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Encode png's into blu-ray format
This command takes a set of images (from a render, for example), and converts them into a format conforming to the Blu-ray spec, or at least the version on the Wikipedia page.

memcache affinity: queries local memcached for stats, calculates hit/get ratio and prints it out.
queries local memcached for stats, calculates hit/get ratio and prints it out.

Remove all the files except abc in the directory
Finds all files in the current directory and deletes them besides file called "abc"

save your current environment as a bunch of defaults

A function to find the newest file in a directory

Commandline document conversion with Libreoffice
In this example, the docx gets converted to Open Document .odt format. For other formats, you'll need to specify the correct filter (Hint: see "Comments" link below for a nice list).

list block devices
Shows all block devices in a tree with descruptions of what they are.

Get Shellcode from ARM Binaries
Getting shellcode from ARM binaries - @OsandaMalith

get detailed info about a lan card on HP-UX 11.31

Download an Entire website with wget


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