The Most-Used Commands

Tip: For a list of particularly interesting Yubnub commands, check out Yubnub Golden Eggs. Also see the Most-Used Commands.

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ubhq
Search http://www.ubuntuhq.com/. They collect all Ubuntu related articles in one place.
26 uses - Created 2007-10-03 21:21:41 - Last used 2014-09-13 05:47:11 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ubuntuhq.com/search/node/%s

hpsupport
HP Support & Troubleshooting Product Support search. I never liked their navigation, and it seems like their Web site changes every other month. Just give it a model. Shorthand is fine. Example: hpsupport lj 5mp
26 uses - Created 2007-10-09 18:27:46 - Last used 2011-09-01 20:26:15 - Nominate - Description - http://h20180.www2.hp.com/apps/Lookup?h_query=%s

lives
Live Search: Microsoft Live Search Example: lives windows vista
26 uses - Created 2007-10-12 22:35:36 - Last used 2024-04-17 05:45:56 - Nominate - Description - http://search.live.com/results.aspx?q=%s&mkt=en-gb&scope=&FORM=LIVSOP

nwd
Looks up words in the Ninjawords fast dictionary. Ninjas are three things: 1. They're smart 2. They're accurate 3. They're really fast Ninjawords is based on these principles. Plus everyone likes ninjas. Just typing "nwd" will bring you to the homepage (bookmark action). Typing a word after that will look up the definition.
26 uses - Created 2007-10-16 01:09:04 - Last used 2010-07-10 19:19:19 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ninjawords.com/{eop @%s@}

uu
uu = http://www.cafelinux.org/free_university/login/index.php
26 uses - Created 2007-10-16 22:54:39 - Last used 2026-04-15 19:33:41 - Nominate - Description - http://www.cafelinux.org/free_university/login/index.php

diggls
NAME diggls - used to quickly navigate http://labs.digg.com/ SYNTAX diggl [NAVIGATION KEY] [SECONDARY NAVIGATION KEY] EXAMPLES diggl Returns: Brings you to the main page diggl stack Returns: Brings you to Stack view diggl spy all Returns: Brings you to Big Spy view, All stories diggl arc pop Returns: Brings you to Arc view (digg labs ignores anything extra at the end of URLs) NAVIGATION KEY/BRINGS YOU TO/DEPENDANT INFORMATION arc Arc View stack Stack View Defaults to Popular, use: "up" for upco…
26 uses - Created 2007-10-26 14:47:32 - Last used 2009-09-22 13:32:21 - Nominate - Description - http://labs.digg.com{switch {% 1 %s} | arc => /arc/, stack => /stack, spy => /bigspy, * =>}{switch {% 2 %s} | up => /?upcoming, pop => /?popular, all => /?spy, * =>}[no url encoding]

gexo_phys_all
Sur http://hebergement.ac-poitiers.fr/l-cc-angouleme trouver des exercices, des applets en ligne...
26 uses - Created 2007-12-03 20:02:43 - Last used 2009-01-21 08:16:09 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.fr/custom?domains=http://hebergement.ac-poitiers.fr/l-cc-angouleme%3Bhttp://hebergement.ac-poitiers.fr/l-cc-angouleme&q=%s&sa=Rechercher&sitesearch=http://hebergement.ac-poitiers.fr/l-cc-angouleme&hl=fr

gsea
Search Softsea site for downloads through Google.
26 uses - Created 2007-12-11 05:49:22 - Last used 2016-11-06 02:56:35 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.co.in/search?hl=en&q=%s+site%3Asoftsea.com&meta=

mwv
Merriam-Webster Visual Dictionary Search. Shorter alternative for vdic or mwvd. Example: mwv engine
26 uses - Created 2007-12-30 20:45:19 - Last used 2013-04-17 13:46:33 - Nominate - Description - http://visual.merriam-webster.com/search-results.php?&s_search_result=%s

hein
Search the heise news archive. Example (searches for FreeBSD related news): hein FreeBSD Help: http://www.heise.de/newsticker/suche?rm=help
26 uses - Created 2008-01-10 20:39:21 - Last used 2022-12-29 02:23:00 - Nominate - Description - http://www.heise.de/newsticker/suche?rm=search&q=%s

cooltext
Cool Text - generate logos and graphics by MCAndre
26 uses - Created 2008-01-21 01:00:21 - Last used 2020-02-17 07:54:23 - Nominate - Description - http://cooltext.com/

fweet
Performs a simple FWEET (Finnegans Wake Extensible Elucidation Treasury)search. Set to ignore case and accent. Highlights matches and shows related Finnegans Wake text. Set to search in: FWEET elucidations, Finnegans Wake text, and related FWEET shorthands. Example: fweet talmud will return three FWEET elucidations, along with the related lines from Finnegans Wake (30.10, 228.14, and 469.02). Maybe someone can make this command more advanced and add switches for various FWEET search options oth…
26 uses - Created 2008-11-28 17:41:25 - Last used 2019-10-27 04:32:04 - Nominate - Description - http://www.fweet.org/cgi-bin/fw_grep.cgi?srch=%s&cake=&icase=1&accent=1&beauty=1&hilight=1&showtxt=1&escope=1&tscope=1&rscope=1&dist=4&ndist=4&shorth=0

swps
Secure WikiPedia Search
26 uses - Created 2008-12-06 20:02:17 - Last used 2009-11-11 17:25:44 - Nominate - Description - https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/?search=%s

Pluck
Searches HMV, Amazon.co.uk and Google Shopping UK simultaneously. Annoyingly, Play.com seems to override the 'split' command...
26 uses - Created 2008-12-11 15:21:14 - Last used 2014-01-23 13:41:50 - Nominate - Description - split {url hmvuk %s} {url amuk %s} {url gshopuk %s}

smov

26 uses - Created 2008-12-19 11:38:23 - Last used 2010-12-30 14:21:09 - Nominate - Description - http://www.surfthechannel.com/search/61397/3/1/%s.html

wau
Weather in Australia (W AU) using WeatherChannel.com.au. Takes a suburb name or postcode as parameter. Examples: wau st kilda wau 3182 wau st kilda 3182
26 uses - Created 2009-01-06 05:46:09 - Last used 2012-12-08 08:03:45 - Nominate - Description - http://www.weatherchannel.com.au/Magic94scripts/mgrqispi94.dll?APPNAME=WC&PRGNAME=WC&LayGroups=&SearchFor=%s&Function=PCSearch

leverage
tv underground LEVERAGE series SEASON 1 episodes direct emule download (by l3utterfish)
26 uses - Created 2009-02-05 15:02:26 - Last used 2021-01-07 19:49:16 - Nominate - Description - http://tvunderground.org.ru/index.php?show=episodes&sid=24144

xspfplay
XSPF player.
26 uses - Created 2009-02-26 18:36:20 - Last used 2011-10-31 10:04:26 - Nominate - Description - http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/21998/small/player.html?playlist=%s

gandwp
Searches Google and Wikipedia in a split screen.
26 uses - Created 2009-05-20 10:32:03 - Last used 2009-09-04 09:06:43 - Nominate - Description - split {url g %s} {url wp %s}

vimeos
searches vimeo w/ full text query. WAY better than the normal tag search which camps on 'vimeo' sheesh who even made that one?
26 uses - Created 2009-06-16 14:52:19 - Last used 2022-04-27 09:58:32 - Nominate - Description - http://www.vimeo.com/videos/search:%s

sapl
Preforms a "quick search" of the San Antonio Public Library's (SAPL) catalog
26 uses - Created 2009-06-23 03:55:45 - Last used 2011-10-14 21:09:18 - Nominate - Description - http://sapl.sat.lib.tx.us/search/Y?SEARCH=%s&submit.x=0&submit.y=0&submit=Submit&searchscope=1&SORT=D

play.com
Searches Play.com
26 uses - Created 2009-07-01 11:46:44 - Last used 2013-01-07 22:55:52 - Nominate - Description - http://www.play.com/Search.aspx?searchtype=allproducts&searchstring=%s

ylist2rss
NAME ylist2rss - Generate RSS from the results of a YubNub command 'ylist2' SYNOPSIS ylist2rss <LIST> EXAMPLES ylist2rss demo get an RSS feed for the results of the command 'ylist2 demo' AUTHOR Michael Dubner http://pyhedgehog.livejournal.com/
26 uses - Created 2007-05-21 09:13:11 - Last used 2008-04-03 19:36:21 - Nominate - Description - mkrss -get {url ylist2array %s} -title %s -url {url ylist2 %s}

yhMemNJ
Search for yahoo members in NJ online with keyword example yhMemNJ Somerset
26 uses - Created 2007-06-19 00:32:45 - Last used 2007-08-03 23:53:03 - Nominate - Description - http://members.yahoo.com/interests?.oc=t&.sb=0&.id=&.fn=&.ln=&.em=&.kw=%s&.g=2&.ar=0&.st=0&.lo=NJ&.p=y&.ol=y

oneview
oneview.de Search.
26 uses - Created 2007-07-06 11:23:00 - Last used 2009-09-07 20:29:58 - Nominate - Description - http://www.oneview.de/tags/index.jsf?search=%s

coic
Coin Open Inventor class search. Searches the Coin Open Inventor documentation for the given class, and uses the Google "I'm feeling lucky" option to go directly to the class reference if it's found. To go to the class reference, simply type in the class name: Example: coic soseparator
26 uses - Created 2007-07-24 09:54:21 - Last used 2014-06-28 22:01:59 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=no&q=site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fdoc.coin3d.org%2F+%22%s+class+reference%22&btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky

bloggure
Seek your info on http://www.bloggure.info
26 uses - Created 2007-07-25 08:31:52 - Last used 2009-06-26 12:01:43 - Nominate - Description - http://www.bloggure.info/index.php?q=%s

ikeano
Norsk Ikea søk. (Searches the Norwegian Ikea) For å søke på et Ikea produkt eller en type møbler, skriv inn produktet på denne måten: Eksempel: ikeano hyller
26 uses - Created 2007-07-26 12:49:25 - Last used 2008-07-08 09:47:57 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ikea.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/IkeamsSearch?storeId=16&langId=-14&catalogId=11001&searchType=product&pageNumber=-1&orderBy=score&category=%23%7EProducts&query=%s

gllbl
Runs a Google search on all of the llblgen.com website (including the forms). (LLBLGen is an awesome O/R Mapper and Code Generator for .Net)
26 uses - Created 2007-08-27 17:33:34 - Last used 2009-03-26 01:35:59 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Allblgen.com+%s

geonames
Geonames.org search. Usage: geonames <placename> [-country <country code>] Example: geonames San Jacinto Peak Example: geonames Los Angeles -country US Author: Kurt Thams
26 uses - Created 2007-09-07 00:49:41 - Last used 2015-06-11 18:17:27 - Nominate - Description - http://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=%s&country=${country}

texto
Opens Gizmo free SMS service
26 uses - Created 2007-09-10 12:53:10 - Last used 2023-10-17 04:00:16 - Nominate - Description - http://gizmosms.com/

kat.ph
Search http://kat.ph for torrents.
26 uses - Created 2012-02-13 01:32:16 - Last used 2015-06-21 12:20:23 - Nominate - Description - http://kat.ph/usearch/%s/

keez
Busca videos en keezmovies.com Search videos in keezmovies.com
26 uses - Created 2012-04-13 20:28:25 - Last used 2015-01-15 08:21:17 - Nominate - Description - http://www.keezmovies.com/video?search=%s

bout
search heavymetal.about.com
26 uses - Created 2012-06-05 16:55:38 - Last used 2015-11-05 09:15:03 - Nominate - Description - http://heavymetal.about.com/sitesearch.htm?q=%s&SUName=heavymetal

nyan
This command brings up a nyan cat with your choice of flavor via nyan.cat! The following flavors are currently available: original #the default nyan cat! Pop tarts and rainbows! gb #Game Boy nyan! Plays 8-bit monochrome tunes! technyancolor #TECHNYANCOLOR!! Flashing color action! Seizure inducing fun! jazz #Jazzy Nyan. Chill cat, feel the rhythm. j5 #Jackson 5 nyan cat! Groovy! pikanyan #Go! Pikachu Nyan! nyaninja #Nyan Ninja! Hiyaaaaa! elevator #Just going up. How do you think he gets to the s…
26 uses - Created 2012-07-19 21:14:29 - Last used 2021-02-27 12:59:45 - Nominate - Description - http://www.nyan.cat/%s.php

idioes

26 uses - Created 2014-10-04 12:46:42 - Last used 2015-11-20 06:35:27 - Nominate - Description - http://www.esfacil.eu/es/

bard
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Downloadable Books and Magazines BARD: Braille and Audio Reading Download Potential users Access to the BARD web site is restricted to eligible readers. You will need a login ID and password to access it. If you do not have them, review the criteria for participation by reading the BARD application instructions and, if you qualify, request an account.
26 uses - Created 2014-12-17 22:23:35 - Last used 2024-07-05 23:12:23 - Nominate - Description - https://nlsbard.loc.gov/cgi-bin/nlsbardprod/index.cgi

ytsto
New official YIFY site (yts.to)
26 uses - Created 2015-04-04 15:40:01 - Last used 2025-11-28 09:42:21 - Nominate - Description - https://yts.to/browse-movies/%s[use %20 for spaces]/all/all/0/latest

Buspersfb
Comando buspersfb sirve para buscar personas en m.facebook.com https://m.facebook.com/search/?refid=46&search=people&search_source=search_bar&query=%s
26 uses - Created 2015-11-04 19:57:25 - Last used 2015-12-30 16:44:20 - Nominate - Description - https://m.facebook.com/search/?refid=46&search=people&search_source=search_bar&query=%s

busbio
El comando busbio sirve para buscar biografias de personajes de la historia. www.biografiasyvidas.com/cgi-bin/search/search.pl?Realm=body&Match=1&Terms=%s , Creado por el blackpower.
26 uses - Created 2015-11-12 19:45:39 - Last used 2024-02-21 19:58:05 - Nominate - Description - http://www.biografiasyvidas.com/cgi-bin/search/search.pl?Realm=body&Match=1&Terms=%s

yrba

26 uses - Created 2016-02-19 04:04:00 - Last used 2017-01-08 07:30:30 - Nominate - Description - http://www.yr.no/place/Argentina/Distrito_Federal/Buenos_Aires/

mostafalist
omran
26 uses - Created 2016-03-07 22:03:58 - Last used 2020-06-11 02:00:01 - Nominate - Description - https://creator.zohopublic.com/malhomsi/gtd/form-perma/mostafa/gYVggVfxSz9T3TX0aSghkUZUbuv3qfWFUOaNQHNTYhePXZuWm5ERrFQG9MzF2sv1nhKXn0CqM7Sz6P9Ospejry1Y3UmmvhAU08Jy/

goodmov
NAME Search for movie info, focus on review info SYNOPSIS goodmov Any movie -- This will split the page into Rotten Tomatoes and Wikipedia on top, and IMDB on bottom. EXAMPLE rotom The Rock ---goes straight to rotten tomatoes movie page, , wikipedia film page, and the imdb search page (none are search results, simply the page) AUTHOR ++ Axlemax ++
26 uses - Created 2010-05-29 22:57:57 - Last used 2010-10-31 23:39:38 - Nominate - Description - split {url rotom %s} {url wp %s (film)} {url imdbs %s}

terce
View today's terce, the first of the Little Hours, or daytime prayers of the Divine Office. Courtesy of Universalis.
26 uses - Created 2010-06-14 07:03:29 - Last used 2012-02-22 17:01:08 - Nominate - Description - http://www.universalis.com/terce.htm

rack
Rackpsace.
26 uses - Created 2010-07-08 20:30:17 - Last used 2023-12-31 20:46:35 - Nominate - Description - http://www.rackspace.com

googw
NAME Wikipedia results via google search SYNOPSIS googw some article EXAMPLE googw wiki ---goes straight to (most likely) wikipedia page AUTHOR ++ Axlemax ++
26 uses - Created 2010-07-27 01:43:57 - Last used 2012-12-26 19:06:23 - Nominate - Description - > wikipedia %s

ttc
Translate To Chinese Translate by Google (Default: to Chinese(Traditional)) ttc (no arg) -- to translate page ttc [word] -- translate to Chinese(Traditional), auto-detect lang. ttc [from] [word] -- translate to Chinese(Traditional), with specific lang. ttc [from] [to] [word] -- translate from any to any lang.
26 uses - Created 2010-08-19 10:12:16 - Last used 2013-05-02 00:51:40 - Nominate - Description - https://translate.google.com.hk/?ie=UTF-8#{ifThen -value1 {% 1 %s} -value2 -test EQUAL -then auto|zh-TW| -else {ifThen -value1 {% 2 %s} -value2 -test EQUAL -then auto|zh-TW|%s -else {ifThen -value1 {% 3 %s} -value2 -test EQUAL -then {% 1 %s}|zh-TW|{% 2 %s} -else {% 1 %s}|{% 2 %s}|{% 3 %s}}[no url encoding]}}

icfin
Search On Incon Finder
26 uses - Created 2010-08-26 14:43:07 - Last used 2015-11-08 08:41:47 - Nominate - Description - http://www.iconfinder.com/search/?q=%s

aueseo
AULEX Spanish-Esperanto dictionary search
26 uses - Created 2010-08-27 10:36:33 - Last used 2013-06-21 07:46:33 - Nominate - Description - http://aulex.org/es-eo/?busca=%s

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