This command will send a line from a given text file one every 10 mins as an SMS to a given number.
i=1; while [ 1 ]; do sms INSERT_PHONE_NUMBER "(cat "/home/binnyva/sms.txt"|head -ni|tail -n1)"; sleep 10m; i=(expri + 1); done
Script calls the command ‘sms’ – you can define that command however you want. In my case, its a variation of this script.
Command to send a text to any phone once every 15 mins.
while [ 1 ]; do sms NUMBER_GOES_HERE "$(date '+%I:%M %p') Hey Anju. Still awake?"; sleep 15m; done
Script calls the command ‘sms’ – you can define that command however you want. In my case, its a variation of this script.
Facebook has managed to make this as complicated a a linux command. Hence this entry…
Account(Top Right Corner) > Privacy Settings > Apps and Games > Edit Settings > Apps you use > Edit Settings
Command to generate a random password…
openssl rand -base64 6
This script will run check for ubuntu launch once every 5 mins and let you know if there is an launch.
while [ 1 ]; do if [ -z "`curl -I "http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/9.10/release/"|grep "404"`" ]; then kdialog --msgbox "9.10 Released"; exit; fi; sleep 300; done
Run this command to find the installed version of Ubuntu…
cat /etc/lsb-release
Run top in batch mode
top -b -d 10 -n 3
Transfer stdin and stdout to and from machines over the network
ssh remote_machine 'cat - > file' < file
Use this command to add line numbers to a text file…
sed = filename.txt | sed 'N;s/\n/\t/' > filename_number.txt
Install a list of packages from a text file.
cat packages.txt | xargs apt-get install