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How to search for files and open all of them in tabbed vim editor.
Opening several files at once in Vim can be very easy in connection with find command.

Check the package is installed or not. There will show the package name which is installed.
The ^python$ is a package name patten. You can change whatever you want.

Mirror rubygems.org
https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems-mirror/issues/20

Print diagram of user/groups
Parses /etc/group to "dot" format and pases it to "display" (imagemagick) to show a usefull diagram of users and groups (don't show empty groups).

Rename files in batch

Install a basic FreeBSD system
Install a basic FreeBSD system on a distant server. I use this to install FreeBSD on servers that can only boot a Linux rescue system. This sytem loads on ram when booted, so it is possible to install freely. You can even install on ZFS root !

pip install into current directory without virtualenv
For subsequent commands in the prefixed path: $ PYTHONPATH=$PWD/lib/python*/site-packages ./bin/pip --version

Which processes are listening on a specific port (e.g. port 80)
swap out "80" for your port of interest. Can use port number or named ports e.g. "http"

Traceroute w/TCP to get through firewalls.
man tcptraceroute

Convert every eps in a directory to pdf
Converts every *.eps file to a *.pdf file


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