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Android VOLUME_DOWN
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adb shell input keyevent KEYCODE_VOLUME_DOWN

alikhalil · 2025-08-13 13:22:00 14
Extract one file from a remote tar.gz and put it where you want it

This fetches ipfs v0.36.0 for GNU/LInux and puts it in ~/bin without a tmp file or anything else. This works if you already have ~/bin. The `--strip-components=1` flag removes the "kubo" directory in this case. If you have a tar with an even deeper directory structure, say: `some/other/directory/file`, you can just use `--strip-components=3` and it will only extract `file` for you. `-C ~/bin` puts the file in the designated path. In this case, `~/bin`. Show Sample Output
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```
$ tar -C ~/bin/ --strip-components=1 -xzf <( curl -L https://dist.ipfs.tech/kubo/v0.36.0/kubo_v0.36.0_linux-amd64.tar.gz ) kubo/ipfs
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 49.0M  100 49.0M    0     0  26.1M      0  0:00:01  0:00:01 --:--:-- 26.1M
```
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tar --strip-components=1 -C ~/bin/ -xzf <( curl -L https://dist.ipfs.tech/kubo/v0.36.0/kubo_v0.36.0_linux-amd64.tar.gz ) kubo/ipfs

renich · 2025-08-12 03:38:07 33
List memory percentage per user

Show top 10 users by memory combined consumption in percentage. Show Sample Output
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```
user01 1.6
user02 2.8
user03 2.8
user04 3.2
user05 4.9
user06 5.5
user07 6.6
user08 13.6
user09 13.7
user10 16.5
```
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ps aux | awk '{arr[$1]+=$4}; END {for (i in arr) {print i,arr[i]}}' | sort -hk2 | tail -10

Raboo · 2025-08-01 07:06:55 41
Display history of reboots

If you need to see a list of the reboots of your system with date and time stamps then on a Linux with systemd you can use (as non-root) the command: journalctl --list-boots This could be useful if you are trying to track when a power outage occurred. An alternative is: /bin/sudo grep "^-" /var/log/boot.log ^ This only shows the boot start date/times while the journalctl command shows a "LAST ENTRY" associated with each "BOOT ID". Show Sample Output
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```
$ journalctl --list-boots
IDX BOOT ID                          FIRST ENTRY                 LAST ENTRY                 
[data redacted]
```
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$ journalctl --list-boots # display tabular history of reboots

mpb · 2025-07-22 14:52:34 17
Tapping screen for TikTok using shell script
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while true; do input tap $(wm size | awk -F 'x' '{print $1/2 " " $2/2}'); done

wuseman1 · 2025-05-27 13:32:54 111
Mount SMB v1 share on Linux
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mount -t cifs -o username=administrator,password=xxx,vers=1.0,sec=ntlmv2 //192.168.0.30/nas_share /mnt/win_share

swarzynski · 2025-03-20 08:16:19 121
Download and Extract mp3 from Youtube Video

This will download a video when given the link and it will extract the audio from the video. The filename will be the same as the video's title. File extension in mp3.
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yt-dlp --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" <youtube_link_here>

keyboardsage · 2024-11-22 19:54:54 97
Get a random quote from Breaking Bad

Hit an API with curl returning a random quote, then parse the result with jq. Show Sample Output
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```
"A guy that clean has to be dirty." -- Hank Schrader
```
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curl -s https://api.breakingbadquotes.xyz/v1/quotes | jq -r '.[] | "\"\(.quote)\" -- \(.author)"'

malathion · 2024-09-09 14:58:37 65
Matrix - Just 1 wobbly line rather then a rain! (shorter)

No sample. Try it and see the magic!
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while true; do printf "\e[32m%*s\e[0m" $(tput cols) $(shuf -e {0..1} -n $(tput cols)); sleep 0.1; done

wuseman1 · 2024-09-02 00:44:33 59
Matrix - Just 1 wobbly line rather then a rain!

Remove clear; sleep 5 and echo for not doing sample!
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clear; sleep 5; echo 'while :; do printf "\e[32m%*s\e[0m" $(tput cols) $(shuf -e {0..1} -n $(($(tput lines) * $(tput cols)))); sleep 0.1; done'

wuseman1 · 2024-09-02 00:40:34 60
This command will help you to hunt the current mysql query statement in real time. (-R is deprecated, using updated -Y)
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tshark -s 512 -i eno1 -n -f'tcp dst port 3306' -Y'<mysql.query>' -T fields -e <mysql.query>

wuseman1 · 2024-08-26 19:29:05 84
Read /etc/passwd with printf in a smarter and shorter way then some deliberately obfuscated shell commands from unethicals.
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eval "$(E3LFbgu='CAT /ETC/PASSWD';printf %s "${E3LFbgu~~}")"

wuseman1 · 2024-08-26 19:20:48 49
Portscan entire internet (ipv4)
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(masscan 0.0.0.0/0 -p80 --banner --exclude 255.255.255.255 --max-rate 100000|tee internet_ips_to_block_ranges.txt 2>&1 /dev/null); 1&> /dev/null

wuseman1 · 2024-08-26 19:14:02 38
In emergency situations, in order not to panic, shut down the following port on the network with the following rather then shutting down the PC.
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fuser -k 445/tcp

wuseman1 · 2024-08-26 19:11:03 34
Generate a correct mac addr.

1) The last sed expression ensures the unicast/multicast bit is set to zero 2) The greedy space replacements are for portability across UNIX seds Show Sample Output
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```
a0:94:47:e1:f7:59
```
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od -An -N6 -tx1 /dev/urandom |sed -e 's/^ *//' -e 's/ */:/g' -e 's/:$//' -e 's/^$.$[13579bdf]/\10/'

wuseman1 · 2024-08-26 19:10:02 48
Launch hidden commands.
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/bin/bash -c "exec ls"

wuseman1 · 2024-08-26 19:08:24 209
Do we use: 'Wayland' OR 'x11' (systemd version)
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loginctl show-session $XDG_SESSION_ID -p Type

wuseman1 · 2024-08-26 19:07:02 28
Do we use: 'Wayland' OR 'x11'
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printf 'Session is: %s\n' "${DISPLAY:+X11}${WAYLAND_DISPLAY:+WAYLAND}"

wuseman1 · 2024-08-26 19:06:32 29
View emerge log by date in humand friendly time
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awk -F: '{print strftime("%Y-%m-%d -> %X --> ", $1),$2}' /var/log/emerge.log

wuseman1 · 2024-08-26 19:03:05 23
Find the right intel-ucode firmware for Intel GPU
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iucode_tool -S -l /lib/firmware/intel-ucode/*

wuseman1 · 2024-08-26 19:01:55 22
Disable Show More Options on Windows 11

Enable it again: reg delete "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}" /f Show Sample Output
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```
Successfully completed.
```
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reg add "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32" /f /ve

wuseman1 · 2024-08-26 18:56:51 22
Generate a QR code in the terminal
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printf 'https://www.gentoo.org/' | curl -F-=\<- qrenco.de

wuseman1 · 2024-08-26 18:41:24 15
Shuffle a reversed string without new lines (Simple way to create a progress bar)
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while true; do slumpad_eversed=$(echo "$eversed_part" | grep -o . | shuf | tr -d '\n'); tput cr && tput el && echo -n "$r_part$slumpad_eversed" ; sleep 1 ; done

wuseman1 · 2024-08-26 18:37:43 56
Shuffle two letters randomly

Use variable: letters=("a" "b" "c" "d" "e" "f" "g" "h" "i" "j" "k" "l" "m" "n" "o" "p" "q" "r" "s" "t" "u" "v" "w" "x" "y" "z")
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while true; do shuffled_letter1=$(printf "%s\n" "${letters[@]}" | shuf -n 1); shuffled_letter2=$(printf "%s\n" "${letters[@]}" | shuf -n 1); printf "%s%s\r" "$shuffled_letter1" "$shuffled_letter2"; sleep 0.1; done

wuseman1 · 2024-08-26 18:36:29 52
Record a certain command output
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script -c "ls -la" logfile.log

wuseman1 · 2024-08-26 18:34:05 52
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Recursively remove Mac . (dot) files

Searches from present dir forward and removes all Mac generated . (dot) files.

Recursively chmod all dirs to 755 and all files to 644

List open files that have no links to them on the filesystem

I have come across a situation in the past where someone has unlinked a file by running an 'rm' command against it while it was still being written to by a running process. The problem manifested itself when a 'df' command showed a filesystem at 100%, but this did not match the total value of a 'du -sk *'. When this happens, the process continues to write to the file but you can no longer see the file on the filesystem. Stopping and starting the process will, more often than not, get rid of the unlinked file, however this is not always possible on a live server. When you are in this situation you can use the 'lsof' command above to get the PID of the process that owns the file (in the sample output this is 23521). Run the following command to see a sym-link to the file (marked as deleted): $ cd /proc/23521/fd && ls -l Truncate the sym-link to regain your disk space: $ > /proc/23521/fd/3 I should point out that this is pretty brutal and *could* potentially destabilise your system depending on what process the file belongs to that you are truncating.

Set laptop display brightness

Run as root. Path may vary depending on laptop model and video card (this was tested on an Acer laptop with ATI HD3200 video). $ cat /proc/acpi/video/VGA/LCD/brightness to discover the possible values for your display.

Infinite loop ssh

Useful when you wait for a server to boot up.

Extract title from HTML files

previous version leaves lots of blank lines

Recover resolution when a fullscreen program crashes and you're stuck with a tiny X resolution

This forces X back to its maximum resolution configured. To get a list, type `xrandr'.

Display full tree information of a single process

Use "most" as your man pager

you should have the "most" package installed. I like it because it is colorful and easier to read. alternatively you can use "less" instead of "most". you can also add this to your ~/.bashrc to make it permanent.

delete files containing matching text

-r recursively -Z zero byte after each file name instead of the usual newline -l only filenames

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