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When you run a virtualized Linux machine on your vmware workstation or player, sometimes you need to access the host's shared folder. This is not a problem in Windows, the shared folder will automatically show in the disks. If you run Ubuntu, it is also quite simple and the disk will appear in /mnt/hgfs.

However, running Kali Linux is a bit tricky and the standard how-to don't work. You need to modify a bit the mount command

mount -t fuse.vmhgfs-fuse .host:/VM_Shared_Disk /mnt/hgfs/

Obviously VM_Shared_Disk is the name of the shared folder set under VM->Settings->Options->Shared Folders

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A common problem is that you have full /boot directory. It is because all the old kernels are still kept here and need to be manually removed.
Here is a command to do it from CLI on one shot:

dpkg --list | grep linux-image | awk '{ print $2 }' | sort -V | sed -n '/'`uname -r`'/q;p' | xargs sudo apt-get -y purge

Note: work for debian flavors, need to be alternated for others 

 

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Sometimes need to filter input to show just lines containing IP address. It is very simple again.
Here is a command to do it from CLI on one shot:

grep -E -o "([0-9]{1,3}[\.]){3}[0-9]{1,3}" input-file.txt

 

 

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Sometimes I need to find and delete, move or somehow alternate old files. Usually to delete old backups or session files. Here is very simple way to find and delete in a single command:

find /mnt/datadisk/Backups/PBX -mtime +5 -exec rm {} \;

This will delete the files older than 5 days.

 

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