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Run netcat to server files of current folder

Run a script in parrallel over ssh
Runs a local script over ssh assuming ssh keys are in place. -P argument prints results to stdout. # Uses - https://code.google.com/p/parallel-ssh/

get you public ip address

Delete all but the latest 5 files
yes 6 (tail from 6th line)

One-liner to generate Self-Signed SSL Certificate+Key without any annoying prompts or CSRs
Handy if you want to quickly generate a self-signed certificate. Also can be used in your automated scripts for generating quick-use certificates.

find .txt files inside a directory and replace every occurrance of a word inside them via sed

ls only directories
Like normal ls, but only lists directories. Can be used with -l to get more details (ls -lad */)

Converts to PDF all the OpenOffice.org files in the directory
Requieres unoconv (debian package)

Detect illegal access to kernel space, potentially useful for Meltdown detection
Based on capsule8 agent examples, not rigorously tested

List all NPM global packages installed


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