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list files recursively by size

Play all files in the directory using MPlayer
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Google verbatim search on your terminal
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Which processes are listening on a specific port (e.g. port 80)
swap out "80" for your port of interest. Can use port number or named ports e.g. "http"

resize all JPG images in folder and create new images (w/o overwriting)
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Phrack 66 is out, but the .tar.gz is not there yet on phrack.org's website
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your terminal sings
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Insert the last argument of the previous command
for example if you did a: $ ls -la /bin/ls then $ ls !$ is equivalent to doing a $ ls /bin/ls

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