Commands by bandit36 (3)

  • Periodically loop a command

    You can use this to loop any command to periodically see the output. while true; do [YOUR COMMAND HERE]; sleep [# of seconds]; done; Alternatively, you can put it in a simple shell script to save typing! #/!bin/bash while true; do $1; sleep $2; done; /path/to/script.sh "ifconfig eth0 | grep 'inet addr:'" 60 Show Sample Output


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    while true; do ifconfig eth0 | grep "inet addr:"; sleep 60; done;
    bandit36 · 2009-04-01 19:29:28 19
  • Scan your LAN for unauthorized IPs

    populate the auth.hosts file with a list of IP addresses that are authorized to be in use and when you run this command it will return the addresses that are pingable and not in the authorized list. Can be combined with the "Command line Twitter" command to tweet unauthorized access. Show Sample Output


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    diff <(nmap -sP 192.168.1.0/24 | grep ^Host | sed 's/.appears to be up.//g' | sed 's/Host //g') auth.hosts | sed 's/[0-9][a-z,A-Z][0-9]$//' | sed 's/</UNAUTHORIZED IP -/g'
    bandit36 · 2009-03-12 05:28:08 8
  • Backup your hard drive with dd

    This will create an exact duplicate image of your hard drive that you can then restore by simply reversing the "if" & "of" locations. sudo dd if=/media/disk/backup/sda.backup of=/dev/sda Alternatively, you can use an SSH connection to do your backups: dd if=/dev/sda | ssh user@ssh.server.com dd of=~/backup/sda.backup


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    sudo dd if=/dev/sda of=/media/disk/backup/sda.backup
    bandit36 · 2009-02-27 20:23:37 19

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