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Create a quick back-up copy of a file
Uses shell expansion to create a back-up called file.txt.bak

burn initial session on a growable DVD using growisofs
replace "directory name to burn on DVD" with actual directory name that you want to copy on DVD

A one-line web server in Ruby
Here's how to serve a directory in one line of Ruby. Handy for sharing files at a conference, for example.

resize all JPG images in folder and create new images (w/o overwriting)
Convert all jpegs in the current directory into ~1024*768 pixels and ~ 150 KBytes jpegs

list files recursively by size

List docker volumes by container

Create a nifty overview of the hardware in your computer
After the command is done, open the html file in a browser

List all files opened by a particular command
List all file opened by a particular command based on it's command name.

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"

Change newline to space in a file just using echo
Changing newline to spaces using just echo


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