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Prefix every line with a timestamp

Sort processes by CPU Usage
Short list about top 10 processes, sorted by CPU usage

intercept stdout/stderr of another process or disowned process
Useful to recover a output(stdout and stderr) "disown"ed or "nohup"ep process of other instance of ssh. With the others options the stdout / stderr is intercepted, but only the first n chars. This way we can recover ALL text of stdout or stderr

List all global top level modles, then remove ALL npm packages with xargs

find established tcp connections without using netstat!!
Fast and easy way to find all established tcp connections without using the netstat command.

Nginx - print all optional modules before compilation
wget http://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.15.3.tar.gz && tar -xzf 1.15.3.tar.gz && cd nginx-1.15.3

Show apps that use internet connection at the moment.
This corrects duplicate output from the previous command.

Pronounce an English word using Dictionary.com
This one uses dictionary.com

Get a regular updated list of zombies
Shows all those processes; useful when building some massively forking script that could lead to zombies when you don't have your waitpid()'s done just right.

Android PNG screenshot
Works with *rooted* Android devices. 400x800 are the screen dimensions of a typical handheld smartphone.


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