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convert unixtime to human-readable

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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"

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Change gnome-shell wallpaper

Count the number of characters in each line

Show crontabs for all users
added echo "### Crontabs for $user ####"; to make clear whose crontab is listed.

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check open ports without netstat or lsof

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