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Get list of servers with a specific port open
Change the -p argument for the port number. See "man nmap" for different ways to specify address ranges.

Convert CSV to JSON
Replace 'csv_file.csv' with your filename.

Find the location of the currently loaded php.ini file

My Git Tree Command!
this creates a tree of your branch merges. very useful if you want to follow the features you add.

Tail postfix current maillog and grep for "criteria"
Tail curren postfix maillog.

Poor man's unsort (randomize lines)

Get the size of all the directories in current directory
OSX's BSD version of the du command uses the -d argument instead of --max-depth.

Get AWS temporary credentials ready to export based on a MFA virtual appliance
You might want to secure your AWS operations requiring to use a MFA token. But then to use API or tools, you need to pass credentials generated with a MFA token. This commands asks you for the MFA code and retrieves these credentials using AWS Cli. To print the exports, you can use: `awk '{ print "export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=\"" $1 "\"\n" "export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=\"" $2 "\"\n" "export AWS_SESSION_TOKEN=\"" $3 "\"" }'` You must adapt the command line to include: * $MFA_IDis ARN of the virtual MFA or serial number of the physical one * TTL for the credentials

Install pip with Proxy
Installs pip packages defining a proxy

Unlock more space form your hard drive
This command changes the reserved space for privileged process on '/dev/sda' to 1 per cent.


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