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Go to parent directory of filename edited in last command

Connect via sftp to a specific port
I use this for connect via sftp to a server listening on a non default ssh port.

Mount iso to /mnt on Solaris
Unmount $ umount /mnt Delete loopback file device $ lofiadm -d /dev/lofi/1

Find the package that installed a command

See system users

Big (four-byte) $RANDOM
Sometimes, in a shell script, you need a random number bigger than the range of $RANDOM. This will print a random number made of four hex values extracted from /dev/urandom.

Print the 16 most recent RPM packages installed in newest to oldest order

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"

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"

Command to logout all the users in one command
Only to logout all users except root


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