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/usr/local/bin/OFPW -pass thepassword

2009-04-24 13:08:31

User: tncook

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Sets OpenFirmware pasword on a mac

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hwinfo --block --short

2009-04-24 11:13:31

User: Schneckentreiber

Tags: mount partition harddisk hardware storage

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Show all detected mountable Drives/Partitions/BlockDevices

Yields entries in the form of "/dev/hda1" etc.

Use this if you are on a new system and don't know how the storage hardware (ide, sata, scsi, usb - with ever changing descriptors) is connected and which partitions are available.

Far better than using "fdisk -l" on guessed device descriptors.

for i in `ls *xml`; do sed -e 's,oldpassword,newpassword,g' $i > $i.2 && mv -f $i.2 $i ; done

2009-04-24 08:53:40

User: irraz

Functions: mv sed

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Change password in list of xml files with for and sed

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sed 's/\o0/\n/g' /proc/INSERT_PID_HERE/environ

2009-04-23 22:58:57

User: unixmonkey3402

Functions: sed

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Given process ID print its environment variables

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mvn deploy:deploy-file -DgroupId=groupId -DartifactId=artifactId -Dversion=1.0 -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=pathtolib -DrepositoryId=repository -Durl=url

2009-04-23 18:13:08

User: agasea

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Install a library to a remote repository

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meld <(antiword microsoft_word_a.doc) <(antiword microsoft_word_b.doc)

2009-04-23 15:14:32

User: peter_shook

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compare two Microsoft Word documents

http://meld.sourceforge.net/

http://www.winfield.demon.nl/

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find ./ -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;

2009-04-22 21:14:36

User: ethanmiller

Functions: chmod find

Tags: chmod

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Recursively change permissions on files, leave directories alone.

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m-a a-i open-vm

2009-04-22 20:08:00

User: m03hr3

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compile openvm-tools

compile and install openvm-tools module in debian lenny

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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.

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 ?

. ~/.profile

2009-04-22 16:56:12

User: ruchi

-5

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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 :)

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 .

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

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 )

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.

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.

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.

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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