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Terminal - Commands using info - 16 results
nohup tail /var/log/murmur.log | perl -ne '/^<.>[0-9:. -]{24}(\d+ => )?(.*)/; $pid=`pgrep -u murmur murmurd | head`; chomp $pid; `logger -p info -t "murmurd[$pid]" \\"$2\\"`;' &
2013-05-25 01:12:52
User: MagisterQuis
Functions: info nohup perl tail
Tags: murmur mumble murmurd OpenBSD
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Send murmurd log lines to syslog

Sends log lines from murmur's (the mumble server's) logfile to syslog.

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diskutil info /dev/disk0 | grep 'Device / Media Name'
2013-02-12 14:03:13
User: adimania
Functions: grep info
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Check the hard disk vendor and model on Apple Mac
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svn info -R --xml file:///path/to/rep | grep kind=\"file\"|wc -l
2011-12-06 20:06:42
User: ijeyanthan
Functions: grep info wc
Tags: svn subversion
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Number of files in a SVN Repository

Number of files in a SVN Repository

This command will output the total number of files in a SVN Repository.

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xdg-open $(svn info | sed -n '/URL:/s/URL: //p')
2011-01-06 15:35:47
User: bartonski
Functions: info sed
Tags: svn xdg-open
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From an SVN working directory, open the corresponding repository directory in your favorite browser
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rtfm() { help $@ || info $@ || man $@ || $BROWSER "http://www.google.com/search?q=$@"; }
2011-01-05 21:26:51
User: seattlegaucho
Functions: info man
Tags: man info google
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RTFM function

Some commands have more information on 'info' than in the man pages

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info gpg |less
2010-07-01 23:44:15
User: StefanLasiewski
Functions: gpg info
Tags: less info
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Read info(1) pages using 'less' instead of GNU Texinfo

I like man pages, and I like using `less(1)` as my pager. However, most GNU software keeps the manual in the 'GNU Texinfo' format, and I'm not a fan of the info(1) interface. Just give me less.

This command will print out the info(1) pages, using the familiar interface of less!

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(for i in `find . -maxdepth 2 -name .svn | sed 's/.svn$//'`; do echo $i; svn info $i; done ) | egrep '^.\/|^URL'
2010-05-09 11:54:37
User: jespere
Functions: echo egrep info sed
Tags: bash Linux egrep sed subversion GNU grep GNU find
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If you have lots of svn working copies in one dir and want to see in which repositories they are stored, this will do the trick.

If you have lots of subversion working copies in one directory and want to see in which repositories they are stored, this will do the trick. Can be convenient if you need to move to a new subversion server.

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myinfo() { info --subnodes -o - $1 | less; }
2010-02-16 13:09:32
User: bartonski
Functions: info
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shell function to make gnu info act like man.

For those who hate navigating info pages, a shell function which will dump the contents to stdout, then page it through less, thus acting like 'man'.

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xmms2 info $(xmms2 mlib search '<query>' | sed -ne 's/^00*\([1-9][0-9]*\).*$/\1/p') | awk -F' = ' '$1~/ url$/{print$2}'
2010-02-15 10:24:15
User: mwgamera
Functions: awk info sed
Tags: sed xmms2
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Get URLs matching some xmms2 search
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function svnurl() { svn info $1 | egrep '^URL: (.*)' | sed s/URL\:\ //; }
2010-02-12 15:42:54
User: thebuckst0p
Functions: egrep info sed
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Extract URL from SVN working copy

Can be used in a working copy to output the URL (extracted from svn info), or as part of another function, as $(svnurl some/path). Saves a lot of time in my SVN workflow.

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nwmgr -q info -c lan0
2010-02-09 16:19:18
User: jreypo
Functions: info
Tags: hp-ux nwmgr
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get detailed info about a lan card on HP-UX 11.31
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find . -iname ".project"| xargs -I {} dirname {} | LC_ALL=C xargs -I {} svn info {} | grep "Last Changed Rev\|Path" | sed "s/Last Changed Rev: /;/" | sed "s/Path: //" | sed '$!N;s/\n//'
2009-10-07 16:13:27
User: hurz
Functions: dirname find grep info sed xargs
Tags: svn eclipse revision
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Get last changed revision to all eclipse projects in a SVN working copy

Searches for all .project files in current folder and below and uses "svn info" to get the last changed revision. The last sed joins every two lines.

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info --vi-keys
2009-04-11 22:10:08
User: kFiddle
Functions: info
Tags: vim vi info , keybindings
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vi keybindings with info

Info has some of the worst keybindings I've ever seen. Being a vim user, I attribute that to emacs influence. Use the --vi-keys option to use some of the vi keybindings, although this won't change all the keybindings. Use the "infokey" program to have more control over info keybindings.

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svn info | grep '^URL:' | egrep -o '(tags|branches)/[^/]+|trunk' | egrep -o '[^/]+$'
2009-04-09 20:08:45
User: isaacs
Functions: egrep grep info
Tags: svn grep
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Get the current svn branch/tag (Good for PS1/PROMPT_COMMAND cases)

Get the svn info, grep for the "URL" of the repository, pull out the tag/branch/trunk, and then just show the helpful/meaningful bit.

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function svnundopoint() { if [ -d .undo ]; then r=`svn info | grep Revision | cut -f 2 -d ' '` && t=`date +%F_%T` && f=${t}rev${r} && svn diff>.undo/$f && svn stat>.undo/stat_$f; else echo Missing .undo directory; fi }
2009-03-27 07:14:31
User: codeape
Functions: cut echo grep info
Tags: bash svn
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Create subversion undo point

Allows you to save progress without committing.

To revert to an undo point, svn revert then apply the undo point with patch.

svn revert -R . && patch -p0 < .undo/2009-03-27_08:08:11rev57

Similar: http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/373/archive-all-files-containing-local-changes-svn

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LC_ALL=C svn info | grep Revision | awk '{print $2}'
2009-02-16 14:53:52
User: chickenkiller
Functions: awk grep info
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Outputs current folder svn revision

This is the simple revision number on stdout, that can be fed to any useful/fun script of yours. Setting LC_ALL is useful if you use another locale, in which case "Revision" is translated and cannot be found. I use this with doxygen to insert my source files revisions into the doc. An example in Doxyfile:

FILE_VERSION_FILTER = "function svn_filter { LC_ALL=C svn info $1 | grep Revision | awk '{print $2}'; }; svn_filter"

Share your ideas about what to do with the revision number !

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