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Get IP address from domain

Copy files to a remote host with SFTP with a leading dot, then rename them to the real file name
Usage: $ sftp-cp * | sftp user@host:/dir This is useful if there is a process on the remote machine waiting for files in an incoming directory. This way it won't see half-transmitted files if it ignores hidden files.

Create a temporary file
To create directory, use: $ tempdir=$(/bin/mktemp -d)

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

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"

underscore to camelCase

Get My Public IP Address

Coping files, excluding certain files
Preserve file structure when coping and exclude some file o dir patterns

Watch active calls on an Asterisk PBX
Only the number of calls nothing else.

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