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Create a directory and cd into it

Make it a reusable function and add the -p flag to mkdir to create directories recursively usage: mydir some/dir/to/create
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mydir(){mkdir -p $1 && cd $1}

m0jumb0 · 2011-04-06 15:03:33 3
cd to (or operate on) a file across parallel directories

ksh's version of cd has an optional syntax where you can type "cd old new" and it will replace "old" with "new" in your current directory and take you there. This is very handy when you have a parallel directory structure, like source and object directories. As suggested, you can just type cd ${PWD/old/new} to get this in bash, but this function in your .bashrc will let you type the ksh cd syntax and avoid typing the special characters while preserving other cd functionality. Show Sample Output
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```
splante@guinness:/tmp/src/x/y/z/> cd src obj
splante@guinness:/tmp/obj/x/y/z/> cd obj src
splante@guinness:/tmp/src/x/y/z/> 
```
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cd () { cdop=""; while [ "$1" != "${1#-}" ]; do cdop="${cdop} ${1}"; shift; done; if [ $# -eq 2 ]; then newdir="${PWD/$1/$2}"; [ -d "${newdir}" ] || { echo "no ${newdir}"; return 1; }; builtin cd $cdop "${newdir}"; else builtin cd $cdop "$@"; fi }

splante · 2011-04-07 14:36:26 3
Recursive script to find all epubs in the current dir and subs, then convert to mobi using calibre's ebook-convert utility

finds all epub files in the current directory and all child directories and converts them to .mobi format. all of the ebook-convert -options are optional; the only parameters you are required to pass are the incoming file and the outgoing file, with the extension. Has been tested on Ubuntu 10.10
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find $PWD -type d | while read "D"; do cd "$D"; for filename in *.epub;do ebook-convert "$filename" "${filename%.epub}.mobi" --prefer-author-sort --output-profile=kindle --linearize-tables --smarten-punctuation --asciiize;done ;done

rsimpson · 2011-04-19 15:51:50 9
Find out the starting directory of a script

I submitted a command like this without $0 if $BASH_SOURCE is unset. Therefor, it did only work when using ./script, not using 'sh script'. This version handles both, and will set $mydir in a script to the current working directory. It also works on linux, osx and probably bsd.
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mydir=$(cd $(dirname ${BASH_SOURCE:-$0});pwd)

xeor · 2011-04-27 16:33:38 4
Persistent saving of iptables rules

Should run with sudo
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cd /etc/network/if-up.d && iptables-save > firewall.conf && echo -e '#!/bin/sh -e\niptables-restore < $(dirname $0)/firewall.conf' > iptables && chmod a+x iptables

pkufranky · 2011-05-01 03:23:26 3
use md5sum -c recursively through subdirectory tree when every directory has its own checksum file

extracts path to each md5 checksum file, then, for each path, cd to it, check the md5sum, then cd - to toggle back to the starting directory. greps at the end to remove cd chattering on about the current directory.
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for i in $(find . -name *md5checksum_file* | sed 's/$\.\/.*$md5checksum_file.txt/\1/'); do cd "$i"; md5sum -c "md5checksum_file.txt"; cd -; done | tee ~/checksum_results.txt | grep -v "<current directory>"

gocoogs · 2011-05-17 01:08:44 3
Add DuckDuckGo Search as search provider on gnome-shell

Add DuckDuckGo Search as search provider on gnome-shell/gnome3 . Needs root permission. To see the results, use alt+f2 and then type r.
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cd /usr/share/gnome-shell/search_providers/ && cat google.xml | sed "s/www.google.com\/search/duckduckgo.com\//; s/Google/DuckDuckGo/g" > duckduckgo.xml

scripteles · 2011-05-27 22:07:36 5
Power cd - Add a couple of useful features to 'cd'

Move efficiently between directories. . This command adds a couple of extra features to cd, without affecting normal use. CDPATH use is also unaffected. It introduces and environment variable CDDIR which is used as an alternate home directory. . Note: I don't want to alter $HOME because then all my dot files will move. . Examples: . cd dir Change directory to "dir" (using CDPATH if necessary) . cd dir/file.txt Change directory to "dir" (containing folder of "file.txt") This allows you to cut'n'paste, or use . CDDIR is unset cd Change directory to $HOME . CDDIR=/home/flatcap/work cd Change directory to /home/flatcap/work . For convenience, put the command, and the following, in your .bashrc or .bash_profile export CDDIR="/home/flatcap/work" alias cdd="CDDIR=$(pwd)" Show Sample Output
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```
~$ export CDDIR=/home/flatcap/work
~$ cd
~/work$ unset CDDIR
~/work$ cd
~$
```
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cd() { if [ -n "$1" ]; then [ -f "$1" ] && set -- "${1%/*}"; else [ -n "$CDDIR" ] && set -- "$CDDIR"; fi; command cd "$@"; }

flatcap · 2011-06-24 08:48:13 10
tar's and moves all contents of current directory to target dir
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tar cf - . |(cd /targetdir; tar xvf -)

jamomu · 2011-07-13 05:03:58 3
Backup entire system

Backup your entire system on a tar ball file format.
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cd / ; tar -cvpzf backup.tar.gz --exclude=/backup.tar.gz --exclude=/proc --exclude=/lost+found --exclude=/sys --exclude=/mnt --exclude=/media --exclude=/dev /

strzel_a · 2011-07-20 15:44:07 5
Tar Pipe

Simple tar pipe to be used to copy directories while including hidden files and maintaining file permissions
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(cd src && tar -cf - .) | (cd dest && tar -xpf -)

Cowboy · 2011-09-22 11:30:57 63

view all console fonts

Testing in a TTY terminal , not emulator . Show Sample Output

#!/bin/bash cd /usr/share/consolefonts/; for i in * ; do setfont; echo "testing >> $i << font" ; setfont $i ; showconsolefont ; sleep 5 ; clear ; done

ambagasdowa · 2011-10-25 01:14:48 7

Copy files from one tree to another (say, project to project) while preserving their directory structure.

Let's say you have a set of files in tree A that you want duplicated to tree B while preserving their directory structure / hierarchy. (For example, you might want to copy your 'profile' model/views/controller from one Rails application to another.) The "pax" command will copy all matching files to the destination while creating any necessary directories.
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cd ~/ruby/project_a ; find . -name "*profile*" -exec pax -rw {} ~/ruby/project_b/ \;

cbpowell · 2011-11-10 21:18:15 3
Get full directory path of a script regardless of where it is run from

Sometimes you need the full path to your script, regardless of how it was executed (which starting directory) in order to maintain other relative paths in the script. If you attempt to just use something simple like: STARTING_DIR="${0%/*}" you will only get the relative path depending on where you first executed the script from. You can get the relative path to the script (from your starting point) by using dirname, but you actually have to change directories and print the working directory to get the absolute full path. Show Sample Output
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```
[bbbco@bbbco-dt scripts]$ vi startingdir.sh
-----------------
#!/bin/bash
echo $(cd $(dirname $0) && pwd)

-----------------

[bbbco@bbbco-dt scripts]$ ./startingdir.sh 
/home/bbbco/scripts
[bbbco@bbbco-dt scripts]$ cd ..
[bbbco@bbbco-dt ~]$ scripts/startingdir.sh 
/home/bbbco/scripts
[bbbco@bbbco-dt ~]$ cd Downloads/
[bbbco@bbbco-dt Downloads]$ /home/bbbco/scripts/startingdir.sh 
/home/bbbco/scripts
[bbbco@bbbco-dt Downloads]$ 
```
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STARTING_DIR=$(cd $(dirname $0) && pwd)

bbbco · 2011-11-30 17:35:15 5
mkdir and cd

Creates a directory and then cds into it directly Show Sample Output
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mkdircd /tmp/subdir1/subdir2/subdir3
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function mkdircd () { mkdir -p "$@" && eval cd "\"\$$#\""; }

ankush108 · 2012-06-26 17:19:16 4
Substring directory name match cd

If you have long and complicated folder names this might ease your work. add this into .bashrc Show Sample Output
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```
$ pwd
/tmp/test

$ ls -1
folder
application
backup

$ ccd up

$ pwd
/tmp/test/backup
```
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ccd () { cd *$1*; }

saturation · 2012-07-01 10:46:06 5
change to the previous working directory

as alternative to cd $OLDPWD
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cd -

Blaskovic · 2012-07-04 22:34:47 3
Autocomplete directories (CWDs) of other ZSH processes

It gives a 'xcd' command for changing directory to one of CWDs of other ZSH processes (typically running in a terminal emulator). Useful for single-windowed terminal emulators like XTerm or Rxvt which don't have ability to pass CWD of one shell to another. Show Sample Output
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```
$ xcd<TAB>
/home/artur                   /proc
/home/artur/Projects          /usr/src/vim  
```
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function _xterm_cwds() { for pid in $(pidof -- -zsh) $(pidof zsh); do reply+=$(readlink /proc/$pid/cwd) done }; function xcd() { cd $1 }; compctl -K _xterm_cwds xcd

aartur · 2012-07-12 19:59:46 4
Directory management

I realise that this is just a reiteration of another entry (regardless of whether I came up with all this all by myself), but I would like present my additional alias' in context as a method of managing your directories. Rather convenient.
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alias md='mkdir -p'; alias rd='rmdir'; mcd () { mkdir "$@" && cd "$_"; }

expelledboy · 2012-08-12 12:54:51 7
bash/ksh function: given a file, cd to the directory it lives

Had trouble with the other function, because of missing semicolons. (According to my bash on OS X)
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function cdf () { [ -f $1 ] && { cd $(dirname $1); } || { cd $1 ; }; pwd; };

Josso · 2012-09-08 10:50:58 6
Changes dir to $1 and executes ls. As simple as useful

Changes dir to $1 and executes ls. As simple as useful Show Sample Output
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```
# cd /etc/redhat-lsb/
lsb_killproc  lsb_log_message  lsb_pidofproc  lsb_start_daemon
```
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cd () { command cd $1 && ls ; }

olopopo · 2012-09-27 08:49:07 4
Convert metasploit cachedump files to Hashcat format for cracking
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cd ~/.msf4/loot && cat *mscache* | cut -d '"' -f 2,4 | sed s/\"/\:/g | tr -cd '\11\12\40-\176' | grep -v Username | cut -d : -f 1,2 | awk -F':' '{print $2,$1}' | sed 's/ /:/g' > final.dcc.hash

purehate · 2012-11-26 02:10:08 6
move up through directories faster (set in your /etc/profile or .bash_profile)

Here's an alternative if you don't have seq.
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function up { i=$1; while [ $((i--)) -gt 0 ]; do cd ../ && pwd; done }

putnamhill · 2013-01-18 20:56:11 4
cd Nst subdir
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cd $(ls -1 | sed -n '<N>p')

davidp670 · 2013-01-29 22:16:57 4
Recursively unrar in different folders

In order to unrar several files in different subfolders, you just need to launch this command in your parent folder in order to have your files ready for manipulation and already extracted; I did not put anything to delete the original rar files
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for i in `ls` ; do cd $i ; pwd; for f in `ls *.rar` ; do unrar e $f ; done ; cd .. ; done

Avelinux · 2013-03-06 19:23:58 7
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watch snapshots commit in VMware ESX

To monitor .vmdk files during snapshot deletion (commit) on ESX only (ESXi doesn't have the watch command): 1. Navigate to the VM directory containing .vmdk files. # watch "ls -tough --full-time *.vmdk" where: -t sorts by modification time -o do not list group information (to narrow the output) -u sorts by access time -g only here for the purpose to easily remember the created mnemonic word 'tough' -h prints sizes in human readable format (e.g., 1K 234M 2G) --full-time sets the time style to full-iso and does not list user information (to narrow the output) optionally useful parameters to the watch command: -d highlight changes between updates -n seconds to wait between updates (default is 2) -t turn off printing the header

Create backup copy of file, adding suffix of the date of the file modification (NOT today's date)

Application network trace based on application name

This command takes an application name as an argument and then it will listen to the tcp traffic and capture packets matching the process Id of the application. The output shows: local address / local port / Remote Address / Remote port / State / Owning Process ID

Download all default installed apk files from your android.

Dump HTTP header using wget

Let me suggest using wget for obtaining the HTTP header only as the last resort because it generates considerable textual overhead. The first ellipsis of the sample output stands for Spider mode enabled. Check if remote file exists. --2009-03-31 20:42:46-- http://www.example.com/ Resolving www.example.com... 208.77.188.166 Connecting to www.example.com|208.77.188.166|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... and the second one looks for Length: 438 [text/html] Remote file exists and could contain further links, but recursion is disabled -- not retrieving.

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"

List recorded formular fields of Firefox

When you fill a formular with Firefox, you see things you entered in previous formulars with same field names. This command list everything Firefox has registered. Using a "delete from", you can remove anoying Google queries, for example ;-)

Recursive find and replace file extension / suffix (mass rename files)

Find recursively all files in ~/Notes with the extension '.md' and pipe that via xargs to rename command, which will replace every '.md' to '.txt' in this example (existing files will not be overwritten).

Check wireless link quality with dialog box

The variable WIRELESSINTERFACE indicates your wireless interface

total text files in current dir

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