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Propagate X session cookies on a different user and login as that user
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List all available python modules

Waste time for about 3 minutes
If you're a slow reader and/or you like to ponder, adjust the sleep time to be longer

Use Linux coding style in C program
put "-linux" option into $HOME/.indent.pro to make it default

eth-tool summary of eth# devices
Give the Speed and Link status of eth# 0-3. This is sort of what mii-tool does, but eth-tool is better, yet lacks device discovery.

validate xml in a shell script using xmllint

Git diff last two commits
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background a wget download

Play online music videos in terminal
pvl 'link1' 'link2' 'link3' Play Youtube, Vimeo, etc links without visual elements. Great for music videos when you just want the audio. You can control mplayer with this! Hit Ctrl-C twice to exit (if you're playing multiple files)

Equivalent to ifconfig -a in HPUX


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