Tip #359 Create Random Blank Files
Often it can be handy to have a few files to test another script on. A quick way to do this is to create some empty files with random names:Read more »
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Tip #358 Random mass-rename
Assign random names to all files in a folder (including subfolders!):Read more »
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Tip #313 Get latest stable version of the Linux kernel
A simple shell script to get the latest stable version of the linux kernel:Read more »
Tip #311 Filter stderr for cron jobs
Tired to get your mailbox full of cron information messages?Eg.: some programs (pg_dump, /etc/init.d/xxx, ...) output informational messages on stderr, but you can't close stderr because it may also contain failure informations.
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Tip #310 Keeping your Home Directory Organized
Seen on http://www.splitbrain.org/blog/2008-02/27-keeping_your_home_directory_organizedHaving one temporary directory for downloads etc can quickly become a mess, so try this tip to organise by date. Put this into your .bashrc
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Tip #307 Delete old files
Use find by time to delete files more than x days old. For example the command below will delete files more than one day old:find . -mtime +1 -exec rm {} \; Read more »
Tip #304 Get your IP in one line
#!/bin/bash# by dj.r4iden
echo "Your ip Address is" `lynx --source http://www.formyip.com/ |grep The | awk {'print $5'}` Read more »
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