Command Line Magic

@climagic

Cool Unix/Linux Command Line tricks you can use in 140 characters or less.

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  1. Aug 19

    "Planetext? Is that like what they use to write NO STEP on the wings and stuff?"

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  2. Aug 19

    rsync -nav -e ssh /etc root@remotehost:/etc # Just see what files under /etc are different between the local host and remotehost.

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  3. Aug 19

    grep -h LoadModule *.conf | awk '{print }' | xargs ls > /dev/null # Check which Apache modules aren't installed.

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  4. Aug 18

    :%! awk '{print $2}' # In vim command mode, this will replace ALL the text in the buffer with just the second column from the buffer.

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  5. Aug 18

    The reason English is used so much in computers is because this rich language allows for the creation of so many damn acronyms.

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  6. Aug 18

    diff <(sed 's/-[0-9].*$//' old-rpms.txt) <(sed 's/-[0-9].*$//' new-rpms.txt) | grep '< ' # Show most of the rpms I'm missing on new server.

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  7. Aug 17

    Need to replace a server called drumroll. So what do I call it? Rimshot of course.

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  9. Aug 17

    printf "\033];VPS control\007" # Relabel your terminal window to "VPS control". May have to disable any existing title updating functions.

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  10. Aug 17

    Sorry, I mean specifically I'm at the NSF Cybersecurity Summit 2015. Its at the Westin Arlington Gateway.

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  11. Aug 17

    I'm at NSF Summit 2015 this week in DC / Arlington. If you are here too, let me know and we can meet up.

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  12. Aug 17

    look bro # Find all the other words that start with bro for your software project names.

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  13. Aug 15

    Thank you all so much for following, reading, contributing and everything you do. I really appreciate it.

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  14. Aug 15

    Imagine a huge stadium filled with over 100,000 people all rooting for the command line. Don't imagine it anymore, you're here!

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  15. Aug 15

    The name of my first pet was Kaithohhooyied. I also went to Wohd7hepale2Boochi High School. Go Trojans!

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  16. Aug 14

    date -d '2010-04-16 + 1946 days' # Anyone remember this?

    date -d 'now + 1946 days' # The -d option to date lets you specify a date to display, you can use it to calculate a date using "delta days"
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  17. Aug 14

    ssh timeserver sudo date 08141659 # Hey, can we make this work day end sooner because some of you probably can really do this.

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  18. Aug 14

    Famous last words: "Ah, I don't have time to test this command first..."

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  19. Aug 14

    head -2 program.pl | hexdump -c # Look at the two first lines of file program.pl and print each character including newlines, tabs, etc.

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  20. Aug 14

    Chuck Norris as a shell user. (Description: )

    7:22 AM - 14 Aug 2015 · Details
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