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Listen to TWiT with mpd/mpc

This will clear the current playlist. Almost exactly same command can be used with xmms2: xmms2 clear && xmms2 add http://twit.am:80/listen && xmms2 play Show Sample Output
This is sample output - yours may be different.
```
volume: 44%   repeat: off   random: off
adding: http://twit.am:80/listen
http://twit.am:80/listen
[playing] #1/1   0:00/0:00 (100%)
volume: 44%   repeat: off   random: off
```
0

mpc clear && mpc add http://twit.am:80/listen && mpc play

asolkar · 2010-05-26 17:01:59 4
Length of longest line of code

More straightforward. Show Sample Output
This is sample output - yours may be different.
```
96
```
0

perl -ne '$w = length if (length > $w); END {print "$w\n"}' *.cpp

asolkar · 2010-05-11 19:53:07 5
Length of longest line of code

Find the length of the longest line of code in your files. Show Sample Output
This is sample output - yours may be different.
```
96
```
-1

perl -ne 'push(@w, length); END {printf "%0d\n" , (sort({$b <=> $a} @w))[0]}' *.cpp

asolkar · 2010-05-11 19:46:37 5

Possible simplification of egrep-awk-sort with find and -exec with xargs. Show Sample Output

find . -maxdepth 1 -type f | xargs stat

asolkar · 2010-04-26 20:51:54 6

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Detach a process from the current shell

ignore HUP interruptions

Show apps that use internet connection at the moment. (Multi-Language)

Detect illegal access to kernel space, potentially useful for Meltdown detection

Based on capsule8 agent examples, not rigorously tested

send file to remote machine and unzip using ssh

This version transfers gzipped data which is unzipped as it arrives at the remote host.

Find the package that installed a command

One-liner to generate Self-Signed SSL Certificate+Key without any annoying prompts or CSRs

Handy if you want to quickly generate a self-signed certificate. Also can be used in your automated scripts for generating quick-use certificates.

list files recursively by size

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"

Suspend to ram

Convert a flv video file to avi using mencoder

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