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Run the last command as root
Useful when you forget to use sudo for a command. "!!" grabs the last run command.

Show the command line for a PID, converting nulls to spaces and a newline

finds the c files with lines containing 'mcs', in the folders under the current folder

Display a list of all PHP classes that are called statically
Searches all .php files for a static instantiation of a class and displays the class names along with their frequencies.

Console clock
Shows a simple clock in the console -t param removes the watch header Ctrl-c to exit

Download mp3 files linked in a RSS podcast feed
Directly download all mp3 files of the desired podcast

Split a file one piece at a time, when using the split command isn't an option (not enough disk space)
bs = buffer size (basically defined the size of a "unit" used by count and skip) count = the number of buffers to copy (16m * 32 = 1/2 gig) skip = (32 * 2) we are grabbing piece 3...which means 2 have already been written so skip (2 * count) i will edit this later if i can to make this all more understandable

Download all mp3's listed in an html page

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"

Create a large test file (taking no space).

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