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( ps -U nms -o pid,nlwp,cmd:500 | sort -n -k2) && (ps h -U nms -o nlwp | paste -sd+ | bc)

soulonfire · 2014-11-27 06:52:50 1
log rm commands

Sometimes, it is annoying to find your files or directories missing. If you want to log all the rm commands you can put this in /etc/profile.
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function rm { workingdir=$( pwdx $$ | awk '{print $2}' ) /usr/bin/rm $* echo "rm $* issued at $(date) by the user $(who am i| awk '{print $1} ') in the directory ${workingdir}" >> /tmp/rm.out }

soulonfire · 2011-06-22 14:47:38 2
cd into the latest directory
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alias cd1='cd $( ls -lt | grep ^d | head -1 | cut -b 51- )'

soulonfire · 2011-06-22 11:45:15 7

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Check if running in an X session

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