Posts Tagged With: cli

Post a new Task to Nexty

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This is the command used to post a new task to the nexty GTD tool.


curl --basic --user "binnyva:password" --cookie-jar /tmp/nexty-cookies.txt --data-ascii "task=`echo $@|tr ' ' '+'`&layout=cli" "http://nexty.org/tasks/add.php"
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Post To Identi.ca using Curl

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Post a status update to identi.ca using just curl


curl --basic --user binnyva:PASSWORD --data-ascii "status=The new status goes here" http://identi.ca/api/statuses/update.xml
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Create a Directory Tree in One Command

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You can create a directory tree using just one command in Linux


mkdir -p /tmp/dir1/dir2
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Using Range in Commands

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Show files and directory containing numbers


ls *[0-9]*
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Commands for Idle Time

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I run this command when I go for lunch or something - these commands take a while to run.


sudo /bin/bash /usr/sbin/makewhatis -w; sudo /usr/bin/updatedb; sudo /home/binnyva/Software/System/chkrootkit-0.47/chkrootkit
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lsmod - Show Loaded Kernel Modules

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This command shows the kernel modules that are currently loaded.


# lsmod

Module                  Size  Used by
vboxdrv                55088  0
autofs4                20421  2
ipt_MASQUERADE          6721  1
iptable_nat             9669  1
nf_nat                 18669  2 ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat
nf_conntrack_ipv4      11717  2 iptable_nat
nf_conntrack           51977  4 ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat,nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4
....
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Show Disk Usage - du

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du shows the ‘disk usage’ - the space taken up by the files and folders in the current directory.


du -bh | more
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free Command

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free gives the Memory info (in kilobytes).


free
#Output
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:       2075000     667508    1407492          0      25988     352076
-/+ buffers/cache:     289444    1785556
Swap:       979924          0     979924

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last Command

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The last command shows a history of logins…


last
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Finger Command

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System info about a user. Try: finger root. An admin needs it all the time


finger user_name
#finger root
Login: root                             Name: root
Directory: /root                        Shell: /bin/bash
Last login Tue Nov 27 20:19 (IST) on tty1
No mail.
No Plan.
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