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Muestra el crecimiento de un archivo por segundo

Muestra el crecimiento de un archivo por segundo. Cambia el texto "FILE" por el nombre del archivo a monitorear. Comando STAT
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while true; do A=$(stat -c%s FILE); sleep 1; B=$(stat -c%s FILE); echo -en "\r"$(($B-$A))" Bps"; done

Zort · 2016-06-27 20:39:06 15
hardcode dnsserver, no more rewriting of etc/resolv.conf

runs in background rewriting /etc/resolv.conf periodically dns
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while sudo sed -i -e 's/^$nameserver$.*$/\1 $dns/' /etc/resolv.conf; do sleep 15; done &

dav23r · 2018-05-14 16:03:08 158
if you are alone and have to determine which switch port your server ends ... here we go

use this comand to see which switch port your network interface is using. but remind, there is no network traffic for 10 minutes or how long you run the comand. if you start the comand via ssh, port will come up again after the "for loop" has endet
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for i in $(seq 300) ; do ethtool -s eth0 autoneg on ; sleep 2 ; done

christian773 · 2010-10-31 18:15:54 4
Power Supply Triggered Alert

Checks whether your power supply is still plugged in. If not it will trigger an alarm at maximum volume. Show Sample Output
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```
run this in a screen and unplug your headphones.
```
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check(){ power=$(acpi -a) ; if [[ $power == *on-line* ]] ; then echo "supply is on"; else echo "somebody is steeling your laptop"; amixer -c0 set Master 100+ unmute ; mpg123 nuclear-alarm.mp3 ; fi } ;while true; do check ; sleep 2 ; done

hoodie · 2011-12-10 13:42:52 4
Muestra el crecimiento de un archivo por segundo

Muestra el crecimiento de un archivo por segundo. Cambia el texto "FILE" por el nombre del archivo a monitorear. Comando LS + AWK Show Sample Output
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```
18720 Bps
```
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while true; do A=$(ls -l FILE | awk '{print $5}'); sleep 1; B=$(ls -l FILE | awk '{print $5}'); echo -en "\r"$(($B-$A))" Bps"; done

Zort · 2016-06-27 20:33:02 13
See smbstatus all the time

See smbstatus Output within a 5 second interval (for monitoring smb access)
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while (( $i != 0 )) { smbstatus; sleep 5; clear }

unixmonkey4084 · 2009-06-03 13:26:30 9
shutdown pc in a 4 hours
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sleep 4h && halt

javisol · 2011-05-02 13:46:30 3
Polls fos network port usage
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while sleep 1; do date; (netstat -a -n | grep 80) ; done

hute37 · 2011-05-16 07:56:56 5
Listen to the OS X system's voices

Listen to different voices in the system--useful for picking the voice you like
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for person in Alex Bruce Fred Kathy Vicki Victoria ; do say -v $person "Hello, my name is $person"; sleep 1; done

haivu · 2009-03-09 15:42:13 6
Periodically loop a command

You can use this to loop any command to periodically see the output. while true; do [YOUR COMMAND HERE]; sleep [# of seconds]; done; Alternatively, you can put it in a simple shell script to save typing! #/!bin/bash while true; do $1; sleep $2; done; /path/to/script.sh "ifconfig eth0 | grep 'inet addr:'" 60 Show Sample Output
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```
inet addr:192.168.1.2  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
[60 seconds later]
          inet addr:192.168.1.2  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
[60 seconds later]
          inet addr:192.168.1.2  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
[... Ctrl+C to stop]
```
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while true; do ifconfig eth0 | grep "inet addr:"; sleep 60; done;

bandit36 · 2009-04-01 19:29:28 19
show space used by postgres

this command shows the space used in postgres directory. Show Sample Output
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```
4	./pg_twophase
5364	./base/17868
5268	./base/11563
5268	./base/1
114288	./base/11564
4	./base/pgsql_tmp
5736	./base/19846
135932	./base
268584	.
268584	total
```
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while (( 1==1 )); do du -c . >> output.log; sleep 2; done; tail -f output.log

aceiro · 2010-07-12 17:23:45 4
Automation click every 4 second on a macro slot bar to world of warcraft for prospecting item

Automation click every 4 second on a macro slot bar to world of warcraft for prospecting item enable auto loot and create macro, put mouse over slot on the bar /cast Prospecting /use Elementium Ore
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while true; do sleep 4 ; xdotool click 1 ; done

rusino · 2011-09-23 09:23:02 4
Wait a moment and then Power off

If you are on your bed, waching a movie or if you are downloading something, but you whant to sleep. You can use these easy command to power off after X time. The time is in sec. if you whant to wait 1 H, use: sleep 3600; poweroff
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sleep 10; poweroff

xmuda · 2013-04-13 22:07:15 6
Five Minutes To Go

command to turn off your computer when you go home and can not wait Show Sample Output
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```
5
4
3
2
1
0
bye, bye
```
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for i in $(seq 0 5) ; do echo "5 - $i" | bc -l ; sleep 60 ; done && echo "bye, bye" && shutdown -h now

arctarus · 2009-03-13 12:16:35 839
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list all file extensions in a directory

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