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find all active IP addresses in a network

list block devices
Shows all block devices in a tree with descruptions of what they are.

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

Open Finder from the current Terminal location
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get only time of execution of a command without his output

Start another instance of X via SSH

Use tcpdump to monitor all DNS queries and responses

backup and remove files with access time older than 5 days.
create an archive of files with access time older than 5 days, and remove original files.

Use mtr to create a text file report
The report mode of mtr produces a text formated result of the mtr run using the number of ping cycles stated by the command. This text file could then be attached to an email with ease. I use this also without the ">" portion when writing email from within mutt using VI from the command mode with ":r !mtr --report --report-cycles 10 www.google.com" to actually input the same output in the body of an email.


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