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ls -al /proc/<PID>/fd

2009-02-07 22:57:03

User: al3x

Functions: ls

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list file descriptors opened by a process

Useful for examining hostile processes (backdoors,proxies)

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dscacheutil -flushcache

2009-02-07 22:46:03

User: epall

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Flush DNS cache on OS X 10.5 Leopard

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alias acs='apt-cache search'

2009-02-07 22:08:44

User: hide1713

Functions: alias

-2

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Fast searh Ubntu software repo

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alias agi='sudo apt-get install'

2009-02-07 22:07:16

User: hide1713

Functions: alias

-5

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Fast install software in Ubuntu

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sudo echo 1 > /proc/acpi/asus/camera

2009-02-07 21:57:01

User: orie

Functions: echo sudo

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Switch on eeepc camera

In some applications on eeepc xandros 7, default OS, video ccamera is not available untill you enter this command

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find /path -name \*.php -user nobody -exec grep -nH whatever {} \;

2009-02-07 20:53:56

User: al3x

Functions: find grep

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grep selectively

allows to grep very narrow subset of files

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find /path -type d -perm 777 -exec chmod 755 {} \;

2009-02-07 20:51:06

User: al3x

Functions: chmod find

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fix broken permissions

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cat /proc/<PID>/environ

2009-02-07 20:49:19

User: al3x

Functions: cat

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find out about a process

Good to find out about hostile processes

setenv GREP_COLOR '1;37;41'

2009-02-07 18:56:23

User: mnikhil

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color grep with specification of colors with GREP_COLOR env variable

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echo "Xc" | tr "Xo" "\033\017

2009-02-07 18:55:27

User: mnikhil

Functions: echo tr

-2

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reset the bizzarre gone junk terminal to normal

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alias grep 'gnu grep -i --color=auto'

2009-02-07 18:54:56

User: mnikhil

Functions: alias grep

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Use color grep by default

Alias the grep command to show colored results by default.

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alias nsl 'netstat -f inet | grep -v CLOSE_WAIT | cut -c-6,21-94 | tail +2'

2009-02-07 18:54:12

User: mnikhil

Functions: alias cut grep tail

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show all programs connected or listening on a network port

Use the aliased command 'nsl'

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find $(pwd) -type f -exec grep -l "$(echo "\r")" {} \;

2009-02-07 18:53:00

User: mnikhil

Functions: find grep

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finding cr-lf files aka dos files with ^M characters

its useful to run dos2unix command later on them.

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find ./source -depth -print | cpio -cvo> /destination/source_data.cpio; cd /destination; cpio -icvmdI ./source_data.cpio; rm -rf ./source_data.cpio

2009-02-07 18:51:49

User: mnikhil

Functions: cd cpio find rm

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copying data with cpio

Copy data to the destination using commands such as cpio (recommended), tar, rsync, ufsdump, or ufsrestore.

Example:

Let the source directory be /source, and let the destination directory be /destination.

# cd /source

# cd ..

# find ./source -depth -print | cpio -cvo> /destination/source_data.cpio

# cd /destination

# cpio -icvmdI ./source_data.cpio

# rm -rf ./source_data.cpio

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find / -xdev -size +1024 -exec ls -al {} \; | sort -r -k 5

2009-02-07 18:50:44

User: mnikhil

Functions: find ls sort

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finding more large files

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ls -la | awk '$3 == "oracle" || $3 == "root" {print $9}'

2009-02-07 18:50:17

User: mnikhil

Functions: awk ls

-1

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list files by testing the ownership

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ls -la | awk '{print $5, " " ,$9}' | sort -rn

2009-02-07 18:49:56

User: mnikhil

Functions: awk ls sort

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file sizes of current directory

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prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s2 | fmthard -s - /dev/rdsk/c0t1d0s2

2009-02-07 18:49:20

User: mnikhil

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cloning partition tables under Solaris

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cd /some/directory \&\& tar cf - | cd /some/directory \&\& tar xvf - */

2009-02-07 18:48:39

User: mnikhil

Functions: cd tar

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move files without actually touching them

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psnup -2 file.ps | lpr

2009-02-07 18:48:18

User: mnikhil

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Using psnup to get two pages per page

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psnup -4 -pa4 -Pa4 file.ps file2.ps

2009-02-07 18:47:53

User: mnikhil

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printing with psnup

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now=`date +"%Y/%m/%d" -d "04/02/2005"` ; end=`date +"%Y/%m/%d" -d "07/31/2005"`; while [ "$now" != "$end" ] ; do now=`date +"%Y/%m/%d" -d "$now + 1 day"`; echo "$now"; done

2009-02-07 18:46:49

User: mnikhil

Functions: echo

-1

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To generate the list of dates using bash shell

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sar -g 5 5

2009-02-07 18:45:22

User: mnikhil

-3

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example usage of sar

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find . -name "*.jpg" | perl -ne'chomp; $name = $_; $quote = chr(39); s/[$quote\\!]/_/ ; print "mv \"$name\" \"$_\"\n"'

2009-02-07 18:44:54

User: mnikhil

Functions: find perl

-1

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Renaming jpg extension files at bunch

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last | awk '$1!~/wtmp/{logs[$1]++}END{for (i in logs) print i, logs[i]}'

2009-02-07 18:43:33

User: mnikhil

Functions: awk last

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to get how many users logged in and logged out and how many times purely using awk

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