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search for a file in PATH

Also searches for aliases and shell builtins Show Sample Output
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```
root@fs3:~# type nvgui
nvgui is /usr/bin/nvgui
root@serv:~# type rm
rm is /bin/rm
root@fs3:~# type alias
alias is a shell builtin
root@serv:~# 
```
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type <filename>

danam · 2009-09-14 09:37:23 5
search for a file in PATH
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1

which <filename>

Hal_Pomeranz · 2009-09-12 00:51:24 5
Rerun a command until there are no changes, but no more than N times.

The example runs 'puppet' in a loop for 10 times, but exits the loop before if it returns 0 (that means "no changes on last run" for puppet).
This is sample output - yours may be different.
0

for times in $(seq 10) ; do puppet agent -t && break ; done

funollet · 2013-04-03 14:24:36 7
search for a file in PATH

Searches in order of the directories of $PATH. Stops after finding the entry; looks for only that fileName. Works in Bourne, Korn, Bash and Z shells. Show Sample Output
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```
/usr/local/bin/fileName
```
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for L in `echo :$PATH | tr : '\n'`; do F=${L:-"."}/fileName; if [ -f ${F} -o -h ${F} ]; then echo ${F}; break; fi; done

arcege · 2009-09-11 16:14:36 3

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Recursivly search current directory for files larger than 100MB

rsync with progress bar.

transfer files from localhost to a remotehost.

Watch the disk fill up

While copying a large file that may take up a good chunk of your hard drive, start the copy and run this command concurrently. It will print out the disk information every second. It's pretty handy when you have a large copy with nothing to monitor the progress.

send echo to socket network

Using netcat, usuallly installed on debian/ubuntu. Also to test against a sample server the following two commands may help echo got milk? | netcat -l -p 25 python -c "import SocketServer; SocketServer.BaseRequestHandler.handle = lambda self: self.request.send('got milk?\n'); SocketServer.TCPServer(('0.0.0.0', 25), SocketServer.BaseRequestHandler).serve_forever()"

Generate a (compressed) pdf from images

use imagemagik convert

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"

Ping sweep without NMAP

Waits for all pings to complete and returns ip with mac address

send echo to socket network

this command will send a message to the socket 25 on host 192.168.1.2 in tcp. works on udp and icmp understand only IP address, not hostname. on the other side (192.168.1.2), you can listen to this socket and test if you receive the message. easy to diagnose a firewall problem or not.

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.

Unmount all CIFS drives

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