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Gets the last string of previous command with !$
It helps you save a lot of writing :-)

List PHP-FPM pools by total CPU usage

Fetch the requested virtual domains and their hits from log file
The command will read the apache log file and fetch the virtual host requested and the number of requests.

Display laptop battery information

delete unversioned files in a checkout from svn

Resets a terminal that has been messed up by binary input

pid of manually selecting window

Erase empty files
The command find search commands with size zero and erase them.

add lyrics

Download from Rapidshare Premium using wget - Part 1
In order to do that, first you need to save a cookie file with your account info. These commands do it (maybe you need to create the '.cookies' dir before). Also, you need to check the "Direct downloads" option on the Premium Zone >> Settings tab. You need to do this once (as long you maintain the file or your Rapidshare Premium account).


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