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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)$' | sort -z | xargs -0 ls -1
2009-04-19 19:45:11
User: udim
Functions: egrep find ls sort xargs
Tags: GNU/Linux
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Show all video files in the current directory (and sub-dirs)
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sl
2009-04-19 15:24:03
User: Svish
Tags: fun
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When feeling down, this command helps
sudo apt-get install sl man sl
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emerge -epv world | grep USE | cut -d '"' -f 2 | sed 's/ /\n/g' | sed '/[(,)]/d' | sed s/'*'//g | sort | uniq > use && grep ^- use | sed s/^-// | sed ':a;N;$!ba;s/\n/ /g' > notuse && sed -i /^-/d use && sed -i ':a;N;$!ba;s/\n/ /g' use
2009-04-19 07:54:08
User: Keruspe
Functions: cut grep sed sort uniq
Tags: Gentoo emerge USE
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For Gentoo users : helping with USE / emerge

This command puts all the flags of the USE variable actually used by the packages you emerged to the file "use", and those which are unused but available to the file "notuse"

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mount --bind /old/directory/path /new/directory/path
2009-04-19 01:44:59
User: dryicerx
Functions: mount
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Mount directories in different locations

Like symlinked directories, you can mount a directory at a different location. For example mounting a directory from one location in to the http root without having to make your program follow symlinks or change permissions when reading.

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script /dev/null | tee /dev/pts/3
2009-04-19 00:29:45
User: carlosfajardo
Functions: script tee
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Terminal redirection

can display the commands and their output to another user who is connected to another terminal, by example pts/3

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dpkg -S /usr/bin/ls
2009-04-18 18:18:23
User: bwoodacre
Tags: Debian Ubuntu dpkg wc
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(Debian/Ubuntu) Discover what package a file belongs to

'dpkg -S' just matches the string you supply it, so just using 'ls' as an argument matches any file from any package that has 'ls' anywhere in the filename. So usually it's a good idea to use an absolute path. You can see in the second example that 12 thousand files that are known to dpkg match the bare string 'ls'.

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dd if=yourimage.img of=/dev/sdb1
2009-04-17 23:55:13
User: rissajeanne
Functions: dd
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Burn an image to a USB stick

where /dev/sdb1 is the name of your usb device

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cdrecord dev=0,0,0 -v -eject yourimage.iso
2009-04-17 23:44:22
User: rissajeanne
Functions: cdrecord
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Burn CD/DVD from an iso, eject disc when finished.

cdrecord -scanbus will tell you the (x,y,z) value of your cdr (for example, mine is 3,0,0)

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echo *
2009-04-17 21:40:58
User: kFiddle
Functions: echo
Tags: echo ls
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A faster ls

Sometimes "ls" is just too slow, especially if you're having problems with terminal scroll speed, or if you're a speed freak. In these situations, do an echo * in the current directory to immediately see the directory listing. Do an echo * | tr ' ' '\n' if you want a column. Do an alias ls='echo *' if you want to achieve higher echelons of speed and wonder. Note that echo * is also useful on systems that are so low in memory that "ls" itself is failing - perhaps due to a memory leak that you're trying to debug.

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hostname -i
2009-04-17 21:26:56
User: kFiddle
Functions: hostname
Tags: IP hostname
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IP address of current host

I've seen some versions of hostname that don't have the -i option, so this may not work everywhere. When available, it's a better alternative than using ifconfig and wasting eyeball muscle to search for the address, and it's definitely simpler than using awk/sed.

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ssh user@server | tee logfilename
2009-04-17 19:17:02
User: bassu
Functions: ssh tee
Tags: ssh output tee, record backend client side
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Record output of any command using 'tee' at backend; mainly can be used to capture the output of ssh from client side while connecting to a server.

Optionally, you can create a new function to do this with a custom command. Edit $HOME/.bashrc and add:

myssh () { ssh $1 | tee sshlog ; }

Save it.

At command prompt:

myssh user@server
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cat [ENTER]^V^O[ENTER]^D
2009-04-17 13:16:56
User: minliu2k
Functions: cat
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Reset scrambled screen

^V means CTRL-V

[ENTER] means ENTER key

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lsof -c dhcpd
2009-04-17 07:18:38
User: d4n3sh
Tags: System Administration lsof
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List all files opened by a particular command

List all file opened by a particular command based on it's command name.

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lsof -p 15857
2009-04-17 07:16:03
User: d4n3sh
Tags: System Administration PID lsof
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List files opened by a PID

Lis all files opened by a particular process id. "PID"

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find /usr/ -type l ! -xtype f ! -xtype d -ok rm -f {} \;
2009-04-17 04:47:21
User: moz667
Functions: find rm
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Eliminate dead symlinks interactively in /usr/ recursevely

Its not mine... I get from textlive migration in gentoo : http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/tex/texlive-migration-guide.xml

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xmlstarlet ed -d '//comment()' $XML_FILE
2009-04-16 23:00:47
User: minliu2k
Functions: ed
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Remove comments in XML file

In Redhat, xmlstarlet is called just xml which can be found in xmlstarlet RPM.

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xmms2 mlib search NOT +rating | grep -r '^[0-9]' | sed -r 's/^([0-9]+).*/\1/' | sort -R | head | xargs -L 1 xmms2 addid
2009-04-16 20:27:30
User: goodevilgenius
Functions: grep head sed sort xargs
Tags: bash sort sed xargs grep xmms2
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Add 10 random unrated songs to xmms2 playlist

If you're like me and want to keep all your music rated, and you use xmms2, you might like this command.

I takes 10 random songs from your xmms2 library that don't have any rating, and adds them to your current playlist. You can then rate them in another xmms2 client that supports rating (I like kuechenstation).

I'm pretty sure there's a better way to do the grep ... | sed ... part, probably with awk, but I don't know awk, so I'd welcome any suggestions.

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sort -u filename > newfilename
2009-04-16 20:00:34
User: deijmaster
Functions: sort
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Read, sort and confirm uniqueness of entries in files and directories

For users looking to simplify management of large entries in files and directories, this command is the key to fun and simplicity. Using the power sort, only a couple of seconds are necessary to accomplish what would take minutes or hours in ?standard? client applications.

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svn list -R https://repository.com --xml >> svnxxmlinfo.xml
2009-04-16 18:58:18
User: iheartbash
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Output a list of svn repository entities to xml file

I use this to pull the last commit date for everything in my repo, so I can tell the client which files haven't been touched or updated since the repo was created. Another way to do it is to use svn log, but that does not pull the "kind" attribute. It does, however, give you the commit message. Both are very useful.

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ffmpeg -i movie.avi -y -f vcd -vcodec mpeg1video -map 0.0:0.0 -b 1150 -s 352x240 -r 29.97 -g 12 -qmin 3 -qmax 13 -acodec mp2 -ab 224 -ar 44100 -ac 2 -map 0.1:0.1 movie.mpg
2009-04-16 15:48:20
User: linuxrawkstar
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convert plain .avi movies to .mpeg

works "out of the box" on ubuntu 8.10

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lsof -i tcp:80
2009-04-16 14:51:53
User: ar_levi
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which program is this port belongs to ?

Sometimes you need to use a port that is already opened by some program , and you don't know who to "kill" for it to release - so, now you do !

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find /path/to/my/files/ -type f -name "*txt*" | xargs du -k | awk 'BEGIN{x=0}{x=x+$1}END{print x}'
2009-04-16 14:17:04
User: unixmonkey3280
Functions: awk du find xargs
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Summarise the size of all files matching a simple regex

Use the find command to match certain files and summarise their total size in KBytes.

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locate searchstring | xargs grep foo
2009-04-16 12:51:24
User: zimon
Functions: grep locate xargs
Tags: grep locate
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Find 'foo' in located files

Greps located files for an expression.

Example greps all LaTeX files for 'foo':

locate *.tex | xargs grep foo

To avoid searching thousands of files with grep it could be usefull to test first how much files are returned by locate:

locate -c *.tex
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