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Selecting a random file/folder of a folder
random file from files in directory

Replace spaces in filenames with underscorees

Install pip with Proxy
Installs pip packages defining a proxy

move you up one directory quickly
Alias a single character 'b' to move to parent directory. Put it into your .bashrc or .profile file. Using "cd .." is one of the most repetitive sequence of characters you'll in the command line. Bring it down to two keys 'b' and 'enter'. It stands for "back" Also useful to have multiple: alias b='cd ../' alias bb='cd ../../' alias bbb='cd ../../../' alias bbbb='cd ../../../../'

determine if tcp port is open
@putnamhill, no need if statement in that case. && is a AND and || is a OR

Manipulate the metadata when the photo was taken, this will shift with +15hours + 30min

Check whether IPv6 is enabled
Checks whether IPv6 is enabled system-wide by reading from procfs.

"hidden" remote shell
opens a "hidden" remote shell (login will not appear in "last" for example). This is not really hidden, because the login will be shown in auth.log and the process is visible anyways. ssh -T = Disable pseudo-tty allocation. bash -i = interactive shell

Send a local file via email
if "mail -a" fail, try "mutt -a" or "nail -a"

Search apache virtual host by pattern
Outputs contents of virtual hosts containing PATTERN. Particularly useful for pefrorming complex searches. E.g. search for docroot of www.example.com: $ sed -n '/^[^#]*


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