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Convert JSON to YAML

change up n directories
Change n directories up, without parameters change one up

To find the LDAP clients connected to LDAP service running on Solaris

get a random command
This command will show an random command. this is useful if you want to explore various random commands.

Get your external IP address without curl
Curl is not installed by default on many common distros anymore. wget always is :) $ wget -qO- ifconfig.me/ip

diff current vi buffer edits against original file

Unzip multiple files with one command
With this command you can easily unzip multiple zip files with just one command. All you need to do is to use single quotes.

Load your [git-controlled] working files into the vi arglist.
Branch name may be substituted, of course.

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"

download newest adminer and rename to it's version accordingly
If the version already downloaded. it will not download again


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