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for OS X

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

Download last file from index of

Find out the active XOrg Server DISPLAY number (from outside)
It's useful when you cannot access your env (systemd) or the process DISPLAY variable is not set. Perhaps also when you have a multi-head/user configuration.

Use wget to download one page and all it's requisites for offline viewing

Get IPv4 of eth0 for use with scripts
Simple and easy. No regex, no search and replace. Just clean, built-in tools.

Merge Two or More PDFs into a New Document
require the pdftk package

Decrypt passwords from Google Chrome and Chromium.
Read this before you down voting and comment that it is not working -> Wont work on latest versions ~75> since database file is locked and has to be decrypted. This is useful if you have an old hdd with a chrome installation and want to decrypt your old passwords fast.

Delete specific sender in mailq

Detect illegal access to kernel space, potentially useful for Meltdown detection
Based on capsule8 agent examples, not rigorously tested


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