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1. sudo!! : Forgot to run

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5. nl : Outputs the
content of text ៗ�le with
lines Numbered.
6. shuf : Randomly
selects line/ៗ�le/folder
from a ៗ�le/folder.
7. ss : Outputs Socket
Statistics.
8. Last: Want to know
history of last logged in
users? This command
comes to rescue here.
9. curl ifconퟺ�g.me :
Shows machine’s
external IP Address.
10. tree : Prints ៗ�les and
folders in tree like
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14. <alt>. And <esc>. : A
tweak which put the last
command argument at
prompt, in the order of
last entered command,
appearing ៗ�rst.
15. Pv : outputs
simulating text, similar
to hollywood movies.
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16. Mount | column -t :

Lists mounted ៗ�le
system, in nice
formatting with
speciៗ�cation.
17. Ctrl + l: clear shell
prompt,
instantaneously.
18. curl -u gmail_id –
silent
“https://mail.google.com/mail/feed/atom”
| perl -ne ‘print “\t” if //;
print “$2\n” if /(.*)/;’.
This simple scripts,
opens up, unread mail
of an user, in the
terminal itself.
19. screen : Detach and
Reattach, long running
process from a session.
20. ퟺ�le : Outputs
information, regarding
types of ៗ�le.
21. id : Print User and
Group Id.

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22. ^foo^bar : Run last

command with
modiៗ�cation, without
the need of rewriting
the whole command
again.
23. > ퟺ�le.txt : Flush the
content of a text ៗ�le, in
a single go, from the
command prompt.
24. at : Run a particular
command, time based.
25. du -h –max-depth=1
Command : Outputs the
size of all the ៗ�les and
folders within current
folder, in human
readable format.
26. expr : Solve simple
mathematical
calculations from the
terminal.
27. look: Check for an
English word, from the
dictionary, in case of
confusion, right from
the shell.
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28. yes : continues to

print a sting, till
interrupt instruction is
given.
29. factor: Gives all the
possible factors of a
decimal number.
30. ping -i 60 -a
IP_address : Pings the
provided IP_address,
and gives audible sound
when host comes alive.
31. tac : Prints content
of a ៗ�le, in reverse
order.

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32. strace : A debugging

tool.
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33. disown -a && exit

Command : Run a
command in
background, even after
terminal session is
closed.
34. getconf LONG_BIT
Command : Output
Machine Architecture,
very clearly.
35. while sleep 1;do
tput sc;tput cup 0
$(($(tput
cols)-29));date;tput
rc;done & : The script
outputs date and time
on the top right corner
of shell/ terminal.
36. convert : converts
the output of a
command in picture,
automatically.
37. watch -t -n1 “date
+%T|ퟺ�glet” : Show
animated digital clock
at the prompt.
38. host and dig : DNS
lookup utility.
39. dstat : Generates
statistics regarding
system resource.
40. bind -p : Shows all
the shortcuts available
in Bash.
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41. Touch /forcefsck :

Force ៗ�le-system check
on next boot.

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42. lsb_release : Prints

distribution
speciៗ�cation
information.
43. nc -ZV localhost
port_number : Check if
a speciៗ�c port is open
or not.
44. curl ipinfo.io :
Outputs Geographical
Information, regarding
an ip_address.
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46. apt-get build-dep

package_name: Build all
the dependency,
automatically while
installing any speciៗ�c
package.
47. lsof -iTCP:80 -
sTCP:LISTEN. The
script, outputs all the
service/process using
port 80.
48. ퟺ�nd -size +100M :
This command
combination, Lists all
the ៗ�les/folders the size
of which is 100M or
more.
49. pdftk : A nice way to
concatenate a lot of pdf
ៗ�les, into one.
50. ps -LF -u user_name
: Outputs Processes
and Threads of a user.
51. Startx — :1 (This
command creates
another new X session).

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Geoff  January 2, 2017 at 3:24 pm

Change
25. du -h –max-depth=1

to
25. du -h –max-depth=1 Note that -m is
not the same as –m. Use two of hex 2D.
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Ravi Saive
  January 3, 2017 at 11:01 am
@Geoff,
Thanks for pointing out,
corrected in the writeup..
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Jeff  December 14, 2016 at 6:49 pm

Regarding the ퟺ�rst command, you can
try “sudo!!” a thousand times, it does
not work. I looked it up, and it’s “sudo !!”
(with a space).
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