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#!/bin/bash cd /usr/share/consolefonts/; for i in * ; do setfont; echo "testing >> $i << font" ; setfont $i ; showconsolefont ; sleep 5 ; clear ; done
2011-10-25 01:14:48
User: ambagasdowa
Functions: cd clear echo sleep
Tags: conlsolefonts
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view all console fonts

Testing in a TTY terminal , not emulator .

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while true ; do echo -n "`date`";curl localhost:3000/site/sha;echo -e;sleep 1; done
2011-10-14 21:00:41
User: donnoman
Functions: echo sleep true
Tags: watch repeat timeline
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Repeat a command until stopped

In this case it runs the command 'curl localhost:3000/site/sha' waiting the amount of time in sleep, ie: 1 second between runs, appending each run to the console.

This works well for any command where the output is less than your line width

This is unlike watch, because watch always clears the display.

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while true ; do sleep 1 ; clear ; (netstat -tn | grep -P ':36089\s+\d') ; done
2011-09-28 11:39:43
User: hute37
Functions: clear grep netstat sleep true
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Monitoring a port connections

shell loop to scan netstat output avoiding loolback aliases (local/remote swap for local connections)

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while true; do sleep 4 ; xdotool click 1 ; done
2011-09-23 09:23:02
User: rusino
Functions: sleep
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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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i=60;while [ $i -gt 0 ];do if [ $i -gt 9 ];then printf "\b\b$i";else printf "\b\b $i";fi;sleep 1;i=`expr $i - 1`;done
2011-09-08 18:14:48
User: barnesmjsa
Functions: printf sleep
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60 second on screen timer for bash scripts
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while true; do xset dpms force off; sleep 0.3; xset dpms force on; xset s reset; sleep 0.3; done
2011-09-07 21:55:41
User: Escher
Functions: sleep
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Emergency Alien Invasion Warning

When aliens invade Earth, be first to warn your neighbours by placing your computer screen at a window and executing this potentially Earth-saving command.

Ctrl C when aliens are defeated.

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say() { wget -q -U Mozilla -O output.mp3 "http://translate.google.com/translate_tts?tl=en&q=$1"; gnome-terminal -x bash -c "totem output.mp3"; sleep 4; totem --quit;}
2011-09-07 19:48:53
User: totti
Functions: bash sleep wget
Tags: google say text to speech
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Gets the english pronunciation of a phrase

No need to install additional packages

eg:

say hello

For multiword

say how+are+you

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while sleep 30; do tput sc;tput cup 0 $(($(tput cols)-15));echo -n " New Emails: $(curl -u username:password --silent https://mail.google.com/mail/feed/atom | grep 'fullcount' | grep -o '[0-9]\+')";tput rc; done &
2011-09-07 08:40:28
User: saze
Functions: echo sleep tput
Tags: grep curl gmail notify
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Displays the number of unread messages on your gmail at the top right corner of your terminal

Checks your gmail account every 30 seconds and display the number of new messages in the top right corner of the terminal.

A kind of CLI "Gmail notifier" if you will. :-)

This is a mashup of http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/7916/put-a-console-clock-in-top-right-corner and http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/3386/check-your-unread-gmail-from-the-command-line

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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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NotifyOnBATTERY () { while :; do on_ac_power||notify-send "Running on BATTERY"; sleep 1m; done }
2011-08-26 11:54:16
User: totti
Functions: sleep
Tags: battery notify
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Notify on Battery power

Works on Laptops, Desktop having communication b/w UPS & CPU

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(sleep 3; echo "MyAwesomePassword"; sleep 3) |socat - EXEC:'ssh username@server "hostname"',pty,setsid,ctty
2011-08-24 14:13:18
User: TommyBotten
Functions: echo sleep
Tags: socat pts
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Use socat to wrap around your pty to enter the password.

You should really use keys. Really. I'm serious.

But if you have to add your key, change password etc. for a long list of servers, this might help.

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while notify-send "`acpi -t`"; do sleep 300; done
2011-07-05 18:22:06
User: unixmonkey8046
Functions: sleep
Tags: loop notify-send GUI acpi
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Use acpi and notify-send to report current temperature every five minutes.

Use acpi and notify-send to report current temperature every five minutes.

Works best in a shell script run at startup. acpi is called for temperature and fed to notify-send for a tooltip. After waiting five minutes, it will start over.

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while ping -c 1 127.0.0.1 > /dev/null; do acpi -t -f | while read tem; do notify-send "$tem"; done; sleep 300; done
2011-07-02 06:47:25
User: c0de
Functions: acpi ping read sleep
Tags: loop notify-send GUI acpi
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Use acpi and notify-send to report current temperature every five minutes.

works best in a shell script run at startup. It will ping localhost once and output to null, after it does that, acpi is called for temperature in fahrenheit and piped through to another loop that feeds notify-send for a tooltip. After waiting five minutes, it will start over.

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while true; do sleep $(($RANDOM/1000)) && beep -f 2000 -l $(($RANDOM/100)) ; done
2011-06-29 02:38:33
User: otisspud
Functions: sleep
Tags: annoyatron
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terminal based annoy-a-tron

credit goes to icanhaslinux.com

http://icanhaslinux.com/2007/09/17/annoy-your-coworkers-linux-style/

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while true; do sleep $(($RANDOM/1000)) && beep -f 2000 -l $(($RANDOM/100)) ; done
2011-06-29 02:34:41
User: otisspud
Functions: sleep
Tags: annoyatron
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terminal based annoy-a-tron

credit goes to icanhaslinux.com

http://icanhaslinux.com/2007/09/17/annoy-your-coworkers-linux-style/

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dd if=/dev/urandom of=file.img bs=4KB& pid=$!; while [[ -d /proc/$pid ]]; do kill -USR1 $pid && sleep 1 && clear; done
2011-06-24 21:49:10
User: unixmonkey14934
Functions: dd kill sleep
Tags: dd progress
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Watch the progress of 'dd'

Only slightly different than previous commands. The benefit is that your "watch" should die when the dd command has completed. (Of course this would depend on /proc being available)

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var=host ;while ! nc -zw 1 $var 22;do sleep 1; done ; ssh user@$var
2011-06-22 21:07:57
User: Pieton217
Functions: sleep ssh
Tags: ssh ssh connect back
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Automatically connect to a host with ssh once it is online
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while true; do date; ssh <YOUR HOST HERE> "echo" && echo "HOST UP" && break; sleep 60; done
2011-05-29 19:54:16
User: unixmonkey11685
Functions: echo sleep ssh
Tags: ssh host
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monitor when target host will be up
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i=0;while :; do i=$(expr "$i" + 1); scrot "$i".png; sleep 2; done;
2011-05-27 00:25:28
User: scripteles
Functions: expr sleep
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Take a screenshot every 2 seconds

Take a screenshot every 2 seconds and save it as a png file

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while sleep 1; do date; (netstat -a -n | grep 80) ; done
2011-05-16 07:56:56
User: hute37
Functions: grep netstat sleep
Tags: netstat logging
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Polls fos network port usage
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while true; do /bin/ping -q -c1 -w3 8.8.8.8 2>&1 > /dev/null || echo "8.8.8.8 ping failed at $(date +%d/%m/%y) $(date +%H:%M:%S)" >> /var/log/ping.log; sleep 10; done &
2011-05-12 01:51:07
User: Arkey
Functions: echo sleep
Tags: log ping internet connection
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Check a internet connetion is up. If it isn't write a log.

This command are using by me for checking connection with Internet.

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sleep 4h && halt
2011-05-02 13:46:30
User: javisol
Functions: sleep
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shutdown pc in a 4 hours
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while true; do tput sc; tput cup 0 $(($(tput cols)-74)); w | grep load; tput rc; sleep 10; done &
2011-04-27 09:28:27
User: ahofmann
Functions: grep sleep tput
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Put a console clock in top right corner

Gives not only date but also some interesting status about the System

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say(){ mplayer -user-agent Mozilla "http://translate.google.com/translate_tts?tl=en&q=$(echo $* | sed 's#\ #\+#g')" > /dev/null 2>&1 ; }; sleep 3s && say "wake up, you bastard"
2011-04-25 12:43:26
User: return13
Functions: sleep
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Timer with sound alarm
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while true; do while [ `date +%H%M` == "1857" ] ; do sleep 1s; yes | head -n 2000 > /dev/dsp; done; done;
2011-04-23 14:44:26
User: mrwill
Functions: head sleep yes
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a simple alarm

this command will beep like an alarm for one minute from 18:57. you can change "1857" to your desired time.

you should have alsa-oss package installed, and you should also be root or part of "audio" group.

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