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Unlock and access an ssh key keychain entry from CLI

This must be run the first time while logged into your Mac desktop, as it will graphically prompt for access permissions. Subsequent uses will not prompt, assuming you select "Always allow". Show Sample Output
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```
password to unlock default: 
password: "s3kr3tp@ssw0rd!#%"
```
-1

security unlock-keychain; security find-generic-password -ga "/Users/mruser/.ssh/id_dsa" 2>&1 > /dev/null

curiousstranger · 2010-02-02 21:14:57 0
Resolve the "all display buffers are busy, please try later" error on a Foundry
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1

dm display-buffer reset

curiousstranger · 2009-08-24 16:41:52 0
Print a random 8 digit number
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5

jot -r -n 8 0 9 | rs -g 0

curiousstranger · 2009-08-22 19:31:17 2

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Remove a range of lines from a file

Deletes lines from START to END, inclusive. For example +4,10d will delete line 4, 5, ..., 10. Just like the vi command :4,10d does it.

Bruteforce dm-crypt using shell expansion

Lost your luks passphrase? You can always bruteforce from the command line. See the sample output, a simple command for the "pass" word, using combinations of upper/lowercase or number replacement. The generated combinations are: for a in {p,P}{a,A,4}{s,S,5}{s,S,5}; do echo $a; done pass pasS pas5 paSs paSS paS5 ...

drop first column of output by piping to this

Install pip with Proxy

Installs pip packages defining a proxy

Rename files in batch

Generate a (compressed) pdf from images

use imagemagik convert

Then end of the UNIX epoch

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem Some other notable dates that have passed: $ date -d@1234567890 $ date -d@1000000000

Infinite loop ssh

Calculate the distance between two geographic coordinates points (latitude longitude)

The Haversine formula determines the great-circle distance between two points on a sphere given their longitudes and latitudes.

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