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ls | sed 's/.*/"&"/'
2010-08-17 15:38:51
User: putnamhill
Functions: ls sed
Tags: sed ls
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List files with quotes around each filename

Looks like you're stuck with sed if your ls doesn't have a -Q option.

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for file in $(seq -f '%03.f' 1 $TOTAL ); do echo "($file/$TOTAL)"; curl -f -O http://domain.com/Name_$file.ext; done
2010-01-12 15:23:44
User: nordri
Functions: echo file seq
Tags: bash curl seq bash tricks
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download file1 file2 file3 file4 .... file 100

With counter format [001, 002, ..., 999] , nice with pictures or wallpapers collections.

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find /etc -exec grep '[0-9][0-9]*[.][0-9][0-9]*[.][0-9][0-9]*[.][0-9][0-9]*' {} \;
2013-04-29 10:10:11
User: techie
Functions: find grep
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Find all IP's in /etc directory
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mkdir 0{0..9}{0..9};mv 000 100
2009-08-14 16:33:20
User: sitaram
Functions: mkdir
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make 100 directories with leading zero, 001...100, using bash3.X

no external commands, but can only do 0-99, not 1-100, so we adjust it later

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ps -xaw -o state,ppid | grep Z | grep -v PID | awk '{ print $2 }' | xargs kill -9
2013-01-09 04:21:54
User: terrywang
Functions: awk grep kill ps xargs
Tags: csh kill process FreeBSD zombie
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Kill all Zombie processes one-liner

Did some research and found the previous command wrong, we don't kill a zombie but its parent. Just made some modifcation to khashmeshab's command.

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echo ?ls -l? | at 10am Jul 21
2013-04-29 10:11:01
User: techie
Functions: at echo
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Run a command at a certain time
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ls -F | grep '\''\*'\'' | sed '\''s/\*$//'\
2009-02-16 01:16:49
User: int19h
Functions: grep ls sed
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List all executable files in the current directory
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ls -Sl * | head
2009-03-27 23:20:32
User: colinpj
Functions: ls
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Print the ten largest files

head by default displays first ten lines of its output. Use 'head -nXX' to display the XX largest files

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nc -w 5 -v -l -p 80 < file.ext
2013-04-29 14:39:59
User: techie
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Sharing a file through http 80 port:
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sudo chmod -R g=u-w,g+X *
2009-03-27 23:27:12
User: mudiarto
Functions: chmod sudo
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Chmod directories to add executable & read permission to the group safely
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echo 'example' | sed -e 's/^\(.\)/\U\1/'
2009-02-16 02:14:27
User: agentk
Functions: echo sed
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Convert the first character of a string to uppercase
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less textfile.gz
2009-03-15 23:51:17
User: allbad
Functions: less
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Read a gzipped text file directly with less.

There is no need to 'zcat textfile.gz | less' with newer distros. This is useful for reading archived log files without having to extract, read, and zip when done.

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ls | xargs du -sh
2009-12-10 15:58:05
User: jyro
Functions: du ls xargs
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List the size (in human readable form) of all sub folders from the current location
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help builtin
2011-12-25 04:52:49
User: kev
Tags: help
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Display helpful information about builtin commands.

don't `man bash`

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rm -rf `find -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -mtime +7`
2009-05-22 11:46:57
User: tatwright
Functions: rm
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Delete all files more t han 7 days old

This is useful for command line 'recycle bins' and such like

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seq -w 100 | sed 's/^/login/'
2009-10-15 13:56:56
User: lawrence
Functions: sed seq
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Create a list of sequential logins

This command generates a sequential login list. Good to be used as a source of new logins.

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dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
2009-02-26 21:22:57
User: raiden
Tags: Debian X Ubuntu X11 screen resolution
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Creates a minimalist xorg.conf
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cat .ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh user@server 'cat >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys2'
2012-07-12 15:42:10
User: er0k
Functions: cat ssh
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copy public key

for passwordless login

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# indicates a comment in shell
2009-03-16 23:15:33
User: mpb
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#

Using the "#" in shell is surprisingly useful.

Some of the uses I found:

a) As a visible copy buffer in shell history (caveat: do not use for passwords :-)

b) To build complex commands until ready then hit the HOME, DEL, ENTER keys to run it

c) Placing reference data into shell history (search for tags with CTRL-R TAGNAME)

d) Putting aside a "work in progress" command to focus on another task (HOME # ENTER)

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sudo apt-get remove --purge `dpkg -l | awk '{print $2}' | grep gnome` && apt-get autoremove
2009-04-28 10:34:42
User: kelevra
Functions: awk grep sudo
Tags: awk apt-get dpkg
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Remove packages by pattern on debian and based systems

Useful for removes a package and its depends, for example to remove the gnome desktop environment, also configuration files will be removed, you should be carefully and sure that you want to do this.

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echo "" > .bash_history
2009-10-16 12:55:53
User: osvaldofilho
Functions: echo
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Clear your history saved into .bash_history file!
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which <command> > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo Success!
2013-03-13 10:04:42
User: skkzsh
Functions: echo which
Tags: which
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Do I have this command?

or

which <command> > /dev/null 2>&1 || echo Error!

For example, I write

which colordiff > /dev/null 2>&1 && alias diff=colordiff

in my `~/.bashrc`.

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perl -p -i -e ?s/New/Old/g? *.html
2009-11-16 13:40:13
User: chappado
Functions: perl
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Replace text in several files

-p -> loop (same as -n in sed)

-i -> edit files

-e -> execute command

replace Old with New in all *.html files

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dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/bigfile bs=1024k count=100
2010-01-15 00:44:44
User: wincus
Functions: dd
Tags: dd
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create a big file
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curl -s http://www.google.com/ig/api?weather=$(curl -s "http://api.hostip.info/get_html.php?ip=$(curl -s icanhazip.com)" | grep City | sed 's/City: \(.*\)/\1/' | sed 's/ /%20/g' | sed "s/'/%27/g") | sed 's|.*<temp_f data="\([^"]*\)"/>.*|\1\n|'
2010-02-13 21:42:48
User: matthewbauer
Functions: grep sed
Tags: geographical location google geoip weather external ip
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Geo Weather

Weather based on your location

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