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( ( while [ 2000 -ge "$(free -m | awk '/buffers.cache:/ {print $4}')" ] || [ $(echo "$(uptime | awk '{print $10}' | sed -e 's/,$//' -e 's/,/./') >= $(grep -c ^processor /proc/cpuinfo)" | bc) -eq 1 ]; do sleep 10; done; my-command > output.txt ) & )
2010-07-13 09:12:11
User: michelsberg
Functions: echo sleep
Tags: memory Linux cpu schedule load delay
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delay execution of a command that needs lots of memory and CPU time until the resources are available

[ 2000 -ge "$(free -m | awk '/buffers.cache:/ {print $4}')" ] returns true if less than 2000 MB of RAM are available, so adjust this number to your needs.

[ $(echo "$(uptime | awk '{print $10}' | sed -e 's/,$//' -e 's/,/./') >= $(grep -c ^processor /proc/cpuinfo)" | bc) -eq 1 ] returns true if the current machine load is at least equal to the number of CPUs.

If either of the tests returns true we wait 10 seconds and check again. If both tests return false, i.e. 2GB are available and machine load falls below number of CPUs, we start our command and save it's output in a text file.

The ( ( ... ) & ) construct lets the command run in background even if we log out. See http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/3115/ .

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su username -c "xauth add ${HOSTNAME}/unix:${DISPLAY//[a-zA-Z:_-]/} $(xauth list | grep -o '[a-zA-Z0-9_-]*\ *[0-9a-zA-Z]*$'); bash"
2010-04-02 10:08:25
User: michelsberg
Functions: su
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Change user within ssh session retaining the current MIT cookie for X-forwarding

When you remotely log in like "ssh -X userA:host" and become a different user with "su UserB", X-forwarding will not work anymore since /home/UserB/.Xauthority does not exist.

This will use UserA's information stored in .Xauthority for UserB to enable X-forwarding.

Watch http://prefetch.net/blog/index.php/2008/04/05/respect-my-xauthority/ for details.

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ls /usr/bin | xargs whatis | grep -v nothing | less
2010-01-26 12:59:47
User: michelsberg
Functions: grep ls whatis xargs
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Do some learning...

no loop, only one call of grep, scrollable ("less is more", more or less...)

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echo 'Desktop SPAM!!!' | while read SPAM_OUT; do notify-send "$SPAM_OUT"; done
2009-12-31 15:38:35
User: michelsberg
Functions: echo read
Tags: notify-send
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pipe output to notify-send

Route output to notify-send to show nice messages on the desktop, e.g. title and interpreter of the current radio stream

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