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Equivalent to ifconfig -a in HPUX
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netstat -nr|egrep -v "Routing|Interface|lo0"|awk '{print $5}'|sort -u| while read l; do ifconfig $l ; echo " Station Addr: `lanscan -ia|grep "$l "|cut -d ' ' -f 1`" ; done

innominable · 2014-10-31 09:20:46 7
List only X byte files in the current directory

This will list all the files that are a gigabyte or larger in the current working directory. Change the G in the regex to be a M and you'll find all files that are a megabyte up to but not including a gigabyte. Show Sample Output
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```
1.8G	Desktop
4.9G	Documents
3.7G	Google Drive
1.4G	Library
 37G	VirtualBoxVMs
8.7G	src
```
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du -hs * |egrep -i "^(\s?\d+\.?\d+G)"

krizzo · 2014-12-09 15:23:21 9
Show a config file without comments

This will remove all blank lines and lines that start with # to use for commented ines (irrespective of where the # starts in the line).
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egrep -v "^$|^.*#" file

greatp123 · 2015-01-01 18:53:18 14
Show drive names next to their full serial number (and disk info)

This is much easier to parse and do something else with (eg: automagically create ZFS vols) than anything else I've found. It also helps me keep track of which disks are which, for example, when I want to replace a disk, or image headers in different scenarios. Being able to match a disk to the kernels mapping of said drive the disks serial number is very helpful ls -l /dev/disk/by-id Normal `ls` command to list contents of /dev/disk/by-id grep -v "wwn-" Perform an inverse search - that is, only output non-matches to the pattern 'wwn-' egrep "[a-zA-Z]{3}$" A regex grep, looking for three letters and the end of a line (to filter out fluff) sed 's/\.\.\/\.\.\///' Utilize sed (stream editor) to remove all occurrences of "../../" sed -E 's/.*[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}\s//' Strip out all user and permission fluff. The -E option lets us use extended (modern) regex notation (larger control set) sed -E 's/->\ //' Strip out ascii arrows "-> " sort -k2 Sort the resulting information alphabetically, on column 2 (the disk letters) awk '{print $2,$1}' Swap the order of the columns so it's easier to read/utilize output from sed 's/\s/\t/' Replace the space between the two columns with a tab character, making the output more friendly For large ZFS pools, this made creating my vdevs immeasurably easy. By keeping track of which disks were in which slot (spreadsheet) via their serial numbers, I was able to then create my vols simply by copying and pasting the full output of the disk (not the letter) and pasting it into my command. Thereby allowing me to know exactly which disk, in which slot, was going into the vdev. Example command below. zpool create tank raidz2 -o ashift=12 ata-... ata-... ata-... ata-... ata-... ata-... Show Sample Output
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```
sda     ata-Samsung_SSD_840_PRO_Series_SERIALSERIAL
sdb     ata-WDC_WD30EFRX-INFOINFOINFO
sdc     ata-WDC_WD30EFRX-INFOINFOINFO
sdd     ata-WDC_WD30EFRX-INFOINFOINFO
sde     ata-WDC_WD30EFRX-INFOINFOINFO
sdf     ata-WDC_WD30EFRX-INFOINFOINFO
```
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ls -l /dev/disk/by-id |grep -v "wwn-" |egrep "[a-zA-Z]{3}$" |sed 's/\.\.\/\.\.\///' |sed -E 's/.*[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}\s//' |sed -E 's/->\ //' |sort -k2 |awk '{print $2,$1}' |sed 's/\s/\t/'

lig0n · 2015-01-25 19:29:40 8
grep for 2 words existing on the same line

grep for 2 words existing on the same line
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egrep 'word1.*word2' --color /path/file.log |more

alissonf · 2015-04-28 15:09:45 9

How to capture ICAP headers with tcpdump

Human readable representation of the headers of an ICAP request, using tcpdump Show Sample Output

idodekov · 2015-05-29 12:58:27 9

List widescreen wallpapers in current dir

Checks if the aspect ratio is approximately 1.6 (16:10) or ~1.77777778 (16:9). Requires mpv_identify from mpv project https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/blob/master/TOOLS/mpv_identify.sh (this replaces mplayer -identify, or midentify) Show Sample Output
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```
video_aspect=1.778646
video_aspect=1.777778
```
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./mpv_identify.sh * | egrep '^video_aspect=1\.[67]'

Tatsh · 2015-09-29 05:47:07 11
Not able to data in tee on using dual command like: tail and grep
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tail -f log.txt | egrep --line-buffered 'WARN|ERROR' | tee filtered_output.txt

zarvis · 2015-09-29 11:12:52 9
checking if an IP is valid.
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echo $IP | egrep '^(([0-9]{1,2}|1[0-9][0-9]|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])\.){3}([0-9]{1,2}|1[0-9][0-9]|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])$'

andregyn62 · 2015-10-19 18:06:32 11
Search for files with non-Unix line endings
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egrep -l $'\r'\$ *

swarzynski · 2015-11-19 10:57:47 11
Count relevant lines of shell code in a git repo

Uses git grep for speed, relies on a valid she-bang, ignores leading whitespace when stripping comments and blank lines Show Sample Output
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```
% egrep -v '^\s*($|#)' $(git grep -l '#!/bin/.*sh' *) | wc -l
14079
```
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egrep -v '^\s*($|#)' $(git grep -l '#!/bin/.*sh' *) | wc -l

Natureshadow · 2016-02-15 11:15:48 15
Erase Logs / Cache
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bleachbit -l | egrep 'cache|log' | xargs bleachbit -c

renous · 2016-02-28 15:20:47 12
Btrfs: Find file names with checksum errors

debian kernel 4.4.6 Show Sample Output
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```
images/10000/vm-10000-disk-1.raw
images/8001/BUGBTRFS/vm-8001-disk-2.raw
images/9003/vm-9003-disk-2.raw.crash.btrfs
```
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grep "checksum error at logical" /var/log/messages | egrep -o "[^ ]+$" | tr -d ')' | sort | uniq

andrefalgon · 2016-04-30 09:13:36 8
Calculate comment density of shell scripts in a directory

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```
7882 lines = 7576 sloc [96%] + 306 comments [3%]
```
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dir=/rom; a=$(find $dir -name \*.sh -exec cat '{}' \; | egrep -cv '^[[:space:]]*#'); b=$(find $dir -name \*.sh -exec cat '{}' \; | egrep -c '^[[:space:]]*#'); echo $((a+b)) lines = ${a} sloc [$((a*100/(a+b)))%] + ${b} comments [$((b*100/(a+b)))%]

koniu · 2016-05-19 08:35:56 86
Extract binary from .text section (shellcode)

Extracts the binary from the .text section and escapes it. This puts it in a form ready to use in a program. Show Sample Output
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```
\x31\xd2\x31\xc9\xbb\xb4\x90\x04\x08\xb0\x05\xcd\x80\xb2\x10\xb9\xc4\x90\x04\x08\x89\xc3\xb0\x03\xcd\x80\x89\xdf\xb2\x10\xb9\xc4\x90\x04\x08\xb3\x01\xb0\x04\xcd\x80\x89\xfb\xb0\x06\xcd\x80\xb0\x01\xcd\x80
```
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objdump -d -j .text ExeHere | grep -e '^ ' | tr '[[:space:]]' '\n' | egrep '^[[:alnum:]]{2}$' | xargs | sed 's/ /\\x/g' | sed -e 's/^/\\x/g'

keyboardsage · 2016-09-11 07:15:00 16
uncompress file that is compressed multiple times

Abort/Break with CTRL-C when no output is shown anymore (break while true loop). Show Sample Output
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```
bunzip2: Can't guess original name for error.log.0.bz2.0.bz2.0 -- using error.log.0.bz2.0.bz2.0.out
bunzip2: Can't guess original name for error.log.0.bz2.0.bz2.0.out -- using error.log.0.bz2.0.bz2.0.out.out
bunzip2: Can't guess original name for error.log.0.bz2.0.bz2.0.out.out -- using error.log.0.bz2.0.bz2.0.out.out.out
```
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while true; do for bzipfile in $(file *|egrep bzip2|awk '{print $1'}|cut -d':' -f1); do bunzip2 $bzipfile; done; done

tapestreamer · 2016-12-12 16:12:18 15
Check spelling of word using regex

Runs on at least MacOS Sierra (in Bash) Show Sample Output
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```
compatibility
```
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egrep "^compat.bility$" /usr/share/dict/words

demonzrulaz · 2017-02-24 05:20:40 17
Print file excluding comments and blank lines
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egrep -v '^$|^#' /etc/sysctl.conf

imjoseangel · 2017-04-17 20:23:09 24
Do mathematical operation on every line of a given file for the first value found to be replaced (other lines stay untouched)

The given file may contain any kind of characters. This is compatible for most simple mathematical operation. For the first number found, it will be replaced by the result of a factor operation of 1000. To change the filename or multiplactor or number regular expression, change the first fixed values. Show Sample Output
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```
For a given filename such as test.csv, a new filename new_test.csv will be created containing the new values after the math operation.
command source: cat test.csv
command output: cat new_test.csv
```
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n=1000;f="test.csv";r='([0-9]+.{0,1}[0-9]*)';echo -n "" > new_${f};cat $f | while read l;do val=`echo $l | egrep -o $r` ; if [ ! -z $val ];then newval=`echo $val \* $n | bc -l`;l=`echo $l | sed "s/$val/$newval/"`;fi;echo $l >> new_${f};unset val;done

s333 · 2017-04-26 18:04:07 19
Cat without comment
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cat /etc/squid/squid.conf | egrep -v "(^#.*|^$)"

tofu00 · 2017-11-29 10:16:49 41
check virt is available
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egrep -c '(vmx|svm)' /proc/cpuinfo

aysadk · 2017-12-03 22:48:04 22
Sort installed package on ArchLinux from low to high
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pacman -Qi | egrep '^(Name|Installed)' | cut -f2 -d':' | paste - - | column -t | sort -nk 2 | grep MiB

tianyu · 2019-04-21 05:19:56 37
InnoDB related parameters
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mysqladmin variables | egrep '(innodb_log_file|innodb_data_file)'

shantanuo · 2020-02-19 10:24:52 77
Change Windows line endings to Unix version

https://www.howtogeek.com/771399/how-to-use-the-find-command-in-linux/
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find . -type f -regex '.*\.$cpp\|h$' -exec egrep -l $'\r'\$ {} \; | xargs dos2unix

swarzynski · 2022-08-02 09:28:38 1125
Extract raw URLs from a file
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egrep -ie "<*HREF=(.*?)>" index.html | awk -F\" '{print $2}' | grep ://

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I finally found out how to use notify-send with at or cron

The simplest way to do it. Works for me, at least. (Why are the variables being set?)

Stat each file in a directory

This will run stat on each file in the directory.

set your ssd disk as a non-rotating medium

if you still get a permissions error using sudo, then nano the file: sudo nano -w /sys/block/sdb/queue/rotational and change 1 to 0 this thread: http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showpost.php?p=369836&postcount=15 says that this will "help the block layer to optimize a few decisions"

resize(1/2) the image using imagemagick

Get AWS temporary credentials ready to export based on a MFA virtual appliance

You might want to secure your AWS operations requiring to use a MFA token. But then to use API or tools, you need to pass credentials generated with a MFA token. This commands asks you for the MFA code and retrieves these credentials using AWS Cli. To print the exports, you can use: `awk '{ print "export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=\"" $1 "\"\n" "export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=\"" $2 "\"\n" "export AWS_SESSION_TOKEN=\"" $3 "\"" }'` You must adapt the command line to include: * $MFA_IDis ARN of the virtual MFA or serial number of the physical one * TTL for the credentials

List the Sizes of Folders and Directories

kde4 lock screen command

If you wish to launch the kde4 screen saver without the password prompt to exit, use this command: $ qdbus org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver /ScreenSaver org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver.SetActive True Also can be done with: $ /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/kscreenlocker --forcelock

clone directory structure

dir1 and all its subdirs and subdirs of subdirs ... but *no files* will be copied to dir2 (not even symbolic links of files will be made). To preserve ownerships & permissions: $ cp -Rps dir1 dir2 Yes, you can do it with $ rsync -a --include '*/' --exclude '*' /path/to/source /path/to/dest too, but I didn't test if this can handle attributes correctly (experiment rsync command yourself with --dry-run switch to avoid harming your file system) You must be in the parent directory of dir1 while executing this command (place dir2 where you will), else soft links of files in dir2 will be made. I couldn't find how to avoid this "limitation" (yet). Playing with recursive unlink command loop maybe? PS. Bash will complain, but the job will be done.

Recursively move folders/files and preserve their permissions and ownership perfectly

Stamp a text line on top of the pdf pages.

To quickly add some remark, comment, stamp text, ... on top of (each of) the pages of the input pdf file.

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