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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"

Install pip with Proxy
Installs pip packages defining a proxy

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detect the fastest ldap server on a intranet
This command line detect ldap hosts, by mandatory dns entry, then ping them to detect response average. based on ping response average it sorts and print the faster server in first output line

Generate random password
Generates password consisting of alphanumeric characters, defaults to 16 characters unless argument given.

use the previous commands params in the current command
Here the !!:1 will take the first parameter from the previous command. This can be used in conjunction with other history commands like ! and so on.

make a log of a terminal session
Creates a log of a session in a file called typescript. Or specify the file with: $script filename Exit the session with control-d.

Get your external IP address ( 10 characters long )
Shortest url to a external IP-service, 10 characters.

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

Validate date, also a date within a leap year
Important to know: a valid date will return 0, otherwise 1!


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