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Install pip with Proxy
Installs pip packages defining a proxy

Remove a range of lines from a file
Delete a range of line

output length of longest line
If your wc does not have the -L option, you can use awk.

Edit the list of to ignore files in the active directory
Standard command, but I always have to search for it... ;-)

Create a tar of directory structure only

Check if a domain is available and get the answer in just one line
Returns nothing if the domain exists and 'No match for domain.com' otherwise.

Unzip multiple files with one command
With this command you can easily unzip multiple zip files with just one command. All you need to do is to use single quotes.

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

Filter IP's in apache access logs based on use
The first sort is necessary for ips in a list to be actually unique.

Copy specific files recursively using the same tree organization.
This command has been used to overwrite corrupted "entries" files of a corrupted subversion working copy. Note the --files-from input format.


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