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nslookup -q=txt -class=CHAOS version.bind NS.PHX5.NEARLYFREESPEECH.NET
2009-06-02 19:54:24
User: unixmonkey4063
Functions: nslookup
Tags: version
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Check version of DNS Server
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find /var/logs -name * | xargs tar -jcpf logs_`date +%Y-%m-%e`.tar.bz2
2009-06-02 19:48:47
User: unixmonkey4063
Functions: find tar xargs
Tags: find tarball
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Archive every file in /var/logs
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find ~/Desktop/ \( -regex '.*/\..*' \) -print -exec rm -Rf {} \;
2009-06-02 19:45:06
User: unixmonkey4063
Functions: find rm
Tags: hidden find
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Search for all files that begin with . and delete them.
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cat somefile.css | awk '{gsub(/{|}|;/,"&\n"); print}' >> uncompressed.css
2009-06-02 15:51:51
User: lrvick
Functions: awk cat
Tags: awk compression css
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Uncompress a CSS file

Ever compress a file for the web by replacing all newline characters with nothing so it makes one nice big blob?

It is a great idea, however what about when you want to edit that file? ...Serious pain in the butt.

I ran into this today in that my only copy of a CSS file was "compressed" with no newlines.

I whipped this up and it converted back into nice human readable CSS :-)

It could be nicer, but it does the job.

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resolveip -s www.freshmeat.net
2009-06-02 14:25:53
User: ncaio
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resolve hostname to IP our vice versa with less output

inverted version:

resolveip -s 216.34.181.xxx

freshmeat.net

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lynx -source http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/random | sed 's/<[^>]*>//g' | head -1037 | tail -10 | sed -e 's/^[ \t]*//' | sed '/^$/d' | head -2
2009-06-02 09:48:59
User: lxtips
Functions: head sed tail
Tags: sed lynx
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print random commandlinefu.com submission

ok I'm sure it's not pretty

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date -d '1 day ago'; date -d '11 hour ago'; date -d '2 hour ago - 3 minute'; date -d '16 hour'
2009-06-01 10:41:56
User: LrdShaper
Functions: date
Tags: Date manipulation Linux find dates
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Get yesterday's date or a previous time

With this command you can get a previous or future date or time. Where can you use this? How about finding all files modified or created in the last 5 mins?

touch -t `echo $(date -d "5 minute ago" "+%G%m%d%H%M.%S")` me && find . -type f -newer me

List all directories created since last week?

touch -t `echo $(date -d "1 week ago" "+%G%m%d%H%M.%S")` me && find . -type d -cnewer me

I'm sure you can think of more ways to use it. Requires coreutils package.

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postsuper -d ALL
2009-05-31 23:47:02
User: virtualshock
Tags: Postfix
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Remove all mail in Postfix mail queue.
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while [ i != 0 ]; do sleep 1 | dialog --clear --gauge "Quality: " 0 0 $(cat /proc/net/wireless | grep $WIRELESSINTERFACE | awk '{print $3}' | tr -d "."); done
2009-05-31 16:09:23
User: ncaio
Functions: awk cat grep sleep tr
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Check wireless link quality with dialog box

The variable WIRELESSINTERFACE indicates your wireless interface

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pdfinfo Virtualization_A_Beginner_Guide.pdf | awk /Pages/
2009-05-31 15:45:38
User: ncaio
Functions: awk
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Get pages number of the pdf file
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mkdir -p /cdrom/unnamed_cdrom ; mount -F hsfs -o ro `ls -al /dev/sr* |awk '{print "/dev/" $11}'` /cdrom/unnamed_cdrom
2009-05-31 08:42:20
User: felix001
Functions: awk mkdir mount
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Mount a CD-ROM on Solaris (SPARC)

This will allow you to mount a CD-ROM on Solaris SPARC 9 or lower. This will not work on Solaris 10 due to void and the volume management daemons.

www.fir3net.com

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net rpc shutdown -I ipAddressOfWindowsPC -U username%password
2009-05-31 07:18:01
User: LrdShaper
Functions: shutdown
Tags: Linux windows
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Shutdown a Windows machine from Linux

This will issue a shutdown command to the Windows machine. username must be an administrator on the Windows machine. Requires samba-common package installed. Other relevant commands are:

net rpc shutdown -r : reboot the Windows machine

net rpc abortshutdown : abort shutdown of the Windows machine

Type:

net rpc

to show all relevant commands

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less -Rf <( cat <(ls -l --color=always) <(ls -ld --color=always .*) )
2009-05-30 23:51:16
User: asmoore82
Functions: cat less ls
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Scrollable Colorized Long Listing - Hidden Files Sorted Last

To sort hidden files first, simply switch the two inner `ls` commands.

I have this aliased to `dira`

`dir` is aliased to the simpler version with no hidden files:

ls -l --color=always | less -R
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for f in `find ./ -name "*.zip"` ; do p=`pwd`; d=`dirname $f`; cd $d; b=`basename $f`; unzip $b; cd $p; done
2009-05-30 03:42:53
User: packetloss
Functions: cd
Tags: find unzip
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unzip all zip files under a current directory in the directory those files were in

unzips all zip files in any subdirectory under the current directory. The zip files are unzipped in their respective subdirs

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for i in `svn status | egrep '^(M|A)' | sed -r 's/\+\s+//' | awk '{ print $2 }'` ; do if [ ! -d $i ] ; then php -l $i ; fi ; done
2009-05-29 23:59:28
User: brephophagist
Functions: awk egrep sed
Tags: svn Linux PHP
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Check syntax of all PHP files before an SVN commit

Really only valuable in a PHP-only project directory. This is using standard linux versions of the tools. On most older BSD variants of sed, use -E instead of -r. Or use: sed 's/\+[[:space:]]\{1,\}//' instead.

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dd if=/dev/sda5 bs=2048 conv=noerror,sync | gzip -fc | lftp -u user,passwd domain.tld -e "put /dev/stdin -o backup-$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M).gz; quit"
2009-05-29 21:56:32
User: sputnick
Functions: dd gzip lftp
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Backup sda5 partition to ftp ( using pipes and gziped backup )
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ioreg -lw0 | grep IODisplayEDID | sed "/[^<]*</s///" | xxd -p -r | strings -6
2009-05-29 18:52:12
User: unixmonkey4003
Functions: grep sed strings
Tags: macosx hardware display
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Show display type
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gmetric -n $METRIC_NAME -v foo -t string -d 10
2009-05-29 14:21:24
User: root
Tags: ganglia
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Remove an old gmetric statistic

The -d flag sets the lifetime of a metric and defaults to 0 hence why old metrics continue to be graphed in the dashboard. Submitting a dummy value and short lifetime ensures that the metric is removed from the dashboard.

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more /var/adm/messages
2009-05-29 12:10:18
User: miccaman
Functions: more
Tags: solaris
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view solaris system logs

read system logs of sun solaris 9

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init 6
2009-05-29 07:44:05
User: miccaman
Functions: init
Tags: solaris Reboot
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sun solaris 9 complete restart

init states on solaris are numbered

init 0 boot with prompt

init 5 shutdown

init 6 reboot

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awk 'BEGIN{srand()}{print rand(),$0}' SOMEFILE | sort -n | cut -d ' ' -f2-
2009-05-29 01:20:50
User: axelabs
Functions: awk cut sort
Tags: sort awk random
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Randomize lines in a file

This appends a random number as a first filed of all lines in SOMEFILE then sorts by the first column and finally cuts of the random numbers.

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awk 'BEGIN{size=5} {mod=NR%size; if(NR<=size){count++}else{sum-=array[mod]};sum+=$1;array[mod]=$1;print sum/count}' file.dat
2009-05-29 00:07:24
User: mungewell
Functions: awk
Tags: statistics awk graph
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Awk: Perform a rolling average on a column of data

Sometimes jittery data hides trends, performing a rolling average can give a clearer view.

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cat typescript | perl -pe 's/\e([^\[\]]|\[.*?[a-zA-Z]|\].*?\a)//g' | col -b > typescript-processed
2009-05-28 21:02:17
User: unixmonkey3987
Functions: cat col perl
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'Fix' a typescript file created by the 'script' program to remove control characters

attribution: Thanks to repellent on perlmonks.org

source: http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=684459

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zip -vr example.zip example/ -x "*.DS_Store"
2009-05-28 20:28:12
User: JadedEvan
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Zip a directory on Mac OS X and ignore .DS_Store (metadata) directory

If you want to generate a cross-platform compatible zip file and ignore the Finder's hidden metadata directory

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apropos keyword
2009-05-28 18:44:45
User: tobiasboon
Functions: apropos
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greps the man pages to find utilities
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