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Switch to the previous branch used in git(1)
Very useful if you keep switching between the same two branches all the time.

kill all process that belongs to you

Anti Syn Ddos
Ddos syn attack

A DESTRUCTIVE command to render a drive unbootable
THIS COMMAND IS DESTRUCTIVE. That said, lets assume you want to render your boot drive unbootable and reboot your machine. Maybe you want it to boot off the network and kickstart from a boot server for a fresh OS install. Replace /dev/fd0 with the device name of your boot drive and this DESTRUCTIVE command will render your drive unbootable. Your BIOS boot priority should be set to boot from HD first, then LAN.

sendEmail - easiest commandline way to send e-mail

See where a shortened url takes you before click

Convert Youtube videos to MP3
Make your own MP3s from Youtube videos.

Find usb device in realtime
Using this command you can track a moment when usb device was attached.

List all symbolic links in current directory
With this version, you can list all symlinks in the current directory (no subdirectories), and have it list both the link and the target.

Execute a command at a given time
This is an alternative to cron which allows a one-off task to be scheduled for a certain time.


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