Brendan Gregg's special collection of freeware tools for system administration

https://www.brendangregg.com/specials.html

I can't believe these aren't available in my package manager

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strlcpy@lemmy.sdf.org · 12 pts · 323d
# We check if the server is on by asking the ALU to perform an operation,
$result = 1 + 1;

if ($result == 2) {
	print "Server is ON.\n";
} else {
	print "Server is OFF.\n";
	print "Power on the system before attempting to run any programs!\n";
}

Brilliant

Kissaki@programming.dev · 10 pts · 323d (2 replies)

cdrewind Rewind CDROMs before ejection.

lol wut

syklemil@discuss.tchncs.de · 7 pts · 323d

Be kind, rewind.

slazer2au@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 323d

You don't want to get a fine for returning an unrewound disk

A_norny_mousse@feddit.org · 5 pts · 323d (2 replies)

Commands are often run over high speed ssh or telnet sessions, causing Command Fault Heat State Exception (CFHSE) errors due to overbauding.

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A Java/Swing GUI front-end for the "ed" line editor. This enhances the classic "ed" editor by wrapping it in an easy to use GUI. The GUI provides tunable options such as sound effects, themes, and has an awe-inspiring monochrome splash screen.

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No shit, I'm going to need the l33t script though.

syklemil@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 323d (1 reply)

I'm also a fan of baud. I really should alias cat to baud -400 cat or thereabouts.

Bonus: run baud -800 bat --color=always and you get that wonderful old dot matrix printer feeling of the cursor just stopping whenever the color codes are being processed.

A_norny_mousse@feddit.org · 2 pts · 323d

I sometimes use pv for that:

Shell pipeline element to meter data passing through