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Kill multiple instances of a running process

Find and kill multiple instances of a process with one simple command.
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pgrep rouge-process | xargs sudo kill -9

mheadd · 2010-05-09 22:30:05 6

Send packet by ping

sending packet by ping if sending more high packet root needed... Show Sample Output

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sudo ping -f -c 999 -s 4500 target.com

gunslinger_ · 2010-07-11 16:38:44 13

Suspend to ram

It suspends to RAM: you always need your batteries for the RAM but it saves time as there is no need to slowly archive everything on your hard disk. It works fine with me but if anyone has a nicer way, please contribute.
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sudo /etc/acpi/sleep.sh sleep

jmfork · 2010-08-03 23:54:49 3
Open file with sudo when there is no write-permission

Like the http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/6327/open-file-with-sudo-when-there-is-no-write-permission, but works (in zsh; my commandlinefu is not strong enough to understand why bash don't like it) with vim options, like -O, and many input files. There could be other mistakes.
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vi2() {for i in $@; do [ -f "$i" ] && [ ! -w "$i" ] && sudo vim $@ && return; done; vim $@}

pipeliner · 2010-08-15 10:00:14 3
sudo for launching gui apps in background

Take advantage of sudo keeping you authenticated for ~15 minutes. The command is a little longer, but it does not require X (it can run on a headless server).
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sudo ls ; sudo gedit /etc/passwd &

aporter · 2010-10-05 21:01:34 5
uninstall Air on Ubuntu
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sudo dpkg -P $(dpkg -l | grep -i adobeair)

xmonkey · 2010-11-02 14:09:16 4
Convert .wav audio files to .gsm forman
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sudo sox <file name>.wav -r 8000 <file name>.gsm

tkembo · 2011-08-11 07:29:14 4
Convert .wav audio files to .gsm format
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sudo sox <file name>.wav -r 8000 <file name>.gsm

tkembo · 2011-08-11 07:29:16 4
Enable lxdm login manager in linux
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sudo systemctl enable lxdm

unixmonkey57489 · 2013-05-16 14:44:55 6
Chmod directories to add executable & read permission to the group safely
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sudo chmod -R g=u-w,g+X *

mudiarto · 2009-03-27 23:27:12 5

Remove packages by pattern on debian and based systems

Useful for removes a package and its depends, for example to remove the gnome desktop environment, also configuration files will be removed, you should be carefully and sure that you want to do this. Show Sample Output

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sudo apt-get remove --purge `dpkg -l | awk '{print $2}' | grep gnome` && apt-get autoremove

kelevra · 2009-04-28 10:34:42 14

Shows users and 'virtual users' on your a unix-type system

Most systems (at least my macbook) have system users defined, such as _www and using "users" for example will not list them. This command allows you to see who the 'virtual' users are on your system. Show Sample Output
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```
USER
_mdnsresponder
_mysql
_postfix
_spotlight
_usbmuxd
_windowserver
_www
couchdb
daemon
lloyd
root
```
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sudo lsof|sed 's/ */ /g'|cut -f3 -d' '|sort -u

binaryten · 2010-07-07 08:20:28 7
Visit wikileaks.com

This one is a little bit easier for those of us that aren't always root.
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echo 213.251.145.96 wikileaks.com | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts

matthewbauer · 2010-12-13 03:31:07 3
Wait a moment and then Power off

You can easily stop shutdowning process by CTRL+C
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sudo shutdown 3600 -P

unixmonkey45290 · 2013-04-14 16:14:23 5
reloads sound when it stop playing

if you lose your sound, this will restart alsa and you will get your sound back
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sudo alsa force-reload

oreo · 2009-02-16 03:30:13 170
Kill a bunch of processes with the same name
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ps ax | grep <processname> | grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}' | sudo xargs kill -9

copyhacker · 2009-03-24 19:52:47 11

convert .rpm to .deb using alien

convert to debian package file (deb) a redhat package file (rpm) , then you can install it by using dpkg , require alien package ( sudo apt-get install alien first ) Show Sample Output

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sudo alien --to-deb Your_PackAge.rpm

eastwind · 2009-09-27 13:49:07 5

Starting the VPN service

Prerequisites: [1] download the CISCO VPN client for linux: http://tuxx-home.at/archives/2007/09/24/T15_26_49/ [2] apply this ciscpo VPN patch: http://bit.ly/linux_vpn_patch [*] use command to start client [*+1] After copying your profile file to /etc/opt/cisco-vpnclient/Profiles, connect using vpnclient connect TORVPN-TCP Show Sample Output
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```
Starting /opt/cisco-vpnclient/bin/vpnclient: Done
```
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sudo service vpnclient_init start

mariusbutuc · 2010-11-10 20:18:08 8
Sudo like a sir

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```
$> can(){ shift 2; sudo "$@"; }
$> can i haz ls -la /root
. .. .bashrc
$> 
```
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can(){ shift 2; sudo "$@"; }

arcanis · 2012-06-22 13:23:57 6
add fn brightness on notebook

sudo gedit /etc/default/grub This would open the Grub configuration file. In this file we have to edit the line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="" to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi_backlight=vendor"
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sudo update-grub

Anshik · 2014-02-27 19:50:25 8
Install NMAP 5.0 ,Short and sweet command to do it

Just copy and paste the code in your terminal. Note : sudo apt-get for debian versions , change as per your requirement . Source : www.h3manth.com
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sudo wget -c "http://nmap.org/dist/nmap-5.00.tar.bz2" && bzip2 -cd nmap-5.00.tar.bz2 | tar xvf - && cd nmap-5.00 && ./configure && make && sudo make install

hemanth · 2009-07-26 11:36:53 7
detected hardware and boot messages
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sudo dmesg

theIndianMaiden · 2009-08-19 11:06:05 3
Prefetch like apple devices

this application monitors the apps you use most often and load them into memory with their libraries and other dependencies. So now, when you launch Firefox or Thunderbird or OpenOffice, the display is immediate as on Mac.
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sudo apt-get install preload

danfernbanck · 2009-02-13 19:34:57 10
Install a deb package

Install a deb package you have downloaded (synaptic has to be closed). (dpkg-dev needs to be installed) After that you may have to run following: sudo apt-get install -f (that should fix any dependency problems) I am using ubuntu linux
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sudo dpkg -i packagename.deb

bkn390 · 2009-09-25 09:54:04 13
Clean upgrade of Ubuntu

Gets you the latest of everything, and removes any remaining junk. The "sh -c" part is so that you'll only run a single sh command, so you won't get asked more than once for the password.
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sudo sh -c "apt-get update;apt-get dist-upgrade;apt-get autoremove;apt-get autoclean"

l0b0 · 2010-08-13 16:12:18 8
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Create named LUKS encrypted volume

You need to be root to do this. So check the command before running it. You enter the same password for Enter LUKS passphrase: Verify passphrase: Enter passphrase for /dev/loopn: ___ You can then copy the .img file to somewhere else. Loop it it with losetup -f IMAGENAME.img and then mount it with a file manager (eg nemo) or run mount /dev/loopn /media/mountfolder Acts similar to a mounted flash drive

Convert a string to "Title Case"

Remove executable bit from all files in the current directory recursively, excluding other directories

Useful if you have copied files from an OS without a permission structure (for example, DOS) and you need to disable all executable files but want to be able to descend into your directories.

Search for packages, ranked by popularity

This will take the packages matching a given `apt-cache search` query (a collection of AND'd words or regexps) and tell you how popular they are. This is particularly nice for those times you have to figure out which solution to use for e.g. a PDF reader or a VNC client. Substitute "ubuntu.com" for "debian.org" if you want this to use Ubuntu's data instead. Everything else will work perfectly.

Find files of two different extensions and copy them to a directory

Use tee + process substitution to split STDOUT to multiple commands

Using process substitution, we can 'trick' tee into sending a command's STDOUT to an arbitrary number of commands. The last command (command4) in this example will get its input from the pipe.

List empty any directories

Retry the previous command until it exits successfully

Repeat the previously used command (!!) until it exits with a success code (0). To put a delay between attempts you could do something like $ until !!; do sleep 5; done to wait 5 seconds after each attempt.

Create an SSH SOCKS proxy server on localhost:8000 that will re-start itself if something breaks the connection temporarily

This command will log you into somehost via SSH and then go into the background (-f). From there, you can point e.g. firefox at localhost:8000 as a SOCKS proxy. Autossh will use port 20000 and 20001 to send and receive test data on those ports to ensure the SSH tunnel is still running, and will try to re-start the tunnel if it goes down. Make sure you have ssh-agent running, or passwordless ssh keys distributed between the two hosts.

Insert the last argument of the previous command

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