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Find the top 10 directories containing the highest number of files
It can be used to pinpoint the path(s) where the largest number of files resides when running out of free i-nodes

Print line immediately before a matching regex.
Use this if you don't have access to GNU grep's -B option.

Quickly generate an MD5 hash for a text string using OpenSSL
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Install pip with Proxy
Installs pip packages defining a proxy

Search for classes in Java JAR files.

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"

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Check host port access using only Bash:

list services running (as root)
A quick way to list services running

The wisdom of Cave Johnson
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