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tar pipe to copy files, alternate to cp -Ra
uses tar to dump files from /orignl/path to /dst/dir. i find tar's out more readable than cp, and it doesn't mess with modified dates.

processes per user counter
No need for sort

Search manpages for a keyword
Search manpages for a keyword. Very useful when you don't know where to find the information.

rename / move Uppercase filenames to lowercase filenames current directory
move filename/rename filenames with Uppercase to lowercase in current directory

GRUB2: set Super Mario as startup tune

Skype conversation logs to IRC-format logs

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

sum a column of numbers

Which processes are listening on a specific port (e.g. port 80)
swap out "80" for your port of interest. Can use port number or named ports e.g. "http"

Copy without overwriting


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