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(Bash) Extensible match filter example with ldapsearch
Use an extensible match filter to discover entries beneath and including a portion of the DN. Uses the older OpenLDAP ldapsearch syntax and the modern ldapsearch syntax.
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(Bash) relay files via tar+ssh+cat
rsync doesn’t like to copy files from host to host. This is sort of the “old school” unix way – tar everything to a pipe, then pipe everything out. It’s how we used to copy directories remotely before we had tools like rsync. I’m definitely open to suggestions on how to improve this (even a [...]
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(Bash) Download Compressed Linode Server Image
After the system is in Finnix recovery mode set a password and start-up SSH. After that use this to compress the image on the sever side and download it locally saving bandwidth compared to a normal dd dump.
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For loops in Bash
For loops in Bash can come in handy when for example, you want to perform bulk operations. Think of renaming all files in a directory or executing a collection of scripts. The following snippet simply iterates through a set of prime numbers and prints them to the console.