Commands by refrax (2)

  • Find all files containing a word

    This command will find all files recursively containing the phrase entered, represented here by "searchphrase". This particular command searches in all php files, but you could change that to just be html files or just log files etc. Show Sample Output


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    find . -name "*.php" | xargs grep -il searchphrase
    refrax · 2010-01-14 22:42:36 6
  • Add a line for your username in the /etc/sudoers file, allowing you to sudo in Fedora

    I am new to linux, and I was trying to figure out why I could not sudo with my username in Fedora 10. This command, when run as root, will add a line to the sudoers file allowing the loginname supplied to sudo. The above line will require a password when you sudo, if you wish to sudo without password, use: echo 'loginname ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL' >> /etc/sudoers instead. you have to run this command as su, and this is just an easier way of using visudo, just adds it right from the terminal.


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    echo 'loginname ALL=(ALL) ALL' >> /etc/sudoers
    refrax · 2009-03-19 13:23:43 22

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