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Search recursive all docx files for SearchTerm and print its name
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find . -name '*docx' -exec sh -c "unzip -p {} word/document.xml | sed -e 's/<[^>]\{1,\}>//g; s/[^[:print:]]\{1,\}//g' | grep -i SearchTerm -q && echo {} " \;

kkeasdj · 2016-08-24 12:28:08 0
Recursively search a directory tree for all .php .inc .html .htm .css .js files for a certain string

Use find to recursively make a list of all files from the current directory and downwards. The files have to have an extension of the ones listed. Then for every file found, grep it for 'searchString', returns the filename if searchString is found. Show Sample Output
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```
./index.html
./lib/php/buttons.php
```
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find . -type f $ -name "*.js" -o -name "*.php" -o -name "*.inc" -o -name "*.html" -o -name "*.htm" -o -name "*.css" $ -exec grep -il 'searchString' {} \;

niels_bom · 2010-02-07 15:28:20 0
full text(CJK) search mails and link the result to $MAILDIR/bingo/cur/
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recoll -t -q "keyword" | grep message/rfc822 | sed -s 's,^.*$'$MAILDIR'[^]]*$\].*$,\"\1\",' | xargs ln -sft $MAILDIR/bingo/cur/

s5unty · 2011-12-09 17:22:51 0
find files containing specifc pattern on filename and specific patternts in its content, open all in textmate
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find . -name "*noticia*" -name "*jhtm*" -name "*.tpl" -exec grep -li "id=\"col-direita\"" '{}' \; | xargs -n1 mate

irae · 2010-09-18 02:55:40 1
Print all lines containing the word 'jan' to a new file.
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sed -n '/jan\|Jan\|JAN\|JAn\|jAn\|jAN\|jaN/p' data.txt > jan-only-data.txt

Kali_Root · 2013-11-15 20:23:53 2
Search term while reading man page

Will highlight search term i.e. "foo" across entire man page (scroll up or down to see) /term_to_search_for+Enter That is how to find things ;) /Enter (slash+empty string+Enter) will jump to the next occurence of previous searched item.
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/foo

knoppix5 · 2013-10-09 08:40:06 2
Common key binding for 'less' to search for a string

Use the following key binding to search ---------------------------------------------------------------- ng : Jump to line number n. Default is the start of the file. nG : Jump to line number n. Default is the end of the file. /pattern : Search for pattern. Regular expressions can be used. [/ = slash] Press / and then Enter to repeat the previous search pattern. Press ESC and then u to undo search highlighting. n : Go to next match (after a successful search). N : Go to previous match. mletter : Mark the current position with letter. 'letter : Return to position letter. [' = single quote] '^ or g : Go to start of file. '$ or G : Go to end of file. s : Save current content (got from another program like grep) in a file. = or Ctrl+g : File information. F : continually read information from file and follow its end. Useful for logs watching. Use Ctrl+c to exit this mode. -option : Toggle command-line option -option. h : Help.
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less file.ext

totti · 2011-09-13 10:29:27 3
Learn searching and navigating in man like a boss

Read all chapters up to 'Jumping', improve your effectiveness of wirking in terminal. Most useful are the Moving and Searching commands
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man <command> then type h

stanix · 2011-10-16 09:49:56 5
Search Google from the command line and return the first result.

Yep, now you can finally google from the command line! Here's a readable version "for your pleasure"(c): google() { # search the web using google from the commandline # syntax: google google query=$(echo "$*" | sed "s:%:%25:g;s:&:%26:g;s:+:%2b:g;s:;:%3b:g;s: :+:g") data=$(wget -qO - "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/search/web?v=1.0&q=$query") title=$(echo "$data" | tr '}' '\n' | sed "s/.*,\"titleNoFormatting//;s/\":\"//;s/\",.*//;s/\\u0026/'/g;s/\\\//g;s/#39\;//g;s/'amp;/\&/g" | head -1) url="$(echo "$data" | tr '}' '\n' | sed 's/.*"url":"//;s/".*//' | head -1)" echo "${title}: ${url} | http://www.google.com/search?q=${query}" } Enjoy :) Show Sample Output
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```
hunterm:~ >>> google bash
bash.org: http://www.bash.org/ | http://www.google.com/search?q=bash
```
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The command is too big to fit here. :( Look at the description for the command, in readable form! :)

hunterm · 2011-01-05 02:45:28 1
The single most useful thing in bash

This allows you to search through your history using the up and down arrows ? i.e. type "cd /" and press the up arrow and you'll search through everything in your history that starts with "cd /". Show Sample Output
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```
# copy/paste 
"\e[A": history-search-backward
"\e[B": history-search-forward
set show-all-if-ambiguous on
set completion-ignore-case on
```
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vim ~/.inputrc

ekinertac · 2013-04-23 02:50:11 1
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Figure out what shell you're running

Use result of the last command

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creeate file named after actual date

Create a file with actual date as filename

Get AWS temporary credentials ready to export based on a MFA virtual appliance

You might want to secure your AWS operations requiring to use a MFA token. But then to use API or tools, you need to pass credentials generated with a MFA token. This commands asks you for the MFA code and retrieves these credentials using AWS Cli. To print the exports, you can use: `awk '{ print "export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=\"" $1 "\"\n" "export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=\"" $2 "\"\n" "export AWS_SESSION_TOKEN=\"" $3 "\"" }'` You must adapt the command line to include: * $MFA_IDis ARN of the virtual MFA or serial number of the physical one * TTL for the credentials

Find usb device in realtime

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

Show URL/text in clipboard as QR code

Copy a URL (or Thai text, or whatever) and hit the keyboard shortcut for this fu to display it as a QR code. It's an "air gapped" way to send stuff to your phone [unlike google chart API etc.] as long as you watch out for cameras ;). dependencies [sudo apt-get install]: qrencode xclip xloadimage

url shortner using google's shortner api

First get a api key for google url shortner from here https://developers.google.com/url-shortener/ Then replace the API_KEY in the command

Get notified when a job you run in a terminal is done, using NotifyOSD

This is an alias you can add to your .bashrc file to get notified when a job you run in a terminal is done. example of use sleep 20; alert Source:http://www.webupd8.org/2010/07/get-notified-when-job-you-run-in.html

CLI Visual Apache Web Log Analyzer

GoAccess is an open source real-time Apache web log analyzer and interactive viewer that runs in a terminal in *nix systems. It provides fast and valuable HTTP statistics for system administrators that require a visual server report on the fly. http://goaccess.prosoftcorp.com/

ping a host until it responds, then play a sound, then exit

After this, just type: $ beepwhenup You need to install "beep" before this would make the beep sound. Save it in your .profile if you want to use it later WARNING: this command won't exit until it is successful. You won't be able to CONTROL+C out of it.

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