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Check if TCP port 25 is open
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sudo lsof -iTCP:25 -sTCP:LISTEN

pdxdoughnut · 2013-11-12 17:32:34 6
Remove all unused kernels with apt-get
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% sudo yum remove streams-$(uname-r)

totalnut151 · 2013-11-21 17:41:19 6
dpkg - undo selection of installed packages for deinstall

If you run dpkg --clear-selections or have otherwise selected installed packages for deinstall, but want to undo it, run this. It will set all installed packages back to installed status so that they won't be removed by commands like "dpkg -Pa"
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dpkg -l | grep ^ri | awk '{print $2 " install"}' | sudo dpkg --set-selections

ajmccluskey · 2013-11-23 06:41:18 14
Kill all processes found in grep

Kills all processes with a certain string. This was done to kill all ssh sessions openned by zenoss which look like: usr/bin/ssh /opt/zenoss/bin/zenmodeler
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for line in `ps aux | grep <string> | awk '{print $2}'`; do sudo kill $line; done;

mjbrune · 2013-11-24 00:02:16 17
Change user's password
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sudo passwd <username>

dsetton · 2014-02-01 19:46:40 6
Berechtigungen nach einer Referenz ?ndern
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sudo chmod --reference=Referenz.foo Datei.foo

mischka · 2014-02-11 09:29:48 6
Create a nifty overview of the hardware in your computer

entering this command as root may give more complete results, creating a tmp file, and immediately opening the file might be more useful
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sudo lshw -html > /tmp/hardware.html && xdg-open /tmp/hardware.html

Sadi · 2014-03-08 10:40:21 7
Route some ips (or domain names) over VPN

In this example, 192.168.12.50 is the host that should be routed via the VPN and "ppp0" is the name of the VPN network interface (ifconfig shows you the list of network interfaces). Can be a IP or domain name. Show Sample Output
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add host 192.168.12.50: gateway ppp0
```
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sudo /sbin/route add -host 192.168.12.50 -interface ppp0

jifilis · 2014-04-13 00:17:53 7
Create new user with sudo rights with home dir, bash shell
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export NEWUSER=newuser; mkdir /home/$NEWUSER; useradd -d /home/$NEWUSER -s /bin/bash -G sudo $NEWUSER; passwd $NEWUSER

vinaut79 · 2014-05-16 10:35:57 8
Synchronize date and time with a server
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sudo ntpdate serverip

Mahesh · 2014-05-26 04:49:29 7
Reboot to Windows (UEFI)

Quickly reboot directly to Windows (or any other operating system) without the need to enter BIOS/UEFI or boot loader (if any). It's valid for one boot only, no persistent changes to boot priorities.
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sudo efibootmgr --bootnext `efibootmgr | sed -n "s/^Boot$[0-9]\{4\}$\* Windows Boot Manager$/\1/p"` && reboot

moneytoo · 2014-05-31 11:51:52 7
Kill the X Server

There are times when a X Window server hangs. When this happens, you can log in on a terminal and kill the Xorg process (i.e. the X Server). This one line command will do the trick.
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sudo kill -9 $( ps -e | grep Xorg | awk '{ print $1 }' )

jeffskinnerbox · 2014-06-01 22:43:32 7
MAMP: "Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)" solution
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sudo ln -s /Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock /tmp/mysql.sock

99RedBalloons · 2014-07-02 07:24:19 7
Change directories using sudo

Change current working directory with root permissions. Place this snippet in your .bashrc to add a new "sudocd" command: function sudocd { sudo bash -c "cd $1;bash" } Usage: sudocd DIRECTORY Please note that if you will use this command to cd into directories with the permissions allowing only root to be in them, you will have to use sudo as a prefix to every command that changes/does something in that directory (yes, even ls).
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sudo bash -c "cd /PATH/TO/THE/DIRECTORY;bash"

Zath · 2014-07-28 20:20:04 35
dpkg: purge all packages matching some name

Recently in Debian Wheezy the dpkg command refuses to work with wildcards, so this is the one-liner alternative.
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sudo dpkg -P $(sudo dpkg -l yourPkgName* | awk '$2 ~ /yourPkgName.*/' | awk '$1 ~ /.i/' | awk '{print $2}')

woohoo · 2014-08-02 18:14:02 9
restart session
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sudo restart lightdm

sentenza · 2014-08-06 21:23:24 7
dpkg: purge all packages matching some name

Recently in Debian Wheezy the dpkg command refuses to work with wildcards, so this is the one-liner alternative. (alternative to #13614)
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sudo dpkg -P $(dpkg -l yourPkgName* | awk '$2 ~ /yourPkgName.*/ && $1 ~ /.i/ {print $2}')

wejn · 2014-08-06 22:40:32 9
Twitter the geek way

Rainbow Stream is a smart and nice Twitter client on terminal. Almost everything you can do with a GUI application can be done, even viewing an image. - Tab-autocomplete, history browsing - Beautiful built-in themes and custom configuration support - Tweet's images directly on your terminal. Show Sample Output
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```
     _ _            _ _____  _____
    | | |          | |  _  ||  _  |
  __| | |___   ____| |\ V /  \ V /
 / _` | __\ \ / / _` |/ _ \  / _ \
| (_| | |_ \ V / (_| | |_| || |_| |
 \__,_|\__| \_/ \__,_\_____/\_____/



Need tips ? Type "h" and hit Enter key!
[@dtvd88]:
```
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sudo pip install rainbowstream && rainbowstream -iot

DTVD · 2014-08-20 06:45:16 8
Null a file with sudo
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sudo tee /path/to/file < /dev/null

Panovski · 2014-10-02 20:08:42 8
Set APM_level for HDD to prevent frequent parking
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sudo hdparm -B 200 /dev/sda

13_rom · 2014-10-16 13:01:13 8
mac address change
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sudo ifconfig mlan0 down; sudo ifconfig mlan0 hw ether 00:10:10:10:08:88; sudo ifconfig mlan0 up;

lainfinity · 2014-11-03 10:01:41 8
check the status of 'dd' in progress (OS X)

display dd status on OSX (coreutils) every 10 seconds Show Sample Output
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```
664+0 records in
664+0 records out
696254464 bytes (696 MB) copied, 426.767 s, 1.6 MB/s
```
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watch -n 10 sudo kill -INFO $(pgrep -l '^dd$' | cut -d ' ' -f 1)

nfarrar · 2014-11-23 21:21:08 7
Look for the process bound to a certain port
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sudo netstat -tulpn | grep :8080

zluyuer · 2014-12-04 06:11:09 9
Look for the process bound to a certain port

grep : This shows the process running on that specific port.
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sudo lsof -i | grep :8080

cptjack · 2014-12-15 10:08:31 8

Show apps that use internet connection at the moment.

Show top apps that use internet, sorted by count connections and grouped by TYPE and Protocol Show Sample Output

sudo lsof -P -i -n | awk '{print $1,$5,$8}' | tail -n +2 | uniq -c | sort -nr

anton_slim · 2014-12-18 05:22:33 9

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Display information sent by browser

Have netcat listen on port 8000, point browser to http://localhost:8000/ and you see the information sent. netcat terminates as soon as your browser disconnects. I tested this command on my Fedora box but linuxrawkstar pointed out that he needs to use $ nc -l -p 8000 instead. This depends on the netcat version you use. The additional '-p' is required by GNU netcat that for example is used by Debian but not by the OpenBSD netcat port used by my Fedora system.

output the contents of a file removing any empty lines including lines which contain only spaces or tabs.

Check syntax of all Perl modules or scripts underneath the current directory

Finds all *.p[ml]-files and runs a perl -c on them, checking whether Perl thinks they are syntactically correct

IBM AIX: Extract a .tar.gz archive in one shot

Simple XML tag extract with sed

Limited, but useful construct to extract text embedded in XML tags. This will only work if bar is all on one line. If nobody posts an alternative for the multiline sed version, I'll figure it out later...

Find the package that installed a command

Show which programs are listening on TCP and UDP ports

-p Tell me the name of the program and it's PID -l that is listening -u on a UDP port. -n Give me numeric IP addresses (don't resolve them) -t oh, also TCP ports

Which processes are listening on a specific port (e.g. port 80)

swap out "80" for your port of interest. Can use port number or named ports e.g. "http"

small CPU benchmark with PI, bc and time.

$ # 4 cores with 2500 pi digits $ CPUBENCH 4 2500 $. $ every core will use 100% cpu and you can see how fast they calculate it. $ if you do 50000 digitits and more it can take hours or days

Search for a string inside all files in the current directory

ack seeks for , list all found files and display everything in nice colors. Look for it in http://betterthangrep.com/

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