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python - covert image to base64 string for data URI use
useful if you are using lots of data URI's in your css files

Upload images to omploader.org from the command line.
This function uploads images to http://omploader.org and then prints out the links to the file. Some coloring can also be added to the command with: $ompload() { curl -F file1=@"$1" http://omploader.org/upload|awk '/Info:|File:|Thumbnail:|BBCode:/{gsub(/

Find default gateway

Save a file you edited in vim without the needed permissions
probably just like 1204, but uses tee as a filter (+ I actually understand how this one works)

Check if your desired password is already available in haveibeenpwnd database. This command uses the API provided by HIBP

check open ports without netstat or lsof

Picture Renamer

Takes an html file and outputs plain text from it

use google's text-to-speech and play in media player

Copy a file with progress and save hash to a different file


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