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Commands by BruceLEET

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paste <(pacman -Q | awk '{ print $1; }' | xargs pacman -Qi | grep 'Size' | awk '{ print $4$5; }') <(pacman -Q | awk '{print $1; }') | sort -n | column -t
2011-01-07 18:43:18
User: BruceLEET
Functions: awk column grep paste sort xargs
Tags: archlinux arch linux arch.linux pacman packages
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Arch Linux sort installed packages by size

This one-liner will output installed packages sorted by size in Kilobytes.

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ping -c 1 google.com | egrep -m1 -o '[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}'
2010-10-26 01:11:01
User: BruceLEET
Functions: egrep ping
Tags: get website ip hostname to ip
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Get IP from hostname

Get the IP of a hostname.

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sudo dd if=/dev/sdc bs=4096 | pv -s 2G | sudo dd bs=4096 of=~/USB_BLACK_BACKUP.IMG
2010-07-28 22:39:46
User: BruceLEET
Functions: dd sudo
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dd with progress bar and statistics

This command utilizes 'pv' to show dd's progress.

Notes on use with dd:

-- dd block size (bs=...) is a widely debated command-line switch and should usually be between 1024 and 4096. You won't see much performance improvements beyond 4096, but regardless of the block size, dd will transfer every bit of data.

-- pv's switch, '-s' should be as close to the size of the data source as possible.

-- dd's out file, 'of=...' can be anything as the data within that file are the same regardless of the filename / extension.

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