Commands by evolix

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Generate random password, human readable with no special characters.
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false; while [ $? != 0 ]; do apg -c /dev/urandom -n1 -E oOlL10 | egrep '^[[:alnum:]]+$'; done

evolix · 2012-04-24 08:30:28 5
Delete/Archive easily old mails using find.

This can be used to delete or archive old mails. In fact, for archiving its a bit different, you need to archive mails with any tools (e.g archivemail), and then deleting (if you want!). Here we use -path ".*/cur/*" to avoid files limit in bash globbing and to search in any inbox (e.g .mymail .spam .whatever). ! -newermt "1 week ago" can be read: All files which is older than "1 week ago", adapt it in consequence. Show Sample Output
This is sample output - yours may be different.
```
cd /home/alice/Maildir
find . -path ".*/cur/*" -type f ! -newermt "1 week ago" -delete
```
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find . -path ".*/cur/*" -type f ! -newermt "1 week ago" -delete

evolix · 2012-03-05 15:48:21 4
Convert an UNIX file to a DOS file.

This permit to convert an UNIX file to DOS file. You can use it in a loop to convert multiple files, like : for i in *.bat; do sed -i 's/$/\r/' $i; done
This is sample output - yours may be different.
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sed -i 's/$/\r/' file

evolix · 2012-02-23 08:34:30 7
Simply generate a password for userPassword in ldap

Permit to generate a password for userPassword in ldap. Use ?slappasswd -g? to generate a random passowrd. Show Sample Output
This is sample output - yours may be different.
```
# slappasswd
New password:
Re-enter new password:
{SSHA}Xkcd21CV1TaCQXZRnop184vAvel6XV+9
```
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slpappasswd

evolix · 2011-10-13 14:46:03 5

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