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last.fm rss parser
Quick and kludgy rss parser for the recent tracks rss feed from last.fm. Extracts artist and track link.

Deleting / Ignoring lines from the top of a file
Output lines starting at line 2.

Add prefix onto filenames
Best to try first with -n flag, to preview

Delete recursively only empty folders on present dir

Using numsum to sum a column of numbers.
if you, like me, do not have the numsum, this way can do the same.

Detect illegal access to kernel space, potentially useful for Meltdown detection
Based on capsule8 agent examples, not rigorously tested

Get the full path to a file
Useful in scripts when the file is passed in as an argument. Eg. $ filepath=$(realpath $1)

Generate random IP addresses
It never ends

pdfcount: get number of pages in a PDF file


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