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full path listing in /directory/path/* of javascript files.
file listing in /directory/path/* of specific files such as javascript(js) .

Connect to FreeWifi hotspot (France) and keep the connection active
(In French) Connection aux hotspots FreeWifi, et maintien de la connection active

List the files any process is using
List the files a process is using.

Destroy all ZFS snapshots

Function to change prompt
Bash function to change your default prompt to something simpler and restore it to normal afterwards.

Notepad in a browser (type this in the URL bar)
It doesn't save your notes, but it's great for jotting something down quickly.

List your installed Chromium extensions (with url to each page)
Gives you a list for all installed chrome (chromium) extensions with URL to the page of the extension. With this you can easy add a new Bookmark folder called "extensions" add every URL to that folder, so it will be synced and you can access the names from every computer you are logged in. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Only tested with chromium, for chrome you maybe have to change the find $PATH.

list file descriptors opened by a process
Useful for examining hostile processes (backdoors,proxies)

Another way to see the network interfaces
Like many other thing in Linux ,you can see the same thing in different way.

run command on a group of nodes in parallel


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