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ps aux | grep -v `whoami`
2009-06-26 08:28:06
User: unixmonkey4415
Functions: grep ps
Tags: Process Management
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Check processes runed not by you
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echo '#!'$(which bash) > script.sh
2012-02-06 08:25:27
User: sharfah
Functions: echo which
Tags: bash
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before writing a new script

Writes out the shebang line (#!/bin/bash) to the script.

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ls | xargs WHATEVER_COMMAND
2014-03-12 18:00:21
User: pdxdoughnut
Functions: ls xargs
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Arguments too long

xargs will automatically determine how namy args are too many and only pass a reasonable number of them at a time. In the example, 500,002 file names were split across 26 instantiations of the command "echo".

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php -r 'echo md5("password") . "\n";'
2010-02-07 21:39:07
User: mvrilo
Tags: Encryption password PHP md5
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Use php and md5 to generate a password

another alternative to encrypt strings

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ls -l|awk '{print $6,$8}'|sort -d
2009-03-13 19:00:18
User: archlich
Functions: awk ls sort
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display most recently modified files

Can pipe to tail or change the awk for for file size, groups, users, etc.

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10,30,50 * * * * ping -q -c1 -w3 192.168.0.14 | grep '1 received' - || mail -ne -s'Host 192.168.0.14 not reachable' admin@example.com
2012-02-06 10:42:46
User: knoppix5
Functions: grep mail ping
Tags: ping host connection crontab
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Send e-mail if host is 'dead' or not reachable

Every 20 minutes test if host with IP 192.168.0.14 is 'dead' or not reachable.

The line should be put in your crontab file.

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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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for i in *; do echo '"'$i'"'; done
2010-08-17 16:58:48
User: stubby
Functions: echo
Tags: for
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List files with names in quotes.

bash

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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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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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service mysqld restart
2013-12-18 19:13:56
User: denni
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Restarting MySql Service

This command restarts mysql service.

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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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echo 'mkcd() { mkdir -p "$@" && cd "$_"; }' >> ~/.bashrc
2010-01-13 09:37:56
User: phaidros
Functions: cd echo mkdir
Tags: bash cd mkdir bash tricks
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mkdir & cd into it as single command

combines mkdir and cd

added quotes around $_, thanx to flatcap!

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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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/etc/rc.d/init.d/ntpd start
2013-12-18 20:49:42
User: denni
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Start Time Sync

This command starts up the time synchronization service.

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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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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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find . -type d | sed -e "s/[^-][^\/]*\// |/g" -e "s/|\([^ ]\)/|-\1/"
2013-07-16 10:08:34
User: opexxx
Functions: find sed
Tags: sed find
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show directory three

show directory three

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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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