Command Line Fu: The Digg of the command line guru

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Command Line Fu: The Digg of the command line guru

Written by Amarveer Singh

Friday, 13 April 2007 18:22

All modern operating systems are increasingly moving towards the operation of interactive visual interfaces for use in most cases even with the mouse without even having to touch the keyboard: think for example the choice of Microsoft Windows Vista, where access to theline of command was "cleverly disguised it was virtually a taboo ...

The point is that if this approach on the one hand makes it easier for the average normal operation, the other is often an obstacle for the advanced user that needs to be able to access resources and functionality of the operating system at a level lower: in these situations, the normal graphical user interface friendly and nice to see, becomes an obstacle to bypass!

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Command Line Fu is an interesting site just born that collects examples of scripts and tricks used by the command line to increase personal productivity: every registered user can contribute by sending their commands. There are also an opportunity to vote, to add to favorite comments and input. Finally, it is very sympathetic to the fact that simply by clicking on a command and can copy it as text into the clipboard

For example, here are some of the commands most recently rated:

nmap-P0-ss-sv-O <target>
Identify the target host, lists all open ports and the operating system installed
tar cvzf - / directory / | ssh root @ host "cat> / dev/nst0"
Send a job to backup to a drive TAP (tape) that is located on another computer, via SSH
wget-random-wait-p-r-e robots = off-U mozilla http://www.example.com
Get in a local web site
ps-ef | grep $ USERNAME | awk ( 'print $ 2') | xargs kill [-9]
Sends a signal to kill all processes of a certain user
ssh CNL-3306: localhost: 3306 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Create an SSH tunnel to access a MySQL server remotely from a local port

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