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sync; time `dd if=/dev/zero of=bigfile bs=1M count=2048 && sync`

2009-11-19 10:29:03

User: w00binda

Functions: sync time

Tags: dd benchmark

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Testing writing speed with dd

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for i in `ndd /dev/ip \? | awk '{ print $1 }' | egrep -v "ip6|status|icmp|igmp|\?"` ; do echo $i `ndd -get /dev/ip $i` ; done | grep -v \?

2010-02-15 12:32:33

User: felix001

Functions: awk echo egrep grep

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Show the ndd ip settings of a solaris device

This command is jsut for the main IP settings of ndd. if you need ip6 or icmp edit the text within the egrep inclusion area.

Felix001 - www.Fir3net.com

gnome-open . & disown

2010-03-22 08:13:01

User: CodSpirit

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forking a process from gnome-terminal detached from the terminal.

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find /var/log/apache2 -name 'access.log*gz' -exec zcat {} \; -or -name 'access.log*' -exec cat {} \;

2010-06-19 08:35:12

User: recursiverse

Functions: cat find zcat

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concatenate compressed and uncompressed logs

This command allows you to stream your log files, including gziped files, into one stream which can be piped to awk or some other command for analysis.

Note: if your version of 'find' supports it, use:

find /var/log/apache2 -name 'access.log*gz' -exec zcat {} + -or -name 'access.log*' -exec cat {} +

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perl -le '$,=".";print map int rand 256,1..4'

2011-01-16 16:56:44

User: depesz

Functions: perl

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Perl One Liner to Generate a Random IP Address

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tr -d '\\' | tr -d '\n'

2011-10-13 17:40:02

User: tongrider

Functions: tr

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Join lines split with backslash at the end

cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh [email protected] "mkdir -p ~/.ssh; cat >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys; chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys"

2012-07-18 04:41:54

User: unixmonkey37839

Functions: cat ssh

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Copy your ssh public key to a server from a machine that doesn't have ssh-copy-id

chmod authorized_keys so you don't get "Authentication refused: bad ownership or modes for file /home/user/.ssh/authorized_keys"

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sudo usermod -s `which zsh` `whoami`

2012-09-11 21:58:01

User: frankowp

Functions: sudo usermod

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Change my shell to zsh

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tar -cjf - $DIR | nc $HOST $PORT

2012-11-13 16:44:26

User: taintedkernel

Functions: tar

Tags: netcat tar

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netcat - send tar archive remotely (sending side)

Tar's up $DIR locally (w/bzip2) and sends remotely to $HOST:$PORT where netcat listens (using openbsd netcat). Start up receiving side command first, then execute this.

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for i in {1..31}; do ls -1 *${YYYY}${MM}`printf "%02d" $i`* | wc -l; done

2013-07-26 07:08:04

User: Paulus

Functions: ls wc

Tags: bash Linux

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find the number of files, date masked

RU: Найдет число файлов в папке по данной маске в цикле по дням месяца

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CSS=$HOME/.config/google-chrome/Default/User\ StyleSheets/Custom.css sh -c 'test -f "$CSS.off" && mv "$CSS.off" "$CSS" || mv "$CSS" "$CSS.off"'

2013-10-06 00:38:00

User: Romero

Functions: mv sh

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Chrome, toggle default CSS style sheet

A very simple command to toggle Chrome?s default style sheet. It uses the test command to see if the "Custom.css.off" file exists, if so, it will become "Custom.css", and if not, "Custom.css" is moved to "Custom.css.off" Thus, swapping.

This is accomplished with "&&" and "||"

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rename 's/\.sh//' ./*

2014-04-02 16:33:25

User: abhikeny

Functions: rename

Tags: bash rename sh extension remove file extension

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Remove .sh file extension for files in current directory

The 'rename' command with the first argument as "'s/\.//'" and the second argument as "" will remove the specified extension from the filenames.

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fn() { find . -iname "*$1*" -print; }

2014-07-15 05:30:59

User: suprjami

Functions: find

Tags: bash find function

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A function to find a file in the pwd downwards

A simple bash function to the find command. I use this much more than find itself.

gsettings reset com.canonical.Unity.Dash favorite-scopes

2016-02-07 17:50:19

User: bugmenot

Functions: reset

Tags: gsettings ubuntu-phone

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Reset the favorite-scopes on the Ubuntu Phone

To fix this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity8/+bug/1389698

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busybox nameif newname $(</sys/class/net/oldname/address)

2010-05-15 10:24:57

User: patrick2000

Functions: nameif

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ifrename

rename a network interface

e.g. make eth0 eth1 or vice versa

the interface needs to be down -> "/sbin/ifconfig oldname down"

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ls -t1 $* | head -1 ;

2012-02-10 22:13:24

User: darkhorse9933

Functions: head ls

Tags: alias directory files

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A bash function to show the files most recently modified in the named (or current) directory

Returns the most recently modified file in the current (or specified) directory. You can also get the oldest file, via:

ls -t1 $* | tail-1 ;

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tail -F /var/log/nginx/access.log | python -c 'exec("import sys,time\nl=0\ne=int(time.time())\nfor line in sys.stdin:\n\tt = int(time.time())\n\tl += 1\n\tif t > e:\n\t\te = t\n\t\tprint l\n\t\tl = 0")'

2012-05-15 21:56:46

User: pykler

Functions: python tail

Tags: tail python accesslog

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Realtime lines per second in a log file

Realtime lines per second in a log file using python ... identical to perl version, except python is much better :)

cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh [email protected] "mkdir -p ~/.ssh; cat >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys; chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys"

2012-07-18 04:41:55

User: unixmonkey37839

Functions: cat ssh

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Copy your ssh public key to a server from a machine that doesn't have ssh-copy-id

chmod authorized_keys so you don't get "Authentication refused: bad ownership or modes for file /home/user/.ssh/authorized_keys"

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plink -agent gist.github.com

2012-09-12 00:22:39

User: evandrix

Tags: ssh putty

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server's host key is not cached in the registry

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nc -l $PORT | pv -b > archive.tar.bz2

2012-11-13 16:47:45

User: taintedkernel

Tags: netcat tar pv

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netcat - receive tar archive remotely

Receives bzip'd tar archive via netcat (openbsd nc) and stores locally. Displays size with pv. Start this receiver first, then the sender.

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find $(YourPATH) -type f -exec dos2unix '{}' \;

2013-07-26 09:07:35

User: chenhow1985

Functions: find

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change file format at one time

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make --print-data-base --dry-run | awk -F':' '/^[a-zA-Z0-9][^$#\/\t=]*:([^=]|$)/ {split($1,A,/ /);for(i in A)print A[i]}'

2013-10-07 12:39:25

User: grapsus

Functions: awk make

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print all available make targets

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dsquery group -samid "Group_SAM_Account_Name" | dsget group -members -expand

2014-01-10 15:04:54

User: shawn_abdushakur

Tags: windows

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List members of a group

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ping -c 3 google.com

2014-07-16 02:01:01

User: nicolasmccurdy

Functions: ping

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Check your internet connection by pinging Google

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sudo mount -o remount,rw /

2016-02-07 17:57:19

User: bugmenot

Functions: mount sudo

Tags: mount ubuntu-phone

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Make Ubuntu Phone root image read/write until reboot

Warning this will allow you to write to the system image on the phone, not recommended. But sometimes useful.

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