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Scale,Rotate, brightness, contrast,...with Image Magick
$rotate: the rotate angle $width, $height: width and height to scale to $birghtness: change brighness

Process command output line by line in a while loop
This snippet allows to process the output of any bash command line by line.

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"

cp the file
Copy the file with the given .extension at the source file's location. Eliminates the typing of long paths again and again.

copy last command to clipboard
Copy the last command to clipboard (os x)

Sort IP addresses
Sort IP address by order

Random unsigned integer

Force logout after 24 hours idle
Shell timeout variables (TMOUT) can be very liberal about what is classified as 'activity', like having an editor open. This command string will terminate the login shell for an user with more than a day's idle time.

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"

Print macOS current power delivery max wattage
Print the max wattage of the current power draw source for a Mac. Note that the current amount of watts drawn may be lower, particularly if a high-wattage adapter is plugged into a Mac that has a full battery.


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