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Extract all 7zip files in current directory taking filename spaces into account

tail: watch a filelog
-f file(s) to be monitorized -n number of last line to be printed on the screen in this example, the content of two files are displayed

check open ports without netstat or lsof

FLV to AVI with subtitles and forcing audio sync using mencoder
Gives MPEG-4/DivX output video file ready for uploading to YouTube from FLV file downloaded from the site and your own subtitle file UTF-8 encoded. No resizing needed. (?)

Generate random number with shuf
If you don't have seq or shuf, bash can be used.

Jump to a directory, execute a command and jump back to current dir

See size of partitions as human readable
See size of partitions as human readable and get extra informations about hdd and partitions

Use a decoy while scanning ports to avoid getting caught by the sys admin :9
Scan for open ports on the target device/computer (192.168.0.10) while setting up a decoy address (192.168.0.2). This will show the decoy ip address instead of your ip in targets security logs. Decoy address needs to be alive. Check the targets security log at /var/log/secure to make sure it worked.

Change pidgin status
Thanks for the comment oshazard, i wasn't aware of purple-remote existence.

Uptime in minute
Want to run scripts/programs in the system after starting X minute [ For letting the system to free ]? This will give uptime in minute.


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