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Commands by stinkerweed999

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git diff -U10 |wdiff --diff-input -a -n -w $'\e[1;91m' -x $'\e[0m' -y $'\e[1;94m' -z $'\e[0m' |less -R
2012-08-15 01:42:16
User: stinkerweed999
Functions: diff less
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Better git diff, word delimited and colorized

I've been using colordiff for years. wdiff is the new fav, except its colors. Word delimited diffs are more interleaved, easing the chore of associating big blocks of changes.

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mv ubuntu-10.04-rc-desktop-amd64.iso ubuntu-10.04-desktop-amd64.iso; i=http://releases.ubuntu.com/10.04/ubuntu-10.04-desktop-amd64.iso.zsync; while true; do if wget $i; then zsync $i; date; break; else sleep 30; fi; done
2010-04-29 15:49:43
User: stinkerweed999
Functions: mv sleep wget
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Auto download Ubuntu 10.04 LTS with super fast zsync

Need to have rc iso pre-downloaded before running command.

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split -b 4700000000 file.img.gz file.img.gz.
2010-03-18 15:42:27
User: stinkerweed999
Functions: split
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Split huge file into DVD+R size chunks for burning

Real DVD+R size is 4700372992 bytes, but I round down a little to be safe. To reconstitute use cat. "cat file.img.gz.aa file.img.gz.ab ..... > file.img.gz"

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mgc() { grep --exclude=cscope* --color=always -rni $1 . |perl -pi -e 's/:/ +/' |perl -pi -e 's/^(.+)$/vi $1/g' |perl -pi -e 's/:/ /'; }
2010-01-26 17:00:01
User: stinkerweed999
Functions: grep perl
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Recursively grep for string and format output for vi(m)

This is a big time saver for me. I often grep source code and need to edit the findings. A single highlight of the mouse and middle mouse click (in gnome terminal) and I'm editing the exact line I just found. The color highlighting helps interpret the data.

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grep -rni string dir
2010-01-26 16:34:06
User: stinkerweed999
Functions: grep
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Recursively grep thorugh directory for string in file.

Print line numbers also, so you don't have to search through the files once its open for the string you already grepped for.

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arping 192.168.1.2
2009-10-09 21:39:35
User: stinkerweed999
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Determine MAC address of remote host when you know its IP address

arping sends ARP requests to a neighboring host. This won't work if there is an ARP subnet gateway in the middle. If there is, you'll just get the gateway's MAC address not the host's address you are really trying to get to.

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for x in `jot - 0 \`curl "http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/browse"|grep "Terminal - All commands" |perl -pe 's/.+(\d+),(\d+).+/$1$2/'|head -n1\` 25`; do curl "http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/browse/sort-by-votes/plaintext/$x" ; done >a.txt
2009-08-25 21:57:15
User: stinkerweed999
Functions: grep head perl
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Download entire commandlinefu archive to single file

This is an extension of a previous command by satyavvd on 2009-07-23 12:04:02, but this one grabs the whole archive. Hard coded numbers in previous script capped number of commands that could be fetched. This one grabs them all regardless of how big the archive gets.

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