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find all active IP addresses in a network
There are several other options. This one is plain and simple. Another option is: nmap -sP 192.168.0.0/24

bash or tcsh redirect both to stdout and to a file
When plumbers use pipes, they sometimes need a T-joint. The Unix equivalent to this is 'tee'. The -a flag tells 'tee' to append to the file, rather than clobbering it. Tested on bash and tcsh.

Compress logs older than 7 days

Recursive Line Count

Clean your broken terminal
If something fracks up your terminal, just type in 'reset' and everything should be good again.

Run the last command as root
Useful when you forget to use sudo for a command. "!!" grabs the last run command.

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"

Find partition name using mount point
lsblk | grep mountpoint

List the size of all sub folders and files from the current location, with sorting

Install pip with Proxy
Installs pip packages defining a proxy


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