NameService Troubleshooting Commands

nslookup -query=any wackytronix.com
				Lookup name for wackytronix.  Get any info.
dig -x 198.139.168.65		
				Similar to nslookup 
named-xfer -f test -z riptideweb.com mail.riptideweb.com
				Get zone file for riptideweb.com from mail.riptideweb.com
				Put zone file into file called "file"


			
Yet More Commands

rsync    -az    -e    ssh    local_dir/    target.host.net:target_dir            
				recusive rsync
perl -MData::Dumper -e exit				    	
				Test weather a particular Perl Module is installed
perl -wpe 's/\r//;'  < filename            
				Rid a file of those pesky linefeeds that Windose puts in text
groff -man /full/path/manpage.1 | lpr		
				print a manpage 
man -t ls > cmd.ps				
				generates a printable postscript file from a manpage of ls
man ls | col -b > local_man			
				convert the ls manpage to text and redirect output to file names "local_man"
30 1 * * * /usr/bin/find /mnt/disk3/oracle/hot_backups -mtime +0 -exec rm {} \;
				Cron Entry: Removes backup files more than a day old at 1:30 AM
find / -local -type f \( -perm -4000 -o -perm -2000 \) -print		
				Find setuid and setgid files
find / -local -type f \( -perm -4000 -o -perm -2000 \) -exec ls -ld '{}' \;				
				Find setuid and setgid files


			
Powerful stuff

find . -type f -exec grep -l STRING '{}' \; 	Way cool command!
				This will recursively go down the current directory tree	and print out every file that has 'STRING' in it.
perl -e "s/OLD_STRING/NEW_STRING/g;" -pi $(find . -type f)
				Recursively goes down from the current directory replacing every instance of 'OLD_STRING' with 'NEW_STRING' within every file.
perl -MFile::Find -e 'finddepth sub {rename $_, lc($_)}, "."'
				Recursively lower case filenames below current directory below current directory
				

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