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netstat with group by ip adress

pip install into current directory without virtualenv
For subsequent commands in the prefixed path: $ PYTHONPATH=$PWD/lib/python*/site-packages ./bin/pip --version

PulseAudio: set the volume via command line
If you have more than one SINK

Ultimate current directory usage command
A little bit smaller, faster and should handle files with special characters in the name.

set history file length
set how many commands to keep in history Default is 500 Saved in /home/$USER/.bash_history Add this to /home/$USER/.bashrc HISTFILESIZE=1000000000 HISTSIZE=1000000

merge multiple jpgs to one picture vertikal
# convert tool is from deb imagemagick-6.q16 apt install imagemagick-6.q16

Debug SSH at the Maximum Verbosity Level
When debugging an ssh connection either to optimize your settings ie compression, ciphers, or more commonly for debugging an issue connecting, this alias comes in real handy as it's not easy to remember the '-o LogLevel=DEBUG3' argument, which adds a boost of debugging info not available with -vvv alone. Especially useful are the FD info, and the setup negotiation to create a cleaner, faster connection.

Change active bond slave
This forces a bonded interface to switch to another slave in the bond as its active slave.

Add sudo with shortcut alt+e in bash

list files recursively by size

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