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ls|grep .mp3 >list.txt; while read line; do newname=`echo $line|sed 's/\ /-/g'|sort`; newname=`echo $newname|tr -s '-' `; echo $newname; echo $newname>> tracklist.txt;mv "$line" "$newname"; done <list.txt; rm list.txt
2012-02-16 08:33:14
User: hieuht
Functions: echo grep ls mv read rm sed tr
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Tracklist reaplace backspace to '-'

for music file of mp3.zing.vn

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x="/tmp/auth.html";sudo cat /var/log/auth.log | logtool -o HTML >$x;xdg-open $x;rm $x
2012-02-09 13:36:21
User: unixmonkey30696
Functions: cat rm sudo
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Export log to html file

similar to previous except this exports to a temporary file, opens that file with your default web browser, then deletes it.

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rm -rf /commands/by/fukr
2012-02-03 03:10:01
User: fukr
Functions: rm
Tags: rm
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Removed my commandlinefu.com entries

Vote this down.

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for FILE in `ls -1`; do if [ -L "$FILE" ]; then cp $(readlink "$FILE") ${FILE}_rf; rm -f $FILE; mv ${FILE}_rf "$FILE"; fi; done
2012-01-16 16:39:41
User: unixmonkey1907
Functions: cp mv readlink rm
Tags: bash Linux symlinks links
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Convert all the symbolic links in $PWD to copies of the referenced files
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man -t man | ps2pdf - temp.pdf; evince temp.pdf &> /dev/null &; sleep 3; rm temp.pdf
2011-12-08 17:40:47
User: threv
Functions: man rm sleep
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Render man page in *temporary* PDF (works in Gnome)

Yeah yeah, another "render man page in pdf", but this time it creates a temporary PDF that stays resident in memory for viewing, but is eliminated on the filesystem.

Replace evince with your PDF viewer of choice.

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cmdfu(){ local TCF="/var/tmp/cmdfu"; echo " Searching..."; curl "http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/matching/$(echo "$@" | sed 's/ /-/g')/$(echo -n $@ | base64)/plaintext" --silent > "$TCF"; vim -c "set filetype=sh" -RM "$TCF"; rm "$TCF"; }
2011-12-06 10:01:27
User: expelledboy
Functions: echo rm vim
Tags: vim color search, commandlinefu api
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Search commandlinefu.com and display with VIMs syntax highlighting!

Multi-argument version, but with VIM loveliness :D

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ls -1 $PATH*/* | xargs file | awk -F":" '!($2~/PDF document/){print $1}' |xargs rm -rf
2011-11-02 04:42:32
User: karuppasamy
Functions: awk file ls rm xargs
Tags: awk ls delete pdf rm
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delete the files from the given directory except the PDF file
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find $SDIR -name '${f}.*' -mtime +$n -maxdepth 1 | xargs -n 10 rm -vf
2011-11-01 05:35:03
User: seker4869
Functions: find rm xargs
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find something
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unzip -l filename.zip |awk '{ if($4 != "Name" && $4 != "----") print $4}'|xargs -t rm -rf {}
2011-10-20 18:54:15
User: hk0i
Functions: awk rm xargs
Tags: awk xargs unzip rm
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un-unzip a file

Sometimes you unzip a file that has no root folder and it spews files all over the place. This will clean up all of those files by deleting them.

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svn status|grep -iR '^!'|sed 's/!/ /g'|xargs -i svn rm '{}'
2011-10-06 08:11:25
User: erdeszt
Functions: grep rm sed xargs
Tags: svn sed xargs grep
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Mark manually deleted files as deleted in svn

Helps if you accidentally deleted files from an svn repo with plain rm and you would like to mark them for svn to delete too.

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find /path/folder -type f -name "*.*" -print -exec rm -v {} + | wc -l;
2011-09-19 14:53:37
User: Koobiac
Functions: find rm wc
Tags: find delete exec wc rm count
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Count the number of deleted files

It does not work without the verbose mode (-v is important)

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switchMonitor () { LF=/tmp/screen-lock; if [ -f $LF ]; then rm $LF; else touch $LF; sleep .5; while [ -f $LF ]; do xset dpms force off; sleep 2; done; fi };
2011-08-26 17:55:44
User: totti
Functions: rm sleep touch
Tags: screen power xset dpms
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shut of the screen ( Fool proof )

Use the command to create a script and bind it to a key using keyboard shortcut.

eg:

Script locks the screen in a loop until the command is executed again.At first it

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c=blue;convert -size 50x50 xc:$c $c.png; for i in red green yellow; do convert $c.png -background $i -rotate 20 $i.png; rm $c".png"; c=$i; done; mv $i".png" logo.png; display logo.png
2011-08-21 15:59:11
User: Funatiker
Functions: mv rm
Tags: ImageMagick
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create a colorful image

Deletes unneeded files after every step and allows to use a color other than yellow at the last position.

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find . -size 1400c -exec rm {} \;
2011-08-18 15:19:24
User: gef
Functions: find rm
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remove files of a specific size

Removes all files in the current folder that are 1400 bytes in size.

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find . -name "directory_name" -type d -print0 | xargs -0 -i rm -rf {}
2011-08-16 15:50:39
User: damage
Functions: find rm xargs
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find specified directory and delete it recursively including directories with spaces
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find . -type d -name 'CVS' -exec rm -r {} \;
2011-08-12 12:15:44
User: Enirevlow
Functions: find rm
Tags: find
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remove all CVS directories
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find . -type d -name 'CVS' | xargs rm -r
2011-08-10 07:38:51
User: kev
Functions: find rm xargs
Tags: find
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remove all CVS directories
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rm -R `ls | egrep -v 'dir1|dir2|file1'`
2011-08-07 08:34:17
User: killman
Functions: egrep rm
Tags: exclude ls rm
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Delete files and directories from current directory exept those specified
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wget http://somesite.com/somestream.pls; cvlc somestream.pls&sleep 5; rm somestream.pls*
2011-08-04 19:24:18
User: tomjrace
Functions: rm wget
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Play a stream and give back the shell

I wanted to play a song from the shell and get the shell back, I also dont want to store the file if it is not needed.

edit, not sure if I need to mention it... killall vlc to stop it

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rm -- -i
2011-07-26 04:00:32
User: merlinblack
Functions: rm
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Specify a file name that starts with hyphen, e.g. "-i"

If you just try rm -i, the file name will be interpreted as a command line switch. Many commands let you use a double hyphen '--' to say 'No more switches, the rest are file names'.

Incidentally having a file named '-i' in a directory where you use rm * will cause rm to act as if you specified '-i' on the command line.

vim -- -v touch -- -t cat -- -c
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find . -name .svn -type d | parallel rm -rf
2011-07-05 00:25:51
User: evandrix
Functions: find rm
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Recursively remove all .svn directories
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rm !(*.txt)
2011-07-02 13:22:23
User: kev
Functions: rm
Tags: rm
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remove all files except *.txt
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for i in *.tar.gz; do tar -x -v -z -f $i && rm -v $i; done
2011-06-25 20:40:44
User: Nichlas
Functions: rm tar
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Decompress all .tar.gz files and remove the compressed .tar.gz
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for i in "*.txt"; do tar -c -v -z -f $i.tar.gz "$i" && rm -v "$i"; done
2011-06-25 20:39:06
User: Nichlas
Functions: rm tar
Tags: Batch Utilities compress tar.gz
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Compress all .txt files to .txt.ta.gz and remove the original .txt
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function rm { workingdir=$( pwdx $$ | awk '{print $2}' ) /usr/bin/rm $* echo "rm $* issued at $(date) by the user $(who am i| awk '{print $1} ') in the directory ${workingdir}" >> /tmp/rm.out }
2011-06-22 14:47:38
User: soulonfire
Functions: awk echo rm
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log rm commands

Sometimes, it is annoying to find your files or directories missing. If you want to log all the rm commands you can put this in /etc/profile.

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