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Advanced python tracing
Trace python statement execution and syscalls invoked during that simultaneously

convert hex to decimal ; decimal to hex

see the TIME_WAIT and ESTABLISHED nums of the network
see the TIME_WAIT and ESTABLISHED nums of the network

fork performance test
grabbed from Andrew Aylett post: http://superuser.com/questions/133313/can-i-speed-up-cygwins-fork

Rotate a single page PDF by 180 degrees
More pdftk examples: http://www.pdflabs.com/docs/pdftk-cli-examples/

ANSI 256 Color Test
Terminal Color tester using python, works with py2 and 3

repeat a command every one second
Short method of "while x=0; do foo ; sleep 1 ; done"

Your GeoIP location on Google Maps

Copy files from multiple directories into one directory

Extract audio from Flash video (*.flv) as mp3 file


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