Commands by zarathud (2)

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Create an SSH tunnel for accessing your remote MySQL database with a local port

Get your outgoing IP address
should be very consistent cause it's google :-)

Show every subdirectory (zsh)

Graphically show percent of mount space used
Automatically drops mount points that have non-numeric sizes (e.g. /proc). Tested in bash on Linux and AIX.

Processes by CPU usage

Erase DVD RW

USE WITH CAUTION: perminately delete old kernel packages

Decrypt passwords from Google Chrome and Chromium.
Read this before you down voting and comment that it is not working -> Wont work on latest versions ~75> since database file is locked and has to be decrypted. This is useful if you have an old hdd with a chrome installation and want to decrypt your old passwords fast.

Track flight information from the command line
See the flight information from the CLI Use as a SH file or function, like: `./flight.sh os 336`

Display laptop battery information

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