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Commands by opexxx

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sed ?s/[sub_str]/[sub_str]\n/g? [text_file] | wc -l
2013-03-28 12:00:56
User: opexxx
Functions: sed wc
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count the number of times you match a substring in a larger text file
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alias cls='clear;ls'
2013-03-19 12:18:47
User: opexxx
Functions: alias
Tags: ls clear
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Clear the screen and list file

Clear the screen and list file

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find . -type f -exec ls -s {} \; | sort -n -r | head -5
2013-03-19 12:16:24
User: opexxx
Functions: find head ls sort
Tags: sort find head,
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Find top 5 big files

Find top 5 big files

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alias alert='notify-send --urgency=low -i "$([ $? = 0 ] && echo terminal || echo error)" "$(history|tail -n1|sed -e '\''s/^\s*[0-9]\+\s*//;s/[;&|]\s*alert$//'\'')"'
2013-03-19 11:45:47
User: opexxx
Functions: alias
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Add an "alert" alias for long running commands

Add an "alert" alias for long running commands

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lsof -i -P +c 0 +M | grep -i "$1"
2013-03-19 10:42:15
User: opexxx
Functions: grep
Tags: grep lsof
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identify active network connections
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netstat -an | grep --color -i -E 'listen|listening'
2013-03-19 08:53:47
User: opexxx
Functions: grep netstat
Tags: grep netstat
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Open Port Check

Open Port Check

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md5sum filename | ncat hash.cymru.com 43
2013-03-18 14:24:12
User: opexxx
Functions: md5sum
Tags: md5sum ncat
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cymru malware check
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sed '/^$/d'
2013-03-18 14:16:42
User: opexxx
Functions: sed
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Remove blank lines
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cat -s
2013-03-18 14:15:48
User: opexxx
Functions: cat
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Compress blank lines
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sed "s/\b\(.\)/\u\1/g"
2013-03-18 14:15:13
User: opexxx
Functions: sed
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Capitalize the first letter of every word
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grep -E '([0-9]{1,3})\.([0-9]{1,3})\.([0-9]{1,3})\.([0-9]{1,3})' -o tmp
2013-03-18 14:12:22
User: opexxx
Functions: grep
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Extract all IPs from a file
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wget --output-document=/dev/null http://speedtest.wdc01.softlayer.com/downloads/test500.zip
2013-03-15 13:25:07
User: opexxx
Functions: wget
Tags: wget
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speedtest

alias speedtest='wget --output-document=/dev/null http://speedtest.wdc01.softlayer.com/downloads/test500.zip'

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curl ip.appspot.com
2013-03-15 13:23:19
User: opexxx
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my ip
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tr -dc 'A-Za-z0-9!@#$%^&*' < /dev/urandom | fold -w 12 | head -n 1
2013-03-15 13:20:32
User: opexxx
Functions: fold head tr
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Generate password
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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get clean
2013-03-15 13:19:26
User: opexxx
Functions: sudo
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system update
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(printf "PERMISSIONS LINKS OWNER GROUP SIZE MONTH DAY HH:MM PROG-NAME\n" \ ; ls -l | sed 1d) | column -t
2009-10-08 11:53:38
User: opexxx
Functions: column ls printf sed
Tags: sed ls column printf
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Using column to format a directory listing

Using column to format a directory listing

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tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]' <"$1"
2009-10-08 11:34:07
User: opexxx
Functions: tr
Tags: tr
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Transforms a file to all uppercase.

Transforms a file to all uppercase.

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head -c4 /dev/urandom | od -N4 -tu4 | sed -ne '1s/.* //p'
2009-10-08 11:27:20
User: opexxx
Functions: head od sed
Tags: sed HEAD od
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Outputs a 10-digit random number
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mysql -u root -pPasswort -e 'select table_schema,round(sum(data_length+index_length)/1024/1024,4) from information_schema.tables group by table_schema;'
2009-10-06 07:10:49
User: opexxx
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mysql DB size
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cat file.txt | while read line; do printf "%7.2f -> %7.2f\n" $line; done
2009-10-06 07:09:23
User: opexxx
Functions: cat printf read
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Bashbuiltin printf
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ffmpeg -i input.flv -vhook '/usr/lib/vhook/imlib2.so -c white -x 250 -y H+(-1.8*N+80) -t Hallo! -A max(0,255-exp(N/16))' -sameq -acodec copy output.flv
2009-10-06 07:08:02
User: opexxx
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ffmpeg vhook imlib2.so
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perl -e "print scalar(gmtime(1247848584))"
2009-09-11 06:19:09
User: opexxx
Functions: perl
Tags: perl
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print scalar gmtime

print scalar gmtime

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cdrdao read-cd --device ATA:1,1,0 --driver generic-mmc-raw --read-raw image.toc
2009-09-08 08:05:24
User: opexxx
Functions: cdrdao
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Ripping VCD in Linux

Ripping VCD in Linux

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/sbin/badblocks -v /dev/fd0 1440
2009-09-04 09:28:52
User: opexxx
Tags: floppy
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badblocks for floppy
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tcpdump -n -v tcp or udp or icmp and not port 22
2009-09-04 09:23:52
User: opexxx
Functions: tcpdump
Tags: tcpdump
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show all upd tcp an icmp traffic but ssh
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