DRdredmorbius·Aug 22, 2020Submission
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sysadmin-util
Perl2014–2020
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sysadmin-util
Tools for Linux/Unix sysadmins.
2Distinct people
9Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
1KGitHub stars
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Tools for Linux/Unix sysadmins.
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HN mentions by year9 dated mentions
Observed mentions: 2014-03-01 18:58:26 UTC to 2020-08-22 18:10:35 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| 2014 | 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
What Hacker News says
9 sourcesInspired by this project I put together sysadmin-tools:
https://github.com/skx/sysadmin-util
Later they were replaced by a busy-box style collection of utilities written in golang (mostly to ease installation):
https://github.com/skx/sysbox
In Moreutils – Unix tools that nobody thought to write (2012)I created a git-repository of the scripts I use often:
https://github.com/skx/sysadmin-util
That seems to be somewhat popular on github, but I rarely receive feedback so I'm not sure if people star because they use them too, or just because they suspect they might.
In Ask HN: What are some small scripts you use daily?Perhaps the tools here might suit then? https://github.com/skx/sysadmin-util
In Ask HN: What simple tools or products are you most proud of making?My git-based DNS hosting site is pretty simple, in terms of code, but it is enormously useful to be able to make changes to DNS with a simple git-push and keep a local history:
https://dns-api.com/
In the same vain I put together a little archive for storing bookmarks under revision control:
https://github.com/skx/bookmarks.public/
Finally I put together a small archive of tools which seems to be quite popular for reasons I don't fully understand:
https://github.com/skx/sysadmin-util
In Ask HN: What simple tools or products are you most proud of making?If you clone my sysadmin utilities, from here:
https://github.com/skx/sysadmin-util
You'll find:
$ ssl-expiry-date bbc.co.uk
bbc.co.uk
Expires: Mar 15 17:01:06 2017 GMT
Days: 289
That uses openssl, bash, and other standard facilities available upon Unix/Linux systems.
In Show HN: SSL certificate dashboardRelatedly you might enjoy this collection of sysadmin-tools:
https://github.com/skx/sysadmin-util
In Moreutils$ until-success ssh ...
If you have my sysadmin-utils installed:
https://github.com/skx/sysadmin-util
In Unix TricksI hope my own collection of related tools is also useful?
https://github.com/skx/sysadmin-util
More focused on those a sysadmin might prefer than general-use, but contributions or updates are welcome.
In A collection of Unix terminal/console/curses tools