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case $# in 0) echo usage: $0 pattern ;; *)case $1 in */*)sed ' s,'"$1"',\ ,g';; *) sed ' s/'"$1"'/\ /g' ;;esac;esac;
2011-12-30 23:54:12
User: argv
Functions: echo sed
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multichar tr string1 '\n'

alternative to tr char '\012'

works with sed's that don't accept "\n"

allows for multi-char sentinals, while tr(1) only operates on single chars

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uname -m
2011-01-15 21:07:13
User: retrodanny
Functions: uname
Tags: 32 processor
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check if your processor is 32 or 64 bit

i686 = 32 bits

x86_64 = 64 bits

the command "getconf LONG_BIT" will work just as well.

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lsusb
2009-03-30 01:03:55
User: Fate
Functions: lsusb
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list connected usb devices
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# cat file1.mp3 file2.mp3 > file3.mp3
2010-01-17 13:18:34
User: svnlabs
Functions: cat
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Merge - Concate MP3 files

cat - concatenate MP3 files and save it...

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lsb_release -a
2012-03-27 15:47:29
User: ShaneEaston
Tags: Ubuntu
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Check your running Ubuntu version
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source filename_script.sh
2010-05-14 15:14:25
User: mrttlemonde
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Execute external code

Useful command to avoid unreadble script in a single file...

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v () { echo "$@"; "$@"; }
2011-10-13 11:33:19
User: hfs
Functions: echo
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Echo a command, then execute it

You can use this in shell scripts to show which commands are actually run. Just prepend every "critical line" with "v˽".

$TMP=/tmp

echo "Let me create a directory for you"

v mkdir $TMP/new

In scripts this can be more useful than "set -x", because that can be very verbose with variable assignments etc.

Another nice use is if you prepend every "critical" command with "v", then you can test your script by commenting out the actual execution.

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man $(/bin/ls /bin | awk '{ cmd[i++] = $0 } END { srand(); print cmd[int(rand()*length(cmd))]; }')
2010-08-20 17:31:02
User: emilsit
Functions: awk man
Tags: man awk
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Display a random man page

Build an awk array with all commands and then select a random one at the end.

This avoids spawning extra processes for counting with wc or generating random numbers.

Explicitly call /bin/ls to avoid interactions with aliases.

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not () { "$@" && return 1 || return 0; }
2009-09-23 01:09:53
User: arcege
Functions: return
Tags: shell
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run command with opposite return code

Useful in while and if statements

if not grep string filename; then echo string not found; exit 1; fi
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shred -v filename
2013-05-07 14:58:17
User: techie
Functions: shred
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Delete a file securely by overwriting its contents
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export IFS=$'\n';for dir in $( ls -l | grep ^d | cut -c 52-);do du -sh $dir; done
2009-02-28 20:30:15
User: whatshisname
Functions: cut dir du export grep ls
Tags: bash
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Reports size of all folders in the current folder. Useful when burning CD's and DVD's
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cat file.txt|perl -ne '$_=~s/\s+/\n/g; print $_;'
2009-02-06 08:47:18
User: foodie
Functions: cat
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Replace spaces with newlines

This command is useful for separating a text file where all the words are in one line. Any group of spaces will be replaced with a single newline. Instead of one long line of tokens. You'll have a long list of tokens. One token per line.

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ps aux | grep [c]ommandname
2009-08-17 12:29:16
User: alvinx
Functions: grep ps
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omit grep
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x=192.168.1.1; whois $x > $x.txt
2011-01-17 03:33:49
User: sxiii
Functions: whois
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Whois on target and save results to file instantly

This can be used in scripts, to find out the origin of target IP etc.

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nethogs
2013-05-07 15:09:55
User: techie
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Find out what is using the bandwidth
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printf "$string" | md5sum
2010-11-26 00:24:47
User: derekschrock
Functions: printf
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Generate MD5 hash for a string
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echo -en "$USER@$HOSTNAME:${PWD##*/}> ";while read x;do echo $x>>/tmp/log.txt;echo $x|$0 2>&1;echo -en "$USER@$HOSTNAME:${PWD##*/}> ";done
2011-01-17 20:53:28
User: Nikon
Functions: echo read
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Bash logger
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files=(/usr/share/cowsay/cows/*); cowsay -f `echo ${files[$((RANDOM%${#files}))]}` <TEXT>
2011-02-20 05:43:01
User: lkjoel
Tags: random cowsay cowfile
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Cowsay Random Cowfile

This will show a random cow with cowsay.

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find . |more |grep -v filename |xargs rm
2009-03-01 03:21:18
User: shannan
Functions: find
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delete files except some file
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awk '{if (NR == 3) print}' <file>
2009-10-19 15:58:09
User: yooreck
Functions: awk
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To print a specific line from a file

I don't know if it's better but works fine :)

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gawk '{n=$1;a=0;b=1;c=1;for(i=1;i<n;i++){c=a+b;a=b;b=c};print c}' << eof
2010-11-26 08:36:30
User: unixmonkey13930
Functions: gawk
Tags: awk
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Fibonacci numbers with awk

only take the first field on each row to compute the fibo on this number

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find . -name "*.c" -exec sed -i "/\/sh/a\####################################\n#Date:2010-05-18\n#Company:XXXXX tech Co.\n#Author:Wangjunling\n#Copyright:gpl\n####################################" {} \;
2010-05-18 03:08:47
User: yogoloth
Functions: find sed
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bat add copyright info
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iptables -F
2009-02-16 13:09:36
User: Russell
Functions: iptables
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Delete all firewall rules in a chain or all chains
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removedir(){ read -p "Delete the current directory $PWD ? " human;if [ "$human" = "yes" ]; then [ -z "${PWD##*/}" ] && { echo "$PWD not set" >&2;return 1;}; rm -Rf ../"${PWD##*/}"/ && cd ..; else echo "I'm watching you" | pv -qL 10; fi; }
2010-01-20 08:01:21
User: oshazard
Functions: cd echo read rm
Tags: bash
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Remove current directory (REVISED)

Credit goes to "eightmillion"

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say `cat /path/to/textfile.txt`
2009-08-18 19:41:42
User: eponafries
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Read aloud a text file in Mac OS X
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