the string, a "1" will be returned. EXAMPLES numerify R2-D2 Returns 22. numerify Artoo Returns 1. AUTHOR Paul M. Boren pmboren AT gmail DOT com
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Created 2010-03-13 10:10:45
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2016-03-25 10:26:58
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strReplace -find " " -replace -string {foreach {explode {strReplace -find " " -replace , -string {foreach {explode {strReplace -find " " -replace , -string {ord %s}}} -cmd asciinum}}} -cmd chr}
jaa
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Created 2010-04-20 14:56:51
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2015-08-22 10:00:35
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http://jajah.com/call/
mfox
Search manga in mangafox.com
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Created 2010-05-16 16:22:26
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2014-10-09 11:12:38
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http://www.mangafox.com/search.php?name=%s
les_angles_cam1
A utiliser avec mash2 pour voir les caméras en bas des pistes de la station des angles.
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Created 2008-02-18 08:14:53
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2008-03-13 18:35:41
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http://www.les-angles.com/camera1.htm
uwn
NAME uwn - see the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter issue of your choice. SYNOPSIS uwn [ ISSUE_NUMBER ] -tr [ LANGUAGE_CODE ] uwn helps you find any issue of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter that is archived on the Ubuntu Linux wiki at https://wiki.ubuntu.com. The translation parameter, tr, is optional. Currently there are just a few translations to choose from, but here are the language codes: ES (Spanish), Fr (French), Pt (Portuguese), PtBr (Portuguese for Brazil). De may also work for German. NOTE: Not …
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Created 2008-02-19 21:41:38
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2010-05-07 22:09:23
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https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue%s/{IfEmpty ifEmpty -value ${tr} -then -else ${tr}}
fone
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Created 2008-02-24 08:52:19
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2012-12-07 00:42:19
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http://phonefavs.com/mob/?u=%s
z0r2
A redo of the z0r command. Now, you may inter a desired number and go directly to that page, or leave the command blank and a random page will be returned. Example z0r2 <number> or just Z0r2
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Created 2008-03-01 09:57:02
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2008-03-12 21:02:46
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http://z0r.de/{ifempty -value %s -then ?id={random -min 1 -max 1099} -else ?id=%s}
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