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Create a new file

Retry the previous command until it exits successfully
Executes the previously-run command constantly until it returns 0 (success). Put a

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

List apache2 virtualhosts
Lists virtualhosts currently enabled for apache2, showing the ServerName:port, conf file and DocumentRoot

Capitalize first letter of each word in a string
Capitalize first letter of each word in a string.

Find the package that installed a command

list files recursively by size

Access folder "-"
If you try to access cd - you go to the last folder you were in.

check the status of 'dd' in progress (OS X)
Your platform may not have pv by default. If you are using Homebew on OSX, simply 'brew install pv'.


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