The socket.gethostname() call returns the host name of the computer. The socket.gethostbyname_ex() call returns a list of three items: The host name, the list of aliases for this host, and a list of IP addresses. Recall that Python?s array starts with index 0, the socket.gethostbyname_ex(?)[2] expression refers to the list of IP addresses. Finally, the print statement prints out the IP addresses, one per line.
Upload file to remote server using SCP
Gives you an updating woot! item tracker! Show Sample Output
Useful for monitoring both MySQL and the server load at the same time.
Removed unneeded grep -v by making the initial grep unable to match itself.
This command is useful for archiving or extracting Documents and Settings folder, when working in Linux box with Windows partition (dual boot installation). You have to enter into appropriate directory, of course.
Shows all linked file and destinations. The 'ls -l' command lists the files in long (1 file per line) format, and the grep command displays only those lines that starts with an l (lower case L) -- a linked file. Updated: Remove reference to hard links because this command does not apply to hard link as others kindly pointed out. Show Sample Output
Add a user to a group
Some people put spaces in filenames. Others have an $EDITOR environment variable set. This defaults to vim, but you can use whatever you wish: emacs, nano, ed, butterflies, etc.
Go to "https://twitter.com/search/realtime?q=%23TeamFollowBack&src=hash" and then copy al the text on the page. If you scroll down the page will be bigger. Then put al the text in a text file called twit.txt If you follow the user there is a high probability the users give you follow back. To follow all the users you can use an iMacros script.
Check if Fail2Ban is running on the system and alert it with a message in the terminal Show Sample Output
Only works on single files, doesn't preserve permissions/timestamps/ownership. Show Sample Output
notice what happens when there is more than one unread message in a thread... also people please dont hardcode the password when you use curl. Leave it out and curl will ask you when it runs. Please...?
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