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read -s p && echo -n $p | md5sum;p=
2012-06-08 13:50:50
User: hoodie
Functions: echo read
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create and md5 sum of your password

create and md5 sum of your password without it showing up in your terminal or history.

Afterwards we overwrite the $p variable (thx to bazzargh)

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check(){ power=$(acpi -a) ; if [[ $power == *on-line* ]] ; then echo "supply is on"; else echo "somebody is steeling your laptop"; amixer -c0 set Master 100+ unmute ; mpg123 nuclear-alarm.mp3 ; fi } ;while true; do check ; sleep 2 ; done
2011-12-10 13:42:52
User: hoodie
Functions: acpi amixer echo mpg123 set sleep
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Power Supply Triggered Alert

Checks whether your power supply is still plugged in.

If not it will trigger an alarm at maximum volume.

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resolve(){ curl -Is $1 | egrep "Location" | sed "s/Location: \(.*\)/\1/g"; }
2011-12-06 12:37:46
User: hoodie
Functions: egrep sed
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resolve short urls

since the most url shorteners respond with a header containing the Location: ... this works with most common shorteners

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cmdfu(){ curl "http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/matching/$@/$(echo -n $@ | openssl base64)/plaintext" --silent | sed "s/\(^#.*\)/\x1b[32m\1\x1b[0m/g" | less -R }
2011-11-08 12:21:06
User: hoodie
Functions: less sed
Tags: search, commandlinefu api
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Search commandlinefu.com from the command line using the API

just like the original - just colored and with less

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