From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nathan Dietsch Subject: Re: make-the-admin-happy-with-one-line Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 14:37:20 +1000 Sender: linux-admin-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <41749A00.2010801@ndietsch.com> References: <4691977.1098104779361.SLOX.WebMail.wwwrun@ox.hermes.dmz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4691977.1098104779361.SLOX.WebMail.wwwrun@ox.hermes.dmz> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: mail@daniel-berlin.de Cc: linux-admin@vger.kernel.org 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 && find ./ -print | cpio -padm > >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