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### mpstat command ###

# all cpu utilization
mpstat -A

# processor utilization by CPU
mpstat -P 0
mpstat -P 1

# gather multiple reports over time

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#!/bin/bash

if [ -f /etc/default/grub ]; then
  sed -i '/GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=/s/^/#/g' /etc/default/grub
  update-grub
fi

exit 0

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#!/bin/bash

rename -vs

# usage:
# rename oldfilename newfilename *filepattern

# example:
# rename files in present directory ending with .htm to .html

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Novell SuSE
/etc/SuSE-release

Red Hat
/etc/redhat-release, /etc/redhat_version

Fedora
/etc/fedora-release

Slackware

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#kudos: Alain Kelder

#+--------------- minute (0-59)
#| +------------- hour (0-23)
#| | +----------- day of month (1-31)
#| | | +--------- month (1-12)
#| | | | +------- day of week (0-7), 0=Sunday
#| | | | |     user    command
17 * * * *     root    cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly

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#!/bin/sh

header='"Exit_Code_Number","Meaning","Example","Comments"'
"1","Catchall for general errors","let 'var1 = 1/0'","Miscellaneous errors, such as 'divide by zero' and other impermissible operations"
"2","Misuse of shell builtins (according to Bash documentation)","empty_function() {}","Missing keyword or command, or permission problem (and diff return code on a failed binary file comparison)"
"126","Command invoked cannot execute","/dev/null","Permission problem or command is not an executable"
"127","command not found","illegal_command","Possible problem with $PATH or a typo"
"128","Invalid argument to exit","exit 3.14159","exit takes only integer args in the range 0 - 255 (see first footnote)"
"128+n","Fatal error signal 'n'","kill -9","$PPID of script $? returns 137 (128 + 9)"
"130","Script terminated by Control-C","Ctl-C","Control-C is fatal error signal 2, (130 = 128 + 2, see above)"

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#!/bin/bash

# “no public key available” on apt-get update
sudo aptitude install debian-keyring debian-archive-keyring

http://mirrors.cat.pdx.edu jessie

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issue:
locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory

identify:
locale -a
will return error message as above and options for locale settings, choose any of the available options.  
selecting C reduces shell execution time.

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#!/bin/bash

#pseudo
if $(ulimit -c)
  then
  
    ulimit -c unlimited
    mkdir -m 1777 -p /var/log/dumps
    echo "kernel.core_pattern=var/log/dumps/core.%e.%p" >> /etc/sysctl.conf
#    echo “/var/log/dumps/core.%e.%p” > /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern

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Keybase proof

I hereby claim:

• I am forestbaker on github.
• I am forestbaker (https://keybase.io/forestbaker) on keybase.
• I have a public key whose fingerprint is 342E AAB2 572D 6739 3A3E ED4C 26FD 1568 3381 4EBA

To claim this, I am signing this object: