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svn info | grep ^URL | awk -F\/ '{print $NF}'
2013-05-18 15:34:09
User: mplf
Functions: awk grep info
Tags: svn awk grep
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Get the current svn branch/tag (Good for PS1/PROMPT_COMMAND cases)
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dd if=/dev/sda of=mbr.bk bs=512 count=1
2013-05-17 02:59:33
User: lili
Functions: dd
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backup your BMR info

MBR is first 512B in partions.

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ssh -q ${SRC_HOST} "mysqldump --add-drop-database --create-options --databases wordpress | sed -r \"s/${OLD_URL}/${NEW_URL}/g\" | gzip -9" | ssh ${DST_HOST} "gunzip | mysql"
2013-05-16 14:46:57
User: bendon
Functions: ssh
Tags: mysql ssh wordpress
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Migrate wordpress db between two hosts changing the URL on the fly with encryption and compression
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sudo systemctl enable lxdm
2013-05-16 14:44:55
User: unixmonkey57489
Functions: enable sudo
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Enable lxdm login manager in linux
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sudo reboot
2013-05-16 14:43:41
User: unixmonkey57489
Functions: sudo
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Use this command to reboot the pc in linux
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sudo nano /etc/modules-load.d/virtualbox.conf
2013-05-16 14:41:51
User: unixmonkey57489
Functions: sudo
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Once Guest Additions are installed (Virtualbox), we need to make sure that the various components of this software are loaded automatically each time the system boots.

To do this, we?ll use nano to create a new configuration file called ?virtualbox.conf?. This file will go in the ?/etc/modules-load.d? directory, which contains files that need to be loaded when Arch boots up. Since adding a file to this directory requires administrative permissions, we?ll need to precede our command with ?sudo? once again.

When nano brings up the blank file, add these three lines to it:

vboxguest

vboxsf

vboxvideo

As usual, when you?re finished entering text in nano, type Control-X to exit to the command line, and answer ?y? for yes when you?re asked whether you want to save your work, and then hit ?Return? to accept the filename. At this point, reboot your machine for the Guest Additions to take effect.

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sudo pacman -S virtualbox-guest-utils
2013-05-16 14:39:38
User: unixmonkey57489
Functions: sudo
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To install guest additions in arch or manjaro linux, run the following command:

Here you have to choose the correct kernel number, for example linux38.

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mhwd --help
2013-05-16 14:30:18
User: unixmonkey57489
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mhwd ? Manjaro Hardware Detection

One base component is our hardware detection. It is a C++ library and app and is designed after a dynamic structure. Any kind of hardware, no matter if usb or pci, can be configured by mhwd. There is just a simple configuration file which tells mhwd what to do. This way we also support hybrid graphics cards out of the box. However there are currently only mhwd configs for nvidia optimus setups. But this gap will be filled soon. Just play with some of those commands to get a feeling about mhwd.

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sudo pacman -Scc
2013-05-16 14:19:14
User: unixmonkey57489
Functions: sudo
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Clean pacman cache in arch linux, manjaro linux

If not success clean cache and try again

Code: [Select]

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sudo mhwd-kernel linux00
2013-05-16 14:02:46
User: unixmonkey57489
Functions: sudo
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Install a new kernel in Manjaro linux

00 is the number of the linux kernel e.g. linux39

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sudo pacman-mirrors -g
2013-05-16 13:55:39
User: unixmonkey57489
Functions: sudo
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Command used to sync arch ro manjaro mirrors
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sudo pacman -Syu
2013-05-16 13:49:14
User: unixmonkey57489
Functions: sudo
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Upgrading packages. Pacman can update all packages on the system with just one command. This could take quite a while depending on how up-to-date the system is. This command can synchronize the repository databases and update the system's packages.

Warning: Instead of immediately updating as soon as updates are available, users must recognize that due to the nature of Arch's rolling release approach, an update may have unforeseen consequences. This means that it is not wise to update if, for example, one is about to deliver an important presentation. Rather, update during free time and be prepared to deal with any problems that may arise.

Pacman is a powerful package management tool, but it does not attempt to handle all corner cases. Read The Arch Way if this causes confusion. Users must be vigilant and take responsibility for maintaining their own system. When performing a system update, it is essential that users read all information output by pacman and use common sense. If a user-modified configuration file needs to be upgraded for a new version of a package, a .pacnew file will be created to avoid overwriting settings modified by the user. Pacman will prompt the user to merge them. These files require manual intervention from the user and it is good practice to handle them right after every package upgrade or removal. See Pacnew and Pacsave Files for more info.

Tip: Remember that pacman's output is logged in /var/log/pacman.log.

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pwgen -Bs 10 1
2013-05-16 10:50:00
User: techie
Tags: Security password sha256 /dev/urandom md5deep
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Create a secure password using /dev/urandom and sha256
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more restart_weblogic.log | grep "LISTEN" | awk '{ print $7 }' | uniq | wc -l
2013-05-16 08:40:57
User: cuizhaohua
Functions: awk grep more uniq wc
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how much time restart the wls service?
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brew search foo bar baz | parallel "brew info {} | awk 'NR==2' | xargs open"
2013-05-16 08:14:22
User: darinmorrison
Tags: Os X multicore awk macosx xargs osx mac browser parallel homebrew packages mac os x macos brew
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Search homebrew packages and simultaneously open the homepages of all matches

The xargs occurrence could be replaced with parallel but that part of the command is not supposed to be parallelized. The parallel occurrence could be replaced with xargs -P.

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split -l 12000 -a 5 database.sql splited_file i=1 for file in splited_file* do mv $file database_${i}.sql i=$(( i + 1 )) done
2013-05-15 18:17:47
User: doczine
Functions: file mv split
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Split SQL/TXT File into 12000 Lines Each File and then Add .sql Extension to File

For some reason split will not let you add extension to the files you split. Just add this to a .sh script and run with bash or sh and it will split your text file at 12000 lines for each file and then add a .sql extension to the file name.

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until !!; do :; done
2013-05-14 18:08:54
User: unixmonkey21806
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Retry the previous command until it exits successfully
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ls | paste --delimiters='*' - ./zzz | awk ' BEGIN{FS="*";} { system("mv " $1 " \"" $2 "\"") }'
2013-05-13 15:44:07
User: skilowatt
Functions: awk ls paste
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Batch rename of files (names from file)

Rename all files in current directory by names from text file 'zzz'

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curl -s http://www.reddit.com/user/$USER/about.json | tr "," "\n" | grep "link_karma" | tr ": " "\n" | grep -E "[0-9]+" | sed s/"^"/"Link Karma: "/
2013-05-13 15:36:59
User: iiAtlas
Functions: grep sed tr
Tags: curl
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Fetches a Reddit user's ($USER) link karma

Replace $USER with the username of the Reddit user in question. To get comment karma instead run...

curl -s http://www.reddit.com/user/$USER/about.json | tr "," "\n" | grep "comment_karma" | tr ": " "\n" | grep -E "[0-9]+" | sed s/"^"/"Comment Karma: "/
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du -had 1 | sort -h
2013-05-13 11:07:48
User: unixmonkey44446
Functions: du sort
Tags: size file folder human-readable
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Display sorted, human readable list of file and folders sizes in your current working directory
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cat domainlist.txt | while read line; do echo -ne $line; whois $line | grep Expiration ; done | sed 's:Expiration Date::'
2013-05-13 02:55:17
User: jun3337
Functions: cat echo grep read sed whois
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Produces a list of when your domains expire
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tac filename.txt
2013-05-13 00:47:31
User: szboardstretcher
Functions: tac
Tags: cat
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Print file content in reverse order

Cats a file in reverse.

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ffmpeg -i "concat:$(find . -name "*.mp3" | sort | tr '\n' '|')" -acodec copy ../$(basename $(pwd)).mp3 && mp3val -f ../$(basename $(pwd)).mp3
2013-05-12 20:18:47
User: unixmonkey56961
Functions: basename
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Losslessly combine all MP3s in a directory (e.g. an audiobook)
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vimhtml() { [[ -f "$1" ]] || return 1; vim +'syn on | run! syntax/2html.vim | wq | q' "$1";}
2013-05-12 19:30:51
User: RanyAlbeg
Functions: return vim
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Use Vim to convert text to HTML.

``vimhtml somefile.txt`` will open vim for the HTML convertion and close it immediately after its done, leaving you with somefile.html which you can later use in your website or whatever.

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mplayer -af volume=10.1:0 $movie
2013-05-11 20:47:50
User: hendry
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Amplify movie playback

If a movie is too hard to hear, try the above command to make it louder.

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