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commentate specified line of a file
used when modify several configuration files with a single command

Yet Another Rename (bash function)
Implementation of `rename` for systems on which I don't have access to it.

Send test prints to networked printer.
This will send a test print job to a networked printer.

Calculate days on which Friday the 13th occurs (inspired from the work of the user justsomeguy)
Friday is the 5th day of the week, monday is the 1st. Output may be affected by locale.

See system users

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

Welcome humans!
Some information about robots. :-)

Generate MD5 of string and output only the hash checksum

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"

Enable verbose boot in Mac OS X Open Firmware


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