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list files recursively by size

Rename files in batch

Count number of hits per IP address in last 2000 lines of apache logs and print the IP and hits if hits > 20

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

Save history without logout
You can use commands that executed on first console from new opened second console. Sometimes it be very useful :)

monitor system load
Also look at xload

Mount a VMware virtual disk (.vmdk) file on a Linux box
Assumes XP/2000/2003. For Server 2008+ try offset=105,906,176 You can find this number in the System Information utility under Partition Starting Offset. UEFI based boxes you want partition 2 since the first is just the boot files (and FAT). This works with (storage side) snapshots which is handy for single file restores on NFS mounted VMware systems

Rsync remote data as root using sudo
If your user has sudo on the remote box, you can rsync data as root without needing to login as root. This is very helpful if the remote box does not allow root to login over SSH (which is a common security restriction).

count processes with status "D" uninterruptible sleep

Delete Mailer-Daemon messages


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