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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"

Mount a windows partition in a dual boot linux installation with write permission...[Read and Write]
If you have the library installed ntfs-3g, you will be able to mount the windows partition and write on it....

Console clock
Shows a simple clock in the console -t param removes the watch header Ctrl-c to exit

Get listening ports on a localhost
ss is a tool that will help you to get all kinds of useful information about the current sockets on a localhost. You can also get the uid of the daemons process using the flag: $ ss -le

Sprunge.us - CLI alternative to PasteBin.com
NAME sprunge: command line pastebin: SYNOPSIS | curl -F 'sprunge=

analyze traffic remotely over ssh w/ wireshark
commandline for mac os x

Creat a tar file for backup info
Use tar command for a backup info with a date of creation

Delete Empty Directories
Deletes empty directories and prints an error if directory is not empty.

My random music player
This is my favorite music player I use in my beloved Linux systems,server or desktop Enjoy :-)

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