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Type strait into a file from the terminal.
Takes input from the connected terminal and dumps it to the specified file. Stop writing and close file with control + D or the end of line character. Useful for copying+pasting large blobs of text over SSH to a new machine.

return external ip
I dont have curl or links installed, so I use wget with write file as standard out.

calulate established tcp connection of local machine

Show device drivers and their properties (Windows XP)
Show device drivers and their properties, including digital signatures /si and in table format /fo.

Get absolut path to your bash-script
Another way of doing it that's a bit clearer. I'm a fan of readable code.

Realtime apache hits per second
Change the cut range for hits per 10 sec, minute and so on... Grep can be used to filter on url or source IP.

Get notified when a job you run in a terminal is done, using NotifyOSD
This is an alias you can add to your .bashrc file to get notified when a job you run in a terminal is done. example of use sleep 20; alert Source:http://www.webupd8.org/2010/07/get-notified-when-job-you-run-in.html

cp the file
Copy the file with the given .extension at the source file's location. Eliminates the typing of long paths again and again.

Get Unique Hostnames from Apache Config Files
Get a list of all the unique hostnames from the apache configuration files. Handy to see what sites are running on a server. A slightly shorter version.

Google text-to-speech in local language or language of choice
Google text-to-speech in your local language or in language of choice via country code switch (ISO 639-1).


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