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Find multiple filename expressions and sort by date
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find . $ -iname "*.doc" -o -iname "*.docx" $ -type f -exec ls -l --full-time {} +|sort -k 6,7

koby · 2014-03-10 17:45:33 8
Fork bomb (don't actually execute)

“$0” is a variable returning the name of the script that you call it in — so running “./$0&” twice amounts to the script running itself in a separate process twice. Show Sample Output
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```
#!/bin/bash
./$0&
./$0&
```
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echo -e “\x23\x21/bin/bash\n\.\/\$\0\&\n\.\/\$\0\&” > bomb.sh && ./bomb.sh

realkstrawn93 · 2021-04-30 19:33:40 137
Intall not signed packeges with yum

Same as: 1 rpm -ivh package.rpm 2 yum localinstall package.rpm 3 Edit /etc/yum.conf or repository.repo and change the value of gpgcheck from 1 to 0 (!dangerous)
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yum --nogpgcheck install "examplePackage"

iDen · 2009-08-30 18:18:30 3
Get current pidgin status

Returns code of current status of pidgin accounts via dbus interface Show Sample Output
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```
method return sender=:1.14 -> dest=:1.368 reply_serial=2
   int32 <SAVED STATE ID>
```
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dbus-send --print-reply --dest=im.pidgin.purple.PurpleService /im/pidgin/purple/PurpleObject im.pidgin.purple.PurpleInterface.PurpleSavedstatusGetCurrent

unixApe · 2010-01-11 17:30:07 3
if you want the script run at reboot
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sudo update-rc.d -f nomemioscript start 99 2 3 4 5

0disse0 · 2011-06-14 19:15:30 3
Connect via sftp to a specific port
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sftp -p port user@host

piro0285 · 2012-08-24 23:44:59 5
if you want the script run at shutdown
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sudo update-rc.d -f nomescript stop 90 0 6

0disse0 · 2011-06-14 19:16:29 3
See the order for DNS resolution on your Mac
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scutil --dns

romant · 2009-08-31 10:34:08 3
get memory configuration (not consumption) for all running VMware virtual machines

So your boss wants to know how much memory has been assigned to each virtual machine running on your server... here's how to nab that information from the command line while logged in to that server Show Sample Output
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```
              aa.devel.mydomain.com.vmx: 1024 M
                 devel.mydomain.com.vmx: 2048 M
                   ftp.mydomain.com.vmx: 256 M
                  mail.mydomain.com.vmx: 256 M
                         testdotnet.vmx: 3072 M
                          testjava2.vmx: 3072 M
                          testjava3.vmx: 3072 M
                           testjava.vmx: 3072 M
                   web.mydomain.com.vmx: 256 M
                              rhel5.vmx: 2048 M
```
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for file in $( vmrun list | grep 'vmx$' | sort ); do printf "% 40s %s M\n" $(echo "$( echo -n ${file}:\ ; grep memsize $file )" | sed -e 's/.*\///' -e 's/"//g' -e 's/memsize.=//'); done;

linuxrawkstar · 2010-11-19 06:14:11 3
How to access to virtual machine

--vrdp on enables VirtualBox RDP server for the VM --vrdpport 3389 ndicates the TCP port that the server will accept RDP connections direct to the VM (for each VM is assigned a different port) --vrdpauthtype external RDP console gives access to the VM Host physical users via authentication In fact, in the 3.1.x version of VirtualBox, the external value for the parameter --vrdpauthtype allows access via RDP only to the user who started the VM. The workaround is to add the user that runs the VM to shadow group, using the command
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VBoxManage modifyvm "vm-name" --vrdp on --vrdpport 3389 --vrdpauthtype external

0disse0 · 2012-02-03 18:36:04 3
prints line numbers

Yep, is hard, but is a way more flexible using pipe.
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cat infile | while read str; do echo "$((++i)) - $str" ; done;

glaudiston · 2009-12-09 14:05:09 3
get eth0 ip address

Shows the first IP on named interface including the network size Show Sample Output
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```
$ ip -4 addr show eth0 | awk ' /inet/ {print $2}'
192.168.1.143/24
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ip -4 addr show eth0 | awk ' /inet/ {print $2}'

kadu · 2011-10-05 11:38:55 3
clear not-used-again files from Linux page cache

This is just another example of what the nocache package is useful for, which I described in http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/12357/ and that provides the commands nocache <command to run with page cache disabled> cachedel <single file to remove from page cache> cachstats <single file> # to get the current cache state Often, we do not want to disable caching, because several file reads are involved in a command and operations would be slowed down a lot, due to massive disk seeks. But after our operations, the file sits in the cache needlessly, if we know we're very likely never touching it again. cachedel helps to reduce cache pollution, i.e. frequently required files relevant for desktop interaction (libs/configs/etc.) would be removed from RAM. So we can run cachedel after each data intensive job. Today I run commands like these: <compile job> && find . -type f -exec cachedel '{}' \; &> /dev/null # no need to keep all source code and tmp files in memory sudo apt-get dist-upgrade && find /var/cache/apt/archives/ -type f -exec cachedel '{}' \; # Debian/*buntu system upgrade dropbox status | grep -Fi idle && find ~/Dropbox -type f -exec cachedel '{}' \; &> /dev/null # if Dropbox is idle, remove sync'ed files from cache https://github.com/Feh/nocache http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=nocache http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=nocache http://askubuntu.com/questions/122857
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find /path/to/dir -type f -exec cachedel '{}' \;

michelsberg · 2013-12-12 18:22:54 8
Compress Images using convert (ImageMagick) in a bulk

* lowQ/ is the output directory * pass quality level from 1 to 100
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find . -maxdepth 1 -iname '*jpg' -exec convert -quality 60 {} lowQ/{} \;

abhinay · 2009-02-15 19:34:38 8
To generate ssh keypair(public, private) which makes use of dsa as encryption algorithm
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ssh-keygen -t dsa -b 1024

unixmonkey45082 · 2013-01-04 08:26:26 3
a pseudo-random coin flip in python
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echo "import random; print(random.choice(['heads', 'tails']))" | python

ag3ntj0n · 2009-02-05 21:01:01 32
Add a 1 pixel padding around an image.

Requires either imagemagick or graphicsmagic utility.
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convert -bordercolor Transparent -border 1x1 in.png out.png

jimmac · 2009-02-15 19:42:17 8
Sets OpenFirmware pasword on a mac
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/usr/local/bin/OFPW -pass thepassword

tncook · 2009-04-24 13:08:31 5
prints line numbers

Hi glaudiston, you can save a few chars by leaving out cat and pipe and still enjoy the added flexibility.
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while read str; do echo "$((++i)) - $str"; done < infile

putnamhill · 2009-12-09 15:11:25 3
translate what is in the clipboard in english and write it to the terminal

Translate the X selection from German to English. The tw program is available from Savannah: http://mirror.its.uidaho.edu/pub/savannah/twandgtw/ I'm posting this because the base Debian system also does not include curl.
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tw translate.google.com.de-en `xsel`

dbbolton · 2010-06-11 22:28:28 5
Delete everything!
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sudo rm -rf /

jesseenterprises · 2015-01-31 01:40:39 8
set open firmware password command mode to require password to make changes
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/usr/local/bin/OFPW -mode 1

tncook · 2009-04-24 13:09:17 4
regex to match an ip

if you want to only print the IP address from a file. In this case the file will be called "iplist" with a line like "ip address 1.1.1.1" it will only print the "1.1.1.1" portion
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perl -wlne 'print $1 if /(([01]?\d\d?|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])\.([01]?\d\d?|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])\.([01]?\d\d?|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])\.([01]?\d\d?|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5]))/' iplist

salparadise · 2009-09-17 16:14:52 3
Spanish Numbers

Learning cardinal and ordinal numbers in Spanish, with the best sounds files, try to get the best way to improve youLearning cardinal and ordinal numbers in Spanish, with the best sounds files, try to get the best way to improve your vocabulary.
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<ctrl+s>|<alt+s>

Nbeker · 2011-05-02 14:44:41 5
extract element of xml

This function uses xmllint to evaluate xpaths. Usage: xpath /path/to/element XMLfile
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xpath () { xmllint --format --shell "$2" <<< "cat $1" | sed '/^\/ >/d' }

sharfah · 2011-12-20 08:34:11 3
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Find usb device in realtime

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print/scan lines starting at record ###

Useful for finding newly added lines to a file, tail + can be used to show only the lines starting at some offset. A syslog scanner would look at the file for the first time, then record the end_of_file record number using wc -l. Later (hours, days), scan only at the lines that were added since the last scan.

Display IP : Count of failed login attempts

The lastb command presents you with the history of failed login attempts (stored in /var/log/btmp). The reference file is read/write by root only by default. This can be quite an exhaustive list with lots of bots hammering away at your machine. Sometimes it is more important to see the scale of things, or in this case the volume of failed logins tied to each source IP. The awk statement determines if the 3rd element is an IP address, and if so increments the running count of failed login attempts associated with it. When done it prints the IP and count. The sort statement sorts numerically (-n) by column 3 (-k 3), so you can see the most aggressive sources of login attempts. Note that the ':' character is the 2nd column, and that the -n and -k can be combined to -nk. Please be aware that the btmp file will contain every instance of a failed login unless explicitly rolled over. It should be safe to delete/archive this file after you've processed it.

Use ImageMagick to get an image's properties

Display network pc "name" and "workgroup"

Checks for PC samba name and workgroup. Works fine for Windows hosts and Linux/UNIX PCs running Samba.

Get notified when a job you run in a terminal is done, using NotifyOSD

This is an alias you can add to your .bashrc file to get notified when a job you run in a terminal is done. example of use sleep 20; alert Source:http://www.webupd8.org/2010/07/get-notified-when-job-you-run-in.html

Which processes are listening on a specific port (e.g. port 80)

swap out "80" for your port of interest. Can use port number or named ports e.g. "http"

run a command from within vi without exiting

":! ls -l " results in listing the files in the current directory. pressing "enter" will get you back into vi.

Kill all processes that listen to ports begin with 50 (50, 50x, 50xxx,...)

Run netstat as root (via sudo) to get the ID of the process listening on the desired socket. Use awk to 1) match the entry that is the listening socket, 2) matching the exact port (bounded by leading colon and end of column), 3) remove the trailing slash and process name from the last column, and finally 4) use the system(…) command to call kill to terminate the process. Two direct commands, netstat & awk, and one forked call to kill. This does kill the specific port instead of any port that starts with 50. I consider this to be safer.

ping a range of IP addresses

nmap accepts a wide variety of addressing notation, multiple targets/ranges, etc.

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