5 useful shell scripts
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Here are 5 shell scripts you might find useful:
- Dump a MySQL database and gzip the result =>Dump database (164)
- Find duplicate files in a folder (it works even if the duplicate files have different names, which can be be helpful for mp3 files) =>Find duplicates (207)
- Delete old folders for saving disk space =>Delete old folders (89)
- Get your best uptime. You must make it run from time to time (I set a cronjob so it gets executed every hour) =>Uptime (70)
- Generate random password. Length and characters to use may be specified =>Random password (131)
You can also download all the scripts in one file: All scripts (202)
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July 28th, 2008 at 1:16 am
http://www.intuitive.com/wicked/showscript.cgi?013-guessword.sh
July 28th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
5 useful shell scripts | PC Tips & Tricks…
Here are 5 shell scripts you might find useful….
September 19th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
Printing newlines:
$ echo -e Hello,\\nworld!
Hello,
world!
January 8th, 2009 at 3:44 pm
you should give http://www.webhangman.com a look if you like playing hangman… it keeps me busy at work
March 2nd, 2009 at 12:08 am
I really liked the way they came off