Commands by matthewbauer

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Visit wikileaks.com

This one is a little bit easier for those of us that aren't always root.
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echo 213.251.145.96 wikileaks.com | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts

matthewbauer · 2010-12-13 03:31:07 0
Save your open windows to a file so they can be opened after you restart

This will save your open windows to a file (~/.windows). To start those applications: cat ~/.windows | while read line; do $line &; done Should work on any EWMH/NetWM compatible X Window Manager. If you use DWM or another Window Manager not using EWMH or NetWM try this: xwininfo -root -children | grep '^ ' | grep -v children | grep -v '<unknown>' | sed -n 's/^ *$0x[0-9a-f]*$ .*/\1/p' | uniq | while read line; do xprop -id $line _NET_WM_PID | sed -n 's/.* = $[0-9]*$$/\1/p'; done | uniq -u | grep -v '^$' | while read line; do ps -o cmd= $line; done > ~/.windows Show Sample Output
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```
chromium
gedit
tint2
```
5

wmctrl -l -p | while read line; do ps -o cmd= "$(echo "$line" | awk '$0=$3')"; done > ~/.windows

matthewbauer · 2010-07-04 22:11:24 2
Get iPhone OS firmware URL (.ipsw)

Usage: get-ipsw device-name generation-string firmware-version For example: get-ipsw iPod 2,1 4.0 Different generation strings: iPhone 3G: iPhone 1,2 iPhone 3GS: iPhone 2,1 iPod touch 2G: iPod 2,1 iPod touch 3G: iPod 3,1 This can be used with idevicerestore (I haven't tried it though). http://github.com/posixninja/idevicerestore Based on: http://www.tuaw.com/2010/06/21/ios-4-0-firmware-release-expected-momentarily-quick-terminal-ti/ Show Sample Output
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```
http://appldnld.apple.com.edgesuite.net/content.info.apple.com/iPhone4/061-7435.20100621.tr49t/iPod2,1_4.0_8A293_Restore.ipsw
```
-1

get-ipsw(){ curl -s -L http://phobos.apple.com/version | sed -rn "s|[\t ]*<string>(http://appldnld\.apple\.com\.edgesuite\.net/content\.info\.apple\.com/iPhone[0-9]?/[^/]*/$1$2_$3_[A-Z0-9a-z]*_Restore\.ipsw)</string>|\1|p" | uniq; }

matthewbauer · 2010-06-22 02:34:15 0
Reboot as a different OS in Grub

This will reboot as the Grub 2 option.
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7

echo "savedefault --default=2 --once" | grub --batch; sudo reboot

matthewbauer · 2010-05-02 03:06:23 0
What Type of Computer Do You Have?

Prints the type of computer you have. I think this should be used more in distros and other applications because it is so easy to get. This can also be asked by tutorials as an easy way to get your base hardware. Some alternatives: sudo dmidecode -s system-product-name and sudo smbios-sys-info-lite | sed -n 's/^Product Name: *$.*$/\1/p' Show Sample Output
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```
Pangolin Performance
```
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cat /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/board_name

matthewbauer · 2010-04-22 03:21:40 4
Change the homepage of Chromium
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change-homepage(){ sed -ri 's|( "homepage": ").*(",)|\1'"$@"'\2|' .config/chromium/Default/Preferences; }

matthewbauer · 2010-04-10 21:21:55 0
List a phone's filesystem with bitpim

This will list your phone's filesystem with bitpim. (works on many LG, Samsung, and Sanyo) See http://www.bitpim.org/help/phones-featuressupported.htm for full list.
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0

bitpim -p $PHONE_PORT ls

matthewbauer · 2010-04-09 02:20:53 0
Add to Instapaper

Adds URL to Instapaper. Usage: instapaper-add user@example.com 12345 http://www.commandlinefu.com/
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instapaper-add(){ curl -s -d username="$1" -d password="$2" -d url="$3" https://www.instapaper.com/api/add; }

matthewbauer · 2010-03-21 23:01:38 0
Get a metascore from metacritic.com

This will fetch a metascore from metacritic.com. It requires a url from metacritic without the http://www.metacritic.com/ Example: metascore games/platforms/wii/supermariogalaxy - metascore tv/shows/marriageref - metascore video/titles/newmoon Would be cool to use this in some sort of a graph. Show Sample Output
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```
97
```
0

metascore(){ curl -s "http://www.metacritic.com/$@" | sed -rn 's|\t*<div id="metascore" class=".*">([^<]*)</div>|\1|p'; }

matthewbauer · 2010-03-18 21:49:13 4
Export OPML from Google Reader
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export-opml(){ curl -sH "Authorization: GoogleLogin auth=$(curl -sd "Email=$1&Passwd=$2&service=reader" https://www.google.com/accounts/ClientLogin | grep Auth | sed 's/Auth=$.*$/\1/')" http://www.google.com/reader/subscriptions/export; }

matthewbauer · 2010-03-18 05:16:59 0
x bottles of beer on the wall graph

Will create a graph of the results for "x bottles of beer on the wall". Requires Gnuplot. Inspired by an xkcd comic: http://xkcd.com/715/ For sample output see: http://tr.im/xbottlesofbeer Show Sample Output
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```
See http://tr.im/xbottlesofbeer
```
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(echo "plot '-' with lines"; for x in $(seq 1 100); do curl -s "http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/search/web?v=1.0&q=$(echo $x bottles of beer on the wall|sed 's/ /%20/g')"|sed 's/.*"estimatedResultCount":"$[^"]*$".*/\1\n/';done)|gnuplot -persist

matthewbauer · 2010-03-17 21:04:36 1
Pronounce an English word using Dictionary.com

This one uses dictionary.com
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pronounce(){ wget -qO- $(wget -qO- "http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/$@" | grep 'soundUrl' | head -n 1 | sed 's|.*soundUrl=$[^&]*$&.*|\1|' | sed 's/%3A/:/g;s/%2F/\//g') | mpg123 -; }

matthewbauer · 2010-03-13 04:23:56 4
Pronounce an English word using Merriam-Webster.com

The original was a little bit too complicated for me. This one does not use any variables.
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pronounce(){ wget -qO- $(wget -qO- "http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/$@" | grep 'return au' | sed -r "s|.*return au$'([^']*)', '([^'])[^']*'$.*|http://cougar.eb.com/soundc11/\2/\1|") | aplay -q; }

matthewbauer · 2010-03-12 17:44:16 3
Detect Language of a string

Usage: detectlanguage <phrase> Example: detectlanguage hola
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detectlanguage(){ curl -s "http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/language/detect?v=1.0&q=$@" | sed 's/{"responseData": {"language":"$[^"]*$".*/\1\n/'; }

matthewbauer · 2010-03-08 03:24:56 2
Google Translate

Usage: translate <phrase> <source-language> <output-language> Example: translate hello en es See this for a list of language codes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes Show Sample Output
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```
hola
```
65

translate(){ wget -qO- "http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/language/translate?v=1.0&q=$1&langpair=$2|${3:-en}" | sed 's/.*"translatedText":"$[^"]*$".*}/\1\n/'; }

matthewbauer · 2010-03-08 03:15:48 9
Your name backwards
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espeak "$USER" --stdout | sox - -t mp3 - reverse | mpg123 -

matthewbauer · 2010-03-08 02:53:24 1
Save xkcd to a pdf with captions

Saves to a PDF with title and alt text of comic. As asked for on http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=91100 Change xkcd.com to dynamic.xkcd.com/comics/random for a random comic.
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curl -sL xkcd.com | grep '<img [^>]*/><br/>' | sed -r 's|<img src="(.*)" title="(.*)" alt="(.*)" /><br/>|\1\t\2\t\3|' > /tmp/a; curl -s $(cat /tmp/a | cut -f1) | convert - -gravity south -draw "text 0,0 \"$(cat /tmp/a | cut -f2)\"" pdf:- > xkcd.pdf

matthewbauer · 2010-03-03 03:41:31 9
Mouse Tracking

Will track your mouse and save it to a file. You can use gnuplot to graph it: gnuplot -persist <(echo "unset key;unset border;unset yzeroaxis;unset xtics;unset ytics;unset ztics;plot './mouse-tracking' with points lt 1 pt 6 ps variable")
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while true; do xdotool getmouselocation | sed 's/x:$.*$ y:$.*$ screen:.*/\1, \2/' >> ./mouse-tracking; sleep 10; done

matthewbauer · 2010-02-27 04:00:13 0
Google Spell Checker

http://immike.net/blog/2007/04/07/hacking-google-spell-checker-for-fun-and-profit/ Show Sample Output
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```
spell
```
1

spellcheck(){ curl -sd "<spellrequest><text>$1</text></spellrequest>" https://www.google.com/tbproxy/spell | sed 's/.*<spellresult [^>]*>$.*$<\/spellresult>/\1/;s/<c $[^>]*$>$[^<]*$<\/c>/\1;\2\n/g' | grep 's="1"' | sed 's/^.*;$[^\t]*$.*$/\1/'; }

matthewbauer · 2010-02-17 01:55:28 1
Automagically create a /etc/hosts file based on your DHCP list (only works on Linksys WRT54G router)

Will create a sample etc host file based on your router's dhcp list. Now I know this won't work on most routers, so please don't downvote it just because it doesn't work for you. Show Sample Output
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```
192.168.1.8	Wii
192.168.1.7	laptop-dell
192.168.1.145	<none>
192.168.1.6	laptop
192.168.1.9	server
192.168.1.10	laptop-dell
192.168.1.3	TIVO
192.168.1.4	BAUER-DESKTOP
```
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curl -s -u $username:$password http://192.168.1.1/DHCPTable.htm | grep '<td>.* </td>' | sed 's|\t<td>$.*$ </td>\r|\1|' | tr '\n' ';' | sed 's/$[^;]*$;$[^;]*$;/\2\t\1\n/g'

matthewbauer · 2010-02-16 02:27:11 0
Get your commandlinefu points (upvotes - downvotes)

This will calculate the your commandlinefu votes (upvotes - downvotes). Hopefully this will boost my commandlinefu points. Show Sample Output
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```
37
```
9

username=matthewbauer; curl -s http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/by/$username/json | tr '{' '\n' | grep -Eo ',"votes":"[0-9\-]+","' | grep -Eo '[0-9\-]+' | tr '\n' '+' | sed 's/+$/\n/' | bc

matthewbauer · 2010-02-14 04:32:36 2
Geo Weather

Weather based on your location
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curl -s http://www.google.com/ig/api?weather=$(curl -s "http://api.hostip.info/get_html.php?ip=$(curl -s icanhazip.com)" | grep City | sed 's/City: $.*$/\1/' | sed 's/ /%20/g' | sed "s/'/%27/g") | sed 's|.*<temp_f data="$[^"]*$"/>.*|\1\n|'

matthewbauer · 2010-02-13 21:42:48 8
Url Encode
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echo "$@" | sed 's/ /%20/g;s/!/%21/g;s/"/%22/g;s/#/%23/g;s/\$/%24/g;s/\&/%26/g;s/'\''/%27/g;s/(/%28/g;s/)/%29/g;s/:/%3A/g'

matthewbauer · 2010-02-12 23:59:55 3
Get Google Reader unread count

Get Google Reader unread count from the command line. You'll have to define your auth token with $auth Or use: curl -s -H "Authorization: GoogleLogin auth=$(curl -sd "Email=$email&Passwd=$password&service=reader" https://www.google.com/accounts/ClientLogin | grep Auth | sed 's/Auth=$.*$/\1/')" "http://www.google.com/reader/api/0/unread-count?output=json" | tr '{' '\n' | sed 's/.*"count":$[0-9]*$,".*/\1/' | grep -E ^[0-9]+$ | tr '\n' '+' | sed 's/$.*$+/\1\n/' | bc Show Sample Output
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```
33
```
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curl -s -H "Authorization: GoogleLogin auth=$auth" "http://www.google.com/reader/api/0/unread-count?output=json" | tr '{' '\n' | sed 's/.*"count":$[0-9]*$,".*/\1/' | grep -E ^[0-9]+$ | tr '\n' '+' | sed 's/$.*$+/\1\n/' | bc

matthewbauer · 2010-02-11 00:42:57 4
Weather on the Command line

Will return temperature in Fahrenheit of a location (New York City in example). Uses a Google API. Show Sample Output
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35
```
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curl -s "http://www.google.com/ig/api?weather=New%20York" | sed 's|.*<temp_f data="$[^"]*$"/>.*|\1|'

matthewbauer · 2010-02-08 23:06:48 2
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