Commands by matthewbauer (52)
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This one is a little bit easier for those of us that aren't always root.
-4echo 213.251.145.96 wikileaks.com | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts -
This will save your open windows to a file (~/.windows). To start those applications:
cat ~/.windows | while read line; do $line &; doneShould 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= $line; done > ~/.windowsShow Sample Output5wmctrl -l -p | while read line; do ps -o cmd= "$(echo "$line" | awk '$0=$3')"; done > ~/.windows -
Usage:
get-ipsw device-name generation-string firmware-versionFor example:get-ipsw iPod 2,1 4.0Different 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-1get-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; } -
This will reboot as the Grub 2 option.
7echo "savedefault --default=2 --once" | grub --batch; sudo reboot -
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-nameandsudo smbios-sys-info-lite | sed -n 's/^Product Name: *\(.*\)/\1/p'Show Sample Output-2cat /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/board_name -
-1change-homepage(){ sed -ri 's|( "homepage": ").*(",)|\1'"$@"'\2|' .config/chromium/Default/Preferences; }
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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.
0bitpim -p $PHONE_PORT ls -
Adds URL to Instapaper. Usage: instapaper-add user@example.com 12345 http://www.commandlinefu.com/
1instapaper-add(){ curl -s -d username="$1" -d password="$2" -d url="$3" https://www.instapaper.com/api/add; } -
This will fetch a metascore from metacritic.com. It requires a url from metacritic without the http://www.metacritic.com/ Example:
metascore games/platforms/wii/supermariogalaxy-metascore tv/shows/marriageref-metascore video/titles/newmoonWould be cool to use this in some sort of a graph. Show Sample Output1metascore(){ curl -s "http://www.metacritic.com/$@" | sed -rn 's|\t*<!-- metascore --><div id="metascore" class=".*">([^<]*)</div>|\1|p'; } -
1export-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; }
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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
-1(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 -
This one uses dictionary.com
13pronounce(){ 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 -; } -
The original was a little bit too complicated for me. This one does not use any variables.
5pronounce(){ 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; } -
Usage:
detectlanguage <phrase>Example:detectlanguage hola5detectlanguage(){ curl -s "http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/language/detect?v=1.0&q=$@" | sed 's/{"responseData": {"language":"\([^"]*\)".*/\1\n/'; } -
Usage:
translate <phrase> <source-language> <output-language>Example:translate hello en esSee this for a list of language codes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes Show Sample Output64translate(){ wget -qO- "http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/language/translate?v=1.0&q=$1&langpair=$2|${3:-en}" | sed 's/.*"translatedText":"\([^"]*\)".*}/\1\n/'; } -
2espeak "$USER" --stdout | sox - -t mp3 - reverse | mpg123 -
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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.
6curl -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 -
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")4while true; do xdotool getmouselocation | sed 's/x:\(.*\) y:\(.*\) screen:.*/\1, \2/' >> ./mouse-tracking; sleep 10; done -
1spellcheck(){ 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/'; }
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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
0curl -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' -
This will calculate the your commandlinefu votes (upvotes - downvotes). Hopefully this will boost my commandlinefu points. Show Sample Output
9username=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 -
Weather based on your location
-4curl -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|' -
2echo "$@" | 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'
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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/' | bcShow Sample Output-1curl -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 -
Will return temperature in Fahrenheit of a location (New York City in example). Uses a Google API. Show Sample Output
-1curl -s "http://www.google.com/ig/api?weather=New%20York" | sed 's|.*<temp_f data="\([^"]*\)"/>.*|\1|' - 1 2 3 >
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