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Create multiple subfolders in one command.
Instead of typing separate commands to create various subfolders, we can create multiple subfolders by listing them between brackets and separated by commas.

Random unsigned integer

Get the Last tweet (Better than Twitter feed rrs)
I was using some twitter bots and twitter bloks my IP. Now im using some proxys and i use these command to validate the tweet was published.

Mouse Tracking
Will track your mouse and save it to a file. You can use gnuplot to graph it: $ gnuplot -persist

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"

print indepth hardware info
wanna know something about your hardware? how about EVERYTHING?? then this should do ya well

kill some process (same as others) but parsing to a variable
Kills a process matching program. I suggest using $ pgrep -fl program to avoid over-killings Nice the following: kills all bash process owned by guest $ pkill -9 -f bash -u guest

Download SSL/TLS pem format cert from https web host

Using a single sudo to run multiple && arguments
This will also work with bash instead of sh shell sudo bash -c 'apt update -y && apt upgrade -y'

sort list of email addresses by domain.tld
email random list can be created here: https://www.randomlists.com/email-addresses


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