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Commands using uname

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urpmi.addmedia --update google-talkplugin http://dl.google.com/linux/talkplugin/rpm/stable/$(uname -m | sed -e "s/i.86/i386/")
2011-04-30 23:01:36
User: mpb
Functions: sed uname
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Define Google Talk plugin urpmi media source for Mandriva/Mageia (works for both 32-bit and 64-bit systems)

This command adds a urpmi media source called "google-talkplugin" to the urpmi configuration on Mandriva or Mageia. Needs to be run as root. We specify the option "--update" so that when Google provides a newer version of Google Talk plugin in their download system then running a system update (eg: "urpmi --auto-update") will result in our copy of Google Talk plugin getting updated (along with any other Mandriva/Mageia pending updates).

To install Google Talk plugin from this source, use:

urpmi google-talkplugin # install plugin used for voice and video Google chat via gmail

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urpmi.addmedia --update google-chrome http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/$(uname -m | sed -e "s/i.86/i386/")
2011-04-30 14:02:34
User: mpb
Functions: sed uname
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Define Google Chrome urpmi media source for Mandriva/Mageia (works for both 32-bit and 64-bit systems)

This command adds a urpmi media source called "google-chrome" to the urpmi configuration on Mandriva or Mageia. Needs to be run as root. We specify the option "--update" so that when Google provides a newer version of Google Chrome web browser in their download system then running a system update (eg: "urpmi --auto-update") will result in our copy of Google Chrome getting updated (along with any other Mandriva/Mageia pending updates).

To install Google Chrome from this source, use:

urpmi google-chrome-stable #install Google chrome web browser

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sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
2011-04-01 09:46:31
User: enterneo
Functions: install sudo uname
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Install Linux Kernel Headers
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uname -m
2011-01-15 21:07:13
User: retrodanny
Functions: uname
Tags: 32 processor
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check if your processor is 32 or 64 bit

i686 = 32 bits

x86_64 = 64 bits

the command "getconf LONG_BIT" will work just as well.

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while (true); do clear; uname -n; echo ""; df -h /; echo ""; tail -5 /var/log/auth.log; echo ""; vmstat 1 5; sleep 15; done
2010-08-23 04:37:58
User: roknir
Functions: df echo sleep tail uname vmstat
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Continually monitor things

You can use this one-liner for a quick and dirty (more customizable) alternative to the watch command. The keys to making this work: everything exists in an infinite loop; the loop starts with a clear; the loop ends with a sleep. Enter whatever you'd like to keep an eye on in the middle.

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aptitude purge linux-image | grep ^i | grep -v $(uname -r)
2010-06-11 22:20:42
User: lgallardo
Functions: grep uname
Tags: Debian Linux perl kernel aptitude
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Remove all unused kernels with apt-get
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uname -a
2009-08-19 10:58:11
User: theIndianMaiden
Functions: uname
Tags: system_profiler
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get kernel version
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test `uname` = Linux && lsb_release -a || ( test `uname` = SunOS && cat /etc/release || uname -rms )
2009-07-07 20:51:30
User: virtualshock
Functions: cat test uname
Tags: distribution version
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Display which distro is installed

Found in comments section works on most Linux flavors.

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rpm -q kernel-2* | grep -v $(uname -r) | xargs yum erase -y
2009-03-28 21:41:15
User: Nick
Functions: grep rpm uname xargs
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Clean the /boot directory

On Fedora clean the boot directory; erase older kernel

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mysql -u uname dbname -e "show tables" | grep -v Tables_in | grep -v "+" | gawk '{print "optimize table " $1 ";"}' | mysql -u uname dbname
2009-02-05 14:54:22
User: dlamotte
Functions: gawk grep uname
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command line to optimize all table from a mysql database
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mysql -u uname dbname -e "show tables" | grep -v Tables_in | grep -v "+" | gawk '{print "drop table " $1 ";"}' | mysql -u uname dbname
2009-02-05 14:53:09
User: dlamotte
Functions: gawk grep uname
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command line to drop all table from a databse
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