| feature | command | parameters |
| PDT Time/Date | t | (no parameters) |
| SW Version | v | (no parameters) |
| GPS Data | navdata | location,[state,zip] [!ret items] location along with an optional state and/or ZIP code. The optional !ret items parameter is an int that specifies the number of matches to return (default is 2). !ret all returns all matches. ex. navdata Riverside,CA,92507 !ret all returns all matches for the specified location. Note that location does not necessarily have to be a town or city. It can also be "well known" areas such as a county, subdivision, Indian Reservation, etc. |
| Help Info | help | (no parameters) |
| Nslookup | ns | domain name or ip address e.g ns 24.5.27.135 |
| Yahoo! Driving Directions | dd | "start address" "end address" where address takes the form [street,city,state,zip], e.g. dd "1000 Doe Street,San Francisco,CA,94104" "251 Lime Street,Riverside,CA,92507" Note that only US streets are supported for now.. I'll add access to Canada soon. Airport codes aren't supported yet either. |
| Google Search | gs | search terms, e.g. gs qwertyak, Returns first five results, from http://www.google.com/palm/ |
| Fortune | fortune | (no parameters) |
| metro.yak.net system stats | systat | (if you're special) |
| 10 Random cliches | cl | (no parameters) |
| bash shell access | ex [shell command] | (if you're special) |
| random literary quote | qo | (no parameters), quotes from http://www.polymuse.com/common/common_0.94.pl (thanks Doom!) |
| view #yak irc.2600.net, last 4 entries | irc | irc [slack login] [slack pass], e.g. irc rupe mypass |
| see new metro mail | (no parameters), restricted access. metro users, ask me if you'd like access. | |
| search FCC frequency allocations in SFO | fs | search terms, eg. fs hotel or fs 899.4375 |
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