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Shows all block devices in a tree with descruptions of what they are.

Blue Matrix
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check open ports without netstat or lsof

check open ports without netstat or lsof

Grep log between range of minutes
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swap out "80" for your port of interest. Can use port number or named ports e.g. "http"

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swap out "80" for your port of interest. Can use port number or named ports e.g. "http"

how to allow a program to listen through the firewall
To allow a program ("programmaautorizzato" in example) to listen through the firewall

urldecoding

list files recursively by size

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