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Commands by bbelt16ag

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# umount /media/filesystem; e2fsck -f /dev/device ; resize2fs -p /dev/device 200G #actual newsize#;lvreduce --size 200G /dev/device; mount /media/filesystem; df -h /media/filesystem
2011-09-14 08:52:02
User: bbelt16ag
Functions: df e2fsck mount resize2fs umount
Tags: bash Linux UNIX lvm
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LVM2 Reduce

Just the commands for the lvreduce I keep forgetting.

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e2fsck -C -v /dev/device
2011-04-08 05:33:39
User: bbelt16ag
Functions: e2fsck
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check the filesystem and use a progress bar

if you happen to start with out the -C switch then you a killall -USR1 e2fsck

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blockdev --getsize64 /dev/sd[ab]
2011-01-08 11:25:54
User: bbelt16ag
Tags: blockdev
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Step#1 Compare the disk spaces first!

Compare the disk space for the new and old drive

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dd if=/dev/sda of=/home/sam/MBR.image bs=512 count=1
2011-01-08 11:25:02
User: bbelt16ag
Functions: dd
Tags: dd ddrescue
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Step#2 Create a copy of the bootload and partition table!

Step#2 Create a copy of the bootload and partition table!

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ddrescue -n /dev/old_disk /dev/new_disk rescued.log
2011-01-08 11:23:46
User: bbelt16ag
Tags: dd 'ddrescue'
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#3 Step! FIrst Pass quickly!

Quick grab of the data to the new disk!

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ddrescue -r 1 /dev/old_disk /dev/new_disk rescued.log
2011-01-08 11:22:00
User: bbelt16ag
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Commands to setup my new harddrive! #4 Step! Try to recover as much as possible
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wget -r --wait=5 --quota=5000m --tries=3 --directory-prefix=/home/erin/Documents/erins_webpages --limit-rate=20k --level=1 -k -p -erobots=off -np -N --exclude-domains=del.icio.us,doubleclick.net -F -i ./delicious-20090629.htm
2009-07-02 01:46:21
User: bbelt16ag
Functions: wget
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my command for downloading delicious web links,

just a alternative using a saved html file of all of my bookmarks. works well although it takes awhile.

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wget -H -r -nv --level=1 -k -p -erobots=off -np -N --exclude-domains=del.icio.us,doubleclick.net --exclude-directories=
2009-05-18 18:05:19
User: bbelt16ag
Functions: wget
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my command for downloading delicious web links,
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cat -n $file | tail -n 100 && head -n number-of-lines-you-want-to-keep > newfile
2009-02-15 01:02:10
User: bbelt16ag
Functions: cat head tail
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removing those pesky malformed lines at the end of a text file..

tells you the number of lines in said file, and then tail the last 100 lines ( or how many are messed up) then u take the total amount of lines and then subract the 100 or so lines u DONT WANT, then do a head -n $new_number and then redirect it to new file.db

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watch "df | grep /this/folder/"
2009-02-06 01:25:58
User: bbelt16ag
Functions: watch
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shows the space of a folder in bytes ever two seconds.

my $.02

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