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ping -q -c1 -w3 brandx.jp.sme >& /dev/null || echo brandx.jp.sme ping failed | mail -ne -s'Server unavailable' joker@jp.co.uk

2010-09-08 12:19:29

User: unixmonkey11948

Functions: echo mail ping

Tags: bash ping mail

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Check a server is up. If it isn't mail me.

For some reason the 2&>1 does not work for me, but the shorter stdout/stderr redirection >& works perfectly (Ubuntu 10.04).

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windows password recovery tool, windows password recovery software

2010-09-08 08:30:29

User: kirahjin

-8

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This article introduces 6 best Windows password recovery tool to help you recover your lost Windows password. Both free one and commercial one are available.

echo "w" | fdisk /dev/sdb

2010-09-07 13:42:59

User: BCK

Functions: echo fdisk

-1

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Rescan partitions on a SCSI device

Used this after cloning a disk with dd to make the newly written partitions show up in /dev/

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wget -q $(lynx --dump 'http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/' | grep '\/.a\/' | grep '\-pi' | head -n 1 | awk '{print $2}') -O geekandpoke.jpg

2010-09-07 12:15:36

User: tersmitten

Functions: awk grep head wget

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Get the latest Geek and Poke comic

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perl -e 'print "\n"x100'

2010-09-07 10:11:10

User: SunX

Functions: perl

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Echo several blank lines

Perl variant of echo several blank lines command

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for i in `seq 1 100`;do echo;done

2010-09-07 09:55:35

User: javisol

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Echo several blank lines

Sometimes I need to move several blank lines my terminal, I usually use this command, does anybody know a better one?

Thanks

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ls -lAhutr

2010-09-07 05:49:46

User: unixmonkey11890

Functions: ls

-3

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Show the last movie/ebook that you have saw/read

This is a simple command, but useful when you don't remember what episode need to see :D

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function ldd(){ objdump -p $1 | grep -i need; }

2010-09-07 02:44:59

User: jyf

Functions: grep objdump

Tags: ldd

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print shared library dependencies

use this to avoid executing the target app

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ldd path_to_executable

2010-09-06 17:07:39

User: yababay

Functions: ldd

Tags: ldd

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print shared library dependencies

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2010-09-06 15:13:48

User: cicatriz

Functions: cut egrep sort uniq

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Get each users commit amount

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LD_TRACE_LOADED_OBJECTS=1 name_of_executable

2010-09-06 14:27:10

User: yohananov

Tags: ldd

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print shared library dependencies

May be used on (embedded) systems lack ldd

feh --bg-center `ls | shuf -n 1`

2010-09-06 14:15:08

User: uzsolt

Tags: random

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Set background image to random file from current dir.

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feh --bg-center `ls -U1 |sort -R |head -1`

2010-09-06 12:35:35

User: unixmonkey11903

Functions: head sort

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Set background image to random file from current dir.

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( x=`tput op` y=`printf %$((${COLUMNS}-6))s`;for i in {0..256};do o=00$i;echo -e ${o:${#o}-3:3} `tput setaf $i;tput setab $i`${y// /=}$x;done; )

This is sample output - yours may be different.

$ ( x=`tput op` y=`printf %$((${COLUMNS}-6))s`;for i in {0..256};do o=00$i;echo -e ${o:${#o}-3:3} `tput setaf $i;tput setab $i`${y// /=}$x;done; )
000 ================================================================================================================================================================================
001 ================================================================================================================================================================================
002 ================================================================================================================================================================================
003 ================================================================================================================================================================================
004 ================================================================================================================================================================================
005 ================================================================================================================================================================================
006 ================================================================================================================================================================================
007 ================================================================================================================================================================================
008 ================================================================================================================================================================================
009 ================================================================================================================================================================================
010

2010-09-06 10:39:27

User: AskApache

Tags: bash color terminal output for ncurses tput askapache colors printf COLUMNS tset 256 subshell

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Print all 256 colors for testing TERM or for a quick reference

This is super fast and an easy way to test your terminal for 256 color support. Unlike alot of info about changing colors in the terminal, this uses the ncurses termcap/terminfo database to determine the escape codes used to generate the colors for a specific TERM. That means you can switch your terminal and then run this to check the real output.

tset xterm-256color

at any rate that is some super lean code!

Here it is in function form to stick in your .bash_profile

aa_256 ()

{

( x=`tput op` y=`printf %$((${COLUMNS}-6))s`;

for i in {0..256};

o=00$i;

echo -e ${o:${#o}-3:3} `tput setaf $i;tput setab $i`${y// /=}$x;

done )

}

From my bash_profile: http://www.askapache.com/linux-unix/bash_profile-functions-advanced-shell.html

lsof /folder

2010-09-06 05:10:06

User: dotanmazor

Tags: lsof umount

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Show which process is blocking umount (Device or resource is busy)

Instead of using force un-mounting, it's better to find the processes that currently use the relevant folder.

Taken from:

http://www.linuxhowtos.org/Tips%20and%20Tricks/findprocesses.htm

cowsay -l | sed '1d;s/ /\n/g' | while read f; do cowsay -f $f $f;done

2010-09-06 03:40:42

User: fizz

Functions: read sed

Tags: bash while ascii cowsay

-2

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Show all cowsay's available cowfiles

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find /home -print -exec rename -v 's/_2009-09-04.suffix$//' {} \;

2010-09-05 13:38:48

User: Trebacz

Functions: find rename

Tags: find rename

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Find all files under a certain directory /home that have a certain suffix at the end of the file name. Show the file and rename them to remove the suffix.

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blkid /dev/sda7

2010-09-05 12:20:45

User: lineak

Tags: partition uuid

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Show the UUID of a filesystem or partition

Shows the UUID of the given partition (here /dev/sda7). Doesn't need to be root.

netstat -tlvp

2010-09-05 12:00:03

User: onurgu

Functions: netstat

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find out which TCP ports are listening and opened by which process in verbose

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cp -n <src> <dst>

2010-09-05 05:31:01

User: cfy

Functions: cp

Tags: cp

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Copy without overwriting

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yes n | cp -p -i -r <src> <dest>

2010-09-05 03:32:49

User: BohrMe

Functions: cp yes

Tags: yes cp

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Copy without overwriting

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ls /dev/disk/by-uuid/ -alh

2010-09-04 20:38:28

User: John_W

Functions: ls

-2

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Show the UUID of a filesystem or partition

Doesn't need to be run as root.

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lynx -dump http://domaim.com | egrep -o -e 'http://[/0-9a-z.]+html'

2010-09-04 17:49:12

User: yababay

Functions: egrep

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Get all links of a website

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2010-09-04 15:13:10

User: xeor

Tags: ssh

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Close a hanging ssh session

~ is the ssh control character. If you type it after a newline, you can example force close the ssh session.

, ~, then .

If you want more info, type ~? when you are connecting using ssh.

Very useful to kill of any hanging ssh sessions when nothing else works.

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dog --links "http://www.domain.com"

2010-09-04 13:31:57

User: Aparicio

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Get all links of a website

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