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Read Python logs with tracebacks in color

Display ncurses based network monitor
Nload is part of nload package, tested under Debian. Nload display network bandwidth statistics, -u m options stands for MBit unit measure.

When was your OS installed?
Show time and date when you installed your OS.

Get information about a video file

Print just line 4 from a textfile
this method should be the fastest

Install a basic FreeBSD system
Install a basic FreeBSD system on a distant server. I use this to install FreeBSD on servers that can only boot a Linux rescue system. This sytem loads on ram when booted, so it is possible to install freely. You can even install on ZFS root !

Set your profile so that you resume or start a screen session on login
From screen's manpage: "Attach here and now. In detail this means: If a session is running, then reattach. If necessary detach and logout remotely first. If it was not running create it and notify the user. This is the author's favorite." Toss this in your ~/.bash_profile so that you never have that "oh crap" moment where you wanted to run something in screen and didn't.

add all files not under version control to repository
With the force options the same results can be achieved

Realtime apache hits per second
Change the cut range for hits per 10 sec, minute and so on... Grep can be used to filter on url or source IP.

Make Kali Linux look less suspicious by making the desktop look more like a windows machine
To revert back to Kali's original desktop. Just redo the same command with no options .


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