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Remove all cached images for icons related to your profile
Run inside Command Prompt (cmd.exe) as admin. Note that you must close explorer.exe first, and even so some files will not be deleted, will say "Access is denied." To definitely delete them enter with another admin user or from other operating system and access the drive.

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

Rename a file with a random name
Give files a random name (don't ask why :-) The function will rename files but maintain their extensions. BUG: If a file doesn't have an extension it will end up with a dot at the end of the name. The parameter '8' for pwgen controls the length of filenames - eight random characters.

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

Email someone if a web page has been updated.
A cronjob command line to email someone when a webpages homepage is updated.

List docker volumes by container

Serial console to a Vmware VM
Create a serial console with "socket (named pipe)" of "/tmp/socket", "from:server, to:virtual machine" in vmware player, etc.. gui. Run the above command after you have booted the guest OS (which should also be configured for serial console).

"What the hell is running on?!" Easily snoop your system's RAM consumption
Works on most unixes, on OpenBSD replace the "-g" parameter at the sort with a "-n".

Install pip with Proxy
Installs pip packages defining a proxy

Python version 3: Serve current directory tree at http://$HOSTNAME:8000/
In Python version 3, the module was merged into http.server. Gentlemen, change your aliases.


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