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".

pinboardm
SYNOPSIS pinboardm [TAG]... Explore My Pinboard bookmarks with tags (up to 3) EXAMPLES pinboardm a Returns: https://pinboard.in/u:maciej/t:a pinboardm maciej a b c Returns; https://pinboard.in/u:maciej/t:a/t:b%20/t:c (I can't figure out how to get rid of those %20, but it works just fine.) SEE ALSO pinboarda AUTHOR oumu
1092 uses - Created 2013-11-16 03:32:52 - Last used 2026-03-12 20:14:31 - Nominate - Description - https://pinboard.in/u:{% 1 %s}/t:{% 2 %s}{ifthen -value1 {% 3 %s} -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then /t:{% 3 %s}}{ifthen -value1 {% 4 %s} -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then /t:{% 4 %s}}[no url encoding]

baidujp
百度で検索、それだけ。例：baidujp うなぎ
1092 uses - Created 2009-07-23 01:09:00 - Last used 2013-07-07 15:40:50 - Nominate - Description - http://www.baidu.jp/s?cl=3&ie=utf-8&tn=baidujp&wd=%s

scribd
Search www.scribd.com.
1089 uses - Created 2007-06-01 01:11:34 - Last used 2026-02-06 02:47:57 - Nominate - Description - http://www.scribd.com/search?query=%s

seeq
Seeqpod music search
1087 uses - Created 2007-09-09 05:05:43 - Last used 2011-09-14 00:13:12 - Nominate - Description - http://www.seeqpod.com/music/?q=%s

gno
google notebook
1087 uses - Created 2006-05-16 15:21:58 - Last used 2024-06-14 09:33:45 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/notebook/

docker
search for docker images
1082 uses - Created 2014-10-07 23:48:22 - Last used 2026-08-28 07:06:22 - Nominate - Description - https://registry.hub.docker.com/search?q=%s

tf2
Command to take you to pages on the official TF2 wiki.
1077 uses - Created 2011-06-26 13:24:17 - Last used 2023-04-25 07:54:45 - Nominate - Description - http://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=%s&go=Go

guess (Golden Egg)
Guesses the given language. (From Xerox Research Centre Europe) Example: guess tworzy? swoje w?asne z u?yciem create
1076 uses - Created 2006-01-21 04:58:20 - Last used 2025-03-16 15:07:55 - Description - http://www.xrce.xerox.com/cgi-bin/mltt/LanguageGuesser?Text=%s

wowhd
Query the Wowhead database
1075 uses - Created 2007-07-09 18:40:16 - Last used 2015-05-03 04:46:38 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wowhead.com/?search=%s

g.is
Google Advanced Search: Search webpages in Iceland only. To search Icelandic webpages: g.is visa requirements ---------- Old implementation: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en-IS&as_q=%s&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&lr=&cr=countryIS&as_qdr=all&as_sitesearch=&as_occt=any&safe=active&as_filetype=&tbs=
1073 uses - Created 2020-09-19 18:02:07 - Last used 2026-08-24 09:51:09 - Nominate - Description - https://www.google.is/search?as_q=%s&as_eq=ubuy+desertcart+inurl%3Aindex.php&cr=countryIS&as_qdr=all&as_sitesearch=is&as_occt=any

fdes
Busca el término solitado mediante theFreeDictionary en ESpañol entre diccionarios como VOX o Larousse. OGM
1073 uses - Created 2011-08-10 23:18:17 - Last used 2019-01-23 03:03:08 - Nominate - Description - http://es.thefreedictionary.com/%s

gfrfl
Google search in french, "Feeling lucky". Recherche sur Google france, "J'ai de la chance"
1072 uses - Created 2007-11-07 16:25:01 - Last used 2012-01-07 23:12:40 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.fr/search?hl=fr&q=%s&btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky

overbooru
A overchan like index for services that tag and store images as Danbooru
1072 uses - Created 2007-11-28 19:21:23 - Last used 2026-04-19 21:43:40 - Nominate - Description - http://pinochan.net/overbooru/

ec
Retrieves the 5-day forecast from Environment Canada's Weather Office for a named Canadian airport code. ec airport-code For example, ec yvr will return the 5-day forecast for Vancouver, and ec yyz will return the 5-day forecase for Toronto. Samples: ec yvr <- Vancouver BC ec yyz <- Toronto ON ec yyj <- Victoria BC (airport) ec ywh <- Victoria BC (harbour)
1072 uses - Created 2006-02-03 23:59:26 - Last used 2026-07-30 18:17:53 - Nominate - Description - http://www.weatheroffice.pyr.ec.gc.ca/pda/citygen_e.html?Client=PDACDNF_e&city=%s

on
Busca entre los artículos, review, preview, programas de radio, etc.. de ultimONivel Ejemplo: on zelda twilight
1070 uses - Created 2007-06-07 17:39:52 - Last used 2026-02-03 22:06:42 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ultimonivel.net/index.php?searchword=%s&option=com_search&searchphrase=all&Itemid=

relooking

1070 uses - Created 2007-09-07 12:43:33 - Last used 2014-02-05 06:55:34 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=relooking+rouen

tibia
Tibia Character Search A simple command to search characters information in Tibia. Exemple: tibia Bartolomeu Dias
1070 uses - Created 2008-06-10 19:43:55 - Last used 2024-09-30 10:42:32 - Nominate - Description - http://www.tibia.com/community/?subtopic=characters&name=%s

amazones
Busca en amazon.es
1070 uses - Created 2011-12-29 23:38:39 - Last used 2026-08-27 14:31:00 - Nominate - Description - http://www.amazon.es/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?__mk_es_ES=%C5M%C5Z%D5%D1&url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=%s&x=0&y=0

empire
Searches Empire Online. The movie review magazine. Searches the whole website
1068 uses - Created 2007-12-09 17:35:23 - Last used 2026-04-19 03:34:49 - Nominate - Description - http://www.empireonline.com/search/default.asp?search=%s

yh

1068 uses - Created 2005-06-11 02:40:18 - Last used 2026-01-09 08:28:45 - Nominate - Description - http://www.yahoo.com

ebayd
Ebay Deutschland (Germany). Example: ebayd messagebelt
1067 uses - Created 2005-10-13 13:54:10 - Last used 2019-09-19 17:13:09 - Nominate - Description - http://search.ebay.de/search/search.dll?satitle=%s&cgiurl=http%3A//cgi.ebay.de/ws/&fkr=1&from=R8&category0=

RipZipKodakGallery
Rip all the large pictures from a Kodak image gallery, zip em up and download the Zip file. Example: RipZipKodakGallery http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?Uc=gi8a8udn.4j2k0u2b&Uy=-ay5epxo Some friends and family use Kodak and it was annoyingly hard to download the high res images. So enjoy RipZip. Joshua Bloom
1067 uses - Created 2007-01-18 04:50:25 - Last used 2016-05-23 10:21:59 - Nominate - Description - http://jbloomdesign.com/cgi-bin/RipAndZip.zip?urlpath=%s

tfly
TorrentFly: clean real-time torrent search a bit-torrent search engine that gets its results in real-time from various large and respected bit-torrent hosts. This website does not actually host any torrent files; it only links to websites where you can find them. Currently TorrentFly.org crawls 13 of these websites and filters out torrents that are slow, fake or corrupt
1062 uses - Created 2009-10-24 05:51:16 - Last used 2020-12-01 08:46:18 - Nominate - Description - http://www.torrentfly.org/torrents/%s.html

yporn
NAME yporn - Searches youporn.com SYNOPSIS yporn [KEYWORD]
1061 uses - Created 2007-07-11 20:47:17 - Last used 2026-06-27 05:40:35 - Nominate - Description - http://youporn.com/search?query=%s

putty
Run putty SSH client
1061 uses - Created 2006-10-30 01:56:22 - Last used 2025-10-29 05:50:58 - Nominate - Description - http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/putty.exe

risk
takes you to "my games" on gamesbyemail.com
1061 uses - Created 2006-11-11 13:18:23 - Last used 2023-08-13 04:02:54 - Nominate - Description - http://gamesbyemail.com/User/MyGames

wod (Golden Egg)
NAME wod - Webster's Online Dictionary with Multilingual Thesaurus Translation SYNOPSIS wod [WORD(S)] [-lang [LANGUAGE]] EXAMPLES Just try it: wod wod word wod mail fraud wod Maxfield Parrish wod мама -lang Russian wod bachelière -lang French wod 百度 -lang all Who describes better than authors of www.websters-online-dictionary.org: What do you get when you start with Webster’s classic 1913 unabridged dictionary, and you add updated definitions, thousands of images (one picture being worth a thou…
1061 uses - Created 2006-06-20 13:09:12 - Last used 2026-07-18 17:40:24 - Description - http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/[post]{IfEmpty -value ${lang} -then {IfEmpty -value %s -then -else search/?s=%s&R1=en} -else {IfEmpty -value %s -then -else search/?s=%s}&R1=${lang}}

gcon4
Search your Google contacts. gcon4 [contact name] b.a.
1060 uses - Created 2017-02-07 14:04:59 - Last used 2026-08-20 09:40:47 - Nominate - Description - https://contacts.google.com/search/%s

clvan
Search Vancouver Craigslist For Sale
1058 uses - Created 2007-07-19 23:06:48 - Last used 2016-03-08 08:58:54 - Nominate - Description - http://vancouver.craigslist.org/cgi-bin/search?areaID=25&subAreaID=0&query=%s&catAbbreviation=sss&minAsk=min&maxAsk=max

ltt
Searches LibraryThing.com for a given title word. Example: lta poverty will give a list of works containing the string poverty in the title.
1058 uses - Created 2006-04-22 14:13:34 - Last used 2026-06-22 05:33:59 - Nominate - Description - http://www.librarything.com/search_works.php?searchbox=%s&Search=Search

last.fm
General search of last.fm. The other commands (lfm) didn't seem to work. This one also searches everything, not just albums and tracks.
1057 uses - Created 2006-02-07 22:24:33 - Last used 2024-12-23 21:29:31 - Nominate - Description - http://www.last.fm/explore/search.php?q=%s

qdef (Golden Egg)
NAME qdef - Quick Definitions -- get a definition from ninjawords.com in a self-closing window. SYNOPSIS qdef [WORD] -t [OPTIONAL SECONDS] EXAMPLES qdef polysemy << pops open a window with the definition for "polysemy". It automatically closes in 10 seconds. qdef polysemy -t 20 << the same as before, but it waits 20 seconds before closing This command loads definitions from the excellent ninjawords.com. It automatically closes the definition window in 10 seconds. To change the length that the w…
1057 uses - Created 2006-12-13 22:55:25 - Last used 2025-10-19 21:21:16 - Description - echo <script>def=window.open('http://www.ninjawords.com/%s');setTimeout("def.close();history.go(-1);",${t=10}000);</script>

lsplit (Golden Egg)
NAME lsplit (for Split via Links) - provide a way to easily access multiple YubNub commands on one screen via links SYNOPSIS lsplit cmd1;cmd2;cmd3 SUMMARY Displays a set of links, one for each command, that when clicked, open up that command in the IFRAME (rest of the page) below. The commands can have parameters, and a command can simply be a URL. This is an alternative to 'split' for when you want quick access to multiple commands, but you either don't want them all to run except as needed, *…
1057 uses - Created 2009-04-03 21:41:34 - Last used 2026-08-14 10:44:25 - Description - echo <head><script src="http://elzr.com/javascripts/yn/lsplit.js"></script><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://elzr.com/stylesheets/yn/lsplit.css" /></head><body><div>{foreach {explode {match %s -pattern /^(.*?);*\s*$/ -capture 1 -as text} -token ;} -cmd echo {linktag [|url %25s|]!!%25s -t lsplit} -as text}</div><iframe src="{url {match %s -pattern /^(.*?);/ -as text -capture 1}}" name="lsplit"></iframe></body>

android

1057 uses - Created 2008-04-29 14:24:07 - Last used 2024-06-23 05:44:44 - Nominate - Description - http://code.google.com/android/

nzl
NewzLeech.com Usenet binaries search engine with nzb creation. Example: nzl linux iso There are options for mininum/maximum age (days) and size (megabytes). Example: nzl linux iso -minage 7 -maxage 30 -minsize 600 -maxsize 700
1056 uses - Created 2008-07-11 06:21:24 - Last used 2019-11-16 12:19:30 - Nominate - Description - http://www.newzleech.com/usenet/?group=&minage=${minage}&age=${maxage}&min=${minsize}&max=${maxsize}&q=%s&mode=usenet&adv=1

kos
The state of the nation.
1055 uses - Created 2005-07-19 04:21:28 - Last used 2017-06-10 12:25:37 - Nominate - Description - http://www.dailykos.com/

wireless (Golden Egg)
Use a zip code to find wireless hotspots with jwire
1055 uses - Created 2005-06-16 03:29:58 - Last used 2025-10-01 05:20:59 - Description - http://www.jiwire.com/search-wifi-hotspots.htm?command=&ssid=&hotspot_name=&location_type_id=0&technology_id=0&venue_group_id=0&provider_id=0&pay_free=both&address=&city=&country_id=1&state_id=0&zip=%s&narrow_search=on

banner
banner web for RHIT
1054 uses - Created 2008-09-21 20:24:02 - Last used 2025-03-18 06:47:37 - Nominate - Description - https://prodbss.rose-hulman.edu/BanSS/twbkwbis.P_WWWLogin

zbozi
To find products via www.zbozi.cz
1053 uses - Created 2008-01-20 10:18:15 - Last used 2013-04-30 11:15:30 - Nominate - Description - http://zbozi.cz/?q=%s

crunchbase
Search CrunchBase (fixed)
1053 uses - Created 2008-05-16 12:25:52 - Last used 2026-02-03 07:38:58 - Nominate - Description - http://www.crunchbase.com/search?query=%s&commit=Search

had
Hack A Day
1053 uses - Created 2005-07-15 20:19:14 - Last used 2026-07-24 03:29:12 - Nominate - Description - http://www.hackaday.com/

gvi
google video...gv just doesn't work...
1051 uses - Created 2005-06-30 09:04:14 - Last used 2025-03-31 11:15:39 - Nominate - Description - http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=%s&btnG=Search+Video

sa
Does a Google search on Something Awful
1049 uses - Created 2005-06-11 20:00:43 - Last used 2026-02-27 05:33:39 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?query=%s&as_sitesearch=somethingawful.com

der

1049 uses - Created 2006-08-14 14:16:55 - Last used 2026-08-01 10:11:28 - Nominate - Description - http://dictionare.com/phpdic/enro40.php?field0=%s

mrqe
Movie review query engine: a meta search of movie reviews. Usage: mrqe moviename Example: mrqe caddyshack ========== Old implementation: http://www.mrqe.com/lookup?isindex=%s http://www.mrqe.com/lookup?%s
1049 uses - Created 2006-01-12 01:39:08 - Last used 2021-04-13 09:50:25 - Nominate - Description - http://www.mrqe.com/search?q=%s

isbn (Golden Egg)
Search ISBN.nu for book prices based on the ISBN. To search for the latest Harry Potter book, type: Example: isbn 0439784549
1047 uses - Created 2005-06-14 18:28:01 - Last used 2026-05-23 03:52:40 - Description - http://isbn.nu/%s

askmefi
Ask Metafilter search using Google
1047 uses - Created 2005-06-18 03:32:30 - Last used 2017-02-26 11:31:51 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/custom?q=%s&sa=Google+Search&cof=GIMP%3A%23ffffcc%3BT%3Awhite%3BALC%3A%23FFFFCC%3BGFNT%3A%23cccccc%3BLC%3A%23CCCC00%3BBGC%3A%23426746%3BAH%3Aleft%3BVLC%3A%23CCCC99%3BGL%3A2%3BGALT%3A%23999999%3BAWFID%3A6bb0ad67a4a8d3e0%3B&domains=ask.metafilter.com&sitesearch=ask.metafilter.com

gnewsuk
Google news UK. The UK headlines. Can be used by itself or with a specific search Example: gnewsuk Example: gnewsuk pizza
1046 uses - Created 2005-08-01 07:47:14 - Last used 2023-08-28 06:46:06 - Nominate - Description - http://news.google.co.uk/news?q=%s

ebayss
eBay seller search. Searches current auctions for an eBay seller.
1046 uses - Created 2008-08-05 20:56:12 - Last used 2016-05-24 14:10:55 - Nominate - Description - http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZ%sQQfrppZ50QQfsopZ32QQfsooZ2QQrdZ0

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