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copying data with cpio

Copy data to the destination using commands such as cpio (recommended), tar, rsync, ufsdump, or ufsrestore. Example: Let the source directory be /source, and let the destination directory be /destination. # cd /source # cd .. # find ./source -depth -print | cpio -cvo> /destination/source_data.cpio # cd /destination # cpio -icvmdI ./source_data.cpio # rm -rf ./source_data.cpio
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find ./source -depth -print | cpio -cvo> /destination/source_data.cpio; cd /destination; cpio -icvmdI ./source_data.cpio; rm -rf ./source_data.cpio

mnikhil · 2009-02-07 18:51:49 18
finding more large files
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find / -xdev -size +1024 -exec ls -al {} \; | sort -r -k 5

mnikhil · 2009-02-07 18:50:44 10
list files by testing the ownership
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ls -la | awk '$3 == "oracle" || $3 == "root" {print $9}'

mnikhil · 2009-02-07 18:50:17 10
file sizes of current directory
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ls -la | awk '{print $5, " " ,$9}' | sort -rn

mnikhil · 2009-02-07 18:49:56 13
cloning partition tables under Solaris
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prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s2 | fmthard -s - /dev/rdsk/c0t1d0s2

mnikhil · 2009-02-07 18:49:20 10
move files without actually touching them
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cd /some/directory \&\& tar cf - | cd /some/directory \&\& tar xvf - */

mnikhil · 2009-02-07 18:48:39 9
Using psnup to get two pages per page
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psnup -2 file.ps | lpr

mnikhil · 2009-02-07 18:48:18 10
printing with psnup
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psnup -4 -pa4 -Pa4 file.ps file2.ps

mnikhil · 2009-02-07 18:47:53 10
To generate the list of dates using bash shell
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now=`date +"%Y/%m/%d" -d "04/02/2005"` ; end=`date +"%Y/%m/%d" -d "07/31/2005"`; while [ "$now" != "$end" ] ; do now=`date +"%Y/%m/%d" -d "$now + 1 day"`; echo "$now"; done

mnikhil · 2009-02-07 18:46:49 12
example usage of sar
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sar -g 5 5

mnikhil · 2009-02-07 18:45:22 10
Renaming jpg extension files at bunch
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find . -name "*.jpg" | perl -ne'chomp; $name = $_; $quote = chr(39); s/[$quote\\!]/_/ ; print "mv \"$name\" \"$_\"\n"'

mnikhil · 2009-02-07 18:44:54 11
to get how many users logged in and logged out and how many times purely using awk
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last | awk '$1!~/wtmp/{logs[$1]++}END{for (i in logs) print i, logs[i]}'

mnikhil · 2009-02-07 18:43:33 10
To get how many users logged in and logged out and how many times ?
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last | awk '{ print $1 }' | sort | uniq -c | grep -v wtmp

mnikhil · 2009-02-07 18:42:59 11
To get the different name field nformation on rpm packages
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rpm -qa --qf '%{name}'

mnikhil · 2009-02-07 18:42:32 10
To get the latest information on rpm packages
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rpm -qa --last

mnikhil · 2009-02-07 18:41:52 10
Use nroff to view the man pages

Using nroff , it is possible to view the otherwise garbled man page with col command.
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nroff -u0 -Tlp -man /usr/openwin/man/man1/Xsun.1 | col -x | less

mnikhil · 2009-02-07 18:40:43 14
Show all local disk and UFS mounts on Solaris
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df -kFufs

mnikhil · 2009-02-07 18:33:03 10
Make directory including intermediate directories

This will create the intermediate directories that do not exist. I did not know about this for a long time.
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mkdir -p a/long/directory/path

tjweir · 2009-02-07 15:26:27 30
plink ssh connect
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plink lyu0@mysshserver -pw 123456

yulin724 · 2009-02-07 13:53:37 10
Place a filename at the beginning of the line to make it easier to edit the search at the end of the command. Place a filename at the beginning of the line to make it easier to edit the search at the end of the command.

Show Sample Output
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```
$ </var/log/messages grep foo

$ </var/log/messages grep bar

$ </var/log/messages grep user1
```
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Place a filename at the beginning of the line to make it easier to edit the search at the end of the command.

iveney · 2009-02-07 12:03:19 12
Just run it ;)

;)
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echo SSBMb3ZlIFlvdQo= | base64 -d

grissiom · 2009-02-07 11:58:39 31
top 10 commands used
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sed -e 's/ *$//' ~/.bash_history | sort | uniq -cd | sort -nr | head

erdnaxeli · 2009-02-07 11:10:06 15
Save and merge tcsh history across windows and sessions

That's the key part. I got this from http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20070715091413640. See that article for other other, more basic, tcsh-specific history-related settings.
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Use history -S in your .logout file

vijucat · 2009-02-07 10:53:14 13
Speed up launch of firefox

Compress information DBs of firefox to speed up the launch of browser.
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find ~ -name '*.sqlite' -exec sqlite3 '{}' 'VACUUM;' \;

ggyy_sun · 2009-02-07 10:45:41 21
Speed up launch of liferea

If you use liferea frequently, you will see obvious speedup after you executed this command.
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sqlite3 ~/.liferea_1.4/liferea.db 'VACUUM;'

ggyy_sun · 2009-02-07 10:40:02 13
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Decrypt passwords from Google Chrome and Chromium.

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

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Display unique values of a column

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Get all IPs via ifconfig

works on Linux and Solaris. I think it will work on nearly all *nix-es

get stdout to variable and stdout at sametime

Sometimes you want to write the script output to stdout but you need to send it to email. If you use: $ var="$( ls / )"; $ echo -e "$var"; works but, you need to wait the script terminate to bufferize then print the output var; With this way, you can use/work/print the output before the variable receive all the output content, then after it you can use the variable for anything else, like send email.

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"

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"

Unencrypted voicechat

Sends the microphone input from PC1 to the speakers of PC2. Do the same in reverse to have an actual conversation ;) ... maybe with another port tough

Kill all Zombie processes if they accept it!

Tested on FreeBSD 8.1 and CSH. The scripts works correctly but the Zombies do not die! I hope it will run and function as expected in Linux and others.

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