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Commands by axelabs

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date -d '2011-12-15 05:47:09' +"epoch: %s or format: %Y/%m/%d"
2011-12-16 18:43:36
User: axelabs
Functions: date
Tags: date time epoch
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Time conversion/format using the date command
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egrep -i " connected|card detect|primary dev" /var/log/Xorg.0.log
2011-02-24 18:04:04
User: axelabs
Functions: egrep
Tags: video egrep xorg
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Identifying Xorg video driver in use

The above one liner can be used to determine what card/driver is Xorg currently using. For additional information, see http://goo.gl/mDnWu

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echo "tee can split a pipe in two"|tee >(rev) >(tr ' ' '_')
2010-08-14 20:38:59
User: axelabs
Functions: echo tee tr
Tags: tee echo pipe tr pipes rev
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Use tee to process a pipe with two or more processes

Tee can be used to split a pipe into multiple streams for one or more process to work it. You can add more " >()" for even more fun.

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echo -e "swap=me\n1=2"|sed 's/\(.*\)=\(.*\)/\2=\1/g'
2010-01-16 22:01:37
User: axelabs
Functions: echo sed
Tags: bash sed replace
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Sed can refference parts of the pattern in the replacement:
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cat /dev/urandom|awk 'BEGIN{"tput cuu1" | getline CursorUp; "tput clear" | getline Clear; printf Clear}{num+=1;printf CursorUp; print num}'
2009-07-13 07:30:51
User: axelabs
Functions: awk cat printf
Tags: nawk awk clear tput
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Watch number of lines being processed on a clear screen

awk can clear the screen while displaying output. This is a handy way of seeing how many lines a tail -f has hit or see how many files find has found. On solaris, you may have to use 'nawk' and your machine needs 'tput'

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awk 'BEGIN{srand()}{print rand(),$0}' SOMEFILE | sort -n | cut -d ' ' -f2-
2009-05-29 01:20:50
User: axelabs
Functions: awk cut sort
Tags: sort awk random
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Randomize lines in a file

This appends a random number as a first filed of all lines in SOMEFILE then sorts by the first column and finally cuts of the random numbers.

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/usr/proc/bin/pfiles $PID
2009-03-05 17:26:57
User: axelabs
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lsof equivalent on solaris

Report fstat(2) and fcntl(2) information for all open files in each process.

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echo Print text vertically|sed 's/\(.\)/\1\n/g'
2009-03-04 23:58:02
User: axelabs
Functions: echo
Tags: sed echo pipe
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Print text string vertically, one character per line.
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whois cmd.fu;whois cmdfu.com|grep -i cmdfu
2009-02-19 08:57:50
User: axelabs
Functions: whois
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check if commandlinefu.com got a better domain

It would be nice if commandlinefu.com had a better domain name. Will they pick one of the above; We'll see.

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