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list with full path
List the full path of some files. You can add ".*" on the end if you want to display hidden files.

erase next word

print all network interfaces' names and IPv4 addresses
ifconfig can't properly display interface's name longer 9 symbols,also it can't show IPs added thru ip command, so 'ip' should be used instead. This alias properly shows long names, bond interfaces and all interface aliases. loopback interface is ignored, since its IP is obvious

convert a .wmv to a .avi

list files recursively by size

List all duplicate directories
Very quick! Based only on the content sizes and the character counts of filenames. If both numbers are equal then two (or more) directories seem to be most likely identical. if in doubt apply: $ diff -rq path_to_dir1 path_to_dir2 AWK function taken from here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2912224/find-duplicates-lines-based-on-some-delimited-fileds-on-line

calulate established tcp connection of local machine
worked on ubuntu 9.04 and cygwin with MS netstat

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