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Colorful man

That command installs "most" and make this command as the default man reader. The "most" works like "less" (the current man reader), but it render colors for manpages and may do more things. Read "man most". You can see a preview here: http://www.dicas-l.com.br/dicas-l/20090718.php
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apt-get install most && update-alternatives --set pager /usr/bin/most

aurium · 2010-01-04 14:13:55 12
Purge configuration files of removed packages on debian based systems

also search with aptitude search '~c'
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aptitude purge '~c'

bugmenot · 2010-09-13 12:15:00 11
Limit bandwidth usage by apt-get

Limits the usage of bandwidth by apt-get, in the example the command will use 30Kb/s ;) It should work for most apt-get actions (install, update, upgrade, dist-upgrade, etc.)
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sudo apt-get -o Acquire::http::Dl-Limit=30 upgrade

alemani · 2010-03-22 01:29:44 12
Diff files on two remote hosts.
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diff <(ssh alice cat /etc/apt/sources.list) <(ssh bob cat /etc/apt/sources.list)

funollet · 2009-04-03 20:54:16 12
"Clone" a list of installed packages from one Debian/Ubuntu Server to another
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apt-get install `ssh root@host_you_want_to_clone "dpkg -l | grep ii" | awk '{print $2}'`

BoxingOctopus · 2011-05-10 13:33:51 7

Purge configuration files of removed packages on debian based systems

Purge all configuration files of removed packages Show Sample Output

sudo aptitude purge `dpkg --get-selections | grep deinstall | awk '{print $1}'`

kelevra · 2009-04-28 11:44:04 15

Using a single sudo to run multiple && arguments

Bash's here string
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sudo -s <<< 'apt update -y && apt upgrade -y'

metropolis · 2019-08-07 14:03:30 70
Remove today's Debian installed packages

Adapted using your usefull comments !
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grep -e `date +%Y-%m-%d` /var/log/dpkg.log | awk '/install / {print $4}' | uniq | xargs apt-get -y remove

skygreg · 2010-01-12 09:42:22 11
Alias for getting OpenPGP keys for Launchpad PPAs on Ubuntu

Makes it easy to add keys to new ppa sources entries in apt sources.list Now to add the key for the chromium-daily ppa: launchpadkey 4E5E17B5 Show Sample Output
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```
gpg: requesting key 4E5E17B5 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: key 4E5E17B5: "Launchpad PPA for chromium-daily" 2 new signatures
gpg: no ultimately trusted keys found
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:         new signatures: 2
```
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alias launchpadkey="sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys"

azeey · 2009-06-17 12:02:27 10
Generate a graph of package dependencies

Requires: imagemagick and graphviz On Debian systems, displays a graph of package dependencies. Works also with other image formats, like svg : apt-cache dotty bash | dot -T svg | display
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apt-cache dotty apache2 | dot -T png | display

raphink · 2009-02-18 14:27:31 14
Remove all unused kernels with apt-get

This should do the same thing and is about 70 chars shorter. Show Sample Output
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```
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  linux-image-2.6.32-3-amd64 linux-image-amd64 
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 99.6MB will be freed.
Would download/install/remove packages.

# `uname -r` = "2.6.34-dbb-deb"
```
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aptitude remove $(dpkg -l|egrep '^ii linux-(im|he)'|awk '{print $2}'|grep -v `uname -r`)

dbbolton · 2010-06-10 21:23:00 10
Does a full update and cleaning in one line
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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get autoclean && sudo apt-get autoremove

Skyrell · 2009-02-16 04:21:07 67
ubuntu easter eggs
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apt-get moo

vavincavent · 2009-02-15 21:15:38 28
Remove all unused kernels with apt-get

Note the double space: "...^ii␣␣linux-image-2..." Like 5813, but fixes two bugs: [1]This leaves the meta-packages 'linux-headers-generic' and 'linux-image-generic' alone so that automatic upgrades work correctly in the future. [2]Kernels newer than the currently running one are left alone (this can happen if you didn't reboot after installing a new kernel). I'm bummed that this took 228 characters. I'd like to see a simpler version. Show Sample Output
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```
The following packages will be REMOVED:  
  linux-headers-2.6.32-24 linux-headers-2.6.32-24-generic linux-headers-2.6.32-25 linux-headers-2.6.32-25-generic linux-headers-2.6.35-22 
  linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic linux-image-2.6.32-24-generic linux-image-2.6.32-25-generic linux-image-2.6.35-22-generic 
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 9 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 566MB will be freed.
```
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aptitude remove $(dpkg -l|awk '/^ii linux-image-2/{print $2}'|sed 's/linux-image-//'|awk -v v=`uname -r` 'v>$0'|sed 's/-generic//'|awk '{printf("linux-headers-%s\nlinux-headers-%s-generic\nlinux-image-%s-generic\n",$0,$0,$0)}')

__ · 2010-12-11 11:38:15 7
split and combine different pages from different pdf's

The command shows the real power of the pdftk tool, you can do basically everything you want with multiple pdf's. In the command a book is created from chapters, headings and covers.
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pdftk A=chapters.pdf B=headings.pdf C=covers.pdf cat C1 B1 A1-7 B2 A8-10 C2 output book.pdf

bw · 2010-03-02 16:04:50 9
create disk copy over the net without temp files

I wanted to create a copy of my whole laptop disk on an lvm disk of the same size. First I created the logical volume: lvcreate -L120G -nlaptop mylvms SOURCE: dd if=/dev/sda bs=16065b | netcat ip-target 1234 TARGET: nc -l -p 1234 | dd of=/dev/mapper/mylvms-laptop bs=16065b to follow its process you issue the following command in a different terminal STATS: on target in a different terminal: watch -n60 -- kill -USR1 $(pgrep dd) (see http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/4356/output-stats-from-a-running-dd-command-to-see-its-progress)
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SOURCE: dd if=/dev/sda bs=16065b | netcat ip-target 1234 TARGET: netcat -l -p 1234 | dd of=/dev/mapper/laptop bs=16065b STATS on target: watch -n60 -- kill -USR1 $(pgrep dd)

bw · 2009-12-16 10:51:06 10
search ubuntu packages to find which package contains the executable program programname

search ubuntu's remote package source repositories for a specific program to see which package contains it Show Sample Output
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```
nick@mylaptop:~$ apt-file search bin/kdialog
kdebase-bin: /usr/bin/kdialog
kdebase-dbg: /usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/kdialog
```
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apt-file find bin/programname

nickleus · 2009-11-10 10:21:45 6
purge installed but unused linux headers, image, or modules

will purge: only installed apps: /^ii/!d avoiding current kernel stuff: /'"$(uname -r | sed "s/$.*$-$[^0-9]\+$/\1/")"'/d using app names: s/^[^ ]* [^ ]* $[^ ]*$.*/\1/ avoiding stuff without a version number: /[0-9]/!d
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dpkg -l 'linux-*' | sed '/^ii/!d;/'"$(uname -r | sed "s/$.*$-$[^0-9]\+$/\1/")"'/d;s/^[^ ]* [^ ]* $[^ ]*$.*/\1/;/[0-9]/!d' | xargs sudo apt-get -y purge

plasticdoc · 2009-06-19 10:11:00 9
Show Apt/Dpkg configuration

Shows all configurations to apt and dpkg, rarely changed, you probably still have the default configuration. Go ahead and explore your configuration if you dare, perhaps change your apt-cache directory, Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/"; or the names of the log files. Show Sample Output
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```
APT "";
APT::Architecture "amd64";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Install-Recommends "true";
APT::Install-Suggests "0";
APT::NeverAutoRemove "";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^firmware-linux.*";
```
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apt-config dump

LinuxMan · 2011-12-13 19:11:02 7
Auto Get Missing Launchpad Keys

You can choose these mirror servers to get gpg keys, if the official one ever goes offline keyserver.ubuntu.com pool.sks-keyservers.net subkeys.pgp.net pgp.mit.edu keys.nayr.net keys.gnupg.net wwwkeys.en.pgp.net #(replace with your country code fr, en, de,etc)
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sudo apt-get update 2> /tmp/keymissing; for key in $(grep "NO_PUBKEY" /tmp/keymissing |sed "s/.*NO_PUBKEY //"); do echo -e "\nProcessing key: $key"; gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv $key && gpg --export --armor $key |sudo apt-key add -; done

Bonster · 2011-03-30 08:18:54 8
Capture video of a linux desktop
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ffmpeg -f x11grab -s `xdpyinfo | grep 'dimensions:'|awk '{print $2}'` -r 25 -i :0.0 -sameq /tmp/out.mpg > /root/howto/capture_screen_video_ffmpeg

brubaker · 2010-03-27 21:31:34 5

aptitude easter eggs

this is a reference to Antoine de St. Exupery's "The Little Prince" Show Sample Output

aptitude moo

eastwind · 2009-11-12 12:24:01 7

Search for packages, ranked by popularity

This will take the packages matching a given `apt-cache search` query (a collection of AND'd words or regexps) and tell you how popular they are. This is particularly nice for those times you have to figure out which solution to use for e.g. a PDF reader or a VNC client. Substitute "ubuntu.com" for "debian.org" if you want this to use Ubuntu's data instead. Everything else will work perfectly. Show Sample Output

apt-popcon() { (echo \#rank; apt-cache search "$@" |awk '$1 !~ /^lib/ {print " "$1" "}') |grep -Ff- <(wget -qqO- http://popcon.debian.org/by_inst.gz |gunzip); }

adamhotep · 2012-09-08 00:29:31 4

Find the package a command belongs to on debian-based distros
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apt-file search iostat

tersmitten · 2011-07-24 11:56:31 7
Remove today's installed packages
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grep "install " /var/log/dpkg.log | awk '{print $4}' | xargs apt-get -y remove --purge

skygreg · 2009-04-06 13:06:04 10
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list current ssh clients

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ShellCheck all the bash/sh script under a specific directory excluding version control

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backup system over ssh, exlucde common dirs

Add a GPL license file to your project

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Convert unix timestamp to date

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Watch a movie in linux without the X windows system.

Change the From: address on the fly for email sent from the command-line

It's very common to have cron jobs that send emails as their output, but the From: address is whatever account the cron job is running under, which is often not the address you want replies to go to. Here's a way to change the From: address right on the command line. What's happening here is that the "--" separates the options to the mail client from options for the sendmail backend. So the -f and -F get passed through to sendmail and interpreted there. This works on even on a system where postfix is the active mailer - looks like postfix supports the same options. I think it's possible to customize the From: address using mutt as a command line mailer also, but most servers don't have mutt preinstalled.

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