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dd if=/path/to/inputfile of=/path/to/outputfile & pid=$! && sleep X && while kill -USR1 $pid; do sleep X; done
2010-12-02 15:07:18
User: cyrusza
Functions: dd kill sleep
Tags: dd copy progress
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Start dd and show progress every X seconds

Adjust "sleep X" to your needs.

*NOTE: First sleep is required because bash doesn't have a "post-test" syntax (do XXX while).

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socat TCP-LISTEN:locport,fork TCP:XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:YYY,sourceport=srcport
2010-11-22 13:24:33
User: cyrusza
Tags: Network tricks tunneling
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Create a tunnel from a remote server to the local machine using a specific source port

It connects to XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX port YYY, using a source port of "srcport" and binds the tunnel on local port "locport". Then you can connect to localhost:locport.

With this command it's possible to connect to servers using a specific source port (useful when a firewall check the source port). Because of the connections starting from the same source port, this works well only for the first connection (for example, works well with SSH and bad with HTTP because of multiple requests).

* It requires socat

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dpkg -l | grep ^rc | cut -d' ' -f3 | xargs dpkg -P
2010-11-22 12:53:31
User: cyrusza
Functions: cut grep xargs
Tags: Debian dpkg aptitude
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Purge configuration files of removed packages on debian based systems

Lists all packages in "rc" state and purge them one at a time.

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