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View the newest xkcd comic.

Add an alias to your .bashrc that allows you to issue the command xkcd to view (with gwenview) the newest xkcd comic... I know there are thousands of them out there but this one is at least replete with installer and also uses a more concise syntax... plus, gwenview shows you the downloading progress as it downloads the comic and gives you a more full featured viewing experience.
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echo alias xkcd="gwenview `w3m -dump http://xkcd.com/|grep png | awk '{print $5}'` 2> /dev/null" >> .bashrc

GinoMan2440 · 2010-01-30 20:38:16 5
Quick setup to list all directory contents by time reversed sort... most recent change last.

Create an alias to list all contents of the current directory in "reverse" time order. Thus the last modified file will appear just above your next prompt. Useful for remembering where you left off modifying files in a folder or just noting recent changes. csh format but bash syntax similar
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alias ltr 'ls -altr'

drb532 · 2011-06-11 03:22:13 5
Wordpress - download latest, extract, and rename config file.
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alias wordpress='mkdir wordpress && cd wordpress && wget http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz && tar -xvzf latest.tar.gz && mv wordpress/* . && rm -rf latest.tar.gz wordpress && cp wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php'

ahabman · 2009-02-26 03:23:18 6
alias to list hidden files of a folder
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alias lh='ls -a | egrep "^\."'

fabs · 2009-03-05 20:36:58 11
Shorthand to install package in Ubuntu

I put this line in my ~/.bashrc file (which I source via ~/.bash_profile). Now, when I need to install a package, I typed *install* instead of the longer version.
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alias install='sudo apt-get install'

haivu · 2011-10-27 19:53:01 26
it's an alias to summon the command history only for lazy people well for busy too

typing history it's a long way but typing only h it's my way it works in whatever distro or OSes or shells that you use, you know, only for easyness :) Show Sample Output
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```
............
  448  df
  449  ./wlan111
  450  mc
  451  htop
  452  history
  453  activate modulos/wine-1.1.6.lzm
  454  wine POV-Ray/bin/pvengine.exe
  455  df
  456  umount /mnt/myfs
  457  xfs_repair /dev/loop/24
  458  umount /mnt/myfs1
  459  xfs_repair /dev/loop/25
  460  dmesg
  ...........
```
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alias h='history'

ximo88 · 2009-04-28 11:20:03 4
Various git commands

g clone --local --bare . /repo.git g remote add alias /repo.git g push alias branch g log -p filename g checkout SHA1_rev g reset --hard g checkout -b new_branch g ls-files --deleted Show Sample Output
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```
g clone --local --bare . /repo.git
g remote add alias /repo.git
g push alias branch

g log -p filename

g checkout SHA1_rev
g reset --hard
g checkout -b new_branch

g ls-files --deleted
```
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alias g='git'

evandrix · 2012-08-31 05:12:56 4

Tell us quantities of disk usage memory and swap used in a moment done

A short way to give us relevant report in a moment done about quantities on disk usage, memory and swap in our Linux Systems. Show Sample Output

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alias dfr='df;free'

ximo88 · 2009-04-28 11:30:31 17

Brings you back to previous directory
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alias b='cd -'

P17 · 2009-05-05 16:21:22 6
Short alias for sudo

This is way faster than typing 'sudo'. And AFAIK - there is no decent command for letter 's'.
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alias s='sudo'

eimantas · 2010-04-17 11:30:55 9
up - aliaes for moving up the directory tree
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alias up="cd .."; alias upp="cd ../.."; alias uppp="cd ../../.."; alias upppp="cd ../../../.."; alias uppppp="cd ../../../../.."

swmcd · 2009-03-30 03:27:21 9
alias vi to emacs

add (server-start) in .emacs
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alias vi='emacsclient -n'

freestyler · 2009-07-29 06:18:40 5
alias source .bashrc and nano .bashrc

alias for editing .bashrc and sourcing it with a quick command, very useful for quickly adding and modifying alias' and functions in bashrc, create lots of alias from commandlinefu very quickly, use nano vim or any other edit if you want, very useful if you have a barcode scanner and you want to run commands quickly with barcodes Show Sample Output
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```
usage:
$ nbrc
edit .bashrc
press ctrl-x,y,enter
$ sbrc
```
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alias sbrc="source ~/.bashrc" && alias nbrc="nano ~/.bashrc"

professoralex · 2009-05-13 02:41:37 11
Ultra shortcut for ssh root@

When you have to manage lot of servers, it's boring to type ssh root@myhost for each connection. Now you can type juste "s someting" and you are connected. You can too add bash_completion script to complet with tab the name of your servers. This will be the next tips from me ;) Show Sample Output
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```
user@localhost:~$ s myhost
Last login: Mon May  4 15:16:18 2009 from 10.40.29.72
[root@myhost ~]#
```
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alias s='ssh -l root'

GouNiNi · 2009-05-07 15:57:12 11
move you up one directory quickly
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alias ..='cd ..'

kev · 2011-10-28 10:12:57 11
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Which processes are listening on a specific port (e.g. port 80)

swap out "80" for your port of interest. Can use port number or named ports e.g. "http"

Get AWS temporary credentials ready to export based on a MFA virtual appliance

You might want to secure your AWS operations requiring to use a MFA token. But then to use API or tools, you need to pass credentials generated with a MFA token. This commands asks you for the MFA code and retrieves these credentials using AWS Cli. To print the exports, you can use: `awk '{ print "export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=\"" $1 "\"\n" "export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=\"" $2 "\"\n" "export AWS_SESSION_TOKEN=\"" $3 "\"" }'` You must adapt the command line to include: * $MFA_IDis ARN of the virtual MFA or serial number of the physical one * TTL for the credentials

Working random fact generator

Though without infinite time and knowledge of how the site will be designed in the future this may stop working, it still will serve as a simple straight forward starting point. This uses the observation that the only item marked as strong on the page is the single logical line that includes the italicized fact. If future revisions of the page show failure, or intermittent failure, one may simply alter the above to read. $ wget randomfunfacts.com -O - 2>/dev/null | tee lastfact | grep \ | sed "s;^.*$.*$.*$;\1;" The file lastfact, can then be examined whenever the command fails.

a function to find the fastest DNS server

http://public-dns.info gives a list of online dns servers. you need to change the country in url (br in this url) with your country code. this command need some time to ping all IP in list.

Another Matrix Style Implementation

Gets the english pronunciation of a phrase

Usage: say hello world how are you today

Find out the starting directory of a script

Invoked from within a shell script, this will print the directory in which the script resides. Doesn't depend on external tools, /proc/self/*, etc.. (`echo` is a shell builtin.) To see the *current working* directory of a script, use `pwd`.

Set a user password without passwd

Slightly shorter. It doesn't create a subprocess either.

strip non-constant number of directories from tar archive while decompressing

If you want to decompress the files from an archive to current directory by stripping all directory paths, use --transform option to strip path information. Unfortunately, --strip-components option is good if the target files have same and constant depth of folders. The idea was taken from http://www.unix.com/solaris/145941-how-extract-files-tar-file-without-creating-directories.html

Convert CSV to JSON

Replace 'csv_file.csv' with your filename.

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