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Print a great grey scale demo !
Seen here: http://www.pixelbeat.org/docs/terminal_colours/

get all Amazon cloud (amazonws etc) ipv6 subnets

My PS1
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List processes playing sound
When trying to play a sound you may sometimes get an error saying that your sound card is already used, but not by what process. This will list all processes playing sound, useful to kill processes that you no longer need but that keep using your sound card.

Run command in an ftp session
By putting ! in front of a command, we are able to run it from an ftp session.

Remove all the files except abc in the directory
Finds all files in the current directory and deletes them besides file called "abc"

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

sendEmail - easiest commandline way to send e-mail

Watch RX/TX rate of an interface in kb/s
Just a simple way without the need of additional tools. Of course, replace eth0 with your IF.

Download Apple movie trailers
Copy the link to an HD movie trailer in to this command. It's more eleganant if it's put in a to a script, taking the URL as input.


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