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List your largest installed packages (on Debian/Ubuntu)

dpigs is in the package debian-goodies (debian/ubuntu)
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dpigs

xrm0 · 2009-10-26 20:38:17 18
Calculating series with awk: add numbers from 1 to 100

Calculating series with awk only, no need for seq: add numbers from 1 to 100 Variations: 1+3+...+(2n-1) = n^2 awk 'BEGIN {for(i=1;i<=19;i+=2)sum+=i}; END {print sum}' /dev/null # displays 100 1/2 + 1/4 + ... = 1 awk 'BEGIN {for(i=1;i<=10;i++)sum+=1/(2**i)}; END {print sum}' /dev/null # displays 0.999023 Show Sample Output
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```
5050
```
0

awk 'BEGIN {for(i=1;i<=100;i++)sum+=i}; END {print sum}' /dev/null

dennisw · 2009-10-26 18:24:57 3
Get ssh server fingerprints

Get your server's fingerprints to give to users to verify when they ssh in. Publickey locations may vary by distro. Fingerprints should be provided out-of-band. Show Sample Output
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```
2048 b6:de:15:9b:00:c1:f5:f8:68:g9:43:9b:94:81:c5:c9 /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key.pub (RSA)
1024 e5:60:ff:6a:1f:0f:01:d0:14:6b:89:fa:64:f3:ae:2a /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key.pub (DSA)
```
4

ssh-keygen -l -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key.pub && ssh-keygen -l -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key.pub

Mikelifeguard · 2009-10-26 17:52:41 4
What is my ip?
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curl http://www.whatismyip.org/

timothybeeler · 2009-10-26 17:40:56 9
Remove CR LF from a text file

conversely, you can type flip -m to convert the file back to MS line endings.
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0

flip -u $FILE

linuxrawkstar · 2009-10-26 17:33:26 4
Remove CR LF from a text file

Remove CR LF (CRLF) from a text file. use man:tr to get more info about removing other characters from a file. and even character to character replacements.
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3

tr -d '\r\n' < input_file.txt > output_file.txt

nadavkav · 2009-10-26 16:12:21 6
What is my ip?
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8

curl -s checkip.dyndns.org | grep -Eo '[0-9\.]+'

hugin · 2009-10-26 09:15:31 3
get ^DJI
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getdji (){local url sedcmd;url='http://finance.yahoo.com/q?d=t&s=^DJI';sedcmd='/(DJI:.*)/,/Day.*/!d;s/^ *//g;';sedcmd="$sedcmd/Change:/s/Down / -/;/Change:/s/Up / +/;";sedcmd="$sedcmd/Open:/s//& /";lynx -dump "$url" | sed "$sedcmd"; }

twfcc · 2009-10-26 09:00:18 5
What is my ip?

See more details at http://blog.amit-agarwal.co.in/2008/12/01/get-you-ip-address-like-whatismyipcom/ Show Sample Output
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```
122.167.6.97
```
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w3m http://amit-agarwal.co.in/mystuff/getip_txt.php will return the ip in text format.

raj77_in · 2009-10-26 02:24:46 4
What is my ip?

See external ip with w3m, simple and fast. On a web site from Chile (spanish).
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w3m miip.cl | grep ip

Cont3mpo · 2009-10-26 01:40:37 4
What is my ip?
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lynx --dump "http://checkip.dyndns.org"

lmascarenhas · 2009-10-26 01:26:33 3
Mount an external FAT32 USB HDD
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sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /mnt/sdb1

steffoz · 2009-10-25 19:56:06 4
Prints per-line contribution per author for a GIT repository

You'll run into trouble if you have files w/ missing newlines at the end. I tried to use PAGER='sed \$q' git blame and even PAGER='sed \$q' git -p blame to force a newline at the end, but as soon as the output is redirected, git seems to ignore the pager.
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git ls-files | while read i; do git blame $i | sed -e 's/^[^(]*(//' -e 's/^$[^[:digit:]]*$[[:space:]]\+[[:digit:]].*/\1/'; done | sort | uniq -ic | sort -nr

pipping · 2009-10-25 09:40:01 4
grep -v with multiple patterns.

That's what the sed command should've been, sorry.
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sed -n '/test/{/error\|critical\|warning/d;p}' somefile

pipping · 2009-10-25 09:07:00 3
List installed deb packages by size
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dpkg-query -Wf '${Installed-Size}\t${Package}\n' | sort -n

raspi · 2009-10-25 03:23:51 15
Prints per-line contribution per author for a GIT repository

Figures out total line contribution per author for an entire GIT repo. Includes binary files, which kind of mess up the true count. If crashes or takes too long, mess with the ls-file option at the start: git ls-files -x "*pdf" -x "*psd" -x "*tif" to remove really random binary files git ls-files "*.py" "*.html" "*.css" to only include specific file types Based off my original SVN version: http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/2787/prints-total-line-count-contribution-per-user-for-an-svn-repository Show Sample Output
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```
 217167 askedrelic
  11592 bob
   3975 alice
   1276 jim
    358 tom
     64 brad
     13 Not Committed Yet
```
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git ls-files | xargs -n1 -d'\n' -i git-blame {} | perl -n -e '/\s\((.*?)\s[0-9]{4}/ && print "$1\n"' | sort -f | uniq -c -w3 | sort -r

askedrelic · 2009-10-25 01:44:03 12
Forward connections

Forward connections to $HOSTNAME:8080 out to $HOST:80
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ssh -g -L 8080:localhost:80 root@$HOST

kayowas · 2009-10-24 20:56:00 3
Monitor bandwidth by pid

Nethogs is a useful tool for monitor bandwidth consumption by pid. Tested on Debian an CentOs
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nethogs -p eth0

servermanaged · 2009-10-24 19:43:31 7
Convert Windows/DOS Text Files to Unix

Convert Windows/DOS Text Files to Uni Show Sample Output
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```
Convert Windows/DOS Text Files to Uni
```
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Convert Windows/DOS Text Files to Uni

nevzat · 2009-10-24 18:41:35 10
Display a block of text with AWK
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sed -n /start_pattern/,/stop_pattern/p file.txt

pipping · 2009-10-24 16:35:39 8
List bash functions defined in .bash_profile or .bashrc
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0

declare -F | sed 's/^declare -f //'

pipping · 2009-10-24 16:06:43 5
grep -v with multiple patterns.

If you wanted to do all in one command, you could go w/ sed instead
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sed '/test/{/error\|critical\|warning/d}' somefile

pipping · 2009-10-24 15:59:59 3
grep -v with multiple patterns.

You can use -e to pass multiple patterns.
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grep test somefile | grep -v -e error -e critical -e warning

pipping · 2009-10-24 15:58:11 3
Password Generation

Produces secure passwords that satisfy most rules for secure passwords and can be customized for correct output as needed. See "man pwgen" for details. Show Sample Output
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```
$ pwgen --alt-phonics --capitalize 9 10
ju7wuQu0w tahPh2hee Ooth7ag1O ieF8thai9 aeNg6thai rahLoy8ah ixeiz6Eiy OhN8Pheiz
IeHe3goi5 eeZ6ied7m 
```
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pwgen --alt-phonics --capitalize 9 10

CafeNinja · 2009-10-24 08:36:36 40
password generator

make password randomly, default 8 chars, using bash3.X only, no external program.
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genpass(){local i x y z h;h=${1:-8};x=({a..z} {A..Z} {0..9});for ((i=0;i<$h;i++));do y=${x[$((RANDOM%${#x[@]}))]};z=$z$y;done;echo $z ;}

twfcc · 2009-10-24 04:32:31 13
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