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Sorted list of established destination connections
no need grep. its redundant when awk is present.

Add all files
Add all files

Runs previous command but replacing
Really useful for when you have a typo in a previous command. Also, arguments default to empty so if you accidentally run: $ echo "no typozs" you can correct it with $ ^z

reclaim your window titlebars (in ubuntu lucid)

Terminal - Prints out, what the users name, notifyed in the gecos field, is

Find usb device in realtime
Using this command you can track a moment when usb device was attached.

Find usb device in realtime
Using this command you can track a moment when usb device was attached.

Download an entire ftp directory using wget
If the username includes an @ you can use this one: wget -r --user=username_here --password=pass_here ftp://ftp.example.com

display information about the CPU

Count lines using wc.

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