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RTFM function

Simple edit to work for OSX. Now just add this to your ~/.profile and `source ~/.profile`
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rtfm() { help $@ || man $@ || open "http://www.google.com/search?q=$@"; }

vaporub · 2011-01-26 06:23:42 5
To get you started!

Do it.
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vimtutor

vaporub · 2009-02-16 15:50:25 353
Mac OS-X-> copy and paste things to and from the clipboard from the shell

Copies whatever is piped to the pbcopy command to the clipboard. pbpaste ... well pastes whats on the clipboard.
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command | pbcopy && pbpaste

vaporub · 2009-02-16 07:40:36 76
Create a mysql database from the command line

Creates a database that could then be populated with a dump file or application. Show Sample Output
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```
No output unless verbose
```
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mysqladmin -u username -p create dbname

vaporub · 2009-02-16 07:21:07 73
OS-X... create a quick look from the command line

Where "docname" is the document you want OS-X to image... file.txt, file.pdf, file.mov, etc Show Sample Output
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Outputs an image
```
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qlmanage -p "yourfilename"

vaporub · 2009-02-16 07:15:03 68
Another Curl your IP command

Just another curl command to get your public facing IP Show Sample Output
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```
123.456.789.000
```
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curl -s http://checkip.dyndns.org | sed 's/[a-zA-Z<>/ :]//g'

vaporub · 2009-02-16 07:12:01 94
Generat a Random MAC address

Original author unknown (I believe off of a wifi hacking forum). Used in conjuction with ifconfig and cron.. can be handy (especially spoofing AP's) Show Sample Output
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00:12:2F:22:32:16
```
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MAC=`(date; cat /proc/interrupts) | md5sum | sed -r 's/^(.{10}).*$/\1/; s/([0-9a-f]{2})/\1:/g; s/:$//;'`

vaporub · 2009-02-16 07:09:43 118

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Create a mirror of a local folder, on a remote server

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)

A DESTRUCTIVE command to render a drive unbootable

THIS COMMAND IS DESTRUCTIVE. That said, lets assume you want to render your boot drive unbootable and reboot your machine. Maybe you want it to boot off the network and kickstart from a boot server for a fresh OS install. Replace /dev/fd0 with the device name of your boot drive and this DESTRUCTIVE command will render your drive unbootable. Your BIOS boot priority should be set to boot from HD first, then LAN.

cat large file to clipboard with speed-o-meter

shortest alternative without the speed-o-meter"xclip large.xml" "xclip -o" to get the clipboard content, alternatively [shift key] + insert or middle button of your mouse.

Url Encode

Monitor all DNS queries made by Firefox Mac OS X version

mount an iso

mounts an ISO file to a directory on the target file system

Graphically show percent of mount space used

Automatically drops mount points that have non-numeric sizes (e.g. /proc). Tested in bash on Linux and AIX.

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"

nice disk usage, sorted by size, see description for full command

full command below, would not let me put full command in text box du -sk ./* | sort -nr | awk 'BEGIN{ pref[1]="K"; pref[2]="M"; pref[3]="G";} { total = total + $1; x = $1; y = 1; while( x > 1024 ) { x = (x + 1023)/1024; y++; } printf("%g%s\t%s\n",int(x*10)/10,pref[y],$2); } END { y = 1; while( total > 1024 ) { total = (total + 1023)/1024; y++; } printf("Total: %g%s\n",int(total*10)/10,pref[y]); }'

Convert CSV to JSON

Replace 'csv_file.csv' with your filename.

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