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Get thread count for process on Solaris
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ps -L -p <pid> | wc -l

adamm9 · 2009-04-22 15:05:26 0
Make 'less' behave like 'tail -f'.

Using +F will put less in follow mode. This works similar to 'tail -f'. To stop scrolling, use the interrupt. Then you'll get the normal benefits of less (scroll, etc.). Pressing SHIFT-F will resume the 'tailling'.
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129

less +F somelogfile

adamm9 · 2009-02-19 14:33:46 4
Execute AccuRev pop command to retrieve missing files from a workspace.
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-4

accurev stat -M -fl | awk '{print "\"" $0 "\""}' | xargs accurev pop

adamm9 · 2009-02-09 19:22:39 0
Update twitter via curl
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164

curl -u user:pass -d status="Tweeting from the shell" http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml

adamm9 · 2009-02-05 18:33:23 20

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Detect illegal access to kernel space, potentially useful for Meltdown detection

Based on capsule8 agent examples, not rigorously tested

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"

Make a zip file with date/time created in the name of the file , zip all sub-directorys

zip -r /tmp/filename-`date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S`.zip /directory/

Inverted cowsay

It's quite fun to invert text using "flip.pl" (ref: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2078323 ). Slightly more challenging is to flip a whole "cowsay". :-)

Check if network cable is plugged in and working correctly

with 'mii-tool -w eth0' you can watch the interface for changes of the link status

Convert CSV to JSON

Replace 'csv_file.csv' with your filename.

Inverted cowsay

It's quite fun to invert text using "flip.pl" (ref: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2078323 ). Slightly more challenging is to flip a whole "cowsay". :-)

list with full path

Install pip with Proxy

Installs pip packages defining a proxy

Convert JSON to YAML

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