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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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TCPDUMP & Save Capture to Remote Server w/ GZIP

NOTE: When opening the files you might need to strip the very top line with notepad++ as its a mistake header This is useful when the local machine where you need to do the packet capture with tcpdump doesn?t have enough room to save the file, where as your remote host does tcpdump -i eth0 -w - | ssh forge.remotehost.com -c arcfour,blowfish-cbc -C -p 50005 "cat - | gzip > /tmp/eth0.pcap.gz" Your @ PC1 doing a tcpdump of PC1s eth0 interface and its going to save the output @ PC2 who is called save.location.com to a file /tmp/eth0-to-me.pcap.gz again on PC2 More info @: http://www.kossboss.com/linuxtcpdump1

Currency Conversion

eg: currency_convert 1 usd inr

Look up a unicode character by name

No need for further filedes or substitution for splitting. Simply use read a b

Mount FileVault sparsebundle image manually (e.g.: from TimeMachine disk).

remove lines which are longer than 255

The wisdom of Cave Johnson

There's been a similar Futurama thing around for a while, which grabs a quote from the /. headers [curl -Ism3 slashdot.org | egrep "^X-(F|B|L)" | cut -d \- -f 2- | fmt -w $(tput cols)]. Same deal, but more likely to stop working when someone forgets to pay the bill on the domain. Until then: Cave Johnson!

Monitor memory usage

Monitor with watch command and vmstat, memory usage

df without line wrap on long FS name

Show bash's function definitions you defined in .bash_profile or .bashrc

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