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Commands using sudo

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sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`
2013-04-18 03:18:26
User: farazyashar
Functions: install sudo
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Install Linux Kernel Headers on Debian-based systems

Install the Linux kernel headers for currently running kernel version on Debian-based systems via apt-get

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sudo sed -i 's/raspberrypi/pita1/' /etc/hosts /etc/hostname; sudo reboot
2013-04-16 07:27:41
User: egeoffray
Functions: sed sudo
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Rename your Raspberry Pi

Your computer's name is raspberrypi and you want to rename it to pita1.

This command will change both the hostname and the name used for netwrk communications.

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sudo shutdown 3600 -P
2013-04-14 16:14:23
User: unixmonkey45290
Functions: shutdown sudo
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Wait a moment and then Power off

You can easily stop shutdowning process by CTRL+C

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sudo -u apache find . -not -perm /o+r
2013-03-26 06:07:55
User: 4Aiur
Functions: find sudo
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find unreadable file
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sudo -u apache find . -not -readable
2013-03-26 06:06:04
User: 4Aiur
Functions: find sudo
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find unreadable file
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sudo port selfupdate ; echo '---------' ; sudo port upgrade outdated
2013-03-21 04:07:54
User: roozbeh
Functions: echo sudo
Tags: macports
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macports update
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dpkg --list | grep '^rc\b' | awk '{ print $2 }' | xargs sudo dpkg -P
2013-03-15 23:15:35
User: Zulu
Functions: awk grep sudo xargs
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Purge configuration file of all desinstalled package

From:

http://www.debian-administration.org/users/fsateler/weblog/4

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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get clean
2013-03-15 13:19:26
User: opexxx
Functions: sudo
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system update
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sudo cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Paris /etc/localtime
2013-03-14 11:53:09
User: egeoffray
Functions: cp sudo
Tags: Debian date
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Change your timezone
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sudo ifconfig wlan0 | grep inet | awk 'NR==1 {print $2}' | cut -c 6-
2013-02-18 14:10:07
User: mouths
Functions: awk cut grep ifconfig sudo
Tags: ifconfig awk grep cut
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Print the local ip on a wireless connection

On wired connections set 'eth0' instead of 'wlan0'

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sudo find / -type f -name config.inc.php -exec vim -p {} +
2013-02-12 11:00:02
User: sinevar
Functions: find sudo vim
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How to search for files and open all of them in tabbed vim editor.

Opening several files at once in Vim can be very easy in connection with find command.

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sudo apt-get <apt-get command and options> --print-uris -qq | sed -n "s/'\([^ ]\+\)' \([^ ]\+\) \([^ ]\+\) MD5Sum:\([^ ]\+\)/wget -c \1/p" > dowload_deb_list.txt
2013-02-09 09:36:53
User: totti
Functions: command sed sudo
Tags: script download package
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Create a package list for offline download
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sudo dd if=/dev/sdc bs=4096 | pv -s `sudo mount /dev/sdc /media/sdc && du -sb /media/sdc/ |awk '{print $1}' && sudo umount /media/sdc`| sudo dd bs=4096 of=~/USB_BLACK_BACKUP.IMG
2013-02-06 09:29:10
User: juanmi
Functions: awk dd du mount sudo umount
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dd with progress bar and statistics to gzipped image
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export BLOCKSIZE='sudo blockdev --getsize64 /dev/sdc' && sudo dd if=/dev/sdc bs=1MB | pv -s $BLOCKSIZE | gzip -9 > USB_SD_BACKUP.img.gz
2013-02-05 18:10:25
User: hur1can3
Functions: dd export gzip sudo
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dd with progress bar and statistics to gzipped image

This is a useful command to backup an sd card with relative total size for piping to pv with a progressbar

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sudo nethogs eth0
2013-01-25 08:20:44
User: totti
Functions: sudo
Tags: Network process bandwidth
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network usage per process

Nethogs groups bandwidth by process.

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alias locate='if [ $((`date +%s`-`eval $(stat -s /var/db/locate.database); echo $st_mtime`)) -gt 3600 ]; then echo "locate: db is too old!">/dev/stderr; sudo /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb; fi; locate -i'
2013-01-21 17:45:50
User: jhyland87
Functions: alias echo locate stat sudo
Tags: locate osx mac
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Locate command for MAC OSX

MAC OSX doesn't come with a locate command, This will do the same thing as the locate command on a typical Linux OS.

Simply add it to your ~/.bash_profile

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sudo pm-hibernate
2013-01-15 18:49:34
User: totti
Functions: sudo
Tags: hibernate
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hibernate
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for ARG in * ; do sudo -u USER 7z x -o"$(echo $ARG|sed 's/\(.*\)\..*/\1/')" "$ARG" ; done
2012-12-31 19:47:24
User: n158
Functions: sudo
Tags: sed archive 7z folder for loop
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Extract all archives from current folder, each archive in its own folder.

Magic line will extract almost all possible archives from current folder in its own folders. Don't forget to change USER name in sudo command. sed is used to create names for folders from archive names w/o extension. You can test sed expression, used in this command:

arg='war.lan.net' ; x=$(echo $arg|sed 's/\(.*\)\..*/\1/') ; echo $x

If some archives can't be extracted, install packages:

apt-get install p7zip-full p7zip-rar

Hope this will save a lot of your time. Enjoy.

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sudo !!
2012-12-21 03:37:40
User: Travis
Functions: sudo
Tags: sudo
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run last command with root

you will be sad after you run a command and find out it needs root, so you should run it again but with prefix sudo.

so this line is to make it simple. just 'sudo !!'

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sudo dmidecode | grep Product
2012-12-18 12:31:39
User: joaquindlz
Functions: grep sudo
Tags: virtual virtualbox vmware dmidecode virtual device physical
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Check if you work on a virtual/physical machine in Linux

Command used to know if we are working on a virtual or physical machine. This command will use the dmidecode utility to retrieve hardware information of your computer via the BIOS. Run this command as root or with sudo.

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sudo ettercap -T -Q -M arp -i wlan0 // //
2012-11-20 23:42:53
User: jorgemendoza
Functions: arp sudo
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Ettercap MITM
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sudo urlsnarf -i wlan0
2012-11-20 20:13:08
User: jorgemendoza
Functions: sudo
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url sniffing
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sudo apt-get install lamp-server^ phpmyadmin
2012-11-15 01:08:00
User: imericurnot
Functions: install sudo
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Installs lamp on Ubuntu
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diff -u <(ssh -t user@host1 sudo cat /dir1/file1) <(ssh -t user@host2 sudo cat /dir2/file2)
2012-11-09 09:12:56
User: moosaka
Functions: cat diff ssh sudo
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neat diff of remote files owned by root on different systems
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sudo tc qdisc add dev lo root netem delay 500ms
2012-11-05 05:29:51
User: caiosba
Functions: sudo
Tags: Network delay tc
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Simulate slow network connection locally

Replace 500ms by the desired delay.

To remove it: sudo tc qdisc del dev lo root netem delay 500ms

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