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Rename files in batch

a function to find the fastest DNS server
http://public-dns.info gives a list of online dns servers. you need to change the country in url (br in this url) with your country code. this command need some time to ping all IP in list.

Replace duplicate files by hardlinks

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"

validate xml in a shell script using xmllint

A very simple and useful stopwatch
time read -sn1 (s:silent, n:number of characters. Press any character to stop)

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

Concatenates lines using sed

total text files in current dir

Scrape commands from commandline fu's 1st page
just bored here at work ... if your are daring ... add '| bash' .... enjoy require 'ruby'


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