Alex Clifford alexclifford
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/ ovftool_restore.sh
Created
January 30, 2014 01:23
Restore/Deploy an OVF backup/template
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| # Restore/Deploy an OVF backup/template | |
| ovftool -ds=datastore -dm=thin -n=new-server /var/backup_files/esxi/ubuntu-template/ubuntu-template.ovf vi://[email protected] |
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| tcpdump -n -e -ttt -r /var/log/pflog |
alexclifford
/ bashrc_changes
Created
March 28, 2014 00:20
Useful ~/.bashrc changes from default Ubuntu install
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| HISTSIZE=100000 | |
| HISTFILESIZE=100000 | |
| HISTTIMEFORMAT='%F %T ' |
alexclifford
/ get_esxi_guest_ip_address.sh
Last active
October 31, 2023 09:08
ESXi: get the IP address of a host running VMware tools
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms | grep -i hostname | cut -d ' ' -f 1 | xargs vim-cmd vmsvc/get.guest | grep ipAddress | sed -n 1p | cut -d '"' -f 2 | |
| # or | |
| ssh esxi.example.com /bin/vim-cmd vmsvc/get.guest $(ssh esxi.example.com /bin/vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms | grep -i hostname | cut -d ' ' -f 1) | grep ipAddress | sed -n 1p | cut -d '"' -f 2 |
alexclifford
/ reset_bash_history.sh
Created
March 28, 2014 00:24
Completely reset bash history and logout before more is logged
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| > ~/.bash_history && history -c && exit |
alexclifford
/ rescan_vm_for_new_hdd.sh
Created
March 28, 2014 00:25
Rescan scsi bus on VM to add new HDD without rebooting
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| echo "- - -" > /sys/class/scsi_host/host#/scan |
alexclifford
/ remove_landscape_motd.sh
Created
March 28, 2014 00:25
Remove Ubuntu landscape information from motd
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| apt-get --purge remove landscape-common |
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| cd /path/to/moinmoin/ | |
| moin --config-dir= --wiki-url=wiki.example.com export dump --target-dir=moin_export/ | |
| tar -czf moin_export.tar.gz moin_export |
alexclifford
/ clean_old_kernels.sh
Last active
August 29, 2015 13:57
Remove old, unused, kernels from Ubuntu
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| sudo apt-get remove --purge $(dpkg -l 'linux-image-*' | sed '/^ii/!d;/'"$(uname -r | sed "s/\(.*\)-\([^0-9]\+\)/\1/")"'/d;s/^[^ ]* [^ ]* \([^ ]*\).*/\1/;/[0-9]/!d') |
alexclifford
/ parse_ftp_files.sh
Created
April 15, 2014 23:15
Parse Nowcast FTP data to create a coordinates plotted Google Map
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| # cat out all the files' contents to a single file | |
| for DIR in `ls /home/nowcast/FTP_root/au/`; do zcat /home/nowcast/FTP_root/au/$DIR/* >> file.txt; done; | |
| # keep only uniq entries | |
| sort file.txt | uniq >> final_file.txt | |
| # print out the lat/long/timestamp in the required javascript syntax for the Google Maps HTML file | |
| # cloud to ground | |
| awk '$3 <= -38 && $3 >= -39 && $4 >= 146.5 && $4 <= 147.5 && $6 == 1 { print "add_markers(1," $3 "," $4 ",\x27" $1 " " $2 " - " $3 " " $4 "\x27,\x27" $1 " " $2 " - " $3 " " $4 "\x27,\x27/lightning-icon-Sparse-1.png\x27)"}' final_file.txt >> markers_cloud_to_ground.txt |