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Install pip with Proxy
Installs pip packages defining a proxy

dd with progress bar and statistics to gzipped image
This is a useful command to backup an sd card with relative total size for piping to pv with a progressbar

Verify if user account exists in Linux / Unix

for all who don't have the watch command
#Usage: watch timeinsecond "command"

Broadcast your shell thru port 5000
Doesn't work so well if you connect from windows. Linux only sends LF where windows wants CRLF. The alternative command works better with windows, however it uses script and a named pipe.

Rips CDs (Playstation, etc.) and names the files the same as the volume name

find unreadable file

Rip audio from a video file.
Replace and accordingly.

Find usb device in realtime
Using this command you can track a moment when usb device was attached.

take a look to command before action
add |sh when you agree the list, I often use that method to prevent typos in dangerous or long operations


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