Shell Script useful bits and pieces (share thread)

[Fhenrir]

Perhaps it might be worth to have a thread to share shell stuff (bash) and bits of code useful for scripts or bashrc.

To start, a line I use in bashrc to send the output of commands to a pastebin.

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sprunge(){ ${@} | curl -s -F 'sprunge=<-' http://sprunge.us | sed ' a ?bash ' | paste -d '' - - ; }

Usage: sprunge <commands> ## for arguments with pipes or long commands: sprunge $(<commands>)

[xenopeek]

(There is a command pastebin on Linux Mint; you can just pipe output of any command to that to send it to the Linux Mint pastebin server and get a URL back...)

[Fhenrir]

That's good to know. It's seems easier to use the pastebin command as you only pipe the output. But for general use (not distro specific) it could be useful.

[DrHu]

https://nicolamonaca.wordpress.com/2015 ... -snippets/
http://www.shellperson.net/sprunge-pastebin-script/
--quick check of that command..

http://www.shellperson.net/tag/bash/
--that person may be useful, and I guess there are others on the internet just as valuable..

• Its for all, going to be just a matter of digging in and practising

Also curl is very useful
http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2012/04/curl-examples/

[Fhenrir]

Great links!

I have this one in bashrc to search in commandlinefu.com

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cmdfu(){ wget -q -O - "http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/matching/$@/$(echo -n "$@" | openssl base64)/plaintext" ; } 

Usage: cmdfu "<word1> <word2>"

[UltramaticOrange]

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ssh user@10.10.10.10 -D 8080 -NfgC

where 10.10.10.10 is the IP of some remote host on a network that you trust.

This spins up a SOCKS5 proxy on port 8080 that anyone on the local network can point their browsers at. Remove the '-g' switch if you only want localhost to connect to it. A good idea on public networks or if you have to hop onto a network you don't trust.