Printing command from history without executing

We all know that, BASH stores the commands we entered in the terminal to .bash_history, we can see those commands using history command. Commands in the history can be executed by ! followed by the number,  !5 (5th command in the history will get executed). But what if we only need to print the command, [...]

[ More ] March 22nd, 2010 | Your thoughts are welcome | Posted in Misc |

Listing only active configuration from filename using grep

Imagine a situation that  you want to see only the active configuration of squid.conf which is having 3532 line, to see the configuration you have to navigate through whole file from top to bottom, use this command to make your life easier.

[ More ] March 20th, 2010 | Your thoughts are welcome | Posted in Misc |

Matriux – Open Source Security Distribution

We are extremely happy to announce the much awaited Matriux Open Source Security Distribution released at Club Hack 2009. Now it is available for download from www.matriux.com The Matriux is a phenomenon that was waiting to happen. It is a fully featured security distribution consisting of a bunch of powerful, open source and free tools [...]

[ More ] January 8th, 2010 | 2 Comments | Posted in Security |