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Full remote server backup over cstream using tar (excluding unnecessary files) (reports every 10 seconds)

The files are automatically uncompressed when they reach the destination machine. This is a fast way to backup your server to your local computer while it's running (shutting down services is recommended). A file named "exclude.txt" is needed at /tmp/ containing the following : /dev/* /media/* /mnt/* /proc/* /sys/* /tmp/* /home/*/.local/share/Trash /home/*/.gvfs /home/*/.cache /home/*/.thumbnails /etc/fstab /lib/modules/*/volatile/.mounted /var/run/* /var/lock/* /var/tmp/* /var/cache/apt/archives/* /lost+found/* Show Sample Output
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```
895643648 B 854.2 MB 2125.2 s (35:25 min) 421438 B/s 411.56 KB/s
898371584 B 856.8 MB 2132.5 s (35:32 min) 421280 B/s 411.41 KB/s
901783552 B 860.0 MB 2139.8 s (35:39 min) 421431 B/s 411.55 KB/s
904785920 B 862.9 MB 2147.0 s (35:46 min) 421420 B/s 411.54 KB/s
908300288 B 866.2 MB 2154.0 s (35:54 min) 421678 B/s 411.79 KB/s
911953920 B 869.7 MB 2161.2 s (36:01 min) 421969 B/s 412.08 KB/s
914890752 B 872.5 MB 2168.4 s (36:08 min) 421929 B/s 412.04 KB/s
919408640 B 876.8 MB 2175.4 s (36:15 min) 422647 B/s 412.74 KB/s
923365376 B 880.6 MB 2182.6 s (36:22 min) 423061 B/s 413.15 KB/s
```
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tar -cj / -X /tmp/exclude.txt | cstream -v 1 -c 3 -T 10 | ssh user@host 'tar -xj -C /backupDestination'

fantleas · 2014-07-21 18:52:19 9
rsync over ssh using alternative port number

Useful, when you need to backup/copy/sync a folder over ssh with a non standard port number
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rsync -arvz -e 'ssh -p 2233' --progress --delete remote-user@remote-server.org:/path/to/folder /path/to/local/folder

nadavkav · 2014-09-26 10:42:26 8
Print out which hosts are not running specific process

Given a hosts list, ssh one by one and echo its name only if 'processname' is not running. Show Sample Output
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```
hostone
hosttwo
hostthree
```
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for i in `cat hosts_list`; do RES=`ssh myusername@${i} "ps -ef " |awk '/[p]rocessname/ {print $2}'`; test "x${RES}" = "x" && echo $i; done

arlequin · 2014-10-03 14:57:54 9
Secure netcat chat - SSH

client: nc localhost 9876
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ssh hostname nc -l 9876

snipertyler · 2015-01-14 20:11:50 12
Multiple level ssh

If you are on machine 1 and want to ssh into machine 3, but you can only do so from machine 2, this will do it all in one go. Note that once you are on machine 3 and exit () it will take you directly back to machine 1
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ssh -t user@domain.com "ssh -t user2@domain2.com bash -l"

texasflood · 2015-02-11 16:15:01 10
analyze traffic remotely over ssh w/ wireshark

Replace servername with your user. And make sure you have generated / copied your rsa_pub key to the remote server, or you will be asked for a password which will stuff up the output to wireshark.
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wireshark -k -i <(ssh -l root servername "dumpcap -P -w - -f 'not tcp port 22'")

lmitchell · 2015-08-10 05:22:36 8
Test remote SSH server status using telnet (no login required)

This command telnet and and looks for a line starting with "SSH" - works for OpenSSH since the SSH banner is something like "SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_6.0p1 Debian-4+deb7u3". Then it triggers an action accordingly. It can be packed as a script file to echo 0/1 indicating the SSH service availability: if [[ "$(sleep 1 | telnet -c <host> <port> 2>&1 | grep '^SSH')" == SSH* ]]; then echo 1; else echo 0; fi; Alternative uses: Trigger an action when server is UP (using &&): [[ "$(sleep 1 | telnet -c <host> <port> 2>&1 | grep '^SSH')" == SSH* ]] && <command when up> Trigger an action when server is DOWN (using ||): [[ "$(sleep 1 | telnet -c <host> <port> 2>&1 | grep '^SSH')" == SSH* ]] || <command when down>
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$if [[ "$(sleep 1 | telnet -c <host> <port> 2>&1 | grep '^SSH')" == SSH* ]]; then <command when up>; else <command when down>; fi;

paulera · 2016-02-02 13:06:51 16
ssh-keygen -b 4048 -t rsa -C "comment"

Generating ssh key then need to copy public key in to /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
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ssh-keygen -b 4048 -t rsa -C "comment"

erez83 · 2016-02-03 09:37:39 11
SSH socket

Creates socket from your local computer to remote server using SSH, easy to penetrate firewall if SSH is allowed.
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ssh -D localhost:8090 username@serve.com -f -N

rootshadow · 2016-02-09 10:50:01 22
analyze traffic remotely over ssh w/ wireshark

Commandline for windows + cygwin with specific interface and resolved ip.
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ssh root@server.com "tcpdump -i INTERFACE_NAME -U -nnn -s0 -w - 'port 80'" | /cygdrive/c/Program\ Files/Wireshark/Wireshark.exe -N mnNtCd -k -i -

artembeloglazov · 2016-03-02 13:42:29 12
having root on server, add user's public key to his keys (no password required)
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ssh-copy-id -i user_public_key.pub root@host

throwaway111 · 2016-05-09 19:32:11 10
having root on server, add user's public key to his keys (no password required)

There's no need to make this complicated. The command already exist in the form of ssh-copy-id.
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ssh-copy-id -i user_public_key.pub <user>@<remotehost>

rdtyn · 2016-05-16 15:54:00 9
Dump and compress a drive over ssh with current speeds

first line is the speed the uncompressed data is read, second line is the compressed data sent over ssh. change sdb to your target drive/partition to be backed up. change pbzip -c1 to suit your compression. and ssh to your target file. don't forget to run zerofree/fstrim first! Show Sample Output
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```
16.4GiB [17.1MiB/s] [40.8MiB/s]
3.64GiB [  11MiB/s] [9.04MiB/s]
```
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dd if=/dev/sdb | pv -rabc | pbzip2 -c1 | pv -rabc | ssh user@192.168.0.1 'cat > /dump.bz2'

sexyrms · 2016-06-19 23:27:03 11
Create a local compressed tarball from remote host directory

untar in place with out creating a temporary file
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ssh user@host "tar -zcf - /path/to/dir" | tar -xvz

sandeep048 · 2017-10-07 11:37:51 18
SFTP upload through HTTPS proxy

Overwrites remote file without asking! Uses HTTPS proxy that supports CONNECT. Actually uses SSH and not SFTP to upload the file.
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cat myFile.json | ssh root@remoteSftpServer -o "ProxyCommand=nc.openbsd -X connect -x proxyhost:proxyport %h %p" 'cat > myFile.json'

casueps · 2020-01-22 11:00:20 107
Infinite loop ssh

This version won't reconnect if you exit the ssh connection with a non-zero exit code. ConnectTimeout and sleep values knobs for how long to wait for each retry.
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h=root@localhost ; while ! ssh -o ConnectTimeout=5 $h true; do sleep 5; done; ssh $h

justsomeguy · 2022-03-05 06:48:06 361
monitor when target host will be up
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while true; do date; ssh <YOUR HOST HERE> "echo" && echo "HOST UP" && break; sleep 60; done

unixmonkey11685 · 2011-05-29 19:54:16 3
Function to bind MySQL hostport to forward remote MySQL connection to localhost.

Create a secure tunnelled connection for access to a remote MySQL database. For example, connect with MySQL Workbench to root@127.0.0.1:13306. Show Sample Output
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```
$ sshmysql [user@]remote-server
[1] 10653
```
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sshmysql() { ssh -L 13306:127.0.0.1:3306 -N $* & }

peterRepeater · 2011-09-01 10:21:55 8
Transfer files with rsync over ssh on a non-standard port.

Transfer files with rsync over ssh on a non-standard port, showing a progress bar and resuming partial transfers.
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rsync -P -e 'ssh -p PORT' SRC DEST

vickio · 2011-10-13 08:59:07 4
ssh hostchange know_host improver

If you work in an environment, where some ssh hosts change regularly this might be handy...
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sshostnew () {sed -i "$1d" $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts ; }

_john · 2011-11-07 10:33:04 10
Remove a line from a file using sed (useful for updating known SSH server keys when they change)

Easily removes line #2 in ~/.ssh/known_hosts. Show Sample Output
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perl -p -i -e 's/.*\n//g if $.==2' ~/.ssh/known_hosts

meappy · 2012-01-17 14:11:03 3
...if you have sudo access, you could just install ssh-copy-id (Mac users: take note. this is how you install ssh-copy-id )

Mac install ssh-copy-id From there on out, you would upload keys to a server like this: (make sure to double quote the full path to your key) ssh-copy-id -i "/PATH/TO/YOUR/PRIVATE/KEY" username@server or, if your SSH server uses a different port (often, they will require that the port be '2222' or some other nonsense: (note the double quotes on *both* the "/path/to/key" and "user@server -pXXXX"): ssh-copy-id -i "/PATH/TO/YOUR/PRIVATE/KEY" "username@server -pXXXX" ...where XXXX is the ssh port on that server
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sudo curl "http://hg.mindrot.org/openssh/raw-file/c746d1a70cfa/contrib/ssh-copy-id" -o /usr/bin/ssh-copy-id && sudo chmod 755 /usr/bin/ssh-copy-id

misterich · 2012-02-09 20:29:24 5
OSX Terminal helper with tab completion, ssh tunneling, and now screen re-attach

http://github.com/c3w/ash . a Ruby SSH helper script . reads a JSON config file to read host, FQDN, user, port, tunnel options . changes OSX Terminal profiles based on host 'type' USAGE: put 'ash' ruby script in your PATH modify and copy ashrc-dist to ~/.ashrc configure OSX Terminal profiles, such as "webserver", "development", etc run "ash myhostname" and away you go! v.2 will re-attach to a 'screen' named in your ~/.ashrc Show Sample Output
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```
$
```
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ash prod<tab>

c3w · 2012-05-12 19:51:02 8
remote ssh xdmcp session

ssh compresion -C option ... on slow connection VNC performs better but in local LAN native secure X protocol is an option Show Sample Output
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```
remote login screen
```
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ssh -XfC -c blowfish user@host Xephyr dpms -fullscreen -query localhost :5

hute37 · 2012-11-01 18:59:57 9
Add EC2 pem key to SSH

This command adds your pem key to SSH so that you no longer have to manually specify it when connecting to EC2 instances. # you can do this: ssh ec2-instance.amazonaws.com # instead of this: ssh -i ~/.ssh/KEY_PAIR_NAME.pem ec2-instance.amazonaws.com Show Sample Output
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```
Identity added: /Users/johndoe/.ssh/KEY_PAIR_NAME.pem (/Users/johndoe/.ssh/KEY_PAIR_NAME.pem)
```
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ssh-add ~/.ssh/KEY_PAIR_NAME.pem

brockangelo · 2012-11-03 02:59:52 5
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Query ip pools based on successive netnames via whois

Useful if you f.i. want to block/allow all connections from a certain provider which uses successive netnames for his ip blocks. In this example I used the german Deutsche Telekom which has DTAG-DIAL followed by a number as netname for the dial in pools. There are - as always ;) - different ways to do this. If you have seq available you can use $ net=DTAG-DIAL ; for i in `seq 1 30`; do whois -h whois.ripe.net $net$i | grep '^inetnum:' | sed "s;^.*:;$net$i;" ; done or without seq you can use bash brace expansion $ net=DTAG-DIAL ; for i in {1..30}; do whois -h whois.ripe.net $net$i | grep '^inetnum:' | sed "s;^.*:;$net$i;" ; done or if you like while better than for use something like $ net=DTAG-DIAL ; i=1 ; while true ; do whois -h whois.ripe.net $net$i | grep '^inetnum:' | sed "s;^.*:;$net$i;" ; test $i = 30 && break ; i=$(expr $i + 1) ; done and so on.

How many Linux and Windows devices are on your network?

Shows how many Windows and Linux devices are on your network. May add support for others, but that's all that are on my network right now.

Typing the current date ( or any string ) via a shortcut as if the keys had been actually typed with the hardware keyboard in any application.

That works in all softs, CLI or GUI... I don't want to waste time to all the time typing the same stuff . So, I have that command in my window manager shortcuts ( meta+l ). All the window managers have editable shortcuts AFAIK. If not, or you don't want to use it that way, you can easily use the xbindkeys soft. I you're using kde4, you can run : $ systemsettings then open "inputs actions" and create a new shortcut. For Gnome take a look there : http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-create-keyboard-shortcuts-in-gnome/ A more advanced one, with strings and newlines : $ xvkbd -xsendevent -text "---8

Kill any process with one command using program name

This will kill all. e.g. killall firefox

Randomize lines in a file

shuf is in the coreutils package

Automatic ssh Session Logger

A wrapper around ssh to automatically provide logging and session handling. This function runs ssh, which runs screen, which runs script. . The logs and the screen session are stored on the server. This means you can leave a session running and re-attach to it later, or from another machine. . . Requirements: * Log sessions on a remote server * Transparent - nothing extra to type * No installation - nothing to copy to the server beforehand . Features: * Function wrapper delegating to ssh - so nothing to remember - uses .ssh/config as expected - passes your command line option to ssh * Self-contained: no scripts to install on the server * Uses screen(1), so is: - detachable - re-attachable - shareable * Records session using script(1) * Configurable log file location, which may contain variables or whitespace L="$HOME" # local variable L="\$HOME" # server variable L="some space" . Limitations: * Log dir/file may not contain '~' (which would require eval on the server) . . The sessions are named by the local user connecting to the server. Therefore if you detach and re-run the same command you will reconnect to your original session. If you want to connect/share another's session simply run: $ USER=bob ssh root@server . The command above is stripped down to an absolute minimum. A fully expanded and annotated version is available as a Gist (git pastebin): https://gist.github.com/flatcap/3c42326abeb1197ee714 . If you want to add timing info to script, change the command to: $ ssh(){ L="\$HOME/logs/$(date +%F_%H:%M)-$USER";/usr/bin/ssh -t "$@" "mkdir -p \"${L%/*}\";screen -xRRS $USER script --timing=\"$L-timing\" -f \"$L\"";}

Find usb device in realtime

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

Limit the transfer rate and size of data over a pipe

This example will close the pipe after transferring 100MB at a speed of 3MB per second.

FizzBuzz in one line of Bash

The (in)famous "FizzBuzz" programming challenge, answered in a single line of Bash code. The "|column" part at the end merely formats the output a bit, so if "column" is not installed on your machine you can simply omit that part. Without "|column", the solution only uses 75 characters. The version below is expanded to multiple lines, with comments added. for i in {1..100} # Use i to loop from "1" to "100", inclusive. do ((i % 3)) && # If i is not divisible by 3... x= || # ...blank out x (yes, "x= " does that). Otherwise,... x=Fizz # ...set x to the string "Fizz". ((i % 5)) || # If i is not divisible by 5, skip (there's no "&&")... x+=Buzz # ...Otherwise, append (not set) the string "Buzz" to x. echo ${x:-$i} # Print x unless it is blanked out. Otherwise, print i. done | column # Wrap output into columns (not part of the test).

Convert a file from ISO-8859-1 (or whatever) to UTF-8 (or whatever)

I use it sometimes when I work on a french file transferred from a windows XP to a Debian-UTF8 system. Those are not correctly displayed: ? ? ? and so on $man tcs # for all charsets

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