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

firefox: how many eat?

Install pip with Proxy
Installs pip packages defining a proxy

Reset hosed terminal,
stty sane resets the tty to basic usable function. The ^J is a newline -- sometimes CR/LF interpretation is broken so use the ^J explicitly.

Create and access directory at the same time
The previous alternative dont work (the cd command was missing).

I finally found out how to use notify-send with at or cron
The simplest way to do it. Works for me, at least. (Why are the variables being set?)

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

Get full directory path of a script regardless of where it is run from
Also resolves symlinks, showing the full path of the link target

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"


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