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Get the Last tweet (Better than Twitter feed rrs)
I was using some twitter bots and twitter bloks my IP. Now im using some proxys and i use these command to validate the tweet was published.

Get shellcode of the binary using objdump
Anyone can make the command smaller & easier? :)

Bulk install
Like 7172, but much easier.

find the delete file ,which is in use

Do a search-and-replace in a file after making a backup
sed already has an option for editing files in place and making backup copies of the old file. -i will edit a file in place and if you give it an argument, it will make a backup file using that string as an extension.

Remove all old kernels
http://askubuntu.com/questions/89710/how-do-i-free-up-more-space-in-boot

ring the bell

Use ImageMagick to get an image's properties

Jump to a directory, execute a command and jump back to current dir

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


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