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Truncate long strings in columns and use custom header names

Using the --table-truncate ( -T ) option, you can specify the columns you will allow to be truncated. This helps when you have some columns that are unusually long, or a small terminal window. In this example we will print out the /etc/passwd file in columns. We are using a colon as our separator ( -s: ), defining that we want table output ( -t ), defining the column names ( -N ) and allowing the column NAME to be truncated ( -T ). Show Sample Output

column -s: -t -n . -N USERNAME,PASS,UID,GID,NAME,HOMEDIR,SHELL -T NAME /etc/passwd|sed "1,2 i $(printf %80s|tr ' ' '=')"

wuseman1 · 2022-08-22 09:29:14 1152

How to sum lines with decimals in awk

Read all lines using decimal marker as point, then add all them up and outputs the result. Show Sample Output
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```
2598.5
```
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awk '{a+=$0}END{print a}' file

bugmenot · 2022-08-15 23:04:31 476
Output requirements.txt packages pinned to latest version

Given a requirements.txt file with unpinned package names, output the packages pinned to the latest version. Handy to copy/paste back into your requirements.txt when you start a new project. Note that this will download packages but not install them. Show Sample Output
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```
Django==4.1
black==22.6.0
django-filter==22.1
djangorestframework==3.13.1
ipython==8.4.0
requests==2.28.1
```
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pip install -r requirements.txt --dry-run --no-deps --ignore-installed | tail -n1 | tr ' ' '\n' | tail -n+3 | sed -e "s/$.*$-/\1==/"

katylava · 2022-08-12 20:33:11 462
Find non ascii characters in files in folder
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find . -type f -regex '.*\.$cpp\|h$' -exec grep -Pl "[\x80-\xFF]" {} \; | xargs -I % bash -c 'echo "%"; grep --color='auto' -P -n "[\x80-\xFF]" "%"'

swarzynski · 2022-08-02 11:47:59 673
Convert indentation to tabs
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-2

find . -type f -regex '.*\.$cpp\|h$' -exec bash -c 'unexpand -t 4 --first-only "$0" | sponge "$0"' {} \;

swarzynski · 2022-08-02 10:16:47 594
Change Windows line endings to Unix version

https://www.howtogeek.com/771399/how-to-use-the-find-command-in-linux/
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find . -type f -regex '.*\.$cpp\|h$' -exec egrep -l $'\r'\$ {} \; | xargs dos2unix

swarzynski · 2022-08-02 09:28:38 1121

Track flight information from the command line

See the flight information from the CLI Use as a SH file or function, like: `./flight.sh os 336` Show Sample Output

flight_status() { curl --silent --stderr - "https://mobile.flightview.com/TrackByRoute.aspx?view=detail&al=$1&fn=$2&dpdat=$(date +%Y%m%d)" | html2text | grep -A19 "Status" ; } ; flight_status $1 $2

sxiii · 2022-07-26 12:09:17 454

Check out Gate number for your flight from CLI with Chrome

Check out Gate number for your flight from CLI with Chrome, html2texgt and grep. Works on Arch Linux (Garuda) and probably will work on others. Requirements: * google chrome (might work with chromium as well) * installed html2text (on archlinux: sudo pacman -S python-html2text) * installed grep (comes by default with your OS) * the gate number should be visible at the given website (it's not existent too early before the flight and also disappears after the flight departed) Please don't forget to replace the link to appropriate one, matching your flight. You can also wrap this into something like `whlie true; do ...; sleep 60; done' and this will check and tell you the gate number maximum in 1 minute after it appears on Avinor website. Show Sample Output
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```
Gate

A14
```
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google-chrome-stable --headless --dump-dom --disable-gpu "https://avinor.no/flight/?flightLegId=dy754-osl-trd-20220726&airport=OSL" 2>/dev/null | html2text | grep -A2 Gate

sxiii · 2022-07-26 11:50:59 399
Quickly run any gif as a ASCII animation in a terminal window

A python3 tool that can be installed with the following command pip3 install gif-for-cli --user
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gif-for-cli /path/to/gif_file.gif

ioshield · 2022-07-18 05:24:33 683
Query cheat.sh from the termianl. A quick access cheat sheet for a range of linux commands!

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```
curl cheat.sh/whoami
# whoami
# Print the username associated with the current effective user ID.
# More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/whoami>.

# Display currently logged username:
whoami

# Display the username after a change in the user ID:
sudo whoami
```
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curl cheat.sh/<comamnd-to-search>

ioshield · 2022-07-18 05:08:22 581
Cross compile C# code on Linux for windows machines
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mono-csc hello.cs -out:world.exe

ioshield · 2022-07-18 05:03:49 363
Run a command after the process you choose finishes

Run a command as soon as another long-running command finishes. E.g. suspend the machine after performing apt upgrade. The process is selected interactively via fzf.
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tail --pid="$(ps -A -o pid,args | fzf | awk '{print $1}')" -f /dev/null && echo DONE

AvImd · 2022-07-14 11:20:57 454
Clone starred github repos in parallel with unlimited speed, this example will clone 25 repositories in parallel at same time.
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GITUSER=$(whoami); curl "https://api.github.com/users/${GITUSER}/starred?per_page=1000" | grep -o 'git@[^"]*' | parallel -j 25 'git clone {}'

wuseman1 · 2022-06-27 18:58:46 403
Backup all starred repositories from Github
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GITUSER=$(whoami); curl "https://api.github.com/users/${GITUSER}/starred?per_page=1000" | grep -o 'git@[^"]*' | xargs -L1 git clone

wuseman1 · 2022-06-25 20:39:12 399
Make Kali Linux look less suspicious by making the desktop look more like a windows machine

To revert back to Kali's original desktop. Just redo the same command with no options .
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3

kali-undercover

ioshield · 2022-06-24 20:23:01 359
Spawn a retro style terminal emulator.

Just note that ctrl+shift+t to make new tabs will not work with . Pair it with a terminal multiplexer like for the best experience.
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cool-retro-term

ioshield · 2022-06-24 20:20:38 368
Write a bootable Linux .iso file directly to a USB-stick (macOS edition)

Some of us have both Macs *and* Linux machines — so it makes sense to know how to run this command on the former in the event that a botched reinstallation renders the latter unbootable.
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sudo curl -L -o /dev/disk4 https://some-distributor.org/some-distro.iso

realkstrawn93 · 2022-06-20 17:25:39 842
Download audio from youtube video
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yt-dlp -f 'ba' -x --audio-format mp3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1La4QzGeaaQ -o '%(id)s.%(ext)s'

swarzynski · 2022-06-19 20:52:35 429

Lower PowerShell priority

Lower PowerShell priority, so that to launch processes in the background and work normally with other applications Show Sample Output

PS> Get-WmiObject Win32_process -filter 'name = "powershell.exe"' | Foreach-Object { $_.SetPriority(16384) }

pascalvaucheret · 2022-06-16 14:53:28 389

remove junk

Especially good for exported ipython files Show Sample Output
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```
Remove comments and 2 enter marks
```
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grep -v '^# In' viz.txt | cat -s > out.txt

shantanuo · 2022-06-08 04:01:11 502
Run 10 curl commands in parallel via xargs (v2, faster then v1)
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xargs -I% -P10 curl -sL "https://iconfig.co" < <(printf '%s\n' {1..10})

wuseman1 · 2022-06-02 02:13:14 354
Run 10 curl commands in parallel via xargs

Useful for download mulitple files Show Sample Output
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```
xx.xxx.xxx.xx
xx.xxx.xxx.xx
xx.xxx.xxx.xx
xx.xxx.xxx.xx
xx.xxx.xxx.xx
xx.xxx.xxx.xx
xx.xxx.xxx.xx
xx.xxx.xxx.xx
xx.xxx.xxx.xx
xx.xxx.xxx.xx
```
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NUM="10";seq ${NUM}|time xargs -I % -n1 -P${NUM} curl -sL ifconfig.co

wuseman1 · 2022-06-02 02:08:05 326
youtube2m3u

generate playlists from youtube ( or othre things that support yt-dlp) Show Sample Output
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```
#EXTINF:2:37 tvg-id="" tvg-logo="https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/nDIOjsZzOUM/maxresdefault.webp" group-title="Music | The Stickmen Project (youtube)",Farruko - Pepas // Sebastian Ingrosso, Tommy Trash - Reload // Trace - Get Down
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDIOjsZzOUM
```
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yt-dlp -N3 -O '#EXTINF:%(duration_string)s tvg-id="" tvg-logo="%(thumbnail)s" group-title="Music | %(channel)s (%(extractor)s)",%(title)s' -O webpage_url --playlist-end 10 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2eTX3jDug-6fUt89uWaPCQ

dbiesecke · 2022-05-10 00:28:20 419
Print with tabular
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head -4 /etc/passwd | tr : , | sed -e 's/^/| /' -e 's/,/,| /g' -e 's/$/,|/' | column -t -s,

wuseman1 · 2022-04-22 03:03:15 1001
Bash command to convert IP addresses into their "reverse" form
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echo "32.6.6.102" | awk -F. '{print $4"."$3"." $2"."$1}'

SeeFor · 2022-04-14 20:07:05 530
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removing syncronization problems between audio and video

This assumes that there is a 10.2 sec delay between the video and the audio (delayed). To extract the original video into a audio and video composites look at the command on extracting audio and video from a movie

Run 10 curl commands in parallel via xargs (v2, faster then v1)

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Export all Mailman mailing lists Members to separate .txt files

Export all Mailman mailing lists Members to separate .txt files excluding "Mailman" and "Test" or add yours by && $1!="myDontWannaList"

Remove everything except that file

it will remove everything except the file names matching you can use also use wildcards

Get a facebook likes quantity from CLI

Replace the with your URL, for example http://rublacklist.net/12348/ and it will show likes number

Insert a line at the top of a text file without sed or awk or bash loops

Yet another way to add a line at the top a of text file with the help of the tac command (reverse cat).

Daemonize nc - Transmit a file like a http server

Allow to launch nc like a daemon, in background until you still stop it. You can stop it with kill %1 (jobs method) or kill PID. The -k option can force nc to listen another connection, but if you use redirection, it will work only one time. The loop's inside doesn't do anything, but we can imagine to send a message to screen when a connection is established

beep when a server goes offline

pings a server once per second, and beeps when the server is unreachable. Basically the opposite of: $ ping -a server-or-ip.com which would beep when a server IS reachable. You could also substitute beep with any command, which makes this a powerful alternative to ping -a: $ while true; do [ "$(ping -c1W1w1 server-or-ip.com 2>/dev/null | awk '/received/ {print $4}')" = 1 ] && date || echo 'server is down!'; sleep 1; done which would output the date and time every sec until the ping failed, in which case it would echo. Notes: Requires beep package. May need to run as root (beep uses the system speaker) Tested on Ubuntu which doesn't have beep out of the box... $ sudo apt-get install beep

Which processes are listening on a specific port (e.g. port 80)

swap out "80" for your port of interest. Can use port number or named ports e.g. "http"

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