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wmctrl -l -p | while read line; do ps -o cmd= "$(echo "$line" | awk '$0=$3')"; done > ~/.windows
2010-07-04 22:11:24
User: matthewbauer
Functions: ps read
Tags: X X11 windows X Window wmctrl
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Save your open windows to a file so they can be opened after you restart

This will save your open windows to a file (~/.windows).

To start those applications:

cat ~/.windows | while read line; do $line &; done

Should work on any EWMH/NetWM compatible X Window Manager.

If you use DWM or another Window Manager not using EWMH or NetWM try this:

xwininfo -root -children | grep '^ ' | grep -v children | grep -v '<unknown>' | sed -n 's/^ *\(0x[0-9a-f]*\) .*/\1/p' | uniq | while read line; do xprop -id $line _NET_WM_PID | sed -n 's/.* = \([0-9]*\)$/\1/p'; done | uniq -u | grep -v '^$' | while read line; do ps -o cmd= $line; done > ~/.windows
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get-ipsw(){ curl -s -L http://phobos.apple.com/version | sed -rn "s|[\t ]*<string>(http://appldnld\.apple\.com\.edgesuite\.net/content\.info\.apple\.com/iPhone[0-9]?/[^/]*/$1$2_$3_[A-Z0-9a-z]*_Restore\.ipsw)</string>|\1|p" | uniq; }
2010-06-22 02:34:15
User: matthewbauer
Functions: get sed
Tags: ipod iphone ios ipsw
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Get iPhone OS firmware URL (.ipsw)

Usage:

get-ipsw device-name generation-string firmware-version

For example:

get-ipsw iPod 2,1 4.0

Different generation strings:

iPhone 3G: iPhone 1,2

iPhone 3GS: iPhone 2,1

iPod touch 2G: iPod 2,1

iPod touch 3G: iPod 3,1

This can be used with idevicerestore (I haven't tried it though).

http://github.com/posixninja/idevicerestore

Based on:

http://www.tuaw.com/2010/06/21/ios-4-0-firmware-release-expected-momentarily-quick-terminal-ti/

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echo "savedefault --default=2 --once" | grub --batch; sudo reboot
2010-05-02 03:06:23
User: matthewbauer
Functions: echo sudo
Tags: grub Reboot os
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Reboot as a different OS in Grub

This will reboot as the Grub 2 option.

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hal-get-property --udi /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer --key 'system.hardware.product'
2010-04-22 03:21:40
User: matthewbauer
Tags: distro hardware system name computer type vendor product
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What Type of Computer Do You Have?

Prints the type of computer you have.

I think this should be used more in distros and other applications because it is so easy to get. This can also be asked by tutorials as an easy way to get your base hardware.

Also try this for your type of computer (server, laptop, desktop):

hal-get-property --udi /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer --key 'system.formfactor'

And this for the vendor:

hal-get-property --udi /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer --key 'system.hardware.vendor'
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change-homepage(){ sed -ri 's|( "homepage": ").*(",)|\1'"$@"'\2|' .config/chromium/Default/Preferences; }
2010-04-10 21:21:55
User: matthewbauer
Functions: sed
Tags: sed firefox homepage
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Change the homepage of Chromium
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bitpim -p $PHONE_PORT ls
2010-04-09 02:20:53
User: matthewbauer
Tags: ls list phone cdma
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List a phone's filesystem with bitpim

This will list your phone's filesystem with bitpim. (works on many LG, Samsung, and Sanyo)

See http://www.bitpim.org/help/phones-featuressupported.htm for full list.

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instapaper-add(){ curl -s -d username="$1" -d password="$2" -d url="$3" https://www.instapaper.com/api/add; }
2010-03-21 23:01:38
User: matthewbauer
Tags: add api instapaper
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Add to Instapaper

Adds URL to Instapaper.

Usage:

instapaper-add user@example.com 12345 http://www.commandlinefu.com/

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metascore(){ curl -s "http://www.metacritic.com/$@" | sed -rn 's|\t*<!-- metascore --><div id="metascore" class=".*">([^<]*)</div>|\1|p'; }
2010-03-18 21:49:13
User: matthewbauer
Functions: sed
Tags: fetch hack meta metacritic metascore metacritic.com
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Get a metascore from metacritic.com

This will fetch a metascore from metacritic.com.

It requires a url from metacritic without the http://www.metacritic.com/

Example:

metascore games/platforms/wii/supermariogalaxy

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metascore tv/shows/marriageref

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metascore video/titles/newmoon

Would be cool to use this in some sort of a graph.

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export-opml(){ curl -sH "Authorization: GoogleLogin auth=$(curl -sd "Email=$1&Passwd=$2&service=reader" https://www.google.com/accounts/ClientLogin | grep Auth | sed 's/Auth=\(.*\)/\1/')" http://www.google.com/reader/subscriptions/export; }
2010-03-18 05:16:59
User: matthewbauer
Functions: export
Tags: export google reader opml
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Export OPML from Google Reader
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(echo "plot '-' with lines"; for x in $(seq 1 100); do curl -s "http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/search/web?v=1.0&q=$(echo $x bottles of beer on the wall|sed 's/ /%20/g')"|sed 's/.*"estimatedResultCount":"\([^"]*\)".*/\1\n/';done)|gnuplot -persist
2010-03-17 21:04:36
User: matthewbauer
Functions: echo sed seq
Tags: google xkcd comic results
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x bottles of beer on the wall graph

Will create a graph of the results for "x bottles of beer on the wall".

Requires Gnuplot.

Inspired by an xkcd comic: http://xkcd.com/715/

For sample output see: http://tr.im/xbottlesofbeer

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pronounce(){ wget -qO- $(wget -qO- "http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/$@" | grep 'soundUrl' | head -n 1 | sed 's|.*soundUrl=\([^&]*\)&.*|\1|' | sed 's/%3A/:/g;s/%2F/\//g') | mpg123 -; }
2010-03-13 04:23:56
User: matthewbauer
Functions: grep head mpg123 sed wget
Tags: audio sed wget eval pronounce aplay English dictionary dictionary.com
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Pronounce an English word using Dictionary.com

This one uses dictionary.com

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pronounce(){ wget -qO- $(wget -qO- "http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/$@" | grep 'return au' | sed -r "s|.*return au\('([^']*)', '([^'])[^']*'\).*|http://cougar.eb.com/soundc11/\2/\1|") | aplay -q; }
2010-03-12 17:44:16
User: matthewbauer
Functions: aplay grep sed wget
Tags: audio sed wget eval pronounce merriam-webster aplay English
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Pronounce an English word using Merriam-Webster.com

The original was a little bit too complicated for me. This one does not use any variables.

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detectlanguage(){ curl -s "http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/language/detect?v=1.0&q=$@" | sed 's/{"responseData": {"language":"\([^"]*\)".*/\1\n/'; }
2010-03-08 03:24:56
User: matthewbauer
Functions: sed
Tags: language
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Detect Language of a string

Usage:

detectlanguage <phrase>

Example:

detectlanguage hola
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translate(){ wget -qO- "http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/language/translate?v=1.0&q=$1&langpair=$2|${3:-en}" | sed 's/.*"translatedText":"\([^"]*\)".*}/\1\n/'; }
2010-03-08 03:15:48
User: matthewbauer
Functions: sed wget
Tags: google translate
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Google Translate

Usage:

translate <phrase> <source-language> <output-language>

Example:

translate hello en es

See this for a list of language codes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes

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espeak "$USER" --stdout | sox - -t mp3 - reverse | mpg123 -
2010-03-08 02:53:24
User: matthewbauer
Functions: mpg123
Tags: backwards name
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Your name backwards
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curl -sL xkcd.com | grep '<img [^>]*/><br/>' | sed -r 's|<img src="(.*)" title="(.*)" alt="(.*)" /><br/>|\1\t\2\t\3|' > /tmp/a; curl -s $(cat /tmp/a | cut -f1) | convert - -gravity south -draw "text 0,0 \"$(cat /tmp/a | cut -f2)\"" pdf:- > xkcd.pdf
2010-03-03 03:41:31
User: matthewbauer
Functions: cat cut grep sed
Tags: pdf xkcd caption
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Save xkcd to a pdf with captions

Saves to a PDF with title and alt text of comic.

As asked for on http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=91100

Change xkcd.com to dynamic.xkcd.com/comics/random for a random comic.

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while true; do xdotool getmouselocation | sed 's/x:\(.*\) y:\(.*\) screen:.*/\1, \2/' >> ./mouse-tracking; sleep 10; done
2010-02-27 04:00:13
User: matthewbauer
Functions: sed sleep
Tags: graph gnuplot plot mouse tracking mouse tracking
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Mouse Tracking

Will track your mouse and save it to a file.

You can use gnuplot to graph it:

gnuplot -persist <(echo "unset key;unset border;unset yzeroaxis;unset xtics;unset ytics;unset ztics;plot './mouse-tracking' with points lt 1 pt 6 ps variable")
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spellcheck(){ curl -sd "<spellrequest><text>$1</text></spellrequest>" https://www.google.com/tbproxy/spell | sed 's/.*<spellresult [^>]*>\(.*\)<\/spellresult>/\1/;s/<c \([^>]*\)>\([^<]*\)<\/c>/\1;\2\n/g' | grep 's="1"' | sed 's/^.*;\([^\t]*\).*$/\1/'; }
2010-02-17 01:55:28
User: matthewbauer
Functions: grep sed
Tags: spellcheck google
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Google Spell Checker

http://immike.net/blog/2007/04/07/hacking-google-spell-checker-for-fun-and-profit/

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curl -s -u $username:$password http://192.168.1.1/DHCPTable.htm | grep '<td>.* </td>' | sed 's|\t<td>\(.*\) </td>\r|\1|' | tr '\n' ';' | sed 's/\([^;]*\);\([^;]*\);/\2\t\1\n/g'
2010-02-16 02:27:11
User: matthewbauer
Functions: grep sed tr
Tags: wrt54g linksys router dhcp hosts
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Automagically create a /etc/hosts file based on your DHCP list (only works on Linksys WRT54G router)

Will create a sample etc host file based on your router's dhcp list.

Now I know this won't work on most routers, so please don't downvote it just because it doesn't work for you.

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username=matthewbauer; curl -s http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/by/$username/json | tr '{' '\n' | grep -Eo ',"votes":"[0-9\-]+","' | grep -Eo '[0-9\-]+' | tr '\n' '+' | sed 's/+$/\n/' | bc
2010-02-14 04:32:36
User: matthewbauer
Functions: grep sed tr
Tags: commandlinefu points upvotes downvotes
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Get your commandlinefu points (upvotes - downvotes)

This will calculate the your commandlinefu votes (upvotes - downvotes).

Hopefully this will boost my commandlinefu points.

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curl -s http://www.google.com/ig/api?weather=$(curl -s "http://api.hostip.info/get_html.php?ip=$(curl -s icanhazip.com)" | grep City | sed 's/City: \(.*\)/\1/' | sed 's/ /%20/g' | sed "s/'/%27/g") | sed 's|.*<temp_f data="\([^"]*\)"/>.*|\1\n|'
2010-02-13 21:42:48
User: matthewbauer
Functions: grep sed
Tags: geographical location google geoip weather external ip
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Geo Weather

Weather based on your location

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echo "$@" | sed 's/ /%20/g;s/!/%21/g;s/"/%22/g;s/#/%23/g;s/\$/%24/g;s/\&/%26/g;s/'\''/%27/g;s/(/%28/g;s/)/%29/g;s/:/%3A/g'
2010-02-12 23:59:55
User: matthewbauer
Functions: echo sed
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Url Encode
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curl -s -H "Authorization: GoogleLogin auth=$auth" "http://www.google.com/reader/api/0/unread-count?output=json" | tr '{' '\n' | sed 's/.*"count":\([0-9]*\),".*/\1/' | grep -E ^[0-9]+$ | tr '\n' '+' | sed 's/\(.*\)+/\1\n/' | bc
2010-02-11 00:42:57
User: matthewbauer
Functions: grep sed tr
Tags: google google api google reader unread count
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Get Google Reader unread count

Get Google Reader unread count from the command line.

You'll have to define your auth token with $auth

Or use:

curl -s -H "Authorization: GoogleLogin auth=$(curl -sd "Email=$email&Passwd=$password&service=reader" https://www.google.com/accounts/ClientLogin | grep Auth | sed 's/Auth=\(.*\)/\1/')" "http://www.google.com/reader/api/0/unread-count?output=json" | tr '{' '\n' | sed 's/.*"count":\([0-9]*\),".*/\1/' | grep -E ^[0-9]+$ | tr '\n' '+' | sed 's/\(.*\)+/\1\n/' | bc
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curl -s "http://www.google.com/ig/api?weather=New%20York" | sed 's|.*<temp_f data="\([^"]*\)"/>.*|\1|'
2010-02-08 23:06:48
User: matthewbauer
Functions: sed
Tags: google api weather temperature fahrenheit
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Weather on the Command line

Will return temperature in Fahrenheit of a location (New York City in example).

Uses a Google API.

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ls . | xargs file | grep text | sed "s/\(.*\):.*/\1/" | xargs gedit
2010-02-08 02:06:40
User: matthewbauer
Functions: file grep ls sed xargs
Tags: xargs gedit
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Edit all "text" files (exclude binary and directories) in the current directory
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