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find /protocollo/paflow -type f -mtime +5 | xargs tar -cvf /var/dump-protocollo/`date '+%d%m%Y'_archive.tar`
2010-06-29 12:43:30
User: 0disse0
Functions: find tar xargs
Tags: find tar dump
0

The following command finds all the files not modified in the last 5 days under /protocollo/paflow directory and creates an archive files under /var/dump-protocollo in the format of ddmmyyyy_archive.tar

find / -type f -name *.tar.gz -size +10M -exec ls -l {} \;
2010-06-29 12:39:02
User: 0disse0
Functions: find ls
Tags: find ls exec rm type
0

Please be careful while executing the following command as you don?t want

to delete the files by mistake. The best practice is to execute the same

command with ls ?l to make sure you know which files will get deleted when

you execute the command with rm.

VBoxManage openmedium dvd "/path/name.iso"
2010-04-23 06:56:42
User: 0disse0
0

No comment... it's easy! Using the VBoxManage list and the switch 'hdds' or 'dvds' you can show the list of hard disks and DVD registered on the system.

VBoxManage createvm --name "vm-name" --ostype Ubuntu --register
VBoxManage list ostypes
2010-04-23 06:50:42
User: 0disse0
-1

If you want to know what OS are supported on "guest" machines on the Sun VirtualBox server.

VBoxManage showvminfo "cicciobox" --details
2010-04-23 06:45:29
User: 0disse0
Tags: virtualbox
-1

where "cicciobox" is the name of your virtual machine in a Sun VirtualBox server

VBoxManage list systemproperties
2010-04-23 06:43:49
User: 0disse0
Tags: virtualbox
-1

How to show the system properties of a Sun VirtualBox server

sudo ethtool -s eth0 speed 100 duplex full
2010-04-05 10:36:27
User: 0disse0
Functions: sudo
1

ethtool is used for querying settings of an ethernet device and changing them. In this example I setup 100 Mb/s full duplex on my Linux Box

hwclock --systohc -utc
scp -l10 pippo@serverciccio:/home/zutaniddu/* .
2010-02-19 16:44:24
User: 0disse0
Functions: scp
Tags: ssh scp bandwidth
11

the command is obvious, I know, but maybe not everyone knows that using the parameter "-l" you can limit the use of bandwidth command scp.

In this example fetch all files from the directory zutaniddu and I copy them locally using only 10 Kbs

-A INPUT -i eth1 -m mac ?mac 00:BB:77:22:33:AA -j ACCEPT
2010-01-31 15:34:31
User: 0disse0
2

edit the /etc/sysconfig/iptables file and try to work whit this:

-A INPUT -i (interface) -m mac (mac address) -j ACCEPT/DROP

mailq | grep MAILER-DAEMON | awk ?{print $1}? | tr -d ?*? | postsuper -d -
shred -u -z -n 17 rubricasegreta.txt
2010-01-31 15:24:54
User: 0disse0
Functions: shred
6

Instead, install apt-get install secure-delete and you can use:

-- srm to delete file and directory on hard disk

-- smem to delete file in RAM

-- sfill to delete "free space" on hard disk

-- sswap to delete all data from swap

sshpass -p [password] rsync -av -e ssh [utente]@[indirizzoip]:/directorydacopiare/ /directorydidestinazione
2010-01-31 15:21:14
User: 0disse0
Functions: rsync ssh
-1

Check the ssh_config file and set the variable:

StrictHostKeyChecking no

python fsrecovery.py -P 0 -f <path-to-instance>/Data.fs <path-to-instance-destination>/Data.fs.packed
dd if=/dev/cdrom of=whatever.iso
2009-09-05 09:19:41
User: 0disse0
Functions: dd
Tags: backup dd iso dvd
5

A dear friend of mine asked me how do I copy a DVD to your hard drive? If you want to make a copy of the ISO image that was burned to a CD or DVD, insert that medium into your CD/DVD drive and (assuming /dev/cdrom is associated with your computer?s CD drive) type the following command

sudo dd if=/dev/hda1 of=/dev/hdb2
2009-09-05 09:16:52
User: 0disse0
Functions: dd sudo
4

This command clone the first partition of the primary master IDE drive to the second partition

of the primary slave IDE drive (!!! back up all data before trying anything like this !!!)

od -vt x1 /tmp/spaghettifile
sudo mknod /dev/ttyS4 c 4 68
2009-09-05 09:12:44
User: 0disse0
Functions: c++ mknod sudo
Tags: serial mknod tty
0

When you need to add another tty device that can automatically start at boot time

watch -d 'ls -l'
2009-09-03 20:12:36
User: 0disse0
Functions: watch
Tags: watch stats
0

To highlight the difference between screen updates

watch 'cat /proc/loadavg'
2009-09-03 20:10:46
User: 0disse0
Functions: watch
Tags: status watch
0

If you need to keep an eye on a command whose output is changing, use the watch command. For example, to keep an eye on your load average

gnome-terminal --tab --tab --tab
2009-09-03 19:36:07
User: 0disse0
Tags: terminal gnome
2

If you launch gnome-terminal manually, you can start with three open tabs

apt-key list
2009-09-03 19:32:11
User: 0disse0
Functions: apt
Tags: apt-key
0

For example: check the APT security keys to make sure the Google digital signature was imported correctly

apt-cache stats
man 5 crontab
2009-09-03 19:27:08
User: 0disse0
Functions: man
1

You can view the man pages from section five by passing the section number as an argument to the man command