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updatedb for MAC OSX

MAC OSX doesn't come with an updatedb command by default, this will emulate the updatedb thats on a typical Linux OS. Simply add it to your ~/.bash_profile
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alias updatedb="sudo /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb"

jhyland87 · 2013-01-21 17:46:57 6
Advanced ls using find to show much more detail than ls ever could

This alias is super-handy for me because it quickly shows the details of each file in the current directory. The output is nice because it is sortable, allowing you to expand this basic example to do something amazing like showing you a list of the newest files, the largest files, files with bad perms, etc.. A recursive alias would be: alias LSR='find -mount -printf "%.5m %10M %#9u:%-9g %#5U:%-5G %TF_%TR %CF_%CR %AF_%AR %#15s [%Y] %p\n" 2>/dev/null' From: http://www.askapache.com/linux/bash_profile-functions-advanced-shell.html Show Sample Output
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```
00644  -rw-r--r--  root:root      0:0     2013-02-06_08:13  2013-02-06_08:13  2012-11-04_22:23  3730      [f]  ./slim.log
00640  -rw-r-----  root:log       0:19    2013-02-06_08:13  2013-02-06_08:13  2013-01-09_19:12  7828      [f]  ./askapachetrace.log
00644  -rw-r--r--  root:root      0:0     2013-02-06_08:13  2013-02-06_08:13  2013-02-01_05:14  292584    [f]  ./lastlog
00640  -rw-r-----  root:log       0:19    2013-02-06_08:13  2013-02-06_08:13  2013-02-03_03:20  277216    [f]  ./kernel.log
00640  -rw-r-----  root:log       0:19    2013-02-06_08:13  2013-02-06_08:13  2013-02-03_03:20  3747      [f]  ./errors.log
00640  -rw-r-----  root:log       0:19    2013-02-06_08:13  2013-02-06_08:13  2013-02-03_03:20  8955      [f]  ./daemon.log
```
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alias LS='find -mount -maxdepth 1 -printf "%.5m %10M %#9u:%-9g %#5U:%-5G %TF_%TR %CF_%CR %AF_%AR %#15s [%Y] %p\n" 2>/dev/null'

AskApache · 2013-02-06 17:54:14 6
Polkit: Force KDE apps to always recognize your display

KDE apps expect certain variables to be set, and unfortunately pkexec doesn’t set them by default. So, by setting this alias, it becomes possible to run, e.g. “pkexec kate” or “pkexec dolphin” and it’ll actually run.
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alias pkexec=“pkexec env DISPLAY=$DISPLAY XAUTHORITY=$XAUTHORITY KDE_SESSION_VERSION=5 KDE_FULL_SESSION=true”

realkstrawn93 · 2023-04-13 05:37:36 312
Use color grep by default

Alias the grep command to show colored results by default.
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alias grep 'gnu grep -i --color=auto'

mnikhil · 2009-02-07 18:54:56 9
Find public IP when behind a random router (also see description)

Depends on GET. You can also replace GET with curl, or `wget -qO -` if GET isn't available.
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alias pubip='GET http://www.whatismyip.com/automation/n09230945.asp && echo'

abcde · 2009-02-13 04:38:19 7
relabel current konsole tab

usage: renam in a script you must replace $PPID with $(awk '{print $4}' /prod/$PPID/stat) Show Sample Output
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```
usage: rk "New Console Label"
```
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alias rk='d=$(dcop|grep $PPID) && s=$(dcop $d konsole currentSession) && dcop $d $s renameSession'

wwest4 · 2009-02-14 00:02:43 10
easy C shell math calculators

allows simple C shell access to the power of bc - never could figure out how to do the same thing with Bash - that's why I use tcsh most of the time. Show Sample Output
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```
$ calc 5*8.43
42.15
$ set pi=`xcalc 4*a(1)` ; echo $pi
3.14159265358979323844
# note error in last digit - should be 6 according to 
# http://www.greatplay.net/uselessia/articles/pi2-100.html
$ set h=20; set r=17.2 ; set v=`calc $pi*$h*$r^2`; echo $v
18588.17541276008863320179
$ calc 7.2*(18.2+3.98-2.04)
145.008
$ echo `calc 7/22` or `xcalc 7/22`
.3181 or .3181818181
```
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alias calc 'echo "scale=4;\!*"|bc -l'; alias xcalc 'echo "\!*"|bc -l'

boomer_tn · 2009-02-28 21:30:59 6
Alias for quick command-line volume set (works also remotely via SSH)

If you're addicted to command-line solutions of ordinary actions or if you just want to set your volume from bed via mobile phone SSH, you can set this alias and use it as setvol 50 for setting volume on 50% gain Works only with ALSA, tested on Ubuntu 8.10. Give me some info about your experience. TIP: Try aslo command "mute" to toggle mute/unmute sound. But I don't know if this works on all distros.
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alias setvol='aumix -v'

b2e · 2009-05-21 22:39:40 4
Go up multiple levels of directories quickly and easily.

Change to your taste. Much quicker than having to add 'cd' every time. Add it to your .bashrc or .bash_profile.
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alias ..="cd .."; alias ...="cd ../.."; alias ....="cd ../../.."

Tzunamii · 2009-10-30 01:04:33 5
Go up multiple levels of directories quickly and easily.
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alias ..="cd .." ...="cd ../.." ....="cd ../../.."

KevinM · 2009-11-04 01:39:29 4
Get size of terminal
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alias termsize='echo $COLUMNS x $LINES'

dbh · 2010-05-06 14:14:09 3
Alias to securely run X from tty and close that tty afterwards.

There are different ways to run X, I prefer to run it without xdm/gdm. The problem is you can't lock X because one can press Ctrl+Alt+F1, press Ctrl+Z and kill you X locking process. Of course you can disable Ctrl+Alt* or Ctrl+Alt+Backspace keys, but it's inconvinient if you really need to switch into console.
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alias onlyx='nohup startx & disown ; exit'

elementa13 · 2010-07-26 12:44:13 3
zsh suffix to inform you about long command ending

make, find and a lot of other programs can take a lot of time. And can do not. Supppose you write a long, complicated command and wonder if it will be done in 3 seconds or 20 minutes. Just add "R" (without quotes) suffix to it and you can do other things: zsh will inform you when you can see the results. You can replace zenity with other X Window dialogs program.
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alias -g R=' &; jobs | tail -1 | read A0 A1 A2 cmd; echo "running $cmd"; fg "$cmd"; zenity --info --text "$cmd done"; unset A0 A1 A2 cmd'

pipeliner · 2010-12-13 17:44:36 2
Quickly create an alias for changing into the current directory

Put the function in your .bashrc and use "map [alias]" to create the alias you want. Just be careful to not override an existing alias. Show Sample Output
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```
~ $ cd /some/deep/down/path/to/my/logs
logs $ map log
logs $ cd /some/other/path/to/my/configs
configs $ map conf
configs $ cd
~ $ log
logs $ conf
configs $
```
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map() { if [ "$1" != "" ]; then alias $1="cd `pwd`"; fi }

javidjamae · 2011-07-11 15:46:19 7
Easy way to scroll up und down to change to one of <i>n</i> last visited directories.

This alias is meant to append n (here is n=10) most recently used cd commands to the bottom of history file. This way you can easily change to one of previous visited directories simply by hitting 1-10 times arrow up key. Hint: You can make more aliases implying the same rule for any set of frequently used long and complex commands like: mkisof, rdesktop, gpg...
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alias cdd="history -a && grep '^ *[0-9]* *cd ' ~/.bash_history| tail -10 >>~/.bash_history && history -r ~/.bash_history"

knoppix5 · 2011-07-13 09:44:16 4
Tree based ps view "painted" by ccze
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alias cps="ps -u root U `whoami` --forest -o pid,stat,tty,user,command |ccze -m ansi"

crisidev · 2011-07-13 21:00:06 6
Creates a 'path' command that always prints the full path to any file

The command creates an alias called 'path', so it's useful to add it to your .profile or .bash_profile. The path command then prints the full path of any file, directory, or list of files given. Soft links will be resolved to their true location. This is especially useful if you use scp often to copy files across systems. Now rather then using pwd to get a directory, and then doing a separate cut and paste to get a file's name, you can just type 'path file' and get the full path in one operation. Show Sample Output
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```
path some_file.txt

/home/espider/some_directory/some_file.txt
```
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alias path="/usr/bin/perl -e 'use Cwd; foreach my \$file (@ARGV) {print Cwd::abs_path(\$file) .\"\n\" if(-e \$file);}'"

espider1 · 2012-01-18 01:40:05 10
move you up one directory quickly

Alias a single character 'b' to move to parent directory. Put it into your .bashrc or .profile file. Using "cd .." is one of the most repetitive sequence of characters you'll in the command line. Bring it down to two keys 'b' and 'enter'. It stands for "back" Also useful to have multiple: alias b='cd ../' alias bb='cd ../../' alias bbb='cd ../../../' alias bbbb='cd ../../../../' Show Sample Output
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```
~/foo $ b
~/ $
```
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alias b='cd ../'

deshawnbw · 2012-04-01 06:04:45 5
Hide files in ls, by adding support for .hidden files!

Sometimes I would like to see hidden files, prefix with a period, but some files or folders I never want to see (and really wish I could just remove all together). Show Sample Output
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```
ant@dev(/ntfs)# \ls -F
$RECYCLE.BIN/  System Volume Information/  Shared/

ant@dev(/ntfs)# cat .hidden
$RECYCLE.BIN
System Volume Information

ant@dev(/ntfs)# ls -F
Shared/
```
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alias ls='if [[ -f .hidden ]]; then while read l; do opts+=(--hide="$l"); done < .hidden; fi; ls --color=auto "${opts[@]}"'

expelledboy · 2012-08-12 13:10:23 5

ANSI 256 Color Test

Terminal Color tester using python, works with py2 and 3 Show Sample Output

alias colortest="python -c \"print('\n'.join([(' '.join([('\033[38;5;' + str((i + j)) + 'm' + str((i + j)).ljust(5) + '\033[0m') if i + j < 256 else '' for j in range(10)])) for i in range(0, 256, 10)]))\""

Paaskehare · 2012-10-26 07:43:06 4

Quickly create an alias for changing into the current directory
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function map() { [ -n "$1" ] && alias $1="cd `pwd`" || alias | grep "'cd "; }

b1067606 · 2013-01-11 13:32:26 4
Redirecting bash output into any X Window

bash output is inserted into the clipboard, then mousepad is started and the clipboard content is pasted. xsel and xdotool needs to be installed. Instead of the mousepad any other editor can be used. I've successfully tested the Sublime Text Editor and it opens a new tab for each new paste. Check Sample output for a usage example. This command is originated from here - http://goo.gl/0q9UT4 Show Sample Output
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```
dpkg -l | 2edit
```
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alias 2edit='xsel -b;n=pipe$RANDOM;xdotool exec --terminator -- mousepad $n -- search --sync --onlyvisible --name $n key --window %1 ctrl+v'

ichbins · 2013-08-11 06:18:31 10
A bash timer

Starts and shows a timer. banner command is a part of the sysvbanner package. Instead of the banner an echo or figlet commands could be used. Stop the timer with Ctrl-C and elapsed time will be shown as the result. Show Sample Output
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```
  ###     ###             ###    #####           #####  #
 #   #   #   #           #   #  #     #         #     # #    #
# #   # # #   #         # #   #       #               # #    #
#  #  # #  #  #         #  #  #  #####           #####  #######
#   # # #   # #   ###   #   # # #         ###         #      #
 #   #   #   #    ###    #   #  #         ###   #     #      #
  ###     ###     ###     ###   #######   ###    #####       #
```
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alias timer='export ts=$(date +%s);p='\''$(date -u -d @"$(($(date +%s)-$ts))" +"%H.%M.%S")'\'';watch -n 1 -t banner $p;eval "echo $p"'

ichbins · 2013-08-24 16:18:45 13
Print one . instead of each line

this version only uses shell builtins
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alias ...='while read line; do echo -n "."; done && echo ""'

fpunktk · 2014-03-17 17:34:19 7
git log with color and path

Cool alias that show a a better Git log Show Sample Output
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```
5e053e9 - 2014-05-02 - Claude B. > Merge pull request #754 from kengo/FunctionalityForBranchesToEditOu_105289813_pod
```
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alias gitlog='git log -10 --graph --date-order -C -M --pretty=format:"%C(yellow)%h%C(reset) - %C(bold green)%ad%C(reset) - %C(dim yellow)%an%C(reset) %C(bold red)>%C(reset) %C(white)%s%C(reset) %C(bold red)%d%C(reset) " --abbrev-commit --date=short'

deklau · 2014-05-08 09:43:55 8
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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"

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.

send DD a signal to print its progress

every 1sec sends DD the USR1 signal which causes DD to print its progress.

unbuffered tcpdump

Sometimes the question comes up: How to get unbuffered tcpdump output into the next program in the pipe? i.e. if your OS forces you to wait for the buffer to fill before the next program sees any of the output If you use -Uw- then you can't use -A (or -X or -XX) at the same time. When the question comes up, I've never seen anyone suggest this simple solution: chaining 2 tcpdump instances.

Using mplayer to play the audio only but suppress the video

Sometimes you only want to linsten the audio while output the video will be a waste of CPU resource and an annoying window. With option -vo null, you will enjoy the audio!

See a full list of compiler defined symbols

From http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2001/01/msg00971.html .

split a string (1)

Play awesome rythmic noise using aplay

Try modifying the numbers in the "(i*(i>>8|i>>9)&46&i>>8))^(i&i>>13|i>>6)" part. Crudely stolen from http://www.xkcdb.com/9067

Delete all flash cookies.

Maybe you want first check which files will be deleted: $ find $HOME -name '*.sol' -exec echo rm {} \;

Linux clear restrictions of a user's password

Command that clears the expiration restrictions of a user's password

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