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Get Hardware UUID in Mac OS X
Formats the output from `ioreg` into XML, then parses the XML with `xmllint`'s xpath feature.

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Runs a command without hangups.
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Download latest released gitlab docker container

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Get a list of IP Addresses that have failed to login via SSH
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list files recursively by size

Show apps that use internet connection at the moment.
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