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Connect to TCP port 5000, transfer data and close connexion.
With no '-q 0' switch, nc simply waits, and whatever awaits the data hangs.

Install pip with Proxy
Installs pip packages defining a proxy

Convert multiple flac files to mp3
make sure that flac and lame are installed sudo apt-get install lame flac

Concatenate (join) video files
Use mencoder to concatenate (join) multiple video files together.

Get your outgoing IP address
should be very consistent cause it's google :-)

Print all lines in a file that are not a certain length
Alternatively, print all the lines that are a certain length: $awk 'length($0)==12 {print}' your_file_name

gawk gets fixed width field

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"

list files recursively by size


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