Lesser Known Hacks

Using Python to start a web server:

• create dummy index.html 
• echo "hi" index.html
• python -m SimpeHTTPserver 80 
• test by: nc -tpln or curl http://<ip>

View bash command history:

• history

Hide a command so not caputured in history:

• <space> command

Delete all contents of file:

simple blank input redirection can blank a file     > filename.txt

Write output of command to multiple files simutaneously:

• ps -ef | tee file 1 file2  file3

Generate hash of a file:

• md5sum
• sha1sum