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Monitor RX/TX packets and any subsquent errors
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export iPad App list to txt file
This will generate the same output without changing the current directory, and filepath will be relative to the current directory. Note: it will (still) fail if your iTunes library is in a non-standard location.

Show current iptables rules, with line numbers

Backup sda5 partition to ftp ( using pipes and gziped backup )

Lvextend logical volume
this command extends your logical volume. then it does a resize2fs on it as well. added the -r switch to make it launch resize.

Print a row of 50 hyphens

Move files around local filesystem with tar without wasting space using an intermediate tarball.

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"

Extract all 404 errors from your apache accesslog (prefix lines by occurrences number)

Remove a line from a file using sed (useful for updating known SSH server keys when they change)


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