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If you're users have ever asked your script to email their reports in separate attachments instead of tar'ring them into one file, then you can use this. You'll need the mailx package of course. In Unix you'd want to add an additional parameter "-m"
(uuencode foo.txt foo.txt; uuencode /etc/passwd passwd.txt)|mailx -m -s "Hooosa!" someone@cmdfu.com
Grab a list of MP3s (with full path) out of Firefox's cache
Ever gone to a site that has an MP3 embedded into a pesky flash player, but no download link? Well, this one-liner will yank the *full path* of those tunes straight out of FF's cache in a clean list.
Shorter and Intuitive version of the command submitted by (TuxOtaku)
Installs pip packages defining a proxy
I put that line in my .bash_profile (OS X) and .bashrc (Linux).
Here is a summary of what the \char means: n=new line, u=user name, h=host, !=history number, w=current work directory
The \[\e[32m\] sequence set the text to bright green and \[\e[0m\] returns to normal color.
For more information on what you can set in your bash prompt, google 'bash prompt'
swap out "80" for your port of interest. Can use port number or named ports e.g. "http"
This is useful if you'd like to see the output of a script while you edit it. Each time you save the file the command is executed. I thought for sure something like this already exists - and it probably does. I'm on an older system and tend to be missing some useful things.
Examples:
$ ontouchdo yourscript 'clear; yourscript somefiletoparse'
Edit yourscript in a separate window and see new results each time you save.
$ ontouchdo crufty.html 'clear; xmllint --noout crufty.html 2>&1 | head'
Keep editing krufty.html until the xmllint window is empty.
Note: Mac/bsd users should use stat -f%m. If you don't have stat, you can use perl -e '$f=shift; @s=stat($f); print "$s[9]\n";' $1
http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/
just copy the .mov link and use mplayer to stream
I always add this to my .profile rc so I can do things like: "vim *.c" and the files are opened in tabs.
Create a exact mirror of the local folder "/root/files", on remote server 'remote_server' using SSH command (listening on port 22)
(all files & folders on destination server/folder will be deleted)
I sometimes want to know what packages are installed on my Ubuntu system. I still haven't figured out how to use aptitude effectively, so this is the next best thing. This allows finding by name.
The grep '^ii' limits the display to only installed packages. If this is not specified, then it includes listing of non-installed packages as well.