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bash find function
basic find implementation for systems that don't actually have find, like an android console without busybox installed.

Shrink more than one blank lines to one in VIM.

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.

Print just line 4 from a textfile
this method should be the fastest

Delete specific sender in mailq

FInd the 10 biggest files taking up disk space

Print a file to a LPD server
You don't need cups =)

check open ports without netstat or lsof

Grab mp3 files from your favorite netcasts, mp3blog, or sites that often have good mp3s
This was gotten from http://www.veen.com/jeff/archives/000573.html. The line will grab all the mp3 files on the urls listed in text file sourceurls.txt (one url per line) . A much more complete breakdown of the line can be found at the web site mentioned above.

Generate a random password
Another password maker, for human-unfriendly passwords. '-base64' output will make sure it it can be typed on a keyboard, though the output string length will always be a multiple of 4.


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