Re: make-the-admin-happy-with-one-line

[Nathan Dietsch <njd@ndietsch.com>]

Hello Daniel,

Daniel Berlin wrote:

>Hi everybody,
>how about starting a collection of cool linux admin tips/commands/...
>Like:
>
># To search all files in a directory and it's subdirectories do this:
>grep -risnH 'PATTERN' *
>
>or
>#  To copy a directory structure without changing atime/rights/owner/...
>do this:
>cd <SRC> && find ./ -print | cpio -padm <DEST>
>
>Is there anybody out there with other cool
>"make-the-admin-happy-with-one-line"
>commands or similar tips ???
>  
>
I don't have any myself, but I know that Unix Guru Universe had a 
tip-of-day mail that I used to subscribe to, but after a while (a year 
or so) they started repeating the same tips quite often ... have a look 
if you want http://www.ugu.com/sui/ugu/show?tip.today

Unix Power Tools by Peek, O'Reilly and Loukides also provides such 
things. It is quite substantial, but it did come with a hefty price tag 
AU$140 about 4 years ago.

Kind Regards,

Nathan Dietsch