This is an interesting command to view your command history when you are using Bash.
┌──[jason@11000000.10101000.00000001.00000011]─[~] └──╼ ╼ $ hash hits command 1 /usr/bin/gethostip 1 /usr/bin/sudo |
This command is a Bash shell built-in command. If you are using the tcsh or zsh shells; this command will not be available to you. As shown below; you may also use the history command to show the last 10 commands executed by the user.
┌──[jason@11000000.10101000.00000001.00000011]─[~] └──╼ ╼ $ history 10 693 gethostip 694 sudo apt install syslinux-utils 695 gethostip google.com 696 gethostip google.com | awk {"print $2"} 697 gethostip google.com | awk '{"print $2"}' 698 gethostip google.com | awk '{"print $1"}' 699 gethostip google.com | awk '{print $1}' 700 gethostip google.com | awk '{print $2}' 701 hash 702 history 10 |
This Linux command will return the IP address of a hostname. In this case the IP address of Google.
Install this command with this package.
┌──[jason@11000000.10101000.00000001.00000011]─[~] └──╼ ╼ $ sudo apt install syslinux-utils |
┌──[jason@11000000.10101000.00000001.00000011]─[~] └──╼ ╼ $ gethostip google.com | awk '{print $2}' 172.217.24.46 |
You can also use the ping command to get this information but it is good to cover all the bases when discussing Linux commands.
Here is a tutorial on how to add a new user to an Ubuntu system with the command-line. http://mixeduperic.com/ubuntu/how-to-add-a-new-user-in-ubuntu-using-the-command-line.html.
Some useful tricks for the Linux command-line using the find command and backticks: http://www.securitronlinux.com/bejiitaswrath/useful-tricks-when-using-the-find-command-on-linux-and-backticks/.
How to check the status of your laptop battery and CPU temperature with the Linux command-line: http://www.securitronlinux.com/bejiitaswrath/how-to-check-laptop-battery-status-with-the-linux-command-line/.
Some miscellaneous BASH shell tricks that will amaze your friends: http://www.securitronlinux.com/bejiitaswrath/misc-bash-shell-tricks-for-the-linux-user/.