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Remove comments and empty lines from a conf file
Some conf file are very long (squid.conf) This command help to read it.

Sharing file through http 80 port
From the other machine open a web navigator and go to ip from the machine who launch netcat, http://ip-address/ If you have some web server listening at 80 port then you would need stop them or select another port before launch net cat ;-) * You need netcat tool installed

Plowshare, download files from cyberlocker like rapidshare megaupload ...etc
you need to have plowshare installed http://code.google.com/p/plowshare/ plowshare supports Megaupload, Rapidshare, 2Shared, 4Shared, ZShare, Badongo, Divshare.com, Depositfiles, Netload.in, Sendspace, Usershare, x7.to and some others file sharing services.

Pause Current Thread
Hold ctrl and press z to pause the current thread. Run $fg to resume it.

Randomly run command
Randomly decide whether to run a command, or fail. It's useful for testing purposes. . Usage: ran PERCENTAGE COMMAND [ARGS] Note: In this version the percentage is required. . This is like @sesom42 and @snipertyler's commands but in a USABLE form. . e.g. In your complicated shell script, put "ran 99" before a crucial component. Now, it will fail 1% of the time allowing you to test the failure code-path. $ ran 99 my_complex_program arg1 arg2

Outputs a sorted list of disk usage to a text file
Recursively searches current directory and outputs sorted list of each directory's disk usage to a text file.

Get your outgoing IP address

notify brightness level [custom]
Brightness indicator to be used in scripts that adjust brightness [especially sys that doesn't support automatically]

Create an easy to pronounce shortened URL from CLI
Shorter regex.

find process associated with a port
e.g. fuser 25/tcp (see which pid is listening on smtp)


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