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Run 10 curl commands in parallel via xargs

Useful for download mulitple files Show Sample Output
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```
xx.xxx.xxx.xx
xx.xxx.xxx.xx
xx.xxx.xxx.xx
xx.xxx.xxx.xx
xx.xxx.xxx.xx
xx.xxx.xxx.xx
xx.xxx.xxx.xx
xx.xxx.xxx.xx
xx.xxx.xxx.xx
xx.xxx.xxx.xx
```
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NUM="10";seq ${NUM}|time xargs -I % -n1 -P${NUM} curl -sL ifconfig.co

wuseman1 · 2022-06-02 02:08:05 65
Run 10 curl commands in parallel via xargs (v2, faster then v1)
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xargs -I% -P10 curl -sL "https://iconfig.co" < <(printf '%s\n' {1..10})

wuseman1 · 2022-06-02 02:13:14 53
remove junk

Especially good for exported ipython files Show Sample Output
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```
Remove comments and 2 enter marks
```
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grep -v '^# In' viz.txt | cat -s > out.txt

shantanuo · 2022-06-08 04:01:11 108

Lower PowerShell priority

Lower PowerShell priority, so that to launch processes in the background and work normally with other applications Show Sample Output

PS C:\Users\pascalv> Get-WmiObject Win32_process -filter 'name = "powershell.exe"' | Foreach-Object { $_.SetPriority(16384) }

pascalv · 2022-06-16 14:53:28 76

Download audio from youtube video
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yt-dlp -f 'ba' -x --audio-format mp3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1La4QzGeaaQ -o '%(id)s.%(ext)s'

swarzynski · 2022-06-19 20:52:35 24
Spawn a retro style terminal emulator.

Just note that ctrl+shift+t to make new tabs will not work with . Pair it with a terminal multiplexer like for the best experience.
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cool-retro-term

ioshield · 2022-06-24 20:20:38 10
Make Kali Linux look less suspicious by making the desktop look more like a windows machine

To revert back to Kali's original desktop. Just redo the same command with no options .
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kali-undercover

ioshield · 2022-06-24 20:23:01 34
Backup all starred repositories from Github
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GITUSER=$(whoami); curl "https://api.github.com/users/${GITUSER}/starred?per_page=1000" | grep -o 'git@[^"]*' | xargs -L1 git clone

wuseman1 · 2022-06-25 20:39:12 45
Clone starred github repos in parallel with unlimited speed, this example will clone 25 repositories in parallel at same time.
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GITUSER=$(whoami); curl "https://api.github.com/users/${GITUSER}/starred?per_page=1000" | grep -o 'git@[^"]*' | parallel -j 25 'git clone {}'

wuseman1 · 2022-06-27 18:58:46 10
Write a bootable Linux .iso file directly to a USB-stick (macOS edition)

Some of us have both Macs *and* Linux machines — so it makes sense to know how to run this command on the former in the event that a botched reinstallation renders the latter unbootable.
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sudo curl -L -o /dev/disk4 https://some-distributor.org/some-distro.iso

realkstrawn93 · 2022-06-20 17:25:39 81

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worse alternative to

worse alternative to ctrl+r: grep the history removing duplicates without sorting (case insensitive search).

Count the words in any OpenOffice document (including Impress presentations)

OpenOffice, LibreOffice and OO Impress wordcount

File rotation without rename command

Rotates log files with "gz"-extension in a directory for 7 days and enumerates the number in file name. i.e.: logfile.1.gz > logfile.2.gz I needed this line due to the limitations on AIX Unix systems which do not ship with the rename command.

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"

Get AWS temporary credentials ready to export based on a MFA virtual appliance

You might want to secure your AWS operations requiring to use a MFA token. But then to use API or tools, you need to pass credentials generated with a MFA token. This commands asks you for the MFA code and retrieves these credentials using AWS Cli. To print the exports, you can use: `awk '{ print "export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=\"" $1 "\"\n" "export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=\"" $2 "\"\n" "export AWS_SESSION_TOKEN=\"" $3 "\"" }'` You must adapt the command line to include: * $MFA_IDis ARN of the virtual MFA or serial number of the physical one * TTL for the credentials

Query an NFS host for its list of exports

convert unixtime to human-readable

Mac have direct conversion of seconds (Epoch time)

grep tab (\t)

works in bash

Sort by IP address

Get your outgoing IP address

Instead of opening your browser, googling "whatismyip"... Also useful for scripts. dig can be found in the dnsutils package.

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