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Print the IPv4 address of a given interface

Your name backwards

Jump up to any directory above the current one
Usage: upto directory

Set OS X X11 to use installed Mathematica fonts

Convert CSV to JSON
Replace 'csv_file.csv' with your filename.

Sort installed rpms by decreasing size.
It's all said in the title.

Shortcut to find files with ease.
It looks for files that contains the given word as parameter. * case insensitive * matches files containing the given word.

Find files with lines that do not match a pattern
This one would be much faster, as it's only one executed command.

Who has the most Apache connections.
This will tell you who has the most Apache connections by IP (replace IPHERE with the actual IP you wish to check). Or if you wish, remove | grep -c IPHERE for the full list.

Rename files in batch


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