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date -ud "1970/01/01 00:29:36" +%s
2011-11-01 17:02:46
User: frans
Functions: date
Tags: echo date time
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Convert HH:MM:SS into seconds

uses the -u switch for UTC

Another way could be

echo $(($(date -ud "00:29:36" +%s)%86400))
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chmod 777 a.sh #-rwxrwxrwx
2012-08-17 05:37:55
User: huazhihao
Functions: chmod
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totally dis-limit a sh file, usually not recommended

coz 1+2+4=7

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tail -f /proc/partitions
2012-08-17 05:57:12
User: huazhihao
Functions: tail
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detect partitions
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ifdata -pa eth0
2010-03-04 10:29:24
User: richard
Tags: ifdata moreutils
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simple echo of IPv4 IP addresses assigned to a machine

Require the moreutils package

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ls -l | sed -e 's/--x/1/g' -e 's/-w-/2/g' -e 's/-wx/3/g' -e 's/r--/4/g' -e 's/r-x/5/g' -e 's/rw-/6/g' -e 's/rwx/7/g' -e 's/---/0/g'
2010-01-31 22:41:02
User: luishka
Functions: ls sed
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convert permissions in ls to octal
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date -j -v1d -v-0m -v-1d +'%m %d %Y'
2010-03-04 17:47:51
User: drewk
Functions: date
Tags: Date manipulation date POSIX
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Calculate the the last day of a month +/- from current month

This produces a parseable output of the last day of the month in future or past. Change the '-v-0m' to be a month plus or minus from the current system time.

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echo "$(od -An -N4 -tu4 /dev/urandom) % 5 + 1" | bc
2010-08-10 12:10:21
User: dooblem
Functions: echo
Tags: random number integer
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Random Number Between 1 And X

This is /bin/sh compatible.

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(echo "" | xsel -o) ; (programa | wgetpaste -s dpaste | awk '{print $7}' | xsel -ai)
2010-03-05 09:31:30
User: dvinchi666
Functions: awk echo
Tags: pipes paste
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Super Paste

manda la salida de un comando hacia un servicio de paste y coloca la url de ese paste en el portapapeles

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wget -q -O - checkip.dyndns.org|sed -e 's/.*Current IP Address: //' -e 's/<.*$//'
2009-11-06 10:18:26
User: sanjaygoel
Functions: sed wget
Tags: Network IP external
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Get your external IP address
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echo -n "Press any key to continue..." && read
2009-11-06 22:49:46
User: matthewbauer
Functions: echo
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Press Any Key to Continue

This works on some other version of read.

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aptitude show packages_name
2009-12-07 19:27:33
User: metalx1000
Tags: aptitude
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Show the meta information on a package (dependency , statuts ..) on debian derivative distro
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sync; echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
2011-04-26 21:12:06
User: renich
Functions: echo sync
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clean up memory on linux (fedora)

It clears caches from memory. It works fine on CentOS and Fedora. It will show you how much memory you need, for real.

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cowsay `fortune` | toilet --gay -f term
2010-06-07 14:54:55
User: mandroid
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Even better Cowsay/Fortune
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declare -i aa ; aa=3*8 ; echo $aa
2009-02-24 21:58:13
User: jcgam69
Functions: echo
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declare variable as integer
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alias apt-get='sudo apt-get'
2009-02-10 22:45:49
User: mogsie
Functions: alias
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Always run apt-get as root

apt-get must be run as root, and it is useless to run it as your own user. So just run it as root. Saves you the "sudo !!" every time you're adding a package.

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unzip \*.zip
2009-03-26 02:36:28
User: tiagofischer
Tags: unzip
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Unzip all files with ".zip" extension.

"unzip *.zip" doesn't work as expected, because unzip handle wildcards in a different way.

You just need to escape the wildcard or do in another way:

for f in *.zip; do unzip "$f"; done
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for i in *; do [[ ! -d $i && -x $i ]] && ./"$i" & done
2010-02-02 18:59:50
User: chilicuil
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Run every command on a directory
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alias ltr 'ls -altr'
2011-06-11 03:22:13
User: drb532
Functions: alias
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Quick setup to list all directory contents by time reversed sort... most recent change last.

Create an alias to list all contents of the current directory in "reverse" time order. Thus the last modified file will appear just above your next prompt. Useful for remembering where you left off modifying files in a folder or just noting recent changes.

csh format but bash syntax similar

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unlink <linkname>
2009-03-12 01:52:24
User: topgun553
Functions: unlink
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Remove a symbolic link

if you had a symbolic link called "oldLink" in the current folder then you would want to do

unlink oldLink

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http://goosh.org
2009-08-29 12:19:34
User: unixbhaskar
Tags: web browser
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Seach google from the command line in Unofficial google shell

You can try it . Nice shell interface to search google from the command line.Visit http://goosh.org in your browser.

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find . -type f | while read f; do chmod -x "$f"; done
2009-11-09 04:30:44
User: alesplin
Functions: chmod find read
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Remove executable bit from all files in the current directory recursively, excluding other directories

I hate -exec with find, and this pattern quickly expands to other tasks.

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moon-buggy
2009-04-22 05:41:40
User: eastwind
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When you have time to consume

sudo apt-get install moon-buggy

An ascii 2D game where you control a mooncar and try to avoid moonhole by jumping (press space )

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VARIABLE="VALUE" COMMAND
2009-03-12 07:04:44
User: magmax
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Executes a command changing an environment variable

Allows you to change the value of an environment variable only for the execution of the command in the line. (corrected)

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history | more #~/.bash_history
2012-08-22 06:49:18
User: huazhihao
Functions: more
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display history commands recently executed
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echo '!'whammy
2009-03-26 23:34:33
User: sudopeople
Functions: echo
Tags: literal bang
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use a literal bang (exclamation point) in a command

Seems obvious, but other seemingly simple ways to use it don't work:

echo !whammy

and

echo "!whammy"

both output:

-bash: !whammy: event not found

and this:

echo "\!whammy"

outputs:

\!whammy

with the slash :(

you can also do any combinations of quotes for a complex string:

echo "It's great to be able to use a bang ("'!'") in a command"'!'

outputs:

It's great to be able to use a bang (!) in a command!
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