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get biggest directories
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du -kh --max-depth=1 | sort -n |head

cyberion11 · 2011-04-26 13:32:21 24
Check variable has been set

Got the idea from there http://fixunix.com/questions/15902-bash-checking-if-env-var-set.html Show Sample Output
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```
$ isdef a_var; echo $?
1
$ a_var=1
$ isdef a_var; echo $?
0
```
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isdef() { eval test -n \"\${$1+1}\"; }

keymon · 2011-09-29 15:39:51 3
Print heap addresses and size

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```
00014000-00174000 rwxp 00000000 00:00 0    [heap]
Size:    1408 kB
Rss:     1292 kB
```
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PID=`ps | grep process_name | grep -v grep | head -n 1 | awk '{print $1}'`; cat /proc/$PID/smaps | grep heap -A 2

yohananov · 2012-01-30 13:31:40 3
Recursively sort files by modification time through multiple directories.
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find /test -type f -printf "%AY%Aj%AH%AM%AS---%h/%f\n" | sort -n

omatictost · 2012-10-25 16:22:48 4
Order all files oldest to newest then get the last one touched

On the Mac, the 'ls' function can sort based on month/day/time, but seems to lack ability to filter on the Year field (#9 among the long listed fields). The sorted list continuously increases the 'START' year for the most recently accessed set of files. The final month printed will be the highest month that appeared in that START year. The command does its magic on the current directory, and suitably discards all entries that are themselves directories. If you expect files dating prior to 2002, change the START year accordingly.
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ls -lT -rt | grep "^-" | awk 'BEGIN {START=2002} (START <= $9){ print $10 ;START=$9 }' | tail -1

Glamdring · 2013-02-24 23:39:22 7
Get the Nth argument of the last command in $HISTFILE

This gets the Nth argument in the last line of your history file. This is useful where history is being written after each command, and you want to use arguments from the previous command in the current command, such as when doing copies/moving directories etc. I wrote this after getting irritated with having to continually type in long paths/arguments. You could also use $_ if all you want is the last argument. Show Sample Output
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```
$ echo "This little piggy went to the market"
This little piggy went to the market
$ garg 5
went
```
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function garg () { tail -n 1 ${HISTFILE} | awk "{ print \$$1 }" }

plasticphyte · 2013-09-10 04:07:46 10
one liner to rename files with for and sed

If you want to test output, run it like this: for fn in *.epub; do echo mv \"$fn\" \"`echo "$fn" | sed -E 's/\.*\/*(.*)( - )(.*)(\.[^\.]+)$/\3\2\1\4/' | sed -E 's/(.*) ([^ ]+)( - )(.*)/\2, \1\3\4/' `\";done > rename.txt Show Sample Output
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```
Input filename: The Big Wave - Pearl S. Buck.epub
Output: Buck, Pearl S. - The Big Wave.epub
```
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for fn in *.epub; do echo mv \"$fn\" \"`echo "$fn" | sed -E 's/\.*\/*(.*)( - )(.*)(\.[^\.]+)$/\3\2\1\4/' | sed -E 's/(.*) ([^ ]+)( - )(.*)/\2, \1\3\4/' `\";done | sh

woohoo · 2013-11-30 05:29:52 6
Find directories in pwd, get disk usage, sort results
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du -a | sort -nr | head -10

compguy925 · 2014-06-10 13:00:27 8
drop first column of output by piping to this

drop first column with perl "$#F" means a index of last column(start from 0). One can easily handle range of columns like "[3..6]"
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perl -anE'say join "\t",@F[1..$#F]'

pung96 · 2015-05-09 15:11:23 9
Restart Plasma without logging off from KDE

This can help with serious GUI lockups in KDE. It will only restart Plasma + widgets, not your session, so all your programs will stay running.
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pkill plasma-desktop && plasma-desktop

lordtoran · 2015-09-28 23:36:24 12
Play Lisp Tetris in Emacs
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emacs -f tetris

steadystatic · 2015-11-03 23:35:32 10
Get current Xorg resolution via xrandr

if there are multiple monitors, this command uses multiple lines Show Sample Output
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```
1280x800
```
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xrandr | awk '/*/ {print $1}'

misterhat · 2015-12-21 15:29:39 11
Remove all node_module folders recursively

makes sure not to skip children nodemodules credit: https://coderwall.com/p/guqrca/remove-all-node_module-folders-recursively
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find . -name "node_modules" -type d -prune -exec rm -rf '{}' +

ctcrnitv · 2018-02-10 04:23:36 22
conver mp3 to m4b
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mpg123 -s input.mp3 | faac -P -X -w -o output.m4b -

schmiddim · 2010-03-06 11:28:19 3
get value after comma from an arithmetic operation

scale define the number you want after comma Show Sample Output
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```
gnu@robby:~$ echo "scale=6;2048 / 2.345" | bc
873.347547
```
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echo "scale=6;2048 / 2.345" | bc

eastwind · 2010-04-05 12:06:50 3
Indent all the files in a project using emacs

Use find's exec and reduce the need for multiple evals with a progn wrapper.
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find . -iname \*.c -or -iname \*.h -exec emacs -nw -q {} --eval "(progn (mark-whole-buffer) (indent-region (point-min) (point-max) nil) (save-buffer))" --kill \;

zev · 2010-09-10 05:07:11 3
Reading my nic's mac address

plain and simple Show Sample Output
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```
-bash-3.00$ /sbin/ifconfig | grep HWaddr
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:50:56:9C:69:6F
eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:50:56:9C:16:C6
-bash-3.00$
```
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ifconfig | grep HWaddr

phobot · 2011-04-26 15:34:56 3
Merge PDFs into single file
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pdftk input1.pdf input2.pdf cat output output.pdf

shanti · 2011-07-18 20:42:09 4
Prevent command history file from being overwritten by multiple shell sessions.

Takes effect immediately.
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echo "shopt -s histappend" >> ~/.bashrc ; . ~/.bashrc

dhart · 2011-11-03 09:57:18 3
cvs diff HEAD and current branch

you can't reliably use diff against -r HEAD to test whether a file matches the head of the trunk.
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cvs up -pA main.cpp | sdiff -s - main.cpp

kev · 2011-12-14 04:51:40 4
Print heap addresses and size

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```
b81db000-b81dc000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0          [heap]
Size:                  4 kB
Rss:                   0 kB
--
b81dc000-b81fb000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0          [heap]
Size:                124 kB
Rss:                   4 kB
--
```
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PID=`pgrep -o <process_name>`; grep -A 2 heap /proc/$PID/smaps

deimos · 2012-01-30 14:28:54 3
Create a file

Create empty file
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> filename

TIT · 2012-03-08 23:17:05 3
Create rsyncable tar archives with gzip compression
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GZIP="--rsyncable" tar -czf something.tgz /something

dash · 2012-04-24 19:06:56 4
Directory stack pushd popd dirs

manage directory stack Show Sample Output
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```
# cd /tmp/dir1
# pushd .
# cd /tmp/dir2
# pushd .
# cd /tmp/dir3
# pushd .
# cd /tmp/dir4
# pushd .
# dirs
/tmp/dir4 /tmp/dir4 /tmp/dir3 /tmp/dir2 /tmp/dir1
```
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pushd path/to/dir/

ankush108 · 2012-06-26 17:23:55 6
Macports update and clean all packages
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sudo port selfupdate && sudo port upgrade outdated && sudo port clean --all installed && sudo port -f uninstall inactive

noah · 2013-06-26 01:12:33 10
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dmesg with colored human-readable dates

Use sed to color the output of a human-readable dmesg output

nohup that doesn't generate nohup.out

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See entire packet payload using tcpdump.

Create user add lines from partial passwd file

Handy if you are installing a new server or recovering an old one and you have a passwd file with the accounts you want to add to the server. If you edit the file so that only the accounts that you want to add are left this line will spit out the correct useradd lines. The uid, gecos and shell will be preserved.

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Skip filenames with control characters, a.k.a tab,newline etc

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display a smiling smiley if the command succeeded and a sad smiley if the command failed

you could save the code between if and fi to a shell script named smiley.sh with the first argument as and then do a smiley.sh to see if the command succeeded. a bit needless but who cares ;)

FizzBuzz in one line of Bash

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