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Commands by scubacuda

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for f in *.rar;do unrar e ?$f?;done
2009-07-26 16:56:49
User: scubacuda
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Unrar all files in a directory

Great for sites like Gigapedia.org that give away great free rar'd books.

More similar commands here: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/unzip-or-unrar-many-files-at-once-in-linux/

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for i in *.html ; do mv $i ${i%.html}.htm ; done
2009-03-03 16:10:18
User: scubacuda
Functions: mv
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quickly change all .html extensions on files in folder to .htm
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check_disk -w 15% -c 10% $(for x in $(cat /proc/mounts |awk '{print $2}')\; do echo -n " -p $x "\; done)
2009-02-19 22:54:06
User: scubacuda
Functions: cat echo
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checking space availabe on all /proc/mounts points (using Nagios check_disk)

More info here: http://nagioswiki.com/wiki/index.php/Checking_/proc/mounts_on_remote_server

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netstat -an | grep -i listen
2009-02-19 19:27:49
User: scubacuda
Functions: grep netstat
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show open ports on computer

From 'man netstat'

"netstat -i | -I interface [-abdnt] [-f address_family] [-M core] [-N system]

Show the state of all network interfaces or a single interface

which have been auto-configured (interfaces statically configured

into a system, but not located at boot time are not shown). An

asterisk (``*'') after an interface name indicates that the

interface is ``down''. If -a is also present, multicast

addresses currently in use are shown for each Ethernet interface

and for each IP interface address. Multicast addresses are shown

on separate lines following the interface address with which they

are associated. If -b is also present, show the number of bytes

in and out. If -d is also present, show the number of dropped

packets. If -t is also present, show the contents of watchdog

timers."

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nmap -sS -O -oX /tmp/nmap.xml 10.1.1.0/24 -v -v && perl nmap2nagios.pl -v -r /tmp/10net.xml -o /etc/nagios/10net.cfg
2009-02-19 18:42:37
User: scubacuda
Functions: perl
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nmap IP block and autogenerate comprehensive Nagios service checks

More info here:

http://nagioswiki.com/wiki/index.php/Autocreating_Nagios_Configuration_with_Nmap_and_Nmap2Nagios.pl

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xxcopy x:\folder1 y:\folder2 /s /h /tca /tcc /tcw /yy
2009-02-19 18:39:06
User: scubacuda
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xxcopy everything from one Windows box to another

friends don't let friends use Robocopy!

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cat somefilehere.txt | ssh-xfer nametocallfile.txt -
2009-02-19 18:35:33
User: scubacuda
Functions: cat
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send files via ssh-xfer

from http://matt.ucc.asn.au/ssh-xfer/

"ssh-xfer is a hackish but handy way of transferring files from remote hosts to your local computer. Firstly, you need to run a slightly modified SSH authentication agent program on your local computer. Patches are available for both OpenSSH and PuTTY, see below. If you haven't used a SSH agent program before, this article seems to be reasonable, or you can look at the OpenSSH/PuTTY docs.

You don't need any modifications to your ssh client or server programs - only the modified SSH authentication agent, and the extra ssh-xfer program."

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