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Find distro name and/or version/release

Works for most distributions, tested on Ubuntu, Fedora, CentOS, Gentoo, SUSE, RedHat. Debian and Slackware: cat /etc/*version Show Sample Output
This is sample output - yours may be different.
```
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=7.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=gutsy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 7.10"

[OR]

CentOS release 5.2 (Final)
```
10

cat /etc/*-release

sudopeople · 2009-02-26 08:22:01 27

Backup with versioning

Apart from an exact copy of your recent contents, also keep all earlier versions of files and folders that were modified or deleted. Inspired by EVACopy http://evacopy.sourceforge.net Show Sample Output

This is sample output - yours may be different.

pascalv@hp:~$ # Backup pictures and photos from my Samsung Galaxy

pascalv@hp:~$ backup() { source=$1 ; rsync --relative --force --ignore-errors --delete --backup --backup-dir=$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S) --whole-file -a -v --no-perms --chmod=ugo=rwX $source/ ~/Backup ; } ; backup /run/user/1000/gvfs/mtp\:host\=%5Busb%3A001%2C004%5D/Phone/DCIM/
sending incremental file list
(new) backup_dir is 20180807-211132
/run/user/1000/gvfs/mtp:host=%5Busb%3A001%2C004%5D/Phone/DCIM/
/run/user/1000/gvfs/mtp:host=%5Busb%3A001%2C004%5D/Phone/DCIM/Camera/
/run/user/1000/gvfs/mtp:host=%5Busb%3A001%2C004%5D/Phone/DCIM/Camera/20180625_192043.jpg
/run/user/1000/gvfs/mtp:host=%5Busb%3A001%2C004%5D/Phone/DCIM/Camera/20180625_192209.jpg
/run/user/1000/gvfs/mtp:host=%5Busb%3A001%2C004%5D/Phone/DCIM/Camera/20180701_194832.jpg
/run/user/1000/gvfs/mtp:host=%5Busb%3A001%2C004%5D/Phone/DCIM/Camera/20180703 IMG_4180.jpg
/run/user/1000/gvfs/mtp:host=%5Busb%3A001%2C004%5D/Phone/DCIM/Camera/20180703 IMG_4183.jpg
/run/user/1000/gvfs/mtp:host=%5Busb%3A001%2C004%5D/Phone/DCIM/Camera/20180703 IMG_4184.jpg
/run/user/1000/gvfs/mtp:host=%5Busb%3A001%2C004%5D/Phone/DCIM/Camera/20180704_114114.jpg
/run/user/1000/gvfs/mtp:host=%5Busb%3A001%2C004%5D/Phone/DCIM/Screenshots/

sent 147,393,695 bytes  received 781 bytes  11,791,558.08 bytes/sec
total size is 147,355,306  speedup is 1.00


pascalv@hp:~$ # Backup my documents in my home folder

pascalv@hp:~$ backup() { source=$1 ; rsync --relative --force --ignore-errors --no-perms --chmod=ugo=rwX --delete --backup --backup-dir=$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S) --whole-file -a -v $source/ ~/Backup ; } ; backup ~/Documents
sending incremental file list
(new) backup_dir is 20180807-213949
deleting home/pascalv/Documents/Test1
/home/pascalv/Documents/
/home/pascalv/Documents/Doc1
/home/pascalv/Documents/Doc2

sent 824 bytes  received 136 bytes  1,920.00 bytes/sec
total size is 143,084,616  speedup is 149,046.48

pascalv@hp:~$ ls ~/Backup/20180807-213949/home/pascalv/Documents
Test1
pascalv@hp:~$ # Evacuated file OK

backup() { source=$1 ; rsync --relative --force --ignore-errors --no-perms --chmod=ugo=rwX --delete --backup --backup-dir=$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)_Backup --whole-file -a -v $source/ ~/Backup ; } ; backup /source_folder_to_backup

pascalvaucheret · 2018-08-02 21:27:29 352

List all installed PERL modules by CPAN

This command will give you the detailed information about the installed perl modules i.e. installed path, Link type, version, files etc. Show Sample Output
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```
       Thu Jun 25 10:48:08 2009: "Module" IO::Dir::Recursive

       ?   "installed into: /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8"

       ?   "LINKTYPE: dynamic"

       ?   "VERSION: 0.03"

       ?   "EXE_FILES: "
```
3

perldoc perllocal

octopus · 2010-04-14 10:57:56 7
Show Mac OS X version information
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2

sw_vers

theoj · 2009-08-29 21:27:18 3
Make sure your script runs with a minimum Bash version

If you use new features of a certain Bash version in your shell script, make sure that it actually runs with the required version.
This is sample output - yours may be different.
1

if [ -z "${BASH_VERSINFO}" ] || [ -z "${BASH_VERSINFO[0]}" ] || [ ${BASH_VERSINFO[0]} -lt 4 ]; then echo "This script requires Bash version >= 4"; exit 1; fi

hfs · 2011-02-25 11:02:47 6
Displays the version of the Adobe Flash plugin installed

This is for Debian, simply change the path if your Flash plugin is installed elsewhere. Show Sample Output
This is sample output - yours may be different.
```
LNX 11,1,102,63
```
1

strings /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so |grep ^LNX

domicius · 2012-04-25 10:34:57 6
Backup with versioning
This is sample output - yours may be different.
1

& 'C:\cwRsync_5.5.0_x86_Free\bin\rsync.exe' --force --ignore-errors --no-perms --chmod=ugo=rwX --checksum --delete --backup --backup-dir="_EVAC/$(Get-Date -Format "yyyy-MM-dd-HH-mm-ss")" --whole-file -a -v "//MyServer/MyFolder" "/cygdrive/c/Backup"

pascalvaucheret · 2020-03-06 10:17:42 178
Check version of DNS Server

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```
maggie:~ root# nslookup -q=txt -class=CHAOS version.bind NS.PHX5.NEARLYFREESPEECH.NET
Server:		NS.PHX5.NEARLYFREESPEECH.NET
Address:	208.94.116.129#53
version.bind	text = "9.3.4-P1"
```
0

nslookup -q=txt -class=CHAOS version.bind NS.PHX5.NEARLYFREESPEECH.NET

unixmonkey4063 · 2009-06-02 19:54:24 5
Set Java home directory based on version for Mac OSX Yosemite

Useful if you have multiple versions of Java installed. The 1.7 pkg for Mac doesn't tell you anything about where it's putting stuff. Show Sample Output
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```
aperture:Resources aaronr$ echo $JAVA_HOME
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_79.jdk/Contents/Home
```
0

export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.7)

robinsonaarond · 2015-07-30 18:50:51 9
Display which distro is installed

Cleaner than the top alternative Show Sample Output
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```
Distributor ID:	Debian
Description:	Debian GNU/Linux 8.7 (jessie)
Release:	8.7
Codename:	jessie
```
0

test `uname` = Linux && lsb_release -a 2>/dev/null || ( test `uname` = SunOS && cat /etc/release || uname -rms )

amhhhhhhh · 2017-04-25 13:35:40 23
Find which version of Linux You are Running
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lsb_release -d

tebeka · 2009-05-07 16:19:04 9
Display which distro is installed

Found in comments section works on most Linux flavors. Show Sample Output
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```
LSB Version:	core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-noarch:core-2.0-ia32:core-3.0-ia32:desktop-3.1-ia32:desktop-3.1-noarch:graphics-2.0-ia32:graphics-2.0-noarch:graphics-3.1-ia32:graphics-3.1-noarch
Distributor ID:	SUSE LINUX
Description:	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (i586)
Release:	10
Codename:	n/a
```
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test `uname` = Linux && lsb_release -a || ( test `uname` = SunOS && cat /etc/release || uname -rms )

virtualshock · 2009-07-07 20:51:30 118

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To get the CPU temperature continuously on the desktop

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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"

dump 1KB of data from ram to file

about how using internal separate field and store file content on variable

download newest adminer and rename to it's version accordingly

If the version already downloaded. it will not download again

Show permissions of current directory and all directories upwards to /

NB not 'namei -m .', as it slices the path you give it.

Convert seconds to [DD:][HH:]MM:SS

Converts any number of seconds into days, hours, minutes and seconds. sec2dhms() { declare -i SS="$1" D=$(( SS / 86400 )) H=$(( SS % 86400 / 3600 )) M=$(( SS % 3600 / 60 )) S=$(( SS % 60 )) [ "$D" -gt 0 ] && echo -n "${D}:" [ "$H" -gt 0 ] && printf "%02g:" "$H" printf "%02g:%02g\n" "$M" "$S" }

Benchmark SQL Query

Benchmark a SQL query against MySQL Server. The example runs the query 10 times, and you get the average runtime in the output. To ensure that the query does not get cached, use `RESET QUERY CACHE;` on top in the query file.

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