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sed '/foo/ s/foo/foobar/g' <filename>
2013-01-02 08:52:44
User: totti
Functions: sed
Tags: sed file optimize
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optimized sed

Use optimized sed to big file/stream to reduce execution time

Use

sed '/foo/ s/foo/foobar/g' <filename>

insted of sed

's/foo/foobar/g' <filename>
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mkdir replaced;for i in *; do cat "$i"| sed 's/foo/bar/' > "replaced/$i"; done
2011-08-30 08:28:26
User: rubo77
Functions: cat mkdir sed
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replace text in all files in folder, into subfolder

if you want to replace "foo" with "bar" in all files in a folder, and put the resulting files into a new subfolder

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find . -type f | xargs grep -l "string"
2011-08-30 13:22:42
User: Neo23x0
Functions: find grep xargs
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egrep -r replacement for UNIX systems

Finds a string in files recursively below the current directory on systems without the "egrep" and its "-r" functionality.

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cat file.txt | grep -v /$ > newfile.txt
2012-10-31 01:55:07
User: bugmenot
Functions: cat grep
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Remove lines ending or trailing at least one slash (/)
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<ctrl+r> keywords #more <ctrl+r> to shift
2012-08-28 02:12:17
User: huazhihao
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to search and shift history commands
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echo "A great password" | md5sum
2009-04-24 14:32:56
User: ubersoldat
Functions: echo
Tags: md5sum password
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Use md5 to generate a pretty hard to crack password

You can also use sha1sum and variants for longer passwords

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''=~('(?{'.('_/@.*@'^'/])@^`').'"'.('"/_/@]/--!.:@</:[@(:/:^'^'[@*]`>@@@@@^`[@_(`@_]_|').',$/})')
2009-02-18 17:22:26
User: sil
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Glutton for punishment

Alrighty, so I was really bored ;)

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taskkill /F /FI "USERNAME eq Cicciopalla"
2012-02-05 12:00:52
User: 0disse0
Tags: Process Management windows
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Kill a process (in windows)

The taskkill command has the option of the curve, for a complete list just type: taskkill /? As we know, but to give a practical example, suppose you want to act only on the user's processes Cicciopalla use this command

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bm () { ... see description }
2010-11-19 13:37:19
User: Wonko7
Tags: bash directory bookmarks function
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Directory bookmarks

http://pastie.org/1311051

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chmod 755 $(find public_html -type d)
2011-07-25 14:50:17
User: flxndn
Functions: chmod find
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Chmod all directories (excluding files)
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uname -a
2013-03-08 05:48:34
User: unixmonkey49101
Functions: uname
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uname -a
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ps aux|grep -i [p]rocessname|awk '{ print $2 }'|xargs kill
2010-04-10 18:42:27
User: billcarroll
Functions: awk grep ps xargs
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search for and kill a process in one blow
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x=`<cmd1>`; <cmd2> arg0, ... $x, argN, ...
2013-01-08 03:03:35
User: huazhihao
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inline bash to port cmd1's output to cmd2's argument list

notice symbol ` and ;

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dd bs=1 count=32 if=/dev/random 2> /dev/null | md5 | grep -o '\w*'
2009-02-15 23:22:46
User: neW1
Functions: dd grep
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Generate random password
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!?192
2009-02-26 12:52:45
User: alexfoo
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search and run command in history

Might match "ping 192.168.0.1" and then run it.

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echo ?ls -l? | at midnight
2013-04-29 10:11:35
User: techie
Functions: at echo
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Run a command at a certain time #2
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curl -u user:pass -d status=?I am Tweeting from the shell? http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml
2013-04-29 10:12:43
User: techie
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Update Twitter From the Linux Command Line

Now all you have to do is replace user by your twitter username , pass by your password and the text inside status to whatever you wish to set your status too .

It uses cUrl library to post your messsage

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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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source ~/.bash_profile
2009-06-29 19:26:43
User: unixmonkey743
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reload bash_profile

when editing .bash_profile (or .bashrc), run this to use the new version without having to exit and open a new terminal

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ssh -X -l user 192.168.1.25
2013-04-30 13:48:28
User: xmuda
Functions: ssh
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Running applications require X in ssh

One time you logged in, you can prove these method just writing "firefox".

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for i in $(find . -name *replaceme*);do mv "$i" "${i//replaceme/withme}"; done
2010-08-19 03:22:15
User: lefnire
Functions: find mv
Tags: bash
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replace strings in file names

rename is a great command, but can't get it to work on mac.

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sudo alsa force-reload
2009-02-16 03:30:13
User: oreo
Functions: sudo
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reloads sound when it stop playing

if you lose your sound, this will restart alsa and you will get your sound back

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oumou sangare
2010-04-12 21:45:02
User: gabougabou
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Play newest or random YouTube video
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crontab -e
2009-08-16 01:20:42
User: theIndianMaiden
Functions: crontab
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Edit Crontab
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lynx -useragent=Opera -dump 'http://www.facebook.com/ajax/typeahead_friends.php?u=4&__a=1' |gawk -F'\"t\":\"' -v RS='\",' 'RT{print $NF}' |grep -v '\"n\":\"' |cut -d, -f2
2010-04-13 12:44:08
User: pdan_23
Functions: cut gawk grep
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fb
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