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dump a remote db via ssh and populate local db with postgres

Recursively touch all files and subdirectories

find distro name / release version

import gpg key from the web
imports a public key from the web. I know this by head.. but useful nevertheless

list with full path

count match string lines from file(s)

Adding Prefix to File name
Good old bracket expansion :-) For large numbers of files, "rename" will spare you the for-loop, or the find/exec...

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"

Tail a log and replace according to a sed pattern
Tails a log and replaces it line-by-line according to whatever you want to replace. Useful if the file writing to the log can't be modified, so you need to modify its output instead.

Close shell keeping all subprocess running


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