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Install NMAP 5.0 ,Short and sweet command to do it

Just copy and paste the code in your terminal. Note : sudo apt-get for debian versions , change as per your requirement . Source : www.h3manth.com
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sudo wget -c "http://nmap.org/dist/nmap-5.00.tar.bz2" && bzip2 -cd nmap-5.00.tar.bz2 | tar xvf - && cd nmap-5.00 && ./configure && make && sudo make install

hemanth · 2009-07-26 11:36:53 7
cd(), do a ls (or whatever you can imagine) after a cd, func to long please refer to description

some people on the net already use a cd(), but most of them break 'cd -' functionality, that is "go back where you have been previosly", or 'cd' which is "go back home". This cd() copes with that. Also when given a file name, go to the directory where this file is in. cd() { if [[ -n ${*} ]] then if [[ s${*}e == s-e ]] then builtin cd - elif [[ ! -d ${*} ]] then builtin cd "${*%/*}" else builtin cd "${*}" fi else builtin cd ~ fi ls -la }
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cd(), do a ls (or whatever you can imagine) after a cd, func to long please refer to description

Xk2c · 2015-01-01 20:50:19 9
Go to the created directory after using mkdir
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mkdir() { /bin/mkdir $@ && eval cd "\$$#"; }

fnando · 2009-03-30 17:24:21 12
Create a directory and cd into it

Create a directory called "dirname" and navigate into it.
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Dir=dirname; mkdir $Dir && cd $Dir

saibbot · 2011-04-06 14:53:57 6
Flip from one directory to another

if you cd into a directory then cd into another directory somewhere else then you run the cd - command you will go to the previous directory you was in!! To go back to the other directory just run it again. So if you are working in 2 different directories then this is the perfect command for you.
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cd -

techie · 2013-05-07 14:50:18 6
apache , how to avoid bugs and start directly the server

This command is designed in order to avoid this error : /etc/init.d/apache2 force-reload * Reloading web server config apache2 httpd not running, trying to start (13)Permission denied: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80 no listening sockets available, shutting down Unable to open logs [fail] Show Sample Output
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```
* Starting web server apache2                                           [ OK ] 
```
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cd /etc/init.d && sudo ./apache2 start

nco · 2010-04-17 16:01:18 3
cd
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cd -

another · 2010-11-03 12:17:57 4
cd into the latest directory
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cd -

unixmonkey14106 · 2011-06-24 23:10:10 3
Just take me to home directory

Just type 2 characters and enter, you will be back. Show Sample Output
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```
[YAK@myserv]$ pwd
/path/to/directory
[YAK@myserv]$ cd
[YAK@myserv]$ pwd
/home/YAK
```
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cd

YAK · 2009-02-06 02:37:17 19
annoy your sysadmin colleague

Somehow, i prefer forcing to rm interactively to accidently rm'ing everything...
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cd / && touch ./\-i

joedhon · 2012-04-05 20:55:37 3
Duplicate a directory tree using tar and pipes

the f is for file and - stdout, This way little shorter. I Like copy-directory function It does the job but looks like SH**, and this doesn't understand folders with whitespaces and can only handle full path, but otherwise fine, function copy-directory () { ; FrDir="$(echo $1 | sed 's:/: :g' | awk '/ / {print $NF}')" ; SiZe="$(du -sb $1 | awk '{print $1}')" ; (cd $1 ; cd .. ; tar c $FrDir/ )|pv -s $SiZe|(cd $2 ; tar x ) ; } Show Sample Output
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```
copy-directory /media/cdrom /mnt/backup/
 104MB 0:00:06 [7.43MB/s] [============>                                                      ]  9% ETA 0:00:58
```
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(cd /source/dir ; tar cv .)|(cd /dest/dir ; tar xv)

marssi · 2009-07-19 10:31:13 12
Hide files and folders on GNOME Desktop.
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cd ~/Desktop && for FILES in $(ls); do mv $FILES .${FILES}; done

kjell81d · 2010-10-05 15:16:30 6
go to home directory
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cd

veganstraightedg · 2009-03-23 03:12:40 10
cd
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cd

wdan02 · 2010-08-06 05:33:19 32
Get back to the root directory of a Windows drive (like c:\)

Useful to quickly get back to the Windows root directory of the current drive from a sub-directory within that drive. Works also without space between 'cd' and backslash: 'cd\' or 'cd \' have the same effect Show Sample Output
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```
C:\Users\...\ALongPath>cd \
C:\>
```
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cd \

VonC · 2009-02-14 21:53:51 117
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get xclip to own the clipboard contents

"Copying" things to the X clipboard doesn't normally create a copy. Rather the data to be 'copied' is referenced. This means that if the application that you 'copied' stuff from is closed, that data is lost. If the application that you 'copied' from is suspended with CTRL-Z, there could be some issues if you try to paste it into something. This command will create a copy of referenced data and have xclip be the provider of it, so you can then go ahead and close the app that contains the original information. Caveat: I'm not sure if this is binary-safe (though i would expect it to be), and don't know what would happen if you used it to clip a 20 meg gimp image. This technique becomes more convenient if you set it up as an action in a clipboard manager (eg klipper, parcellite). Some of these applets can take automatic action based on a variety of parameters, so you could probably just get it to always own the clipped data whenever data is clipped.

List the size of all sub folders and files from the current location, with sorting

Retrieve the size of a file on a server

Downloads the entire file, but http servers don't always provide the optional 'Content-Length:' header, and ftp/gopher/dict/etc servers don't provide a filesize header at all.

Stream and copy a video from lan

Requires a listening port on HOST eg. "cat movie.mp4 | nc -l 1356 " (cat movie.mp4 | nc -l PORT) Useful if you're impatient and want to watch a movie immediately and download it at the same time without using extra bandwidth. You can't seek (it'll crash and kill the stream) but you can pause it.

Find usb device

I often use it to find recently added ou removed device, or using find in /dev, or anything similar. Just run the command, plug the device, and wait to see him and only him

Send a local file via email

This just reads in a local file and sends it via email. Works with text or binary. *Requires* local mail server.

Show total disk space on all partitions

show off how big your disks are

defragment files

Thanks to flatcap for optimizing this command. This command takes advantage of the ext4 filesystem's resistance to fragmentation. By using this command, files that were previously fragmented will be copied / deleted / pasted essentially giving the filesystem another chance at saving the file contiguously. ( unlike FAT / NTFS, the *nix filesystem always try to save a file without fragmenting it ) My command only effects the home directory and only those files with your R/W (read / write ) permissions. There are two issues with this command: 1. it really won't help, it works, but linux doesn't suffer much (if any ) fragmentation and even fragmented files have fast I/O 2. it doesn't discriminate between fragmented and non-fragmented files, so a large ~/ directory with no fragments will take almost as long as an equally sized fragmented ~/ directory The benefits i managed to work into the command: 1. it only defragments files under 16mb, because a large file with fragments isn't as noticeable as a small file that's fragmented, and copy/ delete/ paste of large files would take too long 2. it gives a nice countdown in the terminal so you know how far how much progress is being made and just like other defragmenters you can stop at any time ( use ctrl+c ) 3. fast! i can defrag my ~/ directory in 11 seconds thanks to the ramdrive powering the command's temporary storage bottom line: 1. its only an experiment, safe ( i've used it several times for testing ), but probably not very effective ( unless you somehow have a fragmentation problem on linux ). might be a placebo for recent windows converts looking for a defrag utility on linux and won't accept no for an answer 2. it's my first commandlinefu command

Mortality Countdown

watch the seconds of your life tick away - replace YYYY-mm-dd HH:MM:ss w/ your birthtime.

back ssh from firewalled hosts

host B (you) redirects a modem port (62220) to his local ssh. host A is a remote machine (the ones that issues the ssh cmd). once connected port 5497 is in listening mode on host B. host B just do a ssh 127.0.0.1 -p 5497 -l user and reaches the remote host'ssh. This can be used also for vnc and so on.

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