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Generate binary sequence data

Capture data in ASCII. 1500 bytes
Sniffing traffic on port 80 only the first 1500 bytes

Advanced python tracing
Trace python statement execution and syscalls invoked during that simultaneously

Send an http HEAD request w/curl

floating point operations in shell scripts
Calculator for shell. Similar performance and basic usage as 'bc', but with more advanced features. Not installed on most systems by default.

Find usb device in realtime
Using this command you can track a moment when usb device was attached.

generate a random 10 character password
Generate a table of random 10 character passwords

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"

Show the power of the home row on the Dvorak Keyboard layout
Quick and dirty command that counts how many words can be typed just using the home row on the Dvorak Simplified Keyboard layout from a dictionary file, in this case /usr/share/dict/words. According to the regular expression supplied, each word must contain all the keys on the Dvorak home row, and no other characters. For comparison, I've shown how many words are installed in my dictionary, how many can be typed with just the Dvorak home row and how many can be typed with just the QWERTY home row in the sample output. Nearly 10 times the amount. If you want to see the words, remove the -c switch, and each word will be printed out.

Get line number of all matches in a file


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