Commands by sxiii (12)

  • Listen Digitally Imported Radio from CLI (without premium!)

    This commands does just two things: fakes user agent (the one was taken from recent Android app) and sends the (possibly) listener ID (it can be any - I put "1" here because it works like a charm - after the name of stream ?1 as you can see). Look for the list of stations here: http://pub7.di.fm Or here: https://goo.gl/pdhhpQ Best regards, sxiii :) Show Sample Output


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    mplayer http://pub7.di.fm/di_ambient_aac?1 -user-agent "AudioAddict-di/3.2.0.3240 Android/5.1"
    sxiii · 2016-04-29 23:41:17 3
  • Show all the available information about your current distribution, package management and base

    Just run this command and it will printout all the info available about your current distribution and package management system. Show Sample Output


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    echo /etc/*_ver* /etc/*-rel*; cat /etc/*_ver* /etc/*-rel*
    sxiii · 2016-02-19 12:12:38 0
  • Get a facebook likes quantity from CLI

    Replace the with your URL, for example http://rublacklist.net/12348/ and it will show likes number Show Sample Output


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    curl - https://graph.facebook.com/fql?q=SELECT%20like_count,%20total_count,%20share_count,%20click_count,%20comment_count%20FROM%20link_stat%20WHERE%20url%20=%20%27<URL>%27 | awk -F\" '{ print $7 }' | awk -F":" '{ print $2 }' | awk -F"," '{ print $1 }'
    sxiii · 2015-08-19 20:01:15 1
  • Add GPG key easy - oneliner

    Replace KEY with GPG key. This command will load GPG key and add it to your system so you can use software from third party repos etc. Show Sample Output


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    x=KEY; gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv $x; gpg --export --armor $x | sudo apt-key add -
    sxiii · 2013-11-26 10:49:32 0
  • Processes biglion quantity of sold ebay coupons/bonus codes

    Processes biglion quantity of sold ebay coupons/bonus codes, so you can know approximate count of users who buyed the coupons and when sales are come up again. You can change sleep parameter so script will work slowly or faster (default is 5 seconds). Additional requirements: curl Standart tools used: awk, date, cat, grep (bash) Show Sample Output


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    while true; do date; (curl -s -o 1.html http://www.biglion.ru/deals/ebay-80/ &); sleep 5; cat 1.html | grep "&#1082;&#1091;&#1087;&#1086;&#1085;&#1086;&#1074;" | awk -F"<div>" '{print $2}' | awk -F"<span>" '{print $1}'; done
    sxiii · 2013-11-08 12:40:05 0
  • Command to get list of all existing programming languages from Wikipedia article

    Requirements: curl, grep, awk, internet connection with access to wikipedia Loaded page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_programming_languages If you can make shorter version of this listgetter, you are welcome to paste it here :) Show Sample Output


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    curl http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_programming_languages | grep "<li>" | awk -F"title=" '{ print $2 }' | awk -F\" '{ print $2 }'
    sxiii · 2013-01-09 21:40:11 0
  • Oneliner to get domain names list of all existing domain names (from wikipedia)

    Oneliner to get domain names list of all existing domain names (from wikipedia) Show Sample Output


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    curl http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_top-level_domains | grep "<tr valign=\"top\">" | awk -F">" '{ print $5 }' | awk -F"<" '{ print $1 }'
    sxiii · 2012-12-24 21:00:36 0
  • Fix MP3 tags encoding (to UTF-8). Batch fixes all MP3s in one directory.

    Fixes MP3 tags encoding (to UTF-8). Batch fixes all MP3s in one directory.


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    find . -iname "*.mp3" -execdir mid3iconv -e <encoding> {} \;
    sxiii · 2011-12-14 18:10:27 2
  • Output sound when your computer is downloading something

    Outputs pseudo-random sounds to speakers (stereo mode because of -c 2) when there are any kind of network activity. Show Sample Output


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    tcpdump | aplay -c 2
    sxiii · 2011-08-27 15:03:02 1
  • kill all running instances of wine and programs runned by it (exe)

    This command kills all wine instances and each EXE application working on a PC. Here is command info: 1) ps ax > processes = save process list to file named "processes" (we save it because we don't wont egrep to be found in the future) 2) cat processes | egrep "*.exe |*exe]" = shows the file "processes" and after greps for each *.exe and *exe] in it 3) | awk '{ print $1 }' > pstokill = saves processes PID's to file "pstokill" using awk filter 4) kill $(cat pstokill) = kills each PID in file pstokill, which is shown by cat program 5) rm processes && rm pstokill = removes temporary files Show Sample Output


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    ps ax > processes && cat processes | egrep "*.exe |*exe]" | awk '{ print $1 }' > pstokill && kill $(cat pstokill) && rm processes && rm pstokill
    sxiii · 2011-02-26 16:13:58 2
  • Whois on target and save results to file instantly

    This can be used in scripts, to find out the origin of target IP etc. Show Sample Output


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    x=192.168.1.1; whois $x > $x.txt
    sxiii · 2011-01-17 03:33:49 0
  • ASCII webcam live stream video using mplayer

    Mplayer starts a webcam capture using ASCII art. Only mplayer required


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    mplayer -tv driver=v4l2:gain=1:width=640:height=480:device=/dev/video0:fps=10:outfmt=rgb16 -vo aa tv://
    sxiii · 2010-12-07 05:17:00 3

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