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Cleanup Python bytecode files
This command will erase all bytecode versions of Python modules under the current directory.

see the TIME_WAIT and ESTABLISHED nums of the network
see the TIME_WAIT and ESTABLISHED nums of the network

Find the package that installed a command

Show account security settings
Show account security settings

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Resize a Terminal Window
Replace 70 with the desired height. Replace 180 with the desired width. I put it in my bashrc, because by default my terminal is too small.

tar+pbzip2 a dir

simulated text generator

Advanced python tracing
Trace python statement execution and syscalls invoked during that simultaneously

check open ports without netstat or lsof


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