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Commands by drossman

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:rm 1
2009-02-28 15:01:56
User: drossman
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remove file named 1 after fat fingeriing :w! in vi
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smbcacls //server/sharename file -U username
2009-02-16 18:52:14
User: drossman
Functions: file
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read Windows ACLs from Linux

You can read, add, delete and modify Windows permissions from Linux using smbcacls from the smb-client package.

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echo "sed -e"|perl -pe 's/sed -e/perl -pe/'
2009-02-16 18:39:06
User: drossman
Functions: echo
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use perl instead of sed

Replace sed regular expressions with perl patterns on the command line.

The sed equivalent is: echo "sed -e"|sed -e 's/sed -e/perl -pe/'

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scp user@hostb:file user@hostc:
2009-02-16 18:33:08
User: drossman
Functions: scp
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scp file from hostb to hostc while logged into hosta

While at the command line of of hosta, scp a file from remote hostb to remote hostc. This saves the step of logging into hostb and then issuing the scp command to hostc.

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find . -type f -exec grep -l XXX {} \;|tee /tmp/fileschanged|xargs perl -pi.bak -e 's/XXX/YYY/g'
2009-02-16 02:55:23
User: drossman
Functions: find grep perl tee xargs
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Change string in many files at once and more.

Find all files that contain string XXX in them, change the string from XXX to YYY, make a backup copy of the file and save a list of files changed in /tmp/fileschanged.

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