Commands by flokra

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Read aloud a text file in Ubuntu (and other Unixes with espeak installed
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espeak -f text.txt

flokra · 2009-08-18 20:18:48 5
checks if host /service is up on a host that doesn't respond to ping

the command for the impatient sysadmin: simply checks every five secs, if a host or a specific service running on it is up. ideal for hosts that are configured not to respond on pings. Show Sample Output
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```
Starting Nmap 4.76 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2009-08-14 22:14 CEST
Interesting ports on 192.168.0.1:
PORT   STATE SERVICE
80/tcp open  http
```
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while true; do clear; nmap ${hostname} -PN -p ${hostport}; sleep 5; done

flokra · 2009-08-14 20:19:59 3
get time in other timezones

prints out the time for the timezone specified in $offsetutc. So you have less to think about things like: "I'm in utc+4 and my friend in utc-7, can I call him now or will I wake him?" Note: $offsetutc should be an integer between -12 and 12. Show Sample Output
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```
utc:   Fri Aug  7 23:07:24 UTC 2009
utc+2: Sat Aug  8 01:07:24 UTC 2009
```
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let utime=$offsetutc*3600+$(date --utc +%s)+3600; date --utc --date=@${utime}

flokra · 2009-08-07 23:12:14 3
pipe commands from a textfile to a telnet-server with netcat

sends commands specified in $commandfile to the telnet-server specified by $telnetserver. to have newlines in $commandfile interpreted as ENTER, save the file in CR+LF (aka "Windows-Textfile") format. if you want to save the output in a separate file, use: nc $telnetserver 23 < $commandfile > $resultfile
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nc $telnetserver 23 < $commandfile

flokra · 2009-08-07 21:32:38 4
complete extraction of a debian-package

extracts the debian-package $debfile to $extractdir, including all packaging-information. to repack the package, just type: dpkg-deb -b $extractdir
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dpkg-deb -x $debfile $extractdir; dpkg-deb -e $debfile $extractdir/DEBIAN;

flokra · 2009-08-07 20:33:43 4

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restoring some data from a corrupted text file

man tac When there is a bad block in the middle of your file, you can see its begninning with `cat' and its end with `tac'. But both commands terminates with an error. So this sequence rebuilds a new file without badblock.

Show me just the ip address

Sometimes it's useful to output just the ip address. Or some other information, changing the "ipv4.addresses" in command. The power of awk! Show all possible "greps" with $ nmcli connection show [yourInterfaceNameHere]

Print average GPU core temperature

check open ports (both ipv4 and ipv6)

Save a file you edited in vim without the needed permissions (no echo)

Write a file you edited in Vim but that you do not have the permissions to write to (unless you use sudo.) Same as #1204 but without the echo to stdout that I find annoying.

HTTP redirect

any HTTP requests to the machine on the specified port will be redirected to http://www.whatevs.com... quick, dirty, works fine for sites w/

use screen as a terminal emulator to connect to serial consoles

Use GNU/screen as a terminal emulator for anything serial console related. screen /dev/tty eg. screen /dev/ttyS0 9600 MacOSX: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20061109133825654 Cheat Sheet: http://www.catonmat.net/blog/screen-terminal-emulator-cheat-sheet/

Compare directories via diff

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a simple bash one-liner to create php file and call php function

Batch rename extension of all files in a folder, in the example from .txt to .md

Batch rename extension of all files in a folder, in the example from .txt to .md mmv most likely must be installed, but is very powerfull when you want to move/copy/append/link multiple files by wildcard patterns.

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