Commands by leprasmurf (5)

  • Copy a file over SSH without SCP

    I have come across multiple situations where I could only get to a server from a very restrictive bounce point which would not allow file transfers. I was able to uuencode a file, copy the output to a text file over putty, and then uudecode the file to transfer it. This works with any kind of file. Show Sample Output


    -4
    uuencode -m <filename> <filename>
    leprasmurf · 2009-12-22 15:28:59 3
  • NICs, IPs, and Mac

    Needed to get the Mac of various devices on a solaris box, but didn't have root. This command used awk to display the Network device, the IP, and the MAC a line at a time.


    1
    ifconfig -a | nawk 'BEGIN {FS=" "}{RS="\n"}{ if($1~ /:/) {printf "%s ", $1}}{ if($1=="inet") {print " -- ",system("arp "$2)}}'|egrep -v "^[0-9]$"
    leprasmurf · 2009-03-02 23:15:13 5
  • test connection if ICMP is disabled

    Telnet will make a tcp connection to a remote ip/port to test connectivity. If it times out, it's not reaching the host (maybe the firewall is blocking it). If connection is refused, it's reaching the host, but either the service is not listening on that port, or it's locked. Show Sample Output


    -2
    telnet <ip> <port>
    leprasmurf · 2009-02-12 19:11:03 12
  • Use last argument of last command

    Bash shortcut to work with the last argument of your last command Show Sample Output


    15
    file !$
    leprasmurf · 2009-02-06 15:41:08 17
  • Perl check if library is installed

    Quick command to check if Perl library is installed on your server. Show Sample Output


    0
    perl -e "use SOAP::Lite"
    leprasmurf · 2009-02-06 15:26:37 16

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