Tip #78 network copy with ssh and tar
You can use ssh in conjunction with tar to pull an entire directory tree from a remote machine into your current directory:ssh <username@sourcehost> tar cf - -C <sourcedir> . | tar xvf -
For example, let's say you have a "bsmith" account on a host called "apple". You want to copy those files into your "bobsmith" account on a host called "pear". You'd log into your "bobsmith@pear" account and type the following:
ssh bsmith@apple tar cf - -C /home/bsmith . | tar xvf -
This technique is useful when you have insufficient disk space on the source machine to make an intermediate tarball. Read more »
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- tar
- redirection
Tip #47 Changing file extensions
Rename replaces string X in a set of file names with string Y.Read more »
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- bash
Tip #205 Convert permissions to octal
Converts the symbolic permissions to octal (ie: numbers) when using 'ls -l':Read more »
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- sed
Tip #844 Hide files in an image
It is possible to hide a rar archive inside a png image file and then retrieve the files from this image.Read more »
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- cat
Tip #183 Always running
This checks if a daemon is running, if not it starts the daemon. Great for daemons that need to always be running. Can be used with cronps -C someprogram || { someprogram & }
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- ps
Tip #858 Making shell scripts executable via editor hooks
If you spend a lot of time creating new shell scripts then it can be very useful to make them executable by default. To do this in Vim add the following lines to the end of your ~/.vimrc file - creating it if necessary:Read more »
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- vim
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