How to find interesting obscure stuff on YouTube.
Some YouTube search strings to find random videos and strange stuff.
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Obscure Linux bash shell tricks and tips.
Some useful Bash shell tricks There are a lot of obscure Bash shell tricks for the Linux shell that is useful for showing off shell tricks and making your shell usage easier. For a first example, run this command. ubuntu ~ $ ls -hulaubuntu ~ $ ls -hula Then run this and the previous command … Read more
Another way to print the last used command in your bash shell.
This very simple trick, prints the last used command in your bash history, with one weird trick. deusexmachina:~ jason$ echo !! echo ifconfig | awk ‘/inet / { print $2 }’ | sed -n 2pdeusexmachina:~ jason$ echo !! echo ifconfig | awk ‘/inet / { print $2 }’ | sed -n 2p To print the … Read more
Obscure Windows CMD commands.
There are quite a few Windows CMD commands that users do not know about. I will be showing you a handful to improve your usage of the CMD prompt. The findstr command. This is just like the grep command for Linux. findstr /s "BIS_C_OFFROAD" *.sqmfindstr /s "BIS_C_OFFROAD" *.sqm This is example usage of this command. … Read more
Some very important Linux tips for new and advanced users.
Some obscure Linux tips for the advanced Linux userDownload a new kernel for your Ubuntu Linux machine Some obscure Linux tips for the advanced Linux user The magic SysRQ key combination is used to reset the Linux system if nothing else will work. To use this key combination, press: Alt+SysRQ then tap these keys in … Read more
Some more obscure Linux commands that are very useful.
The logsave command will print the output of a command to a file. This will also add a timestamp to the logfile telling the system administrator when the command was run. logsave /var/log/partsize df –hlogsave /var/log/partsize df –h This is an example, the output of the command is also printed to STDOUT. jason@ubuntu:~$ logsave partsize … Read more
Some very useful Linux command-line tips and tricks for the desktop user.
Using the install-mbr command to install a main boot record (MBR) onto a disk. [flynn@flynn-grid-runner media]$ sudo install-mbr –force –partition 1 /dev/sdi [sudo] password for flynn: [flynn@flynn-grid-runner media]$[flynn@flynn-grid-runner media]$ sudo install-mbr –force –partition 1 /dev/sdi [sudo] password for flynn: [flynn@flynn-grid-runner media]$ This command would be useful if you are building a custom image and you … Read more
Getting information about an ISO image and many obscure Linux commands.
This command shows the filesize of an ISO image. -21:19:07– flynn@flynn-grid-runner [/media/Elements/Files/ISOs]$ isosize -d 1024 en_windows_7_ultimate_x64_dvd_x15-65922.iso 3149108-21:19:07– flynn@flynn-grid-runner [/media/Elements/Files/ISOs]$ isosize -d 1024 en_windows_7_ultimate_x64_dvd_x15-65922.iso 3149108 This may also be achieved with the ls command. -21:19:06– flynn@flynn-grid-runner [/media/Elements/Files/ISOs]$ ls -Hula en_windows_7_ultimate_x64_dvd_x15-65922.iso -rw——- 1 flynn flynn 3.1G 17-03-12 10:48 pm en_windows_7_ultimate_x64_dvd_x15-65922.iso-21:19:06– flynn@flynn-grid-runner [/media/Elements/Files/ISOs]$ ls -Hula en_windows_7_ultimate_x64_dvd_x15-65922.iso -rw——- 1 … Read more
Some obscure but very useful Linux commands for any user.
To view the contents of an ISO image, the isoinfo command for Linux will come in very useful indeed. Just type isoinfo -f -i myiso.iso to view the contents of the ISO image as shown in this example. C:\MEDIA\ELEMENTS\FILES\ISOS> isoinfo -f -i linuxmint-11-gnome-dvd-64bit.iso /BOOT /CASPER /EFI /ISOLINUX /MD5SUM.TXT;1 /PRESEED /_DISK /BOOT/GRUB /CASPER/FILESYSTEM.MANIFEST;1 /CASPER/FILESYSTEM.MANIFEST_DESKTOP;1 /CASPER/FILESYSTEM.SIZE;1 /CASPER/FILESYSTEM.SQUASHFS;1 … Read more