Commands by drunkcoder

Commands by drunkcoder (3)

sorted by

this svn script will commit all files excluding those with extensions {.project .classpath .properties .sh .number} and those with Status Modified or Added {M or A}
This is sample output - yours may be different.
-1

svn st | grep -e [MA] | egrep -ve '.project|.classpath|.properties|.sh|.number' | awk -F' ' '{ print $2}' | xargs svn ci -m "message"

drunkcoder · 2011-03-10 15:32:36 6
open new tab without in gnome-terminal

open a new tab in active gnome-terminal instance needs sudo apt-get install xdotool and sudo apt-get install wmctrl
This is sample output - yours may be different.
-1

WID=xprop -root | grep "_NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW(WINDOW)"| awk '{print $5}' xdotool windowfocus $WID xdotool key ctrl+shift+t wmctrl -i -a $WID

drunkcoder · 2010-03-22 08:34:24 7
forking a process from gnome-terminal detached from the terminal.

this will open the current directory in nautilus detached from your terminal.
This is sample output - yours may be different.
-1

nohup gnome-open . 0</dev/null 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null&

drunkcoder · 2010-03-22 07:19:37 4

What's this?

commandlinefu.com is the place to record those command-line gems that you return to again and again. That way others can gain from your CLI wisdom and you from theirs too. All commands can be commented on, discussed and voted up or down.

Share Your Commands

Check These Out

Remove color codes (special characters) with sed

list block devices

Shows all block devices in a tree with descruptions of what they are.

E-mail a traditional Berkeley mbox to another recipient as individual e-mails.

Create multiple mp4 files using avidemux

Convert multiple files using avidemux. Version updated (thanks to the guys who helped me giving me hints about how to improve the command). Works with files whose name contains blank characters. One of the reasons why I love open source: everyone can take something "done" and improve it to make it better! If u have suggestions, please let me know.

Convert seconds to [DD:][HH:]MM:SS

Converts any number of seconds into days, hours, minutes and seconds. sec2dhms() { declare -i SS="$1" D=$(( SS / 86400 )) H=$(( SS % 86400 / 3600 )) M=$(( SS % 3600 / 60 )) S=$(( SS % 60 )) [ "$D" -gt 0 ] && echo -n "${D}:" [ "$H" -gt 0 ] && printf "%02g:" "$H" printf "%02g:%02g\n" "$M" "$S" }

Exit shell faster

Use ^D instead of exit. Also ^D ends input stream when you use terminal for typing into standard input.

Automatically connect to a host with ssh once it is online

Find Out My Linux Distribution Name and Version

Awesomeness Confirmation Bias

get you public ip address

Stay in the loop…

Follow the Tweets.

Every new command is wrapped in a tweet and posted to Twitter. Following the stream is a great way of staying abreast of the latest commands. For the more discerning, there are Twitter accounts for commands that get a minimum of 3 and 10 votes - that way only the great commands get tweeted.

» http://twitter.com/commandlinefu
» http://twitter.com/commandlinefu3
» http://twitter.com/commandlinefu10

Subscribe to the feeds.

Use your favourite RSS aggregator to stay in touch with the latest commands. There are feeds mirroring the 3 Twitter streams as well as for virtually every other subset (users, tags, functions,…):

Subscribe to the feed for:

» all commands
» commands with 3 up-votes (commandlinefu3)
» commands with 10 up-votes (commandlinefu10)
» commands by drunkcoder