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Which processes are listening on a specific port (e.g. port 80)
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Smart renaming
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Shows the torrent file name along with the trackers url
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Send an email from the terminal when job finishes
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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"

list processes with established tcp connections (without netstat)
Uses lsof to list open network connections (file descriptors), grepping for only those in an established state

Replicate a directory structure dropping the files

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"

grep -v with multiple patterns.
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