"(Useful) Stupid Unix Tricks..."

[Daz]

http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?s...27234&from=rss

Some very useful, some very stupid, some very funny:

I prefer the Russian roulette version:

[ $[ $RANDOM % 6 ] == 0 ] && rm -rf / || echo "You live"

[phykell]

I haven't seen that roulette one in years

[Feek]

Originally Posted by phykell

I haven't seen that roulette one in years

eek! Do not try this at home! (or at work for that matter)

[Desmo]

Isn't that the one that will wipe everything?

[phykell]

Originally Posted by Desmo

Isn't that the one that will wipe everything?

Only if you're unlucky

[Desmo]

Do you feel lucky punk? Well? Do ya?

[Garp]

Dig out a users terminal from the output of the "w" command and do (taking for example, terminal pW):

cat /dev/urandom > /dev/ttypW

Great way to piss people off

Of course I'd never do that to anyone *cough*

Make sure you know exactly what command they're using and that you're not about to cause some serious damage to the server though!

[Desmo]

I might setup a vBox and try these just to see what it's like