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Create and access directory at the same time
The previous alternative dont work (the cd command was missing).

List your largest installed packages.
Requires the "wajig" package to be installed.

A little bash daemon =)
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Check syntax of remote ruby file

Convert JSON to YAML

Sniff ONLY POP3 authentication by intercepting the USER command
dsniff is general purpose password sniffer, it handles *lots* of different protocols, but it also handles tcp-style expressions for limiting analyzed traffic - so I can limit it to work on pop3 only.

Prevent non-root users from logging in
Also with optional message: $ echo "no login for you" > /etc/nologin (This doesn't affect your current X session - you're already logged in!)

pretend to be busy in office to enjoy a cup of coffee
Not as taxing on the CPU.

Show CPU usage for EACH cores

list with full path

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