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Alert on Mac when server is up
When run on a mac, this command will bring up a dialog box in the Terminal when server HOSTNAME first responds to a ping.

SAR - List the average memory usage for all days recorded under '/var/log/sa/*' using sar -r.

Startup a VPN connection through command line

Open a Remote Desktop (RDP) session with a custom resolution.
Using a widescreen monitor, I often get annoyed that the RDP window is too high, or too narrow for what I want to display. In this example, I'm on a 1680 x 1050 display.

Install pip with Proxy
Installs pip packages defining a proxy

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Job Control
background and disown, but with a proper one-line syntax

find files ignoring .svn and its decendents

Reclaim standard in from the tty for a script that is in a pipeline
This will grab the controlling tty regardless of what STDOUT and STDERR are doing.

Extract audio track from a video file using mencoder
Extracts an MP3 encoded audio stream from an input video file.

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