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climagic

  1. The "line" command comes with util-linux on my machine, so I guess some of you may not have that command. Sorry. about 12 hours ago via CLI Magic poster
  2. command line <<<magic # Not that it does much, but this command actually runs without error in BASH at least. ;-) about 12 hours ago via CLI Magic poster
  3. chkconfig --list | grep 3:on # Check what services are setup to start up in run level 3 on a Red Hat based system. about 14 hours ago via CLI Magic poster
  4. sed sentence<<<commented # This is another "alternate demarcation" example that is just a word and produced another word (commenced) about 14 hours ago via CLI Magic poster
  5. sed s/a/emen/<<<dated # That last one may not have been obvious but its basically the same as doing this. about 14 hours ago via CLI Magic poster
  6. sed statement<<<dated # Cool & useful. sed allows you to use other characters to demarcate sections. In this case, 't'. Thx @brimston3 about 17 hours ago via CLI Magic poster
  7. bit.ly/LNM2Hr # An interesting interview with Stephen Bourne, creator of sh. Great historical insight. about 18 hours ago via CLI Magic poster
  8. "Loose bits sink chips" -fortune about 20 hours ago via CLI Magic poster
  9. @thepez2k6 Cool, that's pretty good on a desktop. I usually have to reboot after 60 days for some reason or other. about 20 hours ago via HootSuite in reply to thepez2k6
  10. @natureshadow Not really, the latency is there either way. If you want accuracy, this isn't the right solution. Use ntp instead. 4:19 PM May 31st via HootSuite in reply to Natureshadow
  11. echo $(($(ssh REMOTEHOST date +%s) - $(date +%s))) # Tell me how many seconds a server's clock is off compared to localhost. Thx @msquadrat 12:57 PM May 31st via CLI Magic poster
  12. RT @sionide21: date; while ps -p $PID > /dev/null; do sleep 1; done; date # Quick and dirty timing of already started long running process 11:54 AM May 31st via HootSuite
  13. @cdlegg I think it will give the end time as CRASH if that happens. 6:09 AM May 31st via Twitter for iPhone in reply to cdlegg
  14. last reboot # See the last several times your system was rebooted. Reboot == that thing you do once in a while for kernel upgrades. 1:24 PM May 30th via CLI Magic poster
  15. @twitlud @MacLemon I'm writing something up that will explain all the software I used and how I processed the results. Give me a few days. 11:21 AM May 30th via HootSuite in reply to twitlud
  16. fgrep 28/May/2012 access_log | awk '$1~/\.[a-z][a-z]$/{print $6 " " $7}' # For May 28th, print the req fields for hosts from two letter gTLD 11:10 AM May 30th via CLI Magic poster
  17. tmux split top # Start "top" in a split window inside your current #tmux session. You can even do this remotely or from the tmux cmd prompt. 9:58 AM May 30th via CLI Magic poster
  18. echo "export LIBOVERLAY_SCROLLBAR=0" >> ~/.xprofile # Logout/Login required. Will give you back your scrollbars in Ubuntu. Thx @rafaelsdm 7:46 AM May 30th via CLI Magic poster
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  • Bio Cool Unix/Linux Command Line tricks you can use in 140 characters or less.
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