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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: "[email protected]!#%"
```
-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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Skype conversation logs to IRC-format logs

split a multi-page PDF into separate files

Have to do this once per output file, because if device is 'pdfwrite', even if 'gs' sees '%d' in the OutputFile it still only creates one single output file. Embed it into a simple shell script if you want to split a document out into one file for every page.

pretend to be busy in office to enjoy a cup of coffee

Dialog's gauge widget accepts progress updates on stdin. This version runs dialog once and updates it every second. There's no need to use timeout which causes screen flicker since it restarts dialog for each update.

copy ACL of one file to another using getfacl and setfacl

Monitor iptables in realtime

find builtin in bash v4+

This command will give you the same list of files as "find /etc/ -name '*killall' | xargs ls -l". In a simpler format just do 'ls /etc/**/file'. It uses shell globbing, so it will also work with other commands, like "cp /etc/**/sshd sshd_backup".

Lists all directories under the current dir excluding the .svn directory and its contents

a for loop with filling 0 format, with seq

seq allows you to format the output thanks to the -f option. This is very useful if you want to rename your files to the same format in order to be able to easily sort for example: $for i in `seq 1 3 10`; do touch foo$i ;done And $ls foo* | sort -n foo1 foo10 foo4 foo7 But: $for i in `seq -f %02g 1 3 10`; do touch foo$i ;done So $ls foo* | sort -n foo01 foo04 foo07 foo10

Synchronise a file from a remote server

You will be prompted for a password unless you have your public keys set-up.

Replace duplicate files by hardlinks

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