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Find removed files still in use via /proc

Oracle DBA remove some logfiles which are still open by the database and he is complaining the space has not been reclaimed? Use the above command to find out what PID needs to be stopped. Or alternatively recover the file via: cp /proc/pid/fd/filehandle /new/file.txt Show Sample Output

find -L /proc/*/fd -links 0 2>/dev/null

res0nat0r · 2009-06-26 18:42:51 12

Show your account and windows policy settings with Results of Policy msc.

Type this into windows via run and it will display to you your complete policy for windows. This includes group policy, security policy and your active directory account (min password etc).... www.fir3net.com
This is sample output - yours may be different.
4

rsop.msc

felix001 · 2009-06-26 11:19:50 13

Monitor RX/TX packets and any subsquent errors

www.fir3net.com Show Sample Output

watch 'netstat -aniv'

felix001 · 2009-06-26 11:16:42 8

Most simple way to get a list of open ports
This is sample output - yours may be different.
3

netstat -lnp

unixmonkey4415 · 2009-06-26 08:33:03 8
Check processes runed not by you
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ps aux | grep -v `whoami`

unixmonkey4415 · 2009-06-26 08:28:06 8
Merge several pdf files into a single file
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pdftk $* cat output $merged.pdf

svg · 2009-06-26 07:36:02 11
bash or tcsh redirect both to stdout and to a file

When plumbers use pipes, they sometimes need a T-joint. The Unix equivalent to this is 'tee'. The -a flag tells 'tee' to append to the file, rather than clobbering it. Tested on bash and tcsh. Show Sample Output
This is sample output - yours may be different.
```
$ echo "Hello World." | tee -a hello.txt
Hello World.
$ cat hello.txt
Hello World.
```
1

echo "Hello World." | tee -a hello.txt

thebillywayne · 2009-06-26 00:55:59 9
Print multiline text starting and ending at specific regexps with perl

Using perl, here, we grep the man page of fetchmail to find the paragraph starting with '-k | --keep' and ending before the paragraph starting with '-K | --nokeep' Show Sample Output
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```
-k | --keep
              (Keyword:  keep)  Keep  retrieved messages on the remote mailserver.  Normally, messages are deleted from the folder on the mailserver after they have been retrieved.  Specifying
              the keep option causes retrieved messages to remain in your folder on the mailserver.  This option does not work with ETRN or ODMR. If used with POP3, it is recommended  to  also
              specify the --uidl option or uidl keyword.

       
```
0

man fetchmail | perl -ne 'undef $/; print $1 if m/^.*?(-k \| --keep.*)-K \| --nokeep.*$/smg'

unixmonkey4437 · 2009-06-25 23:51:35 10
Set an alarm to wake up [2]

Set an alarm to starts in specific time. Show Sample Output
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```
For instance:
echo "aplay /media/dados/audio/geral/Yahoo.wav" | at 16:28
```
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echo "aplay path/to/song" |at [time]

brausen · 2009-06-25 19:33:37 12
Set an alarm to wake up

Sleep 5h and plays the song as a wake up alarm
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3

sleep 5h && rhythmbox path/to/song

becomingGuru · 2009-06-25 19:15:19 12
Merge several pdf files into a single file

merge a.pdf b.pdf and c.pdf and create ./out.pdf
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5

gs -q -sPAPERSIZE=a4 -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=out.pdf a.pdf b.pdf c.pdf

becomingGuru · 2009-06-25 19:04:28 14
Get a shell with a not available account

Show Sample Output
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```
[root@XXX ~]# su - nobody
This account is currently not available.
[root@XXX ~]# su - nobody -s /bin/sh -c "/bin/sh"
sh-3.2$ id
uid=99(nobody) gid=99(nobody) grupos=99(nobody) context=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023
```
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su - <user> -s /bin/sh -c "/bin/sh"

nablas · 2009-06-25 15:36:04 12
Scan Network for Rogue APs.

I've used this scan to sucessfully find many rogue APs on a very, very large network. Show Sample Output
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```
Outputs data in greppable format, plain text and XML. The XML output has an associated XSL stylesheet, which allows you to open the data in a browser. 
```
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nmap -A -p1-85,113,443,8080-8100 -T4 --min-hostgroup 50 --max-rtt-timeout 2000 --initial-rtt-timeout 300 --max-retries 3 --host-timeout 20m --max-scan-delay 1000 -oA wapscan 10.0.0.0/8

merkmerc · 2009-06-25 14:12:26 8
Open a Remote Desktop (RDP) session with a custom resolution.

Using a widescreen monitor, I often get annoyed that the RDP window is too high, or too narrow for what I want to display. In this example, I'm on a 1680 x 1050 display.
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mstsc /w:1500 /h:900 /v:www.example.com

merkmerc · 2009-06-25 14:01:42 9

get linkspeed, ip-adress, mac-address and processor type from osx

get desired info from machine and pipe it txt file. Show Sample Output

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echo "-------------" >> nicinfo.txt; echo "computer name x" >> nicinfo.txt; ifconfig | grep status >> nicinfo.txt; ifconfig | grep inet >> nicinfo.txt; ifconfig | grep ether >> nicinfo.txt; hostinfo | grep type >> nicinfo.txt;

miccaman · 2009-06-25 12:32:37 31

Disable graphical login on Solaris

With a full installation of Solaris 10, the graphical login and desktop will start by default. This command will disable that feature. To enable it again use: /usr/dt/bin/dtconfig -e Show Sample Output
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```
done 
desktop auto-start disabled. 
```
1

/usr/dt/bin/dtconfig -d

thesuperjason · 2009-06-25 09:32:37 8
Adobe Updater Crashes on Mac OS X Fix

adobe updater keeps popping up. (normal update fails, probably due to insufficient rights) (src: http://aricsblog.blogspot.com/2007/12/adobe-updater-crashes-on-mac-os-x-and.html)
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sudo /Applications/Utilities/Adobe\ Utilities.localized/Adobe\ Updater5/Adobe\ Updater.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe\ Updater

miccaman · 2009-06-25 08:07:47 18
Search command history on bash

Very handy and time-saving. Do a 'ctrl+ r' on command prompt. You will see a "(reverse-i-search)`':" mark. Just type any sub-string of the command you want to search(provided you have used it sometime in the same session). Keep on searching by repeatedly pressing ctrl+r. Press enter once you get the desired command string. Show Sample Output
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```
blue] $
(reverse-i-search)`': ls

#Press enter to run the selected command.
```
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ctrl + r

Bluehive · 2009-06-25 06:51:38 12
Update dyndns.org with your external IP.

This is great if you are behind a router that does not support dynamic dns updates! Example: AT&T u-verse gateway... Put this in a script and run it as a cron job.
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5

curl -v -k -u user:password "https://members.dyndns.org/nic/update?hostname=<your_domain_name_here>&myip=$(curl -s http://checkip.dyndns.org | sed 's/[a-zA-Z<>/ :]//g')&wildcard=NOCHG&mx=NOCHG&backmx=NOCHG"

din7 · 2009-06-24 17:00:15 15
Sort a list of numbers on on line, separated by spaces.

You can replace "sort -nu" with "sort -u" for a word list sorted or "sort -R" for a random-sorted line (edit: corrected) Show Sample Output
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```
$ echo "4 2  3 5  2 52  11" | sed "s/$ \|$$/\n/g" | sort -nu | tr "\n" " "| sed -e "s/^ *//" -e "s/ $//"
2 3 4 5 11 52
```
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echo $numbers | sed "s/$ \|$$/\n/g" | sort -nu | tr "\n" " " | sed -e "s/^ *//" -e "s/ $//"

chickenzilla · 2009-06-24 15:12:17 7
Check if network cable is plugged in and working correctly

with 'mii-tool -w eth0' you can watch the interface for changes of the link status Show Sample Output
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```
eth0: negotiated 100baseTx-FD, link ok
```
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mii-tool eth0

flart · 2009-06-24 08:43:55 11
String Capitalization

Helpful when we want to do mass file renaming(especially mp3s). Show Sample Output
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```
$ (STRING="COmManDLinEfU"; echo "${STRING}" | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]' | awk '{print toupper(substr($0,1,1))substr($0,2);}')
Commandlinefu
```
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echo "${STRING}" | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]' | awk '{print toupper(substr($0,1,1))substr($0,2);}'

mohan43u · 2009-06-23 21:11:34 119
Size(k) of directories(Biggest first)

somewhat faster version to see the size of our directories. Size will be in Kilo Bytes. to view smallest first change '-k1nr' to '-k1n'.
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find . -depth -type d -exec du -s {} \; | sort -k1nr

mohan43u · 2009-06-23 20:52:35 11
Get the canonical, absolute path given a relative and/or noncanonical path

readlink -f accepts a relative, noncanonical path and emits the corresponding canonical, absolute path. Show Sample Output
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```
/tmp/foo/bar/baz/super/bon/bon/ahoy
```
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readlink -f ../super/symlink_bon/ahoy

rbs · 2009-06-23 17:46:08 9
Migrate existing Ext3 filesystems to Ext4

Before doing this, back-up all data on any ext3 partitions that are to be converted to ext4. After running previous command you MUST run fsck, is needed to return the filesystem to a consistent state. fsck -pDf /dev/yourpartition Edit /etc/fstab and change the 'type' from ext3 to ext4 for any partitions that are converted to ext4.
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tune2fs -O extents,uninit_bg,dir_index /dev/yourpartition

starchox · 2009-06-23 17:42:01 14
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Which processes are listening on a specific port (e.g. port 80)

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Get AWS temporary credentials ready to export based on a MFA virtual appliance

You might want to secure your AWS operations requiring to use a MFA token. But then to use API or tools, you need to pass credentials generated with a MFA token. This commands asks you for the MFA code and retrieves these credentials using AWS Cli. To print the exports, you can use: `awk '{ print "export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=\"" $1 "\"\n" "export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=\"" $2 "\"\n" "export AWS_SESSION_TOKEN=\"" $3 "\"" }'` You must adapt the command line to include: * $MFA_IDis ARN of the virtual MFA or serial number of the physical one * TTL for the credentials

How to run X without any graphics hardware

This starts an X server using Xvfb(1) (no graphics hardware required), then starts a VNC server on the display. Change :1 if there's a conflict with an existing display, and change 800x600x24 to suit your tastes (24 is the bit depth, 800x600 is the size). This command obviously requires X be installed, and also x11vnc(1); both are available via your favourite package manager. You can also use another VNC server of your choosing, as long as DISPLAY is set to the display of Xvfb(1). To change your desktop environment (the default is twm(1), which is rather fail), you can add it to your ~/.xinitrc file (see the startx(1) manpage for details).

shell equivalent of a boss button

Nobody wants the boss to notice when you're slacking off. This will fill your shell with random data, parts of it highlighted. Note that 'highlight' is the Perl module App::highlight, not "a universal sourcecode to formatted text converter." You'll also need Term::ANSIColor.

check open ports without netstat or lsof

find files containing text

-l outputs only the file names -i ignores the case -r descends into subdirectories

Record a screencast and convert it to an mpeg

Grab X11 input and create an MPEG at 25 fps with the resolution 800x600

Create an animated gif from a Youtube video

requires "youtube-dl" -- sure you can do this with wget and some more obscurity but why waste your time when this great tool is available? the guts consist of mplayer converting a video to a gif -- study this command and read the man page for more information $ mplayer video.flv -ss 00:23 -endpos 6 -vo gif89a:fps=5:output=output.gif -vf scale=400:300 -nosound generates a 6 second gif starting at 23 seconds of play time at 5 fps and a scale of 400x300 start time (-ss)/end time (-endpos) formats: 00:00:00.000 end time should be relative to start time, not absolute. i.e. -endpos 5 == seconds after 0:42 = 0:47 end point play with fps and scale for lower gif sizes the subshell is a solution for the -b flag on youtube-dl which downloads the best quality video, sometimes, which can be various video formats $(ls ${url##*=}*| tail -n1)

Find usb device in realtime

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