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Show apps that use internet connection at the moment. (Multi-Language)
for one line per process: $ ss -p | cat for established sockets only: $ ss -p | grep STA for just process names: $ ss -p | cut -f2 -sd\" or $ ss -p | grep STA | cut -f2 -d\"

Find usb device in realtime
Using this command you can track a moment when usb device was attached.

rgrep: recursive grep without .svn
Only excludes .svn from filenames.

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

Get all mac address
Get mac address listed for all interfaces.

Creates a proxy based on tsocks.

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

check open ports without netstat or lsof

Get and read log from remote host (works with log on pipe, too)

get some information about the parent process from a given process


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