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Put readline into vi mode

This lets you use your favorite vi edit keys to navigate your term. To set it permanently, put "set editing-mode vi" in your ~/.inputrc or /etc/inputrc.
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20

set -o vi

Viaken · 2009-03-20 16:29:03 17
Turns red the stderr output

Reference: http://stackoverflow.com/a/4455706 Show Sample Output
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```
color ls <non existent path>
```
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color()(set -o pipefail;"$@" 2>&1>&3|sed $'s,.*,\e[31m&\e[m,'>&2)3>&1

bkmeneguello · 2013-01-30 13:42:03 8
make image semi-transparent
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convert input.png -alpha set -channel A -fx 0.5 output.png

kev · 2011-08-25 16:12:38 36
Robust expansion (i.e. crash) of bash variables with a typo

By default bash expands an unbound variable to an empty string. This can be dangerous, if a critical variable name (a path prefix for example) has a typo. The -u option causes bash to treat this as an error, and the -e option causes it to exit in case of an error. These two together will make your scripts a lot safer against typos. The default behaviour can be explicitly requested using the ${NAME:-} syntax. A (less explicit) variation: #!/bin/bash -eu Show Sample Output
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```
$ cat safe-cacheclean.sh 
#!/bin/bash

set -eu
CACHEDIR=mycache
# a dangerous-looking typo, is /bin going to disappear:
rm -rf "$CACHEDI/bin"

$ ./safe-cacheclean.sh 
./safe-cacheclean.sh: line 7: CACHEDI: unbound variable
```
8

set -eu

wipu · 2010-04-07 11:54:40 9
prevents replace an existing file by mistake

Use set +o noclobber and you will be able to replace files again Show Sample Output
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```
$ > important
$ set -o noclobber
$ date >> important
$ date > important
bash: important: cannot overwrite existing file
```
7

set -o noclobber

vududevil · 2009-03-10 01:39:18 6
use vi key bindings at the command line
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5

set -o vi

nottings · 2009-02-19 18:40:44 5
Turn shell tracing and verbosity (set -xv) on/off with 1 command!

Turn shell tracing and verbosity (set -xv) on/off in any Bourne-type shell If either -x or -v is set, the function turns them both off. If neither is on, both are turned on.
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4

xv() { case $- in *[xv]*) set +xv;; *) set -xv ;; esac }

cfajohnson · 2010-02-14 20:57:29 4
Set a posix shell to echo all commands that it's about to execute, after all expansions have been done.

the 'set -x' mode can be exited by typing set +x Show Sample Output
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```
$ set -x
$ pwd
+ pwd
/tmp
$ asdf='x*'
+ asdf='x*'
$ cd ~
+ cd /home/tiger
$ find $OLDPWD -name "$asdf"
+ find /tmp -name 'x*'
...
```
3

set -x

bartonski · 2010-01-30 16:08:54 13
Change Random Wallpaper on Gnome 3

Change Random Wallpaper on Gnome 3
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gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri file://"$(find ~/Wallpapers -type f | shuf -n1)"

Bonster · 2011-10-21 12:24:58 8
Prevent overwriting file when using redirection

If you set noclobber to on, bash won't allow redirection to overwrite existing files . set -o noclobber command turn the option on (default it s off ) . You can still append information but not overwrite the file .to turn it back off use : $ set +o noclobber . I use it because i overwrite a file by accident , after thought , content of the file was very important , creating a one more file mean nothing for my hard disk (we are not anymore on the 64 k memory time) , but content of file is far much important . What we call exeprience :( Show Sample Output
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```
gnu@robby:/tmp$ set -o noclobber
gnu@robby:/tmp$ cat  tesk
dffd
gnu@robby:/tmp$ cat > tesk
bash: tesk : impossible d'?craser le fichier existant
gnu@robby:/tmp$ cat  tesk
dffd
gnu@robby:/tmp$ cat >> tesk
fdf
gnu@robby:/tmp$ cat  tesk
dffd
fdf
gnu@robby:/tmp$ 
```
2

set -o noclobber

eastwind · 2010-01-08 21:06:44 8
vi a new file with execution mode

vix /tmp/script.sh Open a file directly with execution permission. Put the function in your .bashrc You can also put this in your vimrc: command XX w | set ar | silent exe "!chmod +x %" | redraw! and open a new file like this: vi +XX /tmp/script.sh
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vix(){ vim +'w | set ar | silent exe "!chmod +x %" | redraw!' $@; }

dooblem · 2010-05-27 21:12:48 9
Put terminal into vi mode

For if you want to use vi key bindings in the terminal
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2

set -o vi

bman · 2013-01-08 11:21:52 10
Use vi commands to edit your command lines

If you spend all day editing in vi then switching your fingers to Emacs mode just for the command line can be difficult. Use set -o vi in your bash shell and enjoy the power of a real editor.
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1

set -o vi; ls -l jnuk<ESC>bCjunk

jonty · 2009-02-05 22:58:51 49
ignore hidden directory in bash completion (e.g. .svn)
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1

Add to ~/.inputrc: set match-hidden-files off

mikebd · 2009-07-20 14:31:04 3
List bash functions defined in .bash_profile or .bashrc

If you issue the "set" command, you'll see a list of variables and functions. This command displays just those functions' names. Show Sample Output
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```
$ set | fgrep " ()"
.. () 
cd () 
h () 
ld () 
pg () 
today ()
```
1

set | fgrep " ()"

haivu · 2009-10-22 17:48:54 6
Configuring proxy client on terminal without leaving password on screen or in bash_history

Prompts the user for username and password, that are then exported to http_proxy for use by wget, yum etc Default user, webproxy and port are used. Using this script prevent the cleartext user and pass being in your bash_history and on-screen Show Sample Output
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```
[bob@localhost ~]$ set-proxy
username[fred]: bob
password:
[bob@localhost ~]$ wget google.co.uk
--13:05:20--  http://google.co.uk/
           => `index.html'
Resolving webproxy... 192.168.1.3
Connecting to webproxy|192.168.1.3|:1234... connected.
Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [text/html]
13:05:20 (50.33 KB/s) - `index.html' saved [7381]
```
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set-proxy () { P=webproxy:1234; DU="fred"; read -p "username[$DU]:" USER; printf "%b"; UN=${USER:-$DU}; read -s -p "password:" PASS; printf "%b" "\n"; export http_proxy="http://${UN}:${PASS}@$P/"; export ftp_proxy="http://${UN}:${PASS}@$P/"; }

shadycraig · 2010-02-04 13:12:59 6
Turn shell tracing and verbosity (set -xv) on/off with 1 command!

Running this command turns shell tracing and shell verbose debugging on or off. Not only does it do that, it also uses your terminals builtin method of setting colors to make debugging much easier. It looks at the current shell options contained in the $- special bash variable and that lets this function set the opposite of the current value. So from the shell you could do a: setx; echo "y" | ( cat -t ) | echo "d"; setx and it will turn on debbuggin. This is an amazingly useful function that is perfect to add system-wide by adding it to /etc/profile or /etc/bashrc.. You can run it from the shell, and you can also use it in your shell scripts like my .bash_profile - http://www.askapache.com/linux-unix/bash_profile-functions-advanced-shell.html Show Sample Output
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```
[2:0:646][srot@host:pts/1][/opt/SOURCE/screen-4.0.3]
$ echo "ulimit `ulimit -a|sed -e 's/.*$-[a-z]$) $.*$/ \1 \2/g'|tr -d \\012`"
echo "ulimit `ulimit -a|sed -e 's/.*$-[a-z]$) $.*$/ \1 \2/g'|tr -d \\012`"
ulimit -a|sed -e 's/.*$-[a-z]$) $.*$/ \1 \2/g'|tr -d \012
>>> sed -e 's/.*$-[a-z]$) $.*$/ \1 \2/g'
>>> ulimit -a
>>> tr -d 012
>>> echo 'ulimit  -c
 -d unlimited
 -e
 -f unlimited
 -i 55648
 -l 3
 -m 37
 -n
 -p 8
 -q 89
 -r
 -s 4
 -t unlimited
 -u
 -v unlimited
 -x unlimited'
ulimit  -c
 -d unlimited
 -e
 -f unlimited
 -i 55648
 -l 3
 -m 37
 -n
 -p 8
 -q 89
 -r
 -s 4
 -t unlimited
 -u
 -v unlimited
 -x unlimited
```
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function setx(){ sed '/[xv]/!Q2' <<< $- && { set +xv; export PS4=">>> "; } || { export PS4="`tput setaf 3`>>> `tput sgr0`"; set -xv; }; }

AskApache · 2010-02-14 01:25:44 6
Countdown Clock

The biggest advantage over atoponce's nifty original is not killing the scrollback. Written assuming bash, but shouldn't be terribly difficult to port to other shells. S should be multiple spaces, but I can't get commandlinefu to save/show them properly, any help?
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function countdown { case "$1" in -s) shift;; *) set $(($1 * 60));; esac; local S=" "; for i in $(seq "$1" -1 1); do echo -ne "$S\r $i\r"; sleep 1; done; echo -e "$S\rBOOM!"; }

kniht · 2010-06-30 12:20:01 7
start a vnc server session to connect to a gdm login screen
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set $(ps -e o command= | grep "^/usr/bin/X "); while [ x"$1" != x"-auth" ]; do shift; done; sudo x11vnc -display :0 -auth "$2"

bandie91 · 2010-11-05 14:51:24 18
Mute speakers after an hour

Mutes the speakers after an hour, in case you fall asleep watching a video...
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sleep 3600; amixer set Master mute

kenbarbour · 2011-02-06 03:14:33 7
show hidden chars in vi
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1

set list / set nolist

EBAH · 2011-02-27 19:38:15 7
Change gnome-shell wallpaper
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1

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri 'file://<path-to-image>'

scripteles · 2011-06-05 15:38:16 7
Change the homepage of Firefox

Pros: Works in all Windows computers, most updated and compatible command. Cons: 3 liner Replace fcisolutions.com with your site name.
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set str=user_pref("browser.startup.homepage", "http://www.fcisolutions.com/"); cd = "%APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\*.default\" echo %str%>>prefs.js

Micool777 · 2012-05-30 18:50:15 4
parted - scripted partitioning (of all multipathed SAN LUNs)

`multipath -ll` requires Device Mapper multipath.conf configuration. And of course, replace "3PARdata,VV" with your disk array's SCSI vendor,LUN name. - GPT partition table allows you to create >2TB partitions
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for i in $(multipath -ll | grep "3PARdata,VV"|awk '{print $1}') ; do parted -a optimal /dev/mapper/$i --script -- mklabel gpt mkpart primary 1 -1 set 1 lvm on ; done

mhs · 2012-09-12 15:30:36 8
Play a random .avi file from a media tree

unsets variables used by the one-liner sets up the IFS bash variable to not be affected by whitespace and disables extra glob expansion uses read to slurp the results of the find command into an array selects an element of the array at random to be passed as an argument to mplayer
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unset files i; set -f; O=$IFS; while IFS= read -r -d $'\0' files[i++]; do :; done < <(find . -name '*.avi' -print0) && IFS=$O; set +f && echo "Running: mplayer \"${files[ $(( $RANDOM % ${#files[@]} )) ]}\""

DEinspanjer · 2009-02-18 16:53:57 8
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Find the 10 users that take up the most disk space

In OSX you would have to make sure that you "sudo -s" your way to happiness since it will give a few "Permission denied" errors before finally spitting out the results. In OSX the directory structure has to start with the "Users" Directory then it will recursively perform the operation. Your Lord and master, Mematron

Convert a bunch of HTML files from ISO-8859-1 to UTF-8 file encoding in a folder and all sub-folders

This is my first attempt at converting all HTML files to UTF-8 file encoding, including all subfolders. Theres probably a much more compact way to do it, but I'm quite proud of it with my windows background ;)

Uptime in minute

Want to run scripts/programs in the system after starting X minute [ For letting the system to free ]? This will give uptime in minute.

list files recursively by size

Find the most recent snapshot for an AWS EBS volume

Uses the python-based AWS CLI (https://aws.amazon.com/cli/) and the JSON query tool, JQ (https://stedolan.github.io/jq/)

Adding Prefix to File name

Good old bracket expansion :-) For large numbers of files, "rename" will spare you the for-loop, or the find/exec...

Display last exit status of a command

The variable ? contain the last exit status of a command, it can be printed for troubleshooting purpose.

grep certain file types recursively

doesn't do case-insensitive filenames like iname but otherwise likely to be faster

List only executables installed by a debian package

Maybe not clean with big package and too long argument. But return every file who can be executed.

Copy your ssh public key to a server from a machine that doesn't have ssh-copy-id

This one is a bit more robust -- the remote machine may not have an .ssh directory, and it may not have an authorized_keys file, but if it does already, and you want to replace your ssh public key for some reason, this will work in that case as well, without duplicating the entry.

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