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cat /dev/urandom | gzip -9 > /dev/null &
2009-02-16 14:12:38
User: jacquesloonen
Functions: cat gzip
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useless load

check your load with top... Start more of these jobs to get an multi-core cpu busy...

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identify -format "%wx%h" /path/to/image.jpg
2009-02-16 13:39:20
User: root
Tags: Image processing
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Determine an image's dimensions

Simple use of ImageMagick identify function.

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iptables -L -n --line-numbers | grep xx.xx.xx.xx
2009-02-16 13:38:05
User: nullrouter
Functions: grep iptables
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Check for Firewall Blockage.

This is just one method of checking to see if an IP is blocked via IP tables or CSF. Simple and to the point. Replace xx.xx.xx.xx with the IP you wish to check.

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acpi | cut -d '%' -f1 | cut -d ',' -f2
2009-02-16 13:36:01
User: sn0opy
Functions: acpi cut
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Print the current battery status
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iptables -F
2009-02-16 13:09:36
User: Russell
Functions: iptables
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Delete all firewall rules in a chain or all chains
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find / -type f -size +25M -exec ls -lh {} \; | awk '{ print $5 " " $6$7 ": " $9 }'
2009-02-16 12:27:48
User: darkon1365
Functions: awk find ls
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Finds all files from / on down over specified size.

Very useful for finding all files over a specified size, such as out of control log files chewing up all available disk space. Fedora Core x specific version.

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dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null bs=1M count=32768
2009-02-16 12:22:18
User: jacquesloonen
Functions: dd
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Processor / memory bandwidthd? in GB/s

Read 32GB zero's and throw them away.

How fast is your system?

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ssh-copy-id username@hostname
2009-02-16 12:11:26
User: flart
Functions: ssh
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Copy your SSH public key on a remote machine for passwordless login - the easy way
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ps aux | awk '{sum+=$6} END {print sum/1024}'
2009-02-16 12:10:00
User: darkon1365
Functions: awk ps
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Pulls total current memory usage, including SWAP being used, by all active processes.
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cat ~/.ssh/*.pub | ssh user@remote-system 'umask 077; cat >>.ssh/authorized_keys'
2009-02-16 11:29:12
User: DASKAjA
Functions: cat ssh
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Copy your SSH public key on a remote machine for passwordless login.

Should run on any system with ssh installed.

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watch -n 1 mysqladmin --user=<user> --password=<password> processlist
2009-02-16 11:21:16
User: root
Functions: watch
Tags: mysql
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Monitor the queries being run by MySQL

Watch is a very useful command for periodically running another command - in this using mysqladmin to display the processlist. This is useful for monitoring which queries are causing your server to clog up.

More info here: http://codeinthehole.com/archives/2-Monitoring-MySQL-processes.html

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alias lrt='ls -lart'
2009-02-16 11:19:29
User: lhb
Functions: alias
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list files with last modified at the end
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for i in $(svn st | grep "?" | awk '{print $2}'); do svn add $i; done;
2009-02-16 11:16:41
User: raz
Functions: awk grep
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Add all files not under subversion control
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iptables -L -n -v
2009-02-16 11:00:37
User: RonaldConco
Functions: iptables
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View your machine firewall settings
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wget --recursive --page-requisites --convert-links www.moyagraphix.co.za
2009-02-16 10:57:44
User: RonaldConco
Functions: wget
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Download an entire static website to your local machine

Very nice command when you want to download a site locally to your machine, including images, css and javascript

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rm -rf `find . -type d -name .svn`
2009-02-16 10:55:57
User: RonaldConco
Functions: rm
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Remove all subversion files from a project recursively

This command will remove all .svn folder from your project if you need to manual remove the subversion files.

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mount -o -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /mnt/windows/c force
2009-02-16 10:51:57
User: RonaldConco
Functions: mount
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Mount a windows partition in a dual boot linux installation with write permission...[Read and Write]

If you have the library installed ntfs-3g, you will be able to mount the windows partition and write on it....

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mount -o auto -t ntfs /dev/hda1 /windows
2009-02-16 10:45:06
User: RonaldConco
Functions: mount
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Mount a windows partition in a dual boot linux installation...[Read Only Mounting]

if the command is successful , you will get no output - only if an error has occurred will there be output

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find ./ -name '*' -exec rename 's/\s+/_/g' {} \;
2009-02-16 09:52:15
User: pamindic
Functions: find rename
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Find recursively, from current directory down, files and directories whose names contain single or multiple whitespaces and replace each such occurrence with a single underscore.

Note the g for global in the perl expression; without it, only the first occurrence in the name would be replaced.

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(cd /orignl/path tar -cf - . ) | (cd /dst/dir;tar -xvf -)
2009-02-16 09:36:34
User: unixmonkey991
Functions: cd tar
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tar pipe to copy files, alternate to cp -Ra

uses tar to dump files from /orignl/path to /dst/dir. i find tar's out more readable than cp, and it doesn't mess with modified dates.

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growisofs -use-the-force-luke=dao -use-the-force-luke=break:1913760 -dvd-compat -speed=2 -Z /dev/cdrom=XBOX360GAMEHERE.iso
2009-02-16 09:17:37
User: unixmonkey991
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burn backed up xbox 360 games

burn all those sweet iso's from the command line. replace speed=2 with more if your media supports it and you're brave!

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find . -type f -name '*.html' -exec grep -H HACKED {} \; > hacklog.txt
2009-02-16 08:57:25
User: nullrouter
Functions: find grep
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Locate Hacked Files and Dump.

This will check all .HTML file contents for the word "Hacked" and dump it to hacklog.txt. This is great for located all those files affected by nasty Joomla exploits. Change the .HTML to any other extension you wish to check, and of course the word "HACKED" for other searches.

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netstat -anl | grep :80 | awk '{print $5}' | cut -d ":" -f 1 | uniq -c | sort -n | grep -c IPHERE
2009-02-16 08:54:08
User: nullrouter
Functions: awk cut grep netstat sort uniq
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Who has the most Apache connections.

This will tell you who has the most Apache connections by IP (replace IPHERE with the actual IP you wish to check). Or if you wish, remove | grep -c IPHERE for the full list.

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netstat -pant 2> /dev/null | grep SYN_ | awk '{print $5;}' | cut -d: -f1 | sort | uniq -c | sort -n | tail -20
2009-02-16 08:49:38
User: unixmonkey982
Functions: awk cut grep netstat sort tail uniq
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List top 20 IP from which TCP connection is in SYN_RECV state

List top 20 IP from which TCP connection is in SYN_RECV state.

Useful on web servers to detect a syn flood attack.

Replace SYN_ with ESTA to find established connections

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find / -name \*string\*
2009-02-16 08:43:01
User: tini
Functions: find
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best command for searching files

run as root and use it fo find file you're looking for.

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