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add all files not under version control to repository
With the force options the same results can be achieved

Which processes are listening on a specific port (e.g. port 80)
swap out "80" for your port of interest. Can use port number or named ports e.g. "http"

Find all files containing a word
shorter :p

Upload a video to youtube
Google just released a new commend line tool offering all sorts of new services from the commend line. One of them is uploading a youtube video but there are plenty more google services to interact with. Download it here: http://code.google.com/p/googlecl/ Manual: http://code.google.com/p/googlecl/wiki/Manual

Show apps that use internet connection at the moment. (Multi-Language)

Query an NFS host for its list of exports

Emptying a text file in one shot
Within vi allow to empty a text file in one shot

sort list of email addresses by domain.tld
email random list can be created here: https://www.randomlists.com/email-addresses

Get fully qualified domain names (FQDNs) for IP address with failure and multiple detection

Short one line while loop that outputs parameterized content from one file to another
There is a common command for outputting a field or list of fields from each line in a file. Why wouldn't you just use cut?

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