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Getting ESP and EIP addresses from running processes
'ps' let you specify the format that you want to see on the output.

Analyze, check, auto-repair and optimize Mysql Database
A useful way to do a full check and auto repair damaged databases

Fetch the current human population of Earth
They are using json now

remove newlines from specific lines in a file using sed

Matrix Style
Unlike other alternatives, this command only relies on bash builtins and should also work on windows platforms with the bash executable. Sparseness corresponds to the number 128 and can be adjusted. To print all possible digits instead of only 0 and 1 replace RANDOM%2 by RANDOM%10 or RANDOM%16 to add letters [A-F].

Get all IPs via ifconfig
works on Linux and Solaris. I think it will work on nearly all *nix-es

Resume a detached screen session, resizing to fit the current terminal
By default, screen tries to restore its old window sizes when attaching to resizable terminals. This command is the command-line equivalent to typing ^A F to fit an open screen session to the window.

Update grub menu.lst
Remove all commented lines Remove all blank lines Show the menu Up the delay so you have enough time to select a kernel Remove the quiet so you can watch the entire boot Add a rootdelay for san attached storage booting

Delete all local git branches that have been merged
This checks if the branch has been merged with master and then will delete the ones that have been. Keeps your local git repo nice and clean from all the branches.

List all files ever added in git repository


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