Linux commands I wish I had known earlier
29 February 2012
shuf. Randomize lines. shuf -n 1 to get a single random line. Installed by default in most modern distros.members. Counterpart to groups; not just a grep to /etc/group, it works with pam, ldap etc. Not installed by default.getent. Most useful to output data in a format like /etc/passwd or /etc/group, but again, it uses system hooks to ldap and the like.- GNU
chmod has a capital X flag (e.g. chmod a+X or chmod g-X. It stands for the execute bit, but “only if the file is a directory or already has execute permission for some user”.
ssh-copy-id copies your ssh public key to a remote host, taking care with proper permissions. Installed by default with openssh.lsb_release gives you details on your distro version, including Debian/Ubuntu release number and codename. Annoyingly, the package name (lsb-release) differs from the command name.mii-tool can tell whether an Ethernet link is up, like ethtool, and comes pre-installed.- Install
molly-guard in all your servers and never halt the wrong one on ssh again.
uni2ascii is a full-featured tool to transliterate most Unicode characters to ascii (read the manpage).
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