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Create a .png from a command output and upload to ompdlr.org, give URI
Create a .png from output command or whatever, the upload and give URI from ompdlr.org

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Change a specific value in a path
Awk replaces the value of a specific field while retaining the field separator "/" .

Advanced python tracing
Trace python statement execution and syscalls invoked during that simultaneously

To get the CPU temperature continuously on the desktop
No need for a colon, and one less semicolon too. Also untested.

Check RAM size
Check RAM size

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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"

Show your local ipv4 IP
To show ipv6 instead, use [[ -6 ]] instead of [[ -4 ]] $ip -o -6 a s | awk -F'[ /]+' '$2!~/lo/{print $4}' To show only the IP of a specific interface, in case you get more than one result: $ip -o -4 a s eth0 | awk -F'[ /]+' '$2!~/lo/{print $4}' $ip -o -4 a s wlan0 | awk -F'[ /]+' '$2!~/lo/{print $4}'


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