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CMD Syntax

Run command as administrator

Search for cmd
Right click on cmd.exe
Click Run as administrator

Copy - Right-click/Mark/highlight/Enter
Turn on Properies/Quick Edit Mode to copy with just highlight/enter and paste with right click
Repeat last command - up arrow
Mounting share drive

\10.xx.xx.xxplatform_support
Username: hostingu154314h

Press enter to continue - pause
Arguments to bat files (including drag and drop) = %1 %*
net use - tells you what partitions you have mounted
findstr /si password *

(recursive, case-insenstive)

dir /s /b | findstr /iv .java

(find files that do not contain .java in names)
dir - /s list sub directories, /b = bare, no header/summary info

Handy net utilities

Network Tools - Good combination of whois, nslookup, traceroute, etc.
DNS Stuff - Another set of network tools
Find ALL dns entries for an IP

Misc Utilities

gunzip -c (sends to standard out)
pscp -pw mypassword wamu-logo.jpg u154314@10.174.17.42:

Copy local file to server (don't forget colon at end, optionally follow colon with path)

Shellscript

Scripts

General

To input one line at a time instead of one word at a time (e.g. "for line in")

Set IFS="[newline]"

set/debug options

set -vx # prints commands before execution
set -e # terminate the script at first error
set -u # unset variables are fatal errors

Sort file based on field 2 with fields delimited by commas

sort -t, +1 file

Same sort but use numeric values in sorting

sort -n -t ':' +2 file

Convert text to all uppercase

tr ':lower:' ':upper:'
awk '{print toupper($0)}'

Loop through file one line at a time

while read line

(do stuff to line)

done < inputfile

sed

sed portions of lines

Use $pattern$ and output with \1 \2, etc.

E.g. sed 's/..*$.......onEvent$..*/\1/'

join selected lines - e.g. when a line ends with xxx, merge with subsequent line:

sed ':a;/xxx$/{N;s/\n//;ba}'

In a loop (branch ba to label :a), if the current line ends in xxx (/xxx$/) append next line (N) and remove inner newline (s/\n//).

awk

Newline conversion

IN UNIX ENVIRONMENT: convert DOS newlines (CR/LF) to Unix format

awk '{sub(/\r$/,"");print}' # assumes EACH line ends with Ctrl-M

IN UNIX ENVIRONMENT: convert Unix newlines (LF) to DOS format

awk '{sub(/$/,"\r");print}

IN DOS ENVIRONMENT: convert Unix newlines (LF) to DOS format

awk 1

IN DOS ENVIRONMENT: convert DOS newlines (CR/LF) to Unix format

Cannot be done with DOS versions of awk, other than gawk:
gawk -v BINMODE="w" '1' infile >outfile

Use "tr" instead.

tr -d \r outfile # GNU tr version 1.22 or higher

concatenate every 5 lines of input, using a comma separator between fields

awk 'ORS=%NR%5?",":"n"' file

print the first three fields of a csv file, (with no " around values)

awk -F"," '{gsub(/"/, ""); print $1 " " $2 " " $3}'

Do the same but convert first field to uppercase and 3rd to lowercase

awk -F"," '{gsub(/"/, ""); print toupper($1) " " $2 " " tolower($3)}'

Merge each line that ends with 0 with the following line

awk '{while(/0$/) { getline a; $0=$0 a; sub(/\n/,_) }; print}'

grep

multiple patterns

egrep 'pattern1|pattern2' OR grep -E ... OR grep -F file-of-patterns

openssl

for i in `cat list2.txt`;

do echo $i VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV>> all_sites.txt;

openssl s_client -host $i -port 443 < quit.txt >> all_sites.txt 2>&1;

echo $i ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> all_sites.txt;

done

quit.txt contains: quit<CR>

Cygwin, Windows quirks

CygwinStartupScript
vim replacement

:g,x,s,,y,g - doesn't work
:g,x,s//y/g - works

Commands with duplicates in path: find, sort

Excel

Examples of Common Formulas
Counting functions
Date arithmetic
Lookup functions
=SUMPRODUCT(--(Master!$H$3:$H$1000="reported"),--(Master!$C$3:$C$1000=C1))

Count rows in the Master sheet where column H=reported and column C = contents of C1

=IF(A3 > B3,"A is larger","B is larger")

Basic IF structure

=IF(AND(E29>0)*(D29>E29),DATEDIF($E29,$D29,"d"),"")
=SUMIF(A2:A29,E2,C2:C29)

Sum of C2-C29 when the corresponding values in A2-A29 = the value in E2

=SUM(($A$2:$A$29=$E3)*($B$2:$B$29=F$2)*($C$2:$C$29))

Sum of C2-C29 when A=E3 AND B=F2
Install the Conditional Sum Wizard
Braces { } inserted around array formula - to insert use CTRL-SHIFT-ENTER instead of ENTER

=VLOOKUP(A1,Master!$A$2:$H$509,8,FALSE)

Args = Value to match, grid of vertical list to search, column of grid to return value from, FALSE = exact matches only
The 8th column is within the preceding search grid, not the sheet
Without False/0 argument, lookup will return largest of smaller values rather than error (LOOKUP will always do this)
Use HLOOKUP for horizontal list
LOOKUP results will be screwed up if search column is not sorted

{=MEDIAN(IF(Stats!$A$3:$A$25="reported",IF(Stats!$B$3:$B$25>6,Stats!$B$3:$B$25,0),FALSE))}

Take median value of B column when > 6 and column A = "reported" (use CTRL-SHIFT-ENTER for array function)

Do not display error messages

Conditional Formatting / New Rule / Format only cells that contain / Errors / set font to white

Remove error indicators (green triangles)

Office Button / Excel Options / Formulas / uncheck Enable background error checking

Use a variable for sheet name in formula

=INDIRECT("'" & $A23 & "'!$K$15")
(A23 = cell containing name of sheet, $K$15 = target cell on that sheet)

Vservers/Hosting

Blocking relayed spam

save emails to disk and grep (originating) IP
http://216.122.248.78/vadmin/
Mail Management / Access Control / Add Access Rules
Add DISCARD rule for IP range, e.g. 64.224.219.
Restart sendmail

Web Utilities

favicon.ico 16x16 - convert to ico

AD queries

dsquery user -name u154314 | dsget user -memberof | find /i "bfss" | dsget group -members
Get object for me | Find groups I'm a member of | grep bfss | List the members of that group
dsquery group "OU=Mail Lists,OU=WAMU Mail,DC=us,DC=wamu,DC=net" -name "DL ecommerce technology Minstry of Information*" | dsget group -members

(Get members of a DL)

Networking, IP

Find server name with IP - nslookup xx.xx.xx.xx

Shinn, William M. says:

here's your $20,000 subnet calculator.... but I'll give it to you for free:

CIDR/bit mask:25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

Decimal mask:128 192 224 240 248 252 254 255

number of hosts per subnet: 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1

Andrijeski, Peter says:

So stuff in the 252 range can only contain 4 hosts?

Shinn, William M. says:

yup

Shinn, William M. says:

if the mask is 255.255.255.252, that network will only have 2 hosts.

the first address will be the subnet address, then 2 host addresses, then a broadcast address

that's why on serial links between you and a provider (for example, at least in very small

networks) you usually get a .252 subnet... subnet address, providers router (ser0) and your

router (ser0), then the broadcast address

then they route your public IP ranges to your serial interface

iPod

Fast forward: Hit center button to toggle bar

iPad

Get seattlebars into iNumbers

Send to gmail
Select attachment - Open with

Fonts

Installing on Gateway: Control Panel / Fonts / File / Install Fonts (downloads in /_install/fonts/ )

Windows

Stopping Services: File Explorer / My Computer / right-click: Manage / Services and Applications / Services / right-click on service / Stop
Edit hosts file - Windows 7

%systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts - /Windows/System32/drivers/etc
Right click on Notepad and choose Run as administrator

MAC / Apple

Expedia Mac Getting Started
ctrl-D = delete, A=beginning of line, E=end of line, N=Next line, P=Prev line

Texting Addresses

Alltel	[10-digit phone number]@message.alltel.com Example: 1234567890@message.alltel.com
AT&T (formerly Cingular)	[10-digit phone number]@txt.att.net [10-digit phone number]@mms.att.net (MMS) [10-digit phone number]@cingularme.com Example: 1234567890@txt.att.net
Boost Mobile	[10-digit phone number]@myboostmobile.com Example: 1234567890@myboostmobile.com
Nextel (now Sprint Nextel)	[10-digit telephone number]@messaging.nextel.com Example: 1234567890@messaging.nextel.com
Sprint PCS (now Sprint Nextel)	[10-digit phone number]@messaging.sprintpcs.com [10-digit phone number]@pm.sprint.com (MMS) Example: 1234567890@messaging.sprintpcs.com
T-Mobile	[10-digit phone number]@tmomail.net Example: 1234567890@tmomail.net
US Cellular	[10-digit phone number]email.uscc.net (SMS) [10-digit phone number]@mms.uscc.net (MMS) Example: 1234567890@email.uscc.net
Verizon	[10-digit phone number]@vtext.com [10-digit phone number]@vzwpix.com (MMS) Example: 1234567890@vtext.com
Virgin Mobile USA	[10-digit phone number]@vmobl.com Example: 1234567890@vmobl.com