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Rename all files which contain the sub-string 'foo', replacing it with 'bar'
Would this command line achieve the desired function? My CLI knowledge is not great so this could certainly be wrong. It is merely a suggestion for more experienced uses to critique. Best wishes roly :-)

Enable verbose boot in Mac OS X Open Firmware

Convert CSV to JSON
Replace 'csv_file.csv' with your filename.

Show UDID of iPhone
Display the serial of the iPhone (aka UDID).

Nmap list IPs in a network and saves in a txt

Emulating netcat -e (netcat-traditional or netcat-openbsd) with the gnu-netcat
Then just nc servername 2600 and ./script.sh kill the client with ctrl+c. You can reconnect several times. kill the server with exit

Outgoing IP of server
Faster than the curl/wget-approaches.

grep for minus (-) sign
Use flag "--" to stop switch parsing

Execute a command with a timeout
A timeout is great, but what if the command is taking longer than expected because it's hung up or ran into some other problem? That's where the -k option comes in. Run "some_command" and timeout after 30s. If the command is still running after 1 minute, it will receive a kill signal.

Go up multiple levels of directories quickly and easily.
Change to your taste. Much quicker than having to add 'cd' every time. Add it to your .bashrc or .bash_profile.


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