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Commands by bandit36

Terminal - Commands by bandit36 - 3 results

while true; do ifconfig eth0 | grep "inet addr:"; sleep 60; done;

2009-04-01 19:29:28

User: bandit36

Functions: grep ifconfig sleep

Tags: script while loop

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Periodically loop a command

You can use this to loop any command to periodically see the output.

while true; do [YOUR COMMAND HERE]; sleep [# of seconds]; done;

Alternatively, you can put it in a simple shell script to save typing!

#/!bin/bash

while true; do $1; sleep $2; done;

/path/to/script.sh "ifconfig eth0 | grep 'inet addr:'" 60

2009-03-12 05:28:08

User: bandit36

Functions: diff grep sed

Tags: diff sed nmap grep

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Scan your LAN for unauthorized IPs

populate the auth.hosts file with a list of IP addresses that are authorized to be in use and when you run this command it will return the addresses that are pingable and not in the authorized list.

Can be combined with the "Command line Twitter" command to tweet unauthorized access.

sudo dd if=/dev/sda of=/media/disk/backup/sda.backup

2009-02-27 20:23:37

User: bandit36

Functions: dd sudo

Tags: backup dd

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Backup your hard drive with dd

This will create an exact duplicate image of your hard drive that you can then restore by simply reversing the "if" & "of" locations.

sudo dd if=/media/disk/backup/sda.backup of=/dev/sda

Alternatively, you can use an SSH connection to do your backups:

dd if=/dev/sda | ssh user@ssh.server.com dd of=~/backup/sda.backup

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