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Get all shellcode on binary file from objdump
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Monitor a file's size
use "watch" instead of while-loops in these simple cases

Rot13 using the tr command
rot13 maps a..mn..z (A..MN..Z) to n..za..m (n..za..m) and so does this alias.

Bingo-like raffle
Random choose numbers from 1 to 100 with 5 seconds interval without duplicates.

find and delete empty dirs, start in current working dir
A quick way to find and delete empty dirs, it starts in the current working directory. If you do find . -empty -type d you will see what could be removed, or to a test run.

Watching Command
If you need to keep an eye on a command whose output is changing, use the watch command. For example, to keep an eye on your load average

eavesdrop
Record off the microphone on a remote computer and listen to it live through your speakers locally.

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"

List out classes in of all htmls in directory
Lists out all classes used in all *.html files in the currect directory. usefull for checking if you have left out any style definitions, or accidentally given a different name than you intended. ( I have an ugly habit of accidentally substituting camelCase instead of using under_scores: i would name soemthing counterBox instead of counter_box) WARNING: assumes you give classnames in between double quotes, and that you apply only one class per element.

Easily decode unix-time (funtion)
More recent versions of the date command finally have the ability to decode the unix epoch time into a human readable date. This function makes it simple to utilize this feature quickly.


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