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16 Cool Ass Random Linux Stuff
$ echo “Hello world” Hello world Urfix has compiled a sweet ass list of random stuff you can do from the command line. Hope you enjoy. Fry: Make up some feelings and tell her you have them. 1 Multiple variable assignments from command output in BASH read day month year <<< $(date +’%d %m %y’) [...]
Naughty Linux
Sometimes when you type in the command line you don’t realize what you are actually saying. Unzip, mount, finger. Someone might over hear you and think your a pervert. Here’s an example:
NOT – The Best 25 Linux Commands
Here is another installment of Command Line Gems, I present you with the “Not” The best Linux Commands. 1) Save an HTML page, and covert it to a .pdf file wget $URL | htmldoc –webpage -f “$URL”.pdf – ; xpdf “$URL”.pdf & Uses htmldoc to perform the conversion 2) backup and synchronize entire remote folder [...]
11 Awesome DD Commands
dd is a common Unix program whose primary purpose is the low-level copying and conversion of raw data. dd is an application that will “convert and copy a file”according to the referenced manual page for Version 7 Unix and is most likely inspired from DD found in IBM JCL, and the command’s syntax is meant [...]
11 Not Sick Linux Commands
1) Create a pdf version of a manpage man -t manpage | ps2pdf – filename.pdf Quick and dirty version. I made a version that checks if a manpage exists (but it’s not a oneliner). You must have ps2pdf and of course Ghostscript installed in your box. Enhancements appreciated :-) 2) Bind a key with a [...]
No Gui Required
I am a linux advocate, I also believe in freedom in all it’s aspects. Call me old fashion but I still believe “small code” and minimal resources is the way to go. That’s why most of the apps I run have a CLI. Here are some of my favorite CLI apps. Pandora – Command Line [...]
25 Best Linux Commands For 2011
Here at blog.urfix.com we are kicking off the new year with a new server. Our last server got HN’D. Our poor plug computer could not take the load from being in the front page of Hacker News and finally melted. taking our chances again here are the 25 Best Linux commands for 2011 1) send [...]
25 Even More – Sick Linux Commands
I know how much you guys love top Linux commands. Lets consider this list a part two of my 25 More – Sick Linux Commands Be sure to check out commandlinefu for more awesome gems. 1) Monitor progress of a command pv access.log | gzip > access.log.gz Pipe viewer is a terminal-based tool for monitoring [...]
25 More – Sick Linux Commands
You Might remember my post 25 best Linux commands Think of this as part two. here is another list of really useful commands that you might find handy. 1) Like top, but for files watch -d -n 2 ‘df; ls -FlAt;’ 2) Download an entire website wget –random-wait -r -p -e robots=off -U mozilla http://www.example.com [...]
Run These Linux Commands And You Will Die
Many Linux newbies love to copy and paste every command they see on the net, curious to find out what they do. Running these following commands won’t kill you, but you’ll wish you were dead. Linux gives full control over the system if you are logged in as root user, running anyone of the following [...]
