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Commands by voyeg3r

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kded --version | awk -F: 'NR == 2 {print $2}' | sed 's/\s\+//g'
2012-01-17 17:44:23
User: voyeg3r
Functions: awk sed
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Get KDE version

kded --version return this

Qt: 3.3.8b

KDE: 3.5.10

KDE Daemon: $Id: kded.cpp 711061 2007-09-11 09:42:51Z tpatzig $

awk -F: ................. Awk Field separator

NR == 2 ................. Register Number, second line

{print $2} ............... second field

sed 's/\s\+//g' .......... remove one space or more \s\+ changing by nothing

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export PS1="[\u@`hostname -I` \W]$ "
2011-10-25 18:22:55
User: voyeg3r
Functions: export
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Show IP Address in prompt --> PS1 var

when working with many machines in a computer lab need to know the IP addr is very large, this is a simplistic solution to make things easier

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imap <leader>r <C-r>=system('echo "$(($RANDOM % 100))"')<cr>
2010-10-24 00:37:44
User: voyeg3r
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Map \r do insert random number in vim

This mapping function is called RANDOM bash and enter a number between 1 and 100

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tar zxvf package.tar.gz --strip 1
2010-05-18 21:01:23
User: voyeg3r
Functions: tar
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tar - extract only one file

if I need get olnly script.sh from "folder/script.sh"

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cat file | sed -n -r '/^100$|^[0-9]{1,2}$/p'
2010-05-15 19:15:56
User: voyeg3r
Functions: cat file sed
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sed - match numbers between 1-100

-r to use extended regex

^ begin line

| alternative

get 100 or 0-9 one or two times

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ping -c 2 `arp-scan 10.1.1.0/24 | awk '/00:1b:11:dc:a9:65/ {print $1}'`
2010-05-11 13:12:43
User: voyeg3r
Functions: awk ping
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ping MAC ADDRESS

# first install arp-scan if not have it

arp-scan 10.1.1.0/24 .... show ip+mac in localnet

awk '/00:1b:11:dc:a9:65/ {print $1}' .... get ip associated with MAC

` backtick make do command substitution passing ip to command ping

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:%sort
2010-04-04 18:54:14
User: voyeg3r
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Sort the current buffer in vi or vim.

vim 7 or higher has internal sort, too 'sort n' for numbers

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sed -i.backup '/patter/{n;s/foo/bar/g}' file
2010-03-27 12:19:11
User: voyeg3r
Functions: sed
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SED - Substitute string in next line

source: http://sed.sourceforge.net/sed1line.txt

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awk '/inet end/ {print $3}' <(ifconfig eth0)
2009-12-05 10:45:31
User: voyeg3r
Functions: awk ifconfig
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Return IP Address
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awk 'NR==2 {print $1}' /proc/net/arp
2009-12-05 10:36:06
User: voyeg3r
Functions: awk
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Router discovery
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free -m | awk '/Swap/ {print $4}'
2009-09-02 11:46:17
User: voyeg3r
Functions: awk free
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free swap

simple way to show free swap

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awk '!a[$0]++' file
2009-08-23 15:28:43
User: voyeg3r
Functions: awk
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print file without duplicated lines using awk

This create an array 'a' with wole lines. only one occurrence of each line - Not Get lines ++ !

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awk '!($0 in a) {a[$0];print}' file
2009-08-23 12:54:41
User: voyeg3r
Functions: awk
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print file without duplicated lines usind awk

show file withou duplicated lines

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file -i * | grep 'text/plain' | wc -l
2009-08-16 21:22:46
User: voyeg3r
Functions: file grep wc
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total text files in current dir

get files without extensions, get ASCII and utf-8 as "text/plain"

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:for i in range(1,255) | .put='192.168.0.'.i | endfor
2009-08-16 18:48:11
User: voyeg3r
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insert ip range using vim

fast method for insert ip range using vim

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:%s/^/\=line('.').' '
2009-08-16 17:48:03
User: voyeg3r
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Insert line number in vim

Use this command to insert line numbers in source files, .' ' control how spaces you insert after number.

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find ~/project -mtime -1 -type f -print | tar jcvf myfiles.tar.bz2 -T -
2009-03-13 13:03:11
User: voyeg3r
Functions: find tar
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package most recent files in project

create tar.bz2 package from files "-type f" modificated today "-mtime -1" in ~/project

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rsync -avz -e ssh --files-from=<(find -mtime +30 -mtime -60) source dest
2009-03-13 12:58:28
User: voyeg3r
Functions: find rsync ssh
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rsync + find

rsync from source to dest all between >30

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[[ -d dir ]] || mkdir dir ; cd dir
2009-03-12 17:19:13
User: voyeg3r
Functions: cd dir mkdir
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Go to directory or creat it and go to

For use in scripts this command is very usefull

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mkdir -p doc/{text/,img/{wallpaper/,photos/}}
2009-03-12 17:15:58
User: voyeg3r
Functions: mkdir
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create dir tree

create tree of dir's in one command

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alias path='echo $PATH | tr ":" "\n"'
2009-03-12 17:07:58
User: voyeg3r
Functions: alias tr
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Show amigable path

change ":" in path for new line and associate word path to var $PATH

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find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -print0 | xargs -0 -i cp ./{}{,.bak}
2009-03-12 16:02:13
User: voyeg3r
Functions: cp find xargs
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create backup for all files from current dir

"." is current dir, maxdepth is the level, -print0 | xargs -0 fix spaces in names, -i interactive , ./ is the current dir {} actual name , and {,.bak} is the atual name + bak

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