Category Archives: Scripts

Speedtest.edpnet.be Bash script

This script is for people using the Belgium provider EDPnet. I wrote it to get a couple of weeks worth of download speed data, because my download speed regulary drops dramatically. The script is meant to be run in the … Continue reading

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Script for scanning Windows Vista to determine which Service Packs have been installed

I needed a way to check which Security patches were installed on Windows Vista machines. Now on XP I used to use the command wmic qfe list , but the problem with this command is that it was never any … Continue reading

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Bash script to find the occurrences of MS KB patch# in a file

The script below can be used to check if certain patches, listed in one column in a file “B” occur in file “A”. This script can be used to process the output of the script in the previous post: Script … Continue reading

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Scanning for SSL-hosts and automatic downloading of SSL-certificates

Save the below script, for instance as get-cert-info.sh, make it executable and do: $ ./get-cert-info.sh ips-domains.txt 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 … Continue reading

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