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Commands by saibbot

Terminal - Commands by saibbot - 9 results

pr -m -t file1 file2 ...

2013-01-30 16:57:19

User: saibbot

Functions: pr

Tags: merge paste join

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Merge files, joining each line in one line

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ifconfig | awk -F"[: ]+" '/inet addr/ {print $4}'

2012-07-16 07:48:33

User: saibbot

Functions: awk ifconfig

Tags: ifconfig

-1

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Get the IP address

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jda() { cd $(pwd | sed "s/$\/$@\/$.*/\1/g"); }

2011-10-05 21:14:57

User: saibbot

Functions: cd pwd sed

-1

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Jump to any directory above the current

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. filename [arguments]

2011-06-06 14:14:43

User: saibbot

Tags: shell

-2

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Execute commands from a file in the current shell

Read and execute commands from FILENAME in the current shell. The entries in $PATH are used to find the directory containing FILENAME. If any ARGUMENTS are supplied, they become the positional parameters when FILENAME is executed.

grep --exclude-dir=.svn --exclude=*~ -i "TODO" -rl .

2011-04-06 20:25:41

User: saibbot

Functions: grep

-4

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Find the files that include a TODO statement within a project

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Dir=dirname; mkdir $Dir && cd $Dir

2011-04-06 14:53:57

User: saibbot

Functions: cd mkdir

Tags: cd mkdir

-7

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Create a directory and cd into it

Create a directory called "dirname" and navigate into it.

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ls -1 | awk 'BEGIN{srand()} {x[NR] = $0} END{print "Selected", x[1 + int(rand() * NR)]}'

2011-03-13 20:05:06

User: saibbot

Functions: awk ls

Tags: awk random

-3

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Selecting a random file/folder of a folder

I use this command to select a random movie from my movie collection..

echo -n "String to MD5" | md5sum | sed -e 's/../& /g' -e 's/ -//'

2011-03-06 12:59:07

User: saibbot

Functions: echo md5sum sed

Tags: sed md5sum

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Generate MD5 of string and output only the hash checksum in a readable format

Same result with simpler regular expression..

echo -n "String to MD5" | md5sum | sed -e 's/[0-9a-f]\{2\}/& /g' -e 's/ -//'

2011-03-05 11:47:08

User: saibbot

Functions: echo md5sum sed

Tags: sed md5sum

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Generate MD5 of string and output only the hash checksum in a readable format

Generates the md5 hash, without the trailing " -" and with the output "broken" into pairs of hexs.