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smbclient -U userbob //10.1.1.75/Shared
2009-04-22 19:58:51
User: ethanmiller
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Browse shared folder when you're the only Linux user

Under Ubuntu smbclient is part of the samba package. With the version I use (3.0.28a) cd-ing into folders with spaces in the name is a drag. You have to put the folder name in quotes:

smb: \Shared\> cd "Marketing and PR"

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for M in 0 1 2 3 ; do echo eth$M ;/sbin/ethtool eth$M | grep -E "Link|Speed" ; done
2009-04-22 19:32:41
User: Wubby
Functions: echo grep
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eth-tool summary of eth# devices

Give the Speed and Link status of eth# 0-3. This is sort of what mii-tool does, but eth-tool is better, yet lacks device discovery.

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yes '' | cat -n
2009-04-22 17:58:46
User: flux
Functions: cat yes
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a short counter

Maybe you know shorter ?

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. ~/.profile
2009-04-22 16:56:12
User: ruchi
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Refresh profile file

If you edit your .profile you need to refresh it for changes to take place. Simple way to refresh is logout and login. This command is the quickest way to do it.

If you're deleting some variables, they would not get nulled with this command but just removed.

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ps -L -p <pid> | wc -l
2009-04-22 15:05:26
User: adamm9
Functions: ps wc
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Get thread count for process on Solaris
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screen -ls | grep pts | gawk '{ split($1, x, "."); print x[1] }' | while read i; do gnome-terminal -e screen\ -dx\ $i; done
2009-04-22 10:36:39
User: microft
Functions: gawk grep read screen
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connect to all screen instances running

connects to all the screen instances running.

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sudo cat /dev/mem > /dev/dsp
2009-04-22 07:26:10
User: eastwind
Functions: cat sudo
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What is the sound of your memory ?
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vrms
2009-04-22 06:54:20
User: eastwind
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How many Non-free software is on your machine ?

tell you how many Non free software is on your machine, which package it is and which restriction on freedom it has . require vrms package , vrms mean virtual Richard M. Stallman :)

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boxes -d dog or cowsay -f tux $M
2009-04-22 06:01:20
User: eastwind
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need ascii art pictures for you readme text ?

Require boxes and / or cowsay packages.

After input boxes -d dog , type your text and then press ctrl + d . Same goes for cowsay .

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toilet -f big ReadMe
2009-04-22 05:48:13
User: eastwind
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Need an ascii art font for you readme text ?

need toilet package , same goes for figlet

showfigfonts | less : give the list of font available for options

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moon-buggy
2009-04-22 05:41:40
User: eastwind
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When you have time to consume

sudo apt-get install moon-buggy

An ascii 2D game where you control a mooncar and try to avoid moonhole by jumping (press space )

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bb
2009-04-22 05:33:25
User: eastwind
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When feeling boring this command help too

sudo apt-get install bb

A demoscene intro in ascii art with tracker song

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ldapsearch -v -H ldap://<server> -x -D cn=<johndoe>,cn=<users>,dc=<ourdomain>,dc=<tld> -w<secret> -b ou=<lazystaff>,dc=<ourdomain>,dc=<tld> -s sub sAMAccountName=* '*' | perl -pne 's/(\d{11})\d{7}/"DATE-AD(".scalar(localtime($1-11644473600)).")"/e'
2009-04-22 00:57:34
User: flux
Functions: perl
Tags: Date manipulation perl ldap
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decoding Active Directory date format

When Ldapsearch queries an Active directory server, all the dates are shown using a timestamp of 18 digits. This perl regexp decodes them in a more human friendly notation. 11644473600 corresponds to some microsoft epoch.

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cal 09 1752
2009-04-22 00:13:19
User: flux
Functions: cal
Tags: date fun
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synchronicity

The British Government entering in the Gregorian era.

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ls /home | head -64 | barcode -t 4x16 | lpr
2009-04-21 22:54:45
User: flux
Functions: head ls
Tags: printing
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printing barcodes

64 elements max on 16 rows, 4 cols.

GNU Barcode will adapt automagically the width and the eight of your elements to fill the page.

Standard output format is PostScript.

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( cat badfile.log ; tac badfile.log | tac ) > goodfile.log
2009-04-21 22:06:05
User: flux
Functions: cat tac
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restoring some data from a corrupted text file

man tac

When there is a bad block in the middle of your file, you can see its begninning with `cat' and its end with `tac'. But both commands terminates with an error. So this sequence rebuilds a new file without badblock.

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find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*.sh' -o -name '*.txt'
2009-04-20 17:29:13
User: P17
Functions: find
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Find different filetypes in current directory
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apt-get moo
2009-04-20 17:09:37
User: unixmonkey1055
Functions: apt
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Have you mooed today?
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for i in sys dev proc; do sudo mount --bind /$i /mnt/xxx/$i; done
2009-04-20 16:52:14
User: amosshapira
Functions: mount sudo
Tags: bash mount chroot
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Mount important virtual system directories under chroot'ed directory

The command is useful when, e.g., booting an existing system with a rescue or installation CD where you need to chroot into the hard-disk and be able to do stuff which accesses kernel info (e.g. when installing Ubuntu desktop with LVM2 you need to mount and chroot the hard disk from a shell window in order to install packages and run initramfs inside chroot).

The command assumes that /mnt/xxx is where the chroot'ed environment's root file system on the hard disk is mounted.

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sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
2009-04-20 02:08:23
User: hank
Functions: sudo
Tags: Ubuntu time
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Set Time Zone in Ubuntu

Reconfigures time zone in Ubuntu, which I cannot figure out how to do through the GUI. Worked like a charm to set my time zone to CEST from EDT.

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wajig large
2009-04-19 20:26:26
User: udim
Tags: Debian wajig
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List your largest installed packages.

Requires the "wajig" package to be installed.

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dlocate [ package | string ]
2009-04-19 20:19:06
User: udim
Tags: Debian
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Find a file's package or list a package's contents.

This is the fastest method to search the Debian package database.

Requires the dlocate package. The dlocate db updates periodically, but you may force an update with

# dlocate-update

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awk 'BEGIN {srand()} {print int(rand()*1000000) "\t" $0}' FILE | sort -n | cut -f 2-
2009-04-19 20:04:58
User: udim
Functions: awk cut sort
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Randomize the order of lines in a text file.

Replace FILE with a filename (or - for stdin).

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find -type f -printf '%P\000' | egrep -iz '\.(avi|mpg|mov|flv|wmv|asf|mpeg|m4v|divx|mp4|mkv)$' | sort -z | xargs -0 ls -1
2009-04-19 19:45:11
User: udim
Functions: egrep find ls sort xargs
Tags: GNU/Linux
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Show all video files in the current directory (and sub-dirs)
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sl
2009-04-19 15:24:03
User: Svish
Tags: fun
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When feeling down, this command helps
sudo apt-get install sl man sl
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