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tail -F some_log_file.log | grep --line-buffered the_thing_i_want
2018-01-24 09:54:36
User: brx75x
Functions: grep tail
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Grep live log tailing
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find . -type f ! -path "./.git/*" -exec sh -c "head -n 1 {} | egrep -a 'bin/bash|bin/sh' >/dev/null" \; -print -exec shellcheck {} \;
2017-03-16 08:43:56
User: brx75x
Functions: find sh
Tags: bash Linux find ShellCheck
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ShellCheck all the bash/sh script under a specific directory excluding version control

This is a commodity one-liner that uses ShellCheck to assure some quality on bash and sh scripts under a specific directory. It ignores the files in .git directory.

Just substitute "./.git/*" with "./.svn/*" for older and booring centralized version control.

Just substitute ShellCheck with "rm" if your scripts are crap and you want to get rid of them :)

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any command | sed "s/^/\[`date +"%Y%m%d%H%M%S"`]/"
2014-02-10 16:18:51
User: brx75x
Functions: command sed
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Prefix every line with a timestamp
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perl -MHTML::Entities -ne 'print encode_entities($_)' /tmp/subor.txt
2012-10-11 08:31:14
User: brx75x
Functions: perl
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encode HTML entities

Encode HTML entities supporting UTF-8 input and output

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while [ 1 ] ; do echo -en "$(date +%T)\r" ; sleep 1; done
2012-10-01 13:25:49
User: brx75x
Functions: echo sleep
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Create a continuous digital clock in Linux terminal

Same effect, only shell commands.

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