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Downsample mp3s to 128K
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Sort a character string
Sorts a character string, using common shell commands.

Get a list of all browsable Samba shares on the target server.

How to speedup the Ethernet device
ethtool is used for querying settings of an ethernet device and changing them. In this example I setup 100 Mb/s full duplex on my Linux Box

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Suspend an ssh session.
This must be typed before any other characters have been entered on the line. Use fg, as usual, to resume the ssh session.

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

Find the package that installed a command


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