Commands by tsener

Commands by tsener (14)

sorted by

Stop all running docker containers

passin list of docker container IDs to docker stop Show Sample Output
This is sample output - yours may be different.
```
bunch
of
containerIDs
```
0

docker stop $(docker ps -a -q)

tsener · 2017-12-26 13:55:41 22
Disable password expiration and clear password history for VMware vcenter appliance

Disable password expiration and clear password history for VMware vcenter appliance
This is sample output - yours may be different.
0

chage -M -1 root; echo "" > /etc/security/opasswd

tsener · 2017-07-30 21:26:43 55
Get the password for PostgreSQL backend db for VMware vRA
This is sample output - yours may be different.
-2

grep -i s2enc /etc/vcac/server.xml | sed -e 's/.* password=\"$[^\"]*$\".*/\1/' | xargs -n 1 vcac-config prop-util -d --p 2>/dev/null; echo

tsener · 2017-03-28 14:11:55 19
check remote port without telnet
This is sample output - yours may be different.
4

cat < /dev/tcp/74.125.224.40/80

tsener · 2015-11-29 15:28:36 11
Programmatically partition a new disk with fdisk
This is sample output - yours may be different.
-2

(echo n; echo p; echo 3; echo 1; echo; echo; echo w; echo q) | /sbin/fdisk /dev/sda

tsener · 2014-12-04 14:57:28 10
Get HTTP status code with curl
This is sample output - yours may be different.
6

curl --write-out %{http_code} --silent --output /dev/null localhost

tsener · 2014-11-06 15:29:43 14
strace -T -f -p <PID>
This is sample output - yours may be different.
-2

Show syscalls for parent and all child threads with execution time

tsener · 2014-09-15 13:05:57 9
ps to show child thread PIDs
This is sample output - yours may be different.
-1

ps -efL | grep <Process Name>

tsener · 2014-09-11 16:35:31 9
Delete an IPtable rules based on row number
This is sample output - yours may be different.
1

iptables -L -vnx --line-numbers; iptables -t nat -D <chain-name> <number>

tsener · 2014-09-09 08:09:32 9
shows which files differ in two direcories

--dry-run will only show you which files would be otherwise synced with rsync. -z is for compressio -v vervose -a "as is" - permissions, ownership etc.
This is sample output - yours may be different.
-1

rsync -avz --dry-run /somewhere/source_directory /somewhereelse/target_directory

tsener · 2014-04-01 20:55:59 8
Check all bash scripts in current dir for syntax errors

Check all bash scripts in current dir for syntax errors WITHOUT running them. Show Sample Output
This is sample output - yours may be different.
```
./test.sh: line 37: syntax error near unexpected token `fi'
./test.sh: line 37: `fi'
```
8

find . -name '*.sh' -exec bash -n {} \;

tsener · 2014-01-17 16:20:36 10
spawn shell listener service with nc
This is sample output - yours may be different.
3

nc -l -p 3003 -e /bin/bash

tsener · 2013-09-23 21:52:55 10
Calculate md5 sum with openssl
This is sample output - yours may be different.
0

openssl dgst -md5 file.ext

tsener · 2013-09-23 21:51:09 7
Open Port Check

also could specify port number: lsof -ni TCP:80
This is sample output - yours may be different.
2

lsof -ni TCP

tsener · 2013-03-20 22:51:16 8

What's this?

commandlinefu.com is the place to record those command-line gems that you return to again and again. That way others can gain from your CLI wisdom and you from theirs too. All commands can be commented on, discussed and voted up or down.

Share Your Commands

Check These Out

Backup of a partition

Clone a partion with tar.

Paste command output to www.pastehtml.com in txt format.

paste(){ curl -s -S --data-urlencode "txt=$($@)" "http://pastehtml.com/upload/create?input_type=txt&result=address";echo;}

recurisvely md5 all files in a tree

Found this little gem here: http://info.michael-simons.eu/2008/10/25/recursively-md5sum-all-files-in-a-directory-tree/

Which processes are listening on a specific port (e.g. port 80)

swap out "80" for your port of interest. Can use port number or named ports e.g. "http"

See the top 10 IP addresses in a web access log

Load file into RAM (cache) for faster accessing for repeated usage

Best result when file size less than half of RAM size

Watch the progress of 'dd'

This version was mentioned in the comments. Credits go to flatcap.

Copy specific files recursively using the same tree organization.

This command has been used to overwrite corrupted "entries" files of a corrupted subversion working copy. Note the --files-from input format.

Reads a CD/DVD and creates an dvdisaster iso image with the advanced RS02 method.

list files recursively by size

Stay in the loop…

Follow the Tweets.

Every new command is wrapped in a tweet and posted to Twitter. Following the stream is a great way of staying abreast of the latest commands. For the more discerning, there are Twitter accounts for commands that get a minimum of 3 and 10 votes - that way only the great commands get tweeted.

» http://twitter.com/commandlinefu
» http://twitter.com/commandlinefu3
» http://twitter.com/commandlinefu10

Subscribe to the feeds.

Use your favourite RSS aggregator to stay in touch with the latest commands. There are feeds mirroring the 3 Twitter streams as well as for virtually every other subset (users, tags, functions,…):

Subscribe to the feed for:

» all commands
» commands with 3 up-votes (commandlinefu3)
» commands with 10 up-votes (commandlinefu10)
» commands by tsener