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  • Testing ftp server status

    I must monitorize a couple of ftp servers every morning WITHOUT a port-scanner Instead of ftp'ing on 100 ftp servers manually to test their status I use this loop. It might be adaptable to other services, however it may require a 'logout' string instead of 'quit'. The file ftps.txt contains the full list of ftp servers to monitorize.


    1
    for host in $(cat ftps.txt) ; do if echo -en "o $host 21\nquit\n" |telnet 2>/dev/null |grep -v 'Connected to' >/dev/null; then echo -en "FTP $host KO\n"; fi done
    vlan7 · 2010-01-26 15:34:18 3
  • Recursively grep thorugh directory for string in file.

    Recursive grep through directory for file.


    -5
    find directory/ |xargs grep -i "phrase"
    tuxtutorials · 2010-01-26 14:56:56 3
  • Do some learning...

    no loop, only one call of grep, scrollable ("less is more", more or less...)


    12
    ls /usr/bin | xargs whatis | grep -v nothing | less
    michelsberg · 2010-01-26 12:59:47 32
  • Copy all JAR files to folder /tmp

    Useful for Maven multimodule projects, where you want to extract all packaged jar files.


    -3
    find . -iname "*.jar" -exec cp '{}' /tmp/ \;
    unixmonkey6754 · 2010-01-26 12:19:15 3
  • Copy specific files recursively using the same tree organization.

    This command has been used to overwrite corrupted "entries" files of a corrupted subversion working copy. Note the --files-from input format.


    3
    rsync -vd --files-from=<(find . -name entries -print ) . ../target_directory
    samyboy · 2010-01-26 09:41:12 6
  • Toggle the Touchpad on or off

    This command toggles the touchpad on and off, when it's on, the right side scroll strip (annoying) and the tap-clicking are disabled, you can change this by changing occurances of 2 in the command to 0. this whole command can then be given a keyboard shortcut so that the touchpad is disableable without using a special fn key (which linux doesn't recognize on some computers) or a seperate button.


    -3
    if [ $(synclient -l | grep TouchpadOff | awk '{print $3}') = "2" ]; then synclient TouchpadOff=1; elif [ $(synclient -l | grep TouchpadOff | awk '{print $3}') == "1" ]; then synclient TouchpadOff=2; else synclient TouchpadOff=2; fi
    GinoMan2440 · 2010-01-26 07:52:55 5
  • Convert all old SVN repositories in one directory to new format


    1
    find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -exec 'mv "{}" "{}-old" && svnadmin create "{}" && svnadmin recover "{}-old" && svnadmin dump "{}-old" | svnadmin load "{}" && rm -rf "{}-old"' \;
    raspi · 2010-01-26 07:06:43 3
  • Do some learning...


    7
    for i in $(ls /usr/bin); do whatis $i | grep -v nothing; done | more
    Abiden · 2010-01-26 06:15:54 7
  • Extract all 7zip files in current directory taking filename spaces into account


    -2
    7za x \*.zip
    andrew112358 · 2010-01-25 21:50:15 2
  • Fast tape rewind

    Traditionally we rewind a tape using this syntaxis: mt -f /dev/rmt/0cbn rewind Redirecting the dispositive to nothing as shown above is faster. Less typing is always better.


    2
    < /dev/rmt/0cbn
    vlan7 · 2010-01-25 20:32:38 3
  • Rename all the files in the current directory into their sha1sum


    -1
    find . -maxdepth 1 -type f| xargs sha1sum | sed 's/^\(\w*\)\s*\(.*\)/\2 \1/' | while read LINE; do mv $LINE; done
    foremire · 2010-01-25 20:21:01 11
  • Insert the last argument of the previous command

    for example if you did a: ls -la /bin/ls then ls !$ is equivalent to doing a ls /bin/ls


    9
    !$
    ringlerun · 2010-01-24 17:59:52 23
  • Top Command in batch mode

    running top command in batch mode. it is usefull if you want to redirect the output in a file. Show Sample Output


    2
    top -b -n 1
    r00t4u · 2010-01-24 16:17:30 5
  • Delete residues configuration files


    0
    dpkg -l | grep ^rc | awk '{print $2}' | sudo xargs dpkg -P
    kayowas · 2010-01-24 14:23:37 4
  • Extract all 7zip files in current directory taking filename spaces into account

    Use find's built-in ability to call programs. Alternatively, find -maxdepth 1 -type f -name "*.7z" -print0 | xargx -0 -n 1 7zr e would work, too.


    -1
    find -maxdepth 1 -type f -name "*.7z" -exec 7zr e '{}' ';'
    minnmass · 2010-01-23 19:50:10 4
  • Count files created by date/modification


    0
    find . -type f -exec stat \{\} \; | grep Modify: | awk '{a[$2]++}END{for(i in a){print i " : " a[i] }}' | sort
    pepin · 2010-01-23 07:55:16 6
  • Restore the keyboard for qwerty users.

    Restores the keyboard so your partner who expects the keys to correspond to what they're labelled can type (in qwerty).


    -2
    setxkbmap us
    keturn · 2010-01-23 04:08:46 4
  • Set X keymap to dvorak and fix the Ctrl key.

    What to type to fix the keyboard when it's all qwerty and/or the modifier key to the left of the 'a' is doing something unexpected. In addition, I've also been known to use the altwin:meta_win and compose:ralt flags.


    0
    setxkbmap dvorak '' ctrl:nocaps
    keturn · 2010-01-23 04:04:59 3
  • A command to post a message to Twitter that includes your geo-location and a short URL.

    A command to post a message to Twitter that includes your geo-location and a short URL. The link shortening service is provide by TinyURL, the geo-location service is provided by HostIP and the IP address lookup service is provided by AppSpot. This is an upgrade of an of one of my previous contributions: http://tinyurl.com/yd2xtzv.


    4
    curl --user "USERNAME:PASSWORD" -d status="MESSAGE_GOES_HERE $(curl -s tinyurl.com/api-create.php?url=URL_GOES_HERE) $(curl -s api.hostip.info/get_html.php?ip=$(curl ip.appspot.com))" -d source="cURL" twitter.com/statuses/update.json -o /dev/null
    o0110o · 2010-01-23 02:21:57 11
  • Upload file to remote server using SCP


    -7
    scp /home/svnlabs.txt root@92.178.0.56:/home/
    bakhru · 2010-01-22 21:19:37 5
  • Find unused IPs on a given subnet


    10
    nmap -T4 -sP 192.168.2.0/24 && egrep "00:00:00:00:00:00" /proc/net/arp
    wincus · 2010-01-22 20:36:43 8
  • Extract all 7zip files in current directory taking filename spaces into account


    3
    for file in *.7z; do 7zr e "$file"; done
    jmcantrell · 2010-01-22 18:42:20 11
  • Upload - rsync using key pair

    Connect EC2 server with public keys "/root/.ec2/id_rsa-gsg-keypair" or "/root/.ec2/keypair.pem"


    -2
    rsync -avvvz -e "ssh -i /root/.ec2/id_rsa-gsg-keypair" --archive --progress /root/.ec2/id_rsa-gsg-keypair root@ec2-75-101-212-113.compute-1.amazonaws.com:/root
    lalit241 · 2010-01-22 17:21:58 3
  • Upload file to remote server using SCP

    Upload file to remote server using SCP


    -9
    scp -P 22 /home/svnlabs.txt root@92.178.0.56:/home/svnlabs.txt
    lalit241 · 2010-01-22 17:21:07 3
  • Upload file to remote server using SCP

    Upload file to remote server using SCP


    -6
    scp -P 22 /home/svnlabs.txt root@92.178.0.56:/home/svnlabs.txt
    svnlabs · 2010-01-22 16:55:25 4
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