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insert ip range using vim
fast method for insert ip range using vim

ps grep with header
Yet another ps grep function, but this one includes the column headings.

A "Web 2.0" domain name generator and look for register availability
You would need pwgen installed first, on ubuntu you can get it by apt-get $ sudo apt-get install pwgen

List your installed Chromium extensions (with url to each page)
Gives you a list for all installed chrome (chromium) extensions with URL to the page of the extension. With this you can easy add a new Bookmark folder called "extensions" add every URL to that folder, so it will be synced and you can access the names from every computer you are logged in. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Only tested with chromium, for chrome you maybe have to change the find $PATH.

which procs have $PATH_REGEX open?
faster than lsof by at least x2 on my box.

Replace spaces in a filename with hyphens
As long as you have perl based rename. You can check: =$ rename --help Unknown option: help Usage: rename [-v] [-n] [-f] perlexpr [filenames] That's the good one.

gag version of current date

Listen Digitally Imported Radio from CLI (without premium!)
This commands does just two things: fakes user agent (the one was taken from recent Android app) and sends the (possibly) listener ID (it can be any - I put "1" here because it works like a charm - after the name of stream ?1 as you can see). Look for the list of stations here: http://pub7.di.fm Or here: https://goo.gl/pdhhpQ Best regards, sxiii :)

Convert "man page" to text file
You can convert any UNIX man page to .txt

Get MX records for a domain
command is shorter, output unnecessary longer


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