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find builtin in bash v4+

This command will give you the same list of files as "find /etc/ -name '*killall' | xargs ls -l". In a simpler format just do 'ls /etc/**/file'. It uses shell globbing, so it will also work with other commands, like "cp /etc/**/sshd sshd_backup". Show Sample Output
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```
[root@localhost ~]# ls -l /etc/**/*killall
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 652 Apr 19 15:47 /etc/init.d/killall
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root  17 May 31 06:00 /etc/rc0.d/S00killall -> ../init.d/killall
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root  17 May 31 06:00 /etc/rc6.d/S00killall -> ../init.d/killall
```
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ls -l /etc/**/*killall

xeor · 2011-08-30 05:57:49 0
Prepend a text to a file.

Using the sed -i (inline), you can replace the beginning of the first line of a file without redirecting the output to a temporary location.
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4

sed -i '1s/^/text to prepend\n/' file1

xeor · 2011-06-25 12:02:11 6

Using commandoutput as a file descriptor

Description is moved to "Sample output" because the html sanitizer for commandlinefu breaks the examples.. Show Sample Output

diff rpm_output_from_other_computer <(rpm -qa|sort)

xeor · 2011-06-25 11:45:15 0

Control ssh connection

SSH can be controlled trough an ~ escape sequence. Example, to terminate the current ssh connection, type a newline, then the ~ character, and last a . character. This is useful eg when an ssh connection hangs after you reboot a machine and the connection hangs. Show Sample Output
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```
Supported escape sequences:
  ~.  - terminate connection (and any multiplexed sessions)
  ~B  - send a BREAK to the remote system
  ~C  - open a command line
  ~R  - Request rekey (SSH protocol 2 only)
  ~^Z - suspend ssh
  ~#  - list forwarded connections
  ~&  - background ssh (when waiting for connections to terminate)
  ~?  - this message
  ~~  - send the escape character by typing it twice
(Note that escapes are only recognized immediately after newline.)
```
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[enter]~?

xeor · 2011-06-17 18:29:59 3
Find out the starting directory of a script

I submitted a command like this without $0 if $BASH_SOURCE is unset. Therefor, it did only work when using ./script, not using 'sh script'. This version handles both, and will set $mydir in a script to the current working directory. It also works on linux, osx and probably bsd.
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mydir=$(cd $(dirname ${BASH_SOURCE:-$0});pwd)

xeor · 2011-04-27 16:33:38 0
Find out the starting directory of a script

I think this is the cleanest way of getting the current working directory of a script. It also works on osx, Linux, and probably bsd as well..
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current_dir=$(cd $(dirname $BASH_SOURCE);pwd)

xeor · 2011-04-18 09:24:14 0
Automaticly cd into directory

Makes bash-4.x like zsh. Automatic cd into a directory if a command with that name doesnt exists. Ready for your ~/.bashrc file Show Sample Output
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```
~ $ shopt -s autocd
~ $ /var/log
/var/log $ 
/var/log $ apache
/var/log/apache $
```
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shopt -s autocd

xeor · 2010-12-12 20:53:33 0
Close a hanging ssh session

~ is the ssh control character. If you type it after a newline, you can example force close the ssh session. , ~, then . If you want more info, type ~? when you are connecting using ssh. Very useful to kill of any hanging ssh sessions when nothing else works.
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~.

xeor · 2010-09-04 15:13:10 3
Smart `cd`.. cd to the file directory if you try to cd to a file

This little function will smarten 'cd'. If you try to cd into a file (which I guess we all have done), it cd's into the directory of that file instead. I had to use nesten if's, to get cd to still work with 'cd' (to get to $HOME), 'cd -' (to get to last directory), and 'cd foo\ bar'. Show Sample Output
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```
{ /root } # tail /var/log/messages
{ /root } # ... # ohh, I need to watch more logfiles
{ /root } # cd <alt+.> # to get last parameter
{ /var/log } # # Ready for action in the files folder
```
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cd() { if [ -z "$1" ]; then command cd; else if [ -f "$1" ]; then command cd $(dirname "$1"); else command cd "$1"; fi; fi; }

xeor · 2010-04-23 19:17:43 4
Determine whether a CPU has 64 bit capability or not

Check if you have 64bit by looking for "lm" in cpuinfo. lm stands for "long mem". This can also be used without being root.
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if cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep " lm " &> /dev/null; then echo "Got 64bit" ; fi

xeor · 2010-04-10 15:31:58 3
Ping scanning without nmap

Not really an easier solution. But an example using && for (if last command returned 0). You can use || for (if last command returned other than 0).. Show Sample Output
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```
Answer from: 10.0.0.1
Answer from: 10.0.0.2
Answer from: 10.0.0.4
Answer from: 10.0.0.5
Answer from: 10.0.0.6
```
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prefix="10.0.0" && for i in `seq 25`; do ping -c 1 $prefix.$i &> /dev/null && echo "Answer from: $prefix.$i" ; done

xeor · 2010-04-07 17:17:21 1
Disconnect telnet

You are stuck with testing a tcp port using telnet, and must kill the telnet session from another terminal... Or, press ctrl+5 and write close/quit to force the current connection to close.. Show Sample Output
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```
# telnet somehost 1234
#   ^c^c^z^x
#   # Still connected...
```
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telnet somehost 1234, <ctrl+5> close

xeor · 2010-04-05 12:10:21 1
Get your external IP address

For those of us that still uses lynx :)
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lynx --dump http://ip.boa.nu|sed -e 's/^[[:space:]]*//' -e 's/*[[:space:]]$//'|grep -v ^$

xeor · 2009-11-04 22:23:45 0
Get your external IP address

Using our beloved wget
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wget -O - -q ip.boa.nu

xeor · 2009-11-04 22:22:04 0
Check if a .no domain is available

Mostly for Norwegians, but easily adoptable to others. Very handy if you are brainstorming for a new domainname. Will only display the available ones.. You can usually do this better with dig, but if you dont have dig, or the TLD only have an online service to check with, this will be usefull.. Show Sample Output
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```
xeor@nibler:~$ check_dns_no test1 test2 test3
test2.no available
test3.no available
```
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check_dns_no() { for i in $* ; do if `wget -O - -q http://www.norid.no/domenenavnbaser/whois/?query=$i.no | grep "no match" &>/dev/null` ; then echo $i.no "available" ; fi ; sleep 1 ;done }

xeor · 2009-09-30 21:17:33 2

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Set laptop display brightness

Run as root. Path may vary depending on laptop model and video card (this was tested on an Acer laptop with ATI HD3200 video). $ cat /proc/acpi/video/VGA/LCD/brightness to discover the possible values for your display.

Rename all (jpg) files written as 3 number in 4 numbers.

Useful if you have a list of images called 1 2 3 4 and so on, you can adapt it to rewrite it as 4 (in this example) 0-padded number.

zgrep across multiple files

Detect illegal access to kernel space, potentially useful for Meltdown detection

Based on capsule8 agent examples, not rigorously tested

Generate pretty secure random passwords

These are my favourite switches on pwgen: -B Don't include ambiguous characters in the password -n Include at least one number in the password -y Include at least one special symbol in the password -c Include at least one capital letter in the password It just works! Add a number to set password length, add another to set how many password to output. Example: pwgen -Bnyc 12 20 this will output 20 password of 12 chars length.

Converts a single FLAC file with associated cue file into multiple FLAC files

Converts a single FLAC file with associated cue file into multiple FLAC files. Takes two arguments: the name of the FLAC file and and the name of the cue file. Example: flacAlbumToFiles foo.flac foo.cue Requires: - cuetools - shntools

On-the-fly unrar movie in .rar archive and play it, does also work on part archives.

Convert CSV to JSON

Replace 'csv_file.csv' with your filename.

Force unmount occupied partition

Alternative if "Lazy unmount" (umount -l) doesn't obey. Alternative for NFS: $ umount -f /media/sdb1 Use with caution: forcing to unmount a busy partition can cause data loss!

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