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

Run the Firefox Profile Manager
even when another instance is already open. Great for testing purposes when you need to be 2 people at once on the same site.

Burn an ISO on the command line.

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

cp the file
Copy the file with the given .extension at the source file's location. Eliminates the typing of long paths again and again.

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"

Get File Names from touch commands
retrieve file names back from touch commands for them

Display BIOS Information
read the memory from C:0000 to F:FFFF without the need auf dmidecode

add a ip address to a network device
Allows to add more than one ip address to one network device.


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