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wmctrl -l -p | while read line; do ps -o cmd= "$(echo "$line" | awk '$0=$3')"; done > ~/.windows
2010-07-04 22:11:24
User: matthewbauer
Functions: ps read
Tags: X X11 windows X Window wmctrl
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Save your open windows to a file so they can be opened after you restart

This will save your open windows to a file (~/.windows).

To start those applications:

cat ~/.windows | while read line; do $line &; done

Should work on any EWMH/NetWM compatible X Window Manager.

If you use DWM or another Window Manager not using EWMH or NetWM try this:

xwininfo -root -children | grep '^ ' | grep -v children | grep -v '<unknown>' | sed -n 's/^ *\(0x[0-9a-f]*\) .*/\1/p' | uniq | while read line; do xprop -id $line _NET_WM_PID | sed -n 's/.* = \([0-9]*\)$/\1/p'; done | uniq -u | grep -v '^$' | while read line; do ps -o cmd= $line; done > ~/.windows
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sudo arp-scan -I eth0 192.168.1.0/24
2010-07-01 02:46:41
User: sata
Functions: sudo
Tags: windows find scan ip address
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Find all active ip's in a subnet
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FOR /L %i IN (1,1,254) DO ping -n 1 10.254.254.%i | FIND /i "Reply">> c:\ipaddresses.txt
2010-06-29 21:02:21
User: barrytrujillo
Functions: ping
Tags: windows find scan ip address
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find all active ip?s in a subnet

documents all active ips on a subnet and saves to txt file.

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net rpc -I ADDRESS -U USERNAME%PASSWORD service {stop|start} SVCNAME
2010-06-29 17:12:36
User: f0rk
Tags: Linux windows smb samba
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Stop or Start (Restart) a Windows service from a Linux machine

Control (stop, start, restart) a Windows Service from a Linux machine which has the `net` command (provided by samba).

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for /F %G in ('dir /b c:\Windows\system32\notepad.exe') do ( echo %G )
2010-06-11 21:28:36
User: eneko
Functions: echo
Tags: windows filename filepath
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Get filename from a full file path
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echo tmp%date:~4,2%-%date:~7,2%-%date:~10,4%_%time%
2010-05-25 03:34:12
User: Agnostos
Functions: echo
Tags: windows
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(windows) Append date and Time to a file name use ren temp.txt instead of echo

Useful for if you want to create a log file every now and again or wish to record file names with date and time. You can't use the / for file names. so this replaces the / with a -

Windows only

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rdesktop -a24 -uAdministrator -pPassword -r clipboard:CLIPBOARD -r disk:share=~/share -z -g 1280x900 -0 $@ &
2010-03-08 11:51:58
User: tomer
Tags: windows rdesktop
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Open Remote Desktop (RDP) from command line and connect local resources

The above command will open a Remote Desktop connection from command line, authenticate using default username and password (great for virtual machines; in the exampe above it's administrator:password), create a shared folder between your machine and the other machine and configure resolution to best fit your desktop (I don't like full screen because it make the desktop panels to disappear). The command will run in the background, and expect to receive parameters. You should enter hostname or IP address as a parameter to the command, and can also override the defaults parameters with your own.

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echo "message" | smbclient -M NAME_OF_THE_COMPUTER
2010-02-28 21:10:46
User: mvrilo
Functions: echo
Tags: windows echo smb samba smbclient
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send a message to a windows machine in a popup

It will only work if the service NETSEND in the Windows machine is enabled.

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for /f "delims==" %a in (' dir "%USERPROFILE%\*.sqlite" /s/b ') do echo vacuum;|"sqlite3.exe" "%a"
2010-01-18 20:56:00
User: vutcovici
Functions: dir echo
Tags: windows firefox sqlite win32
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Defragment SQLite databases used by Firefox/Win32 and other software.

This command defragment the SQLite databases found in the home folder of the current Windows user.

This is usefull to speed up Firefox startup.

The executable sqlite3.exe must be located in PATH or in the current folder.

In a script use:

for /f "delims==" %%a in (' dir "%USERPROFILE%\*.sqlite" /s/b ') do echo vacuum;|"sqlite3.exe" "%%a"
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sudo nmap -F -O 192.168.1.1-255 | grep "Running: " > /tmp/os; echo "$(cat /tmp/os | grep Linux | wc -l) Linux device(s)"; echo "$(cat /tmp/os | grep Windows | wc -l) Window(s) devices"
2010-01-10 03:09:56
User: matthewbauer
Functions: echo grep sudo
Tags: Network statistics Linux windows nmap
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How many Linux and Windows devices are on your network?

Shows how many Windows and Linux devices are on your network.

May add support for others, but that's all that are on my network right now.

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for /L %%x in (1,1,16) do mkdir %%x & curl -R -e http://www.kirtu.com -o %%x/#1.jpg http://www.kirtu.com/toon/content/sb%x/english/sb%x_en_[001-070].jpg
2009-12-08 15:01:16
User: MyTechieself
Functions: mkdir
Tags: windows curl dos comic winxp savitabhabhi
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Use curl on Windows to bulk-download the Savitabhabhi Comic Strip (for Adults)

Bulk downloads the comic strip JPG files for the adult cartoon Savitabhabhi, storing each set in it's own folder. Requires manual removal of "non-image" files that maybe created because each series may differ in length. The command can be easily adapted for UNIX flavours. You need to have cURL in your path.

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for /F "DELIMS=""" %i in ('dsquery group -name SourceGroupName ^| dsget group -members') do dsquery group -name TargetGroupName | dsmod group -addmbr %i
2009-09-25 16:32:33
User: miketheman
Tags: windows active directory
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Get all members from one AD group and put them in another AD group

Interacting with Active Directory to add users from one group to another group.

This prevents from having to deal with long DNs and copying, pasting problems. It executes once per returned object.

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cat /dev/clipboard; $(somecommand) > /dev/clipboard
2009-07-10 18:48:21
User: sud0er
Functions: cat
Tags: windows cygwin
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Use Cygwin to talk to the Windows clipboard

I spent a bunch of time yesterday looking for the xsel package in Cygwin- turns out you can use the /dev/clipboard device to do the same thing.

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net rpc shutdown -I ipAddressOfWindowsPC -U username%password
2009-05-31 07:18:01
User: LrdShaper
Functions: shutdown
Tags: Linux windows
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Shutdown a Windows machine from Linux

This will issue a shutdown command to the Windows machine. username must be an administrator on the Windows machine. Requires samba-common package installed. Other relevant commands are:

net rpc shutdown -r : reboot the Windows machine

net rpc abortshutdown : abort shutdown of the Windows machine

Type:

net rpc

to show all relevant commands

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wrestool -x --output . -t14 /path/to/your-file.exe
2009-02-28 22:51:32
User: Alanceil
Tags: windows icon extract
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Extract icons from windows exe/dll

wrestool can be found in icoutils (http://www.nongnu.org/icoutils)

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xprop | awk '/PID/ {print $3}' | xargs ps h -o pid,cmd
2009-02-16 07:55:19
User: jackhab
Functions: awk ps xargs
Tags: Process Management windows process GUI
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Click on a GUI window and show its process ID and command used to run the process

This command is useful when you want to know what process is responsible for a certain GUI application and what command you need to issue to launch it in terminal.

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