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sudo find / -user root -perm -4000 -print
2009-02-17 18:48:21
User: unixmonkey1055
Functions: find sudo
4
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Find files with root setuids settings
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^D
2009-02-17 18:10:31
User: tlknv
1
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Exit shell faster

Use ^D instead of exit.

Also ^D ends input stream when you use terminal for typing into standard input.

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mysqldump --add-drop-table --extended-insert --force --log-error=error.log -uUSER -pPASS OLD_DB_NAME | ssh -C user@newhost "mysql -uUSER -pPASS NEW_DB_NAME"
2009-02-17 17:57:53
User: Tscherno
Functions: ssh
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Copy a MySQL Database to a new Server via SSH with one command

Dumps a MySQL database over a compressed SSH tunnel and uses it as input to mysql - i think that is the fastest and best way to migrate a DB to a new server!

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vncserver -nohttpd -name hidef-server -depth 24 -geometry 1440x900
2009-02-17 17:50:33
User: starchox
Tags: Network , net
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Make a high definition VNC

-nohttpd don't run mini-httpd if VNC java applet is found

-name change the name of the desktop, it's passed to xstartup script via $VNCDESKTOP, run different set of apps acording the name.

-depth pixel depth in bits of the desktop, default is 16

-geometry size of the desktop, default is 1024x768

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cd `pwd -P`
2009-02-17 17:21:24
User: Davvolun
Functions: cd
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change directory to actual path instead of symlink path

If you use symlinks a lot, especially nested symlinks, this puts you back on the absolute path to command-line-fu-nirvana. (Note the backticks around pwd).

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history -w <switch to another terminal> history -r
2009-02-17 17:11:31
User: tlknv
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Copy history from one terminal to another

Or just do history -w before opening another terminal.

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ls -1 . dir2 dir3|sort|uniq -d
2009-02-17 16:29:03
User: tlknv
Functions: ls
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Find files with the same names in several directories.

cat file1 file2 file3|sort|uniq -d

finds the same lines in several files, especially in files with lists of files.

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ssh -CNL 3306:localhost:3306 user@site.com
2009-02-17 15:36:34
User: wesrog
Functions: ssh
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Create an SSH tunnel for accessing your remote MySQL database with a local port
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ssh -D 8888 user@site.com
2009-02-17 15:34:27
User: wesrog
Functions: ssh
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Forward port 8888 to remote machine for SOCKS Proxy

Simply change your web browser's proxy settings to point to a SOCKS proxy at port 8888 and you're good to go.

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kill -9 $$
2009-02-17 15:10:29
User: chanux
Functions: kill
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Kill the terminal(window/tab) you work in [suicide]

Kill -9 immediately kills the given process number. $$ is the process ID of the process you are in.

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find apps/ -name "*.svn-base" -prune -o -print -name "*.php" | xargs grep -E 'new .+Form\('
2009-02-17 14:56:01
User: ubermuda
Functions: find grep xargs
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find forms in a symfony 1.2 project

finds all forms instanciated into a symfony project, pruning svn files.

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mkdir -p work/{d1,d2}/{src,bin,bak}
2009-02-17 14:55:25
User: mikeda
Functions: mkdir
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make directory tree
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perl -pe 's/\d+/++$n/e' file.txt
2009-02-17 14:51:31
User: mikeda
Functions: perl
1
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re-assign line numbers
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cat /proc/cpuinfo
2009-02-17 14:50:29
User: stinger
Functions: cat
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full cpu info (linux)

how to get full cpu info of your (linux) box

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ls -1 /bin | xargs -l1 whatis 2>/dev/null | grep -v "nothing appropriate"
2009-02-17 14:46:01
User: stinger
Functions: grep ls whatis xargs
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for newbies, how to get one line info about all /bin programs

Get simple description on each file from /bin dir, in list form, usefull for newbies.

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for FILE in $(ls); do [COMMAND]; done
2009-02-17 14:42:46
User: stinger
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small one-line loop, change for different taste :P

# Small for loop, that can list files in dir, and after that executes

# [COMMAND] of your choice, usefull for example rename, move, tar etc..

# change cmd's for different results :)

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echo $RANDOM
2009-02-17 14:41:06
User: mikeda
Functions: echo
2
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generate random number
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nc -v -l 80 < file.ext
2009-02-17 14:39:52
User: moz667
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Sharing file through http 80 port

From the other machine open a web navigator and go to ip from the machine who launch netcat, http://ip-address/

If you have some web server listening at 80 port then you would need stop them or select another port before launch net cat ;-)

* You need netcat tool installed

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history | awk '{print $2}' | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn | head
2009-02-17 14:25:49
User: mikeda
Functions: awk sort uniq
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List of commands you use most often
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grep -c -e '^cpu[0-9]\+' /proc/stat
2009-02-17 14:08:23
User: starchox
Functions: grep
3
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Finding the number of cpu's
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egrep -o '\b[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\b' access.log | sort -u
2009-02-17 11:12:26
User: ferqwerty
Functions: egrep sort
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Display IPs accessing your Apache webserver.
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^J tput sgr0 ^J
2009-02-17 09:57:22
User: berta
Functions: tput
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reset an hanging terminal session

when your terminal session seems unrensponsive (this normally happen after outputting some binary data directly on your standard output) it may me saned by hitting:

CTRL+J tput sgr0 CTRL+J

Note: don't press the Enter key, just ctrl+j

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curl http://root:PASSWORD@ROUTER_DYN_DNS/bwm/tomato_rstatsa001839ceb1d4.gz?_http_id=HTTPID > $HOME/Dropbox/Backups/tomato_stats.gz
2009-02-17 09:45:34
User: moritz
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Backup your precious Tomato Router Stats

You must get your Backup Url from: http://ROUTER_DYN_DNS/admin-bwm.asp under "Backup".

I set it up in a curl

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find . -type f|while read f; do mv $f `echo $f |tr '[:upper:]' '[ :lower:]'`; done
2009-02-17 09:44:38
User: berta
Functions: find mv read
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recursively change file name from uppercase to lowercase (or viceversa)

or, to process a single directory:

for f in *; do mv $f `echo $f |tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]'`; done
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find . -type f -name \*.c | while read f; do mv $f "`basename $f .c`".C; done
2009-02-17 09:30:43
User: berta
Functions: find mv read
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recursively change file name extensions

or, for a single directory:

for f in *.c; do mv $f "`basename $f .c`".C; done
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