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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".

gdsm
Search for emails containing the specified text using "Google Desktop Search - for email"
30 uses - Created 2005-06-21 08:16:52 - Last used 2014-02-03 01:12:00 - Nominate - Description - http://127.0.0.1:4664/search?q=%s&flags=1024&num=10&s=mJCiKCU0bOpGVmQPU4mbwepauW8

k2

30 uses - Created 2005-06-21 16:42:01 - Last used 2022-10-17 09:05:34 - Nominate - Description - http://www.k2.com

fok
Temp. Search Engine Fok!Forum
30 uses - Created 2005-06-21 19:27:48 - Last used 2024-08-23 10:30:08 - Nominate - Description - google.fok.nl

Labyrinth
The Writer's Craft Roleplaying Zone.
30 uses - Created 2005-06-22 15:31:23 - Last used 2016-01-15 19:08:08 - Nominate - Description - http://s11.invisionfree.com/The_Labyrinth/

php4
PHP function lookup. The original php command is broken.
30 uses - Created 2005-06-23 09:12:40 - Last used 2011-09-16 23:16:01 - Nominate - Description - http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.%s.php

e-mail
An independant film company. Watch it!!!
30 uses - Created 2005-07-02 04:02:34 - Last used 2019-02-08 02:28:05 - Nominate - Description - http://www.footinmouth.tk

tvshow
Uses TV.com (formerly TVTome) to search for television shows/series. Example: tvshow entourage
30 uses - Created 2005-07-04 19:38:34 - Last used 2017-02-06 10:59:51 - Nominate - Description - http://www.tv.com/search.php?type=11&stype=all&qs=%s&x=0&y=0

postalcode
Canada Postal Code (Quick) Search. To find a postal code, type in an address in the following way. Example: postalcode -n 123 -s main -t street -c winnipeg -p MB Switches: -n the street number -s the street name -t the street type (this is optional; also "street" or "st" works) -c the town or city -p the province (AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT)
30 uses - Created 2005-07-05 03:46:41 - Last used 2013-09-06 12:25:24 - Nominate - Description - http://efridge.net/yubnub/parse.php?yndesturl=http://www.canadapost.com/tools/pcl/bin/cp_search_response-e.asp&street_number=${n}&street_name=${s}&street_type=${t}&city=${c}&prov=${p}&ynp_tokens[]=%3EPostal+Code%3C&ynp_tokens[]=%3Ctr%3E&ynp_tokens[]=%3C/tr%3E&ynp_tokens[]=tblcell&ynp_tokens[]=%3Cbr%3E&ynp_tokens[]=%3E&ynp_dirs[]=0&ynp_dirs[]=0&ynp_dirs[]=0&ynp_dirs[]=1&ynp_dirs[]=0&ynp_dirs[]=1&ynp_http=post&yncmd=${COMMAND}

gn1
Returns one linked Google News headline based on your search term. Example: gn1 "united nations"
30 uses - Created 2005-07-09 03:31:23 - Last used 2006-02-04 21:23:46 - Nominate - Description - http://efridge.net/yubnub/parse.php?ynp_tokens[]=relevance&ynp_dirs[]=0&ynp_tokens[]=%3Cbr%3E%3Cfont%20size=-1&ynp_dirs[]=0&ynp_tokens[]=top%3E&ynp_dirs[]=1&yndesturl=http://news.google.com/news&q=%s&yncmd=${COMMAND}

powfh

30 uses - Created 2006-02-03 03:26:07 - Last used 2006-06-14 04:34:32 - Nominate - Description - http://www.power-fusion.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=6

snotes
Simple: Look something up on sparknotes!
30 uses - Created 2006-02-09 02:08:41 - Last used 2023-12-07 14:31:26 - Nominate - Description - http://search.sparknotes.com/?query=%s

pornsites

30 uses - Created 2006-04-15 05:39:43 - Last used 2023-11-25 10:58:24 - Nominate - Description - http://www.sxysites.com/

plzahl
Find the postal code of a german city. You have to enter the name of the town and you can enter (optionally) the name of a street. Example: plz -city frankfurt -street zeil (Note: It is possible that you obtain more than one result) Important: To avoid problems do not type the german letters ä, ü, ö or ß. Use ae, ue, oe or ss instead.
30 uses - Created 2006-04-19 20:08:34 - Last used 2015-01-19 08:19:06 - Nominate - Description - http://www.postleitzahlen.de/search.php?sid=gceftjh9ir8gqvtighl4s5sd92&field=ort&newSearch=1&plzort=${city}&street=${street}&sa=

dvdguy
DVDGUY
30 uses - Created 2006-05-01 00:25:05 - Last used 2006-12-16 00:11:30 - Nominate - Description - http://www.freewebs.com/dvdguy00

wp2
An international version of the wp command. Goes to a wikipedia topic. Use -ln <language> to choose the wikipedia in that language (eg, fr, to use fr.wikipedia.org). The default is en.wikipedia.org. Use -q <topic> to go to a topic. The default is to take you to the homepage. So, for example, to go to the Beethoven page: wp2 -q Beethoven To do the same in German: wp2 -ln de -q Beethoven And to go to the Japanese homepage: wp2 -ln ja Tip: you can set your default wikipedia to something else than …
30 uses - Created 2006-05-13 20:37:36 - Last used 2014-05-27 15:07:40 - Nominate - Description - http://${ln=en}.wikipedia.org/wiki/${q=Main_Page}

nik
lol
30 uses - Created 2006-05-26 17:27:41 - Last used 2023-05-17 15:51:56 - Nominate - Description - http://media.putfile.com/commercial-66

bbcfood

30 uses - Created 2006-05-30 13:47:52 - Last used 2016-10-15 05:25:48 - Nominate - Description - http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/food/recipes/queryengine?templatestyle=refine_by_1_gg&orig_kw=cassoulet&config=db&scope=recipes&page=1&pagesize=15&attrib_26=keywords&oper_26=eq&val_26_1=%2B%s&attrib_2=programme_name&oper_2=eq&val_2_1=&attrib_3=chef_name&oper_3=eq&val_3_1=&attrib_12=healthy&oper_12=eq&attrib_13=quick&oper_13=eq&attrib_10=vegetarian&oper_10=eq&submit.x=38&submit.y=14&submit=Search

hsv
HSV (HSB) Color mixer, Example: [hsv 50,100,100] displays the gold color. Hue is in 0..360 range, Saturation + Brightness in 0..100 range. (the 'rgb' command exists as well) JavaScript-based, made by David [dgx] Grudl
30 uses - Created 2006-06-05 17:43:08 - Last used 2026-07-05 08:35:05 - Nominate - Description - http://www.dgx.cz/tools/colormixer/stripe.php?hsv=%s[no url encoding]

lps
lps. search literateprograms.org example: lps matlab author: GaRZoL
30 uses - Created 2006-06-17 15:39:57 - Last used 2020-05-20 04:12:35 - Nominate - Description - http://en.literateprograms.org/Special:Search?search=%s&fulltext=Search

hyperss
Hype Machine MP3 search, output as RSS feed Example: hyperss lucinda williams
30 uses - Created 2006-07-06 03:57:04 - Last used 2019-09-12 05:03:20 - Nominate - Description - http://hype.non-standard.net/playlist/search/%s/rss/1/feed.xml

microdirect
Search microdirect.co.uk for products.
30 uses - Created 2006-07-06 19:37:51 - Last used 2012-11-18 19:57:19 - Nominate - Description - http://www.microdirect.co.uk/ProductListerSearch.aspx?Stockcode=%s&btnSubmit.x=0&btnSubmit.y=0

rfx
Search RapidFox. USE: rfx blonde twins
30 uses - Created 2006-07-26 09:27:13 - Last used 2008-07-06 21:55:28 - Nominate - Description - http://www.rapidfox.net/search.php?q=%s

sqwiki
To search wiki.squeak.org for a specific keyword.
30 uses - Created 2008-06-12 08:36:39 - Last used 2009-09-18 08:13:31 - Nominate - Description - http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/search?search=%s&casesensitive=false&and=true

mustrix
A version of tetris with the gameboy music, activated with 't'.
30 uses - Created 2008-06-23 01:17:27 - Last used 2011-03-05 21:22:26 - Nominate - Description - http://www.neave.com/games/nblox/play.php

elink
Perform searches for ELinks (Emule Links)
30 uses - Created 2008-06-23 22:47:37 - Last used 2015-10-22 05:29:48 - Nominate - Description - http://www.emugle.com/search.php?q=%s&t=All+categories&f=0&ex=&mins=&maxs=&avai=&Submit=Search+in+emugle

msnmoney

30 uses - Created 2008-07-18 21:49:48 - Last used 2011-02-16 18:36:04 - Nominate - Description - 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 - Created 2008-07-30 13:37:27 - Last used 2012-08-03 00:18:52 - Nominate - Description - http://www.codecogs.com/gif.latex?%s[use %20 for spaces]

sel
SearchEngineLand quick search.
30 uses - Created 2008-09-12 17:27:56 - Last used 2019-03-08 12:43:15 - Nominate - Description - http://search.searchengineland.com/search?w=%s

jfile
Searches the Jargon File.
30 uses - Created 2008-09-14 12:55:49 - Last used 2011-01-21 10:54:22 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Awww.catb.org%2Fjargon%2Fhtml+%s

sonypl
A command to search Sony's Polish website.
30 uses - Created 2008-09-19 08:16:01 - Last used 2009-02-05 12:58:56 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%s+site%3Asony.pl

gopubmed
Searches GoPubMed.
30 uses - Created 2008-09-23 07:29:29 - Last used 2010-08-21 14:31:34 - Nominate - Description - 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.
30 uses - Created 2008-11-03 13:14:38 - Last used 2017-01-19 07:05:36 - Nominate - Description - https://www.ohloh.net/

23c3
search the 23c3 public wiki
30 uses - Created 2006-12-26 15:35:24 - Last used 2015-12-28 11:07:34 - Nominate - Description - http://events.ccc.de/congress/2006/Special:Search?search=%s&go=Go

stein
enuri
30 uses - Created 2007-01-10 00:42:20 - Last used 2022-08-09 12:45:27 - Nominate - Description - http://www.enuri.com/view/List.jsp?cate=06090601&from=search&skeyword=%s&cate_keyword=Y

linuxman
LinuxQuestions.org man pages.
30 uses - Created 2007-01-14 03:23:27 - Last used 2015-05-31 17:34:23 - Nominate - Description - http://man.linuxquestions.org/index.php?query=%s

strange
Strange news links
30 uses - Created 2007-01-14 16:27:55 - Last used 2019-11-22 09:42:00 - Nominate - Description - http://www.blosker.com

rks
Search the Ruby Kitchen Sink.
30 uses - Created 2007-01-29 14:27:52 - Last used 2024-05-25 08:44:55 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/cse?cx=010523519311069955097%3Akffylwgripa&q=%s

csound
Fetched documentation for Csound signal generators. For example, enter "csound pluck" to see the documentation for the "pluck" generator.
30 uses - Created 2007-02-02 17:27:28 - Last used 2012-10-08 11:07:45 - Nominate - Description - http://www.csounds.com/man/siggen/%s.htm

screens
View videogames screenshots Example: screens naruto
30 uses - Created 2007-02-02 18:42:32 - Last used 2021-06-10 22:35:59 - Nominate - Description - http://www.uvlist.net/search?fname=%s&fshop=with&ss=1

PSCX
PowerShell Community Extensions. PowerShell Community Extensions (PSCX) is aimed at providing a widely useful set of additional cmdlets, providers, aliases, filters, functions and scripts for Windows PowerShell that members of the community have expressed interest in.
30 uses - Created 2007-02-08 12:34:06 - Last used 2011-12-12 23:24:20 - Nominate - Description - http://www.codeplex.com/PowerShellCX

emnok
Use .mobi's emulator to simulate how a particular web page appears on a Nokia n70 device. Sample: emnok yubnub.org (Leave out the page's http:// prefix.)
30 uses - Created 2007-04-02 17:58:29 - Last used 2011-08-09 01:40:35 - Nominate - Description - http://emulator.mtld.mobi/emulator.php?emulator=&emulator=nokiaN70&webaddress=%s

IRA
This is the home of the IRA Socom clan. Leader is Puddies.
30 uses - Created 2007-04-16 15:02:27 - Last used 2025-06-22 08:57:41 - Nominate - Description - http://www.irasocom.com

tdir
I thought the other commands for searching TigerDirect were too long to keep retyping.
30 uses - Created 2008-11-15 16:51:35 - Last used 2014-04-28 20:40:21 - Nominate - Description - 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
30 uses - Created 2008-12-08 08:10:16 - Last used 2018-12-05 12:34:18 - Nominate - Description - http://www.whoishostingthis.com/%s

cprog
C++ Reference from www.cplusplus.com
30 uses - Created 2008-12-11 14:23:34 - Last used 2017-03-26 19:07:38 - Nominate - Description - 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
30 uses - Created 2008-12-15 10:44:06 - Last used 2022-10-06 19:18:58 - Nominate - Description - http://www.complaintsboard.com/?search=%s

nysop
NYS Office of Professions License Verification
30 uses - Created 2008-12-30 16:25:35 - Last used 2014-01-29 07:16:22 - Nominate - Description - http://www.op.nysed.gov/opsearches.htm

dma
Looks up a word in the old italian De Mauro online dictionary.
30 uses - Created 2009-01-14 19:33:46 - Last used 2026-04-09 00:11:29 - Nominate - Description - http://old.demauroparavia.it/_%s

tracfone
TracFone is a cell phone company.
30 uses - Created 2009-01-21 03:39:09 - Last used 2018-11-28 08:31:36 - Nominate - Description - http://www.tracfone.com/

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