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1. Exploring Sqlite databases

   Some common commands for exploring sqlite databases

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2. Rebase warning when running `brew update`

   What to do when Homebrew warns that you're in the middle of a rebase.

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3. The `date` command

   Common usages for the date command

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4. Careful with those Backslashes!

   Brainteaser of the day

   Given a MySQL database, what value will be put in the database for each of the following Python statements?

   # normal string, 4 backslashes
   db.execute( "INSERT INTO `test` (`text`) VALUES ('x\\\\y');")
   # raw string, 2 backslashes
   db.execute(r"INSERT INTO `test` (`text`) VALUES ('x\\y …

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5. ssh-keygen

   I always forget the exact syntax and options I need for this. I don't create new keys frequently enough to remember without looking up what to run each time.

   The command

   ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 2048
   

   [Source: Security StackExchange]

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6. Run Wireshark as non-root user

   I frequently get frustrated when Wireshark won't run as a non-root user due to permissions on the dumpcap process. Here's the fix:

   sudo groupadd wireshark
   sudo usermod -a -G wireshark $USER
   sudo chgrp wireshark /usr/bin/dumpcap
   sudo chmod 754 /usr/bin/dumpcap
   sudo setcap 'CAP_NET_RAW+eip CAP_NET_ADMIN+eip' /usr …

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7. Ubuntu Default Folders

   I recently switched my primary machine from Windows 7 to Ubuntu. I'd always used an Ubuntu VM for development. Now I just have a Windows 7 VM for Windows-only applications, and do the majority of my work in Ubuntu. I'm fairly comfortable on the command line, but extremely dislike capital …

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8. Building Git from scratch

   This is running on Ubuntu 12.04, using the most recent versions as of 2013-02-02.

   Install git:

   $ wget http://git-core.googlecode.com/files/git-1.8.1.2.tar.gz
   $ tar xf git-1.8.1.2.tar.gz
   $ cd git-1.8.1.2/
   $ sudo apt-get install libcurl4-gnutls-dev libexpat1-dev gettext libz-dev
   $ make …

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9. Using REMnux for Forensic Puzzle #6

   I thought it would be interesting to use Lenny Zeltser's excellent REMnux distribution to solve this puzzleposted by ForensicKB. I'll admit that I saw the solution before solving it, but since I don't have a copy of EnCase lying around, I wanted to use some free tools to accomplish …

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