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hddtemp /dev/sda /dev/sdb /dev/hda /dev/hdb | gawk '{print $NF}' | perl -n -e '$_ =~ s/(\d+)/print "$1 "/eg }{ print "\n"'
2009-05-20 16:01:58
User: microft
Functions: gawk perl
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get the list of temps for your hard-drives

get a list of temps of your hard-drives.

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psql -U postgres -lAt | gawk -F\| '$1 !~ /^template/ && $1 !~ /^postgres/ && NF > 1 {print $1}'
2009-05-15 14:33:50
User: lv4tech
Functions: gawk
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List all PostgreSQL databases. Useful when doing backups
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screen -ls | grep pts | gawk '{ split($1, x, "."); print x[1] }' | while read i; do gnome-terminal -e screen\ -dx\ $i; done
2009-04-22 10:36:39
User: microft
Functions: gawk grep read screen
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connect to all screen instances running

connects to all the screen instances running.

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find . -type f -print0 | xargs -r0 stat -c %Y\ %n | sort -rn | gawk '{sub(/.\//,"",$2); print $2}' > /tmp/playlist.m3u
2009-03-04 16:41:02
User: microft
Functions: find gawk sort stat xargs
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Generate a playlist of all the files in the directory, newer first

I use this to generate a playlist with all the podcasts I listen to.

Ordered from most recent to older.

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mysql -u uname dbname -e "show tables" | grep -v Tables_in | grep -v "+" | gawk '{print "optimize table " $1 ";"}' | mysql -u uname dbname
2009-02-05 14:54:22
User: dlamotte
Functions: gawk grep uname
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command line to optimize all table from a mysql database
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mysql -u uname dbname -e "show tables" | grep -v Tables_in | grep -v "+" | gawk '{print "drop table " $1 ";"}' | mysql -u uname dbname
2009-02-05 14:53:09
User: dlamotte
Functions: gawk grep uname
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command line to drop all table from a databse
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sudo lsof | awk '{printf("%s %s %s\n", $1, $3, $NF)}' | grep -v "(" | sort -k 4 | gawk '$NF==prv{ct++;next} {printf("%d %s\n",ct,$0);ct=1;prv=$NF}' | uniq | sort -nr
2009-02-05 14:18:57
User: bpfx
Functions: awk gawk grep sort sudo uniq
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To find the count of each open file on a system (that supports losf)
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