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fuman, an alternative to the 'man' command that shows commandlinefu.com examples
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Rsync between two servers
copying files from one server to another using rysnc. Root access need to be allowed on the destination.

Filter IP's in apache access logs based on use
The first sort is necessary for ips in a list to be actually unique.

Print just line 4 from a textfile

Do some learning...
compgen -c finds everything in your path.

Watch active calls on an Asterisk PBX

Set laptop display brightness
Run as root. Path may vary depending on laptop model and video card (this was tested on an Acer laptop with ATI HD3200 video). $ cat /proc/acpi/video/VGA/LCD/brightness to discover the possible values for your display.

Read aloud a text file in Mac OS X

remove the last of all html files in a directory
sed can be used deleting the last line and with -i option, there's no need to for temp files, the change is made on the actual file

Create a new file


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