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Lists all usernames in alphabetical order

Open a file with specified application.
This command require mac os x.

full memcache client in under 255 chars (uses dd, sed and nc)
usage: mem memcache-command [arguments] where memcache-command might be: set add get[s] append prepend replace delete incr decr cas stats verbosity version notes: exptime argument is set to 0 (no expire) flags argument is set to 1 (arbitrary)

Show git branches by date - useful for showing active branches

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"

Make alias pemanent fast
Simple function to permanently add an alias to your profile. Tested on bash and Ksh, bash version above. Here is the ksh version: PERMA () { print "$@" >> ~/.profile; } Sample usage: PERMA alias la='ls -a'

Using ASCII Art output on MPlayer
Not so useful. Just a cool feature.

Find usb device in realtime
Using this command you can track a moment when usb device was attached.

What is my ip?

Bash alias for creating screen session containing IRSSI, named irssi, while checking if existing session is created
Bash alias for easy irssi within screen, attempts to attach to existing irssi session, if one exists, otherwise creates one - Including wipe for when system reboots and leaves "dead" session.


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