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Commands by zlemini

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diff <(lsof -p 1234) <(sleep 10; lsof -p 1234)
2010-03-15 22:55:32
User: zlemini
Functions: diff sleep
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Eavesdrop on your system

This command takes a snapshot of the open files for a PID 1234 then waits 10 seconds and takes another snapshot of the same PID, it then displays the difference between each snapshot to give you an insight into what the application is doing.

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lsof -p 1234 | grep -E "\.log$" | awk '{print $NF}'
2010-03-05 11:41:28
User: zlemini
Functions: awk grep
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List .log files open by a pid

Uses lsof to display the full path of ".log" files opened by a specified PID.

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grep 'test' somefile | grep -vE '(error|critical|warning)'
2009-10-23 23:21:36
User: zlemini
Functions: grep
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grep -v with multiple patterns.

Use multiple patterns with grep -v. So you can print all lines in a file except those containing the multiple patterns you specify.

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PERMA () { echo "$@" >> ~/.bashrc; }
2009-09-28 16:03:24
User: zlemini
Functions: echo
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Make alias pemanent fast

Simple function to permanently add an alias to your profile.

Tested on bash and Ksh, bash version above.

Here is the ksh version: PERMA () { print "$@" >> ~/.profile; }

Sample usage:

PERMA alias la='ls -a'

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