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Produce 10 copies of the same string

Random Futurama quote
Random Futurama quote from http://cubemonkey.net/quotes/. Change the quote= to change the quote source.

Replace duplicate files by hardlinks
This variation can handle file paths containing spaces.

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"

Watch how fast the files in a drive are being deleted
This can be useful when a large remove operation is taking place.

Downlaoad websites to 5 level and browse offline!
Download Websites to 5 Level and browse offline! -k -> convert-links (to browse offline) -r -> recursive download -l 5 -> level 5 example. http://gentoo-install.com :-)

Watch how many tcp connections there are per state every two seconds.
slighty shorter

Create backup copy of file, adding suffix of the date of the file modification (NOT today's date)
If your `date` command has `-r` option, you don't need `stat`

Open browser from terminal to create PR after pushing something in Git in MAC

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