Commands by wr8cr8

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Get connections from a SSH tunnel

This obtains a list of open connections that a user is connected to if he/she is using a SSH tunnel
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netstat -t -p --extend | grep USERNAME

wr8cr8 · 2012-08-07 02:25:54 7
Count git commits since specific commit
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0

git log --summary 223286b.. | grep 'Author:' | wc -l

wr8cr8 · 2012-07-10 13:20:02 4
Progress bar for MySQL import

Print out the progress of MySQL import using the pv command. Updates every second. Show Sample Output
This is sample output - yours may be different.
```
$ pv -i 1 -p -t -e /path/to/sql/dump | mysql -u USERNAME -p DATABASE_NAME
Enter password: 
0:01:12 [>                                                                                                                                              ]  1% ETA 1:58:28
```
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pv -i 1 -p -t -e /path/to/sql/dump | mysql -u USERNAME -p DATABASE_NAME

wr8cr8 · 2012-02-06 08:16:55 9
Get the latest version of phpMyAdmin

This is to get the latest version of phpMyAdmin to support scripts to download the latest version of the software if they want to automatically update. Show Sample Output
This is sample output - yours may be different.
```
3.4.4-all-languages
```
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wget http://tools.web4host.net/versions.tmp --quiet -O - | grep PHPMYADMIN | sed 's/PHPMYADMIN=//' | cat

wr8cr8 · 2011-09-22 04:11:44 4
Start Chrome with socks on Mac OSX
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/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome --proxy-server=socks5://HOST:PORT

wr8cr8 · 2010-09-25 00:53:52 6
Say no to overwriting if cp -i is the default alias.
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yes n | cp something toSomeWhereElse

wr8cr8 · 2010-09-25 00:51:05 4
Check if your domain name is suspectable to axfr attacks.
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0

dig @somenameserver.net somedomainname.net axfr

wr8cr8 · 2010-08-29 14:23:26 5
Outgoing IP of server
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wget http://www.whatismyip.org --quiet -O - | cat

wr8cr8 · 2010-07-30 08:40:16 14

Exim version

Prints out the version of exim Show Sample Output

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exim -bV

wr8cr8 · 2010-07-22 13:23:03 6

Find PHP files
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0

find . -name "*.php" -exec grep -i -H "search pharse" {} \;

wr8cr8 · 2010-07-22 11:54:45 18

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Redirect STDIN

Several times, I find myself hitting my up arrow, and changing the search term. Unfortunately, I find myself wasting too much time typing: $ grep kernel /var/log/messages Redirecting STDIN allows me to put the search term at the end so I less cursor movement to change what I'm searching for: $ < /var/log/messages grep kernel If you're using the emacs keyboard binding, then after you press your up arrow, press CTRL+w to erase the word. If this has already been submitted, I couldn't find it with the search utility.

print all network interfaces' names and IPv4 addresses

ifconfig can't properly display interface's name longer 9 symbols,also it can't show IPs added thru ip command, so 'ip' should be used instead. This alias properly shows long names, bond interfaces and all interface aliases. loopback interface is ignored, since its IP is obvious

Get your external IP address ( 10 characters long )

Shortest url to a external IP-service, 10 characters.

Find usb device in realtime

Using this command you can track a moment when usb device was attached.

Show a file in less without wrapping long lines

File rotation without rename command

Rotates log files with "gz"-extension in a directory for 7 days and enumerates the number in file name. i.e.: logfile.1.gz > logfile.2.gz I needed this line due to the limitations on AIX Unix systems which do not ship with the rename command.

List last opened tabs in firefox browser

Tuned for short command line - you can set the path to sessionstore.js more reliable instead of use asterixes etc. Usable when you are not at home and really need to get your actual opened tabs on your home computer (via SSH). I am using it from my work if I forgot to bookmark some new interesting webpage, which I have visited at home. Also other way to list tabs when your firefox has crashed (restoring of tabs doesn't work always). This script includes also tabs which has been closed short time before.

mtr, better than traceroute and ping combined

mtr combines the functionality of the traceroute and ping programs in a single network diagnostic tool. As mtr starts, it investigates the network connection between the host mtr runs on and HOSTNAME. by sending packets with purposly low TTLs. It continues to send packets with low TTL, noting the response time of the intervening routers. This allows mtr to print the response percentage and response times of the internet route to HOSTNAME. A sudden increase in packetloss or response time is often an indication of a bad (or simply over‐loaded) link.

Simultaneously running different Firefox profiles

After running $ firefox -ProfileManager and creating several different profiles, use this command to run multiple Firefox profiles simultaneously.

Nice weather forecast on your shell

Change Seville for your prefered city.

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