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Rename files in batch

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"

Prints per-line contribution per author for a GIT repository
Uses line-porcelain in git blame, which makes it easier to parse the output.

List bash functions defined in .bash_profile or .bashrc

find files containing text
I find this format easier to read if your going through lots of files. This way you can open the file in any editor and easily review the file

Monitor iptables in realtime

delete a line from your shell history
If you're a moron like me, sometimes your fingers get away from you and you, for example, enter your password when you're already authenticated to ssh-agent, sudo, etc., and your password ends up in shell history. Here's how to get it out.

full memcache client in under 255 chars (uses dd, sed and nc)
usage: mem memcache-command [arguments] where memcache-command might be: set add get[s] append prepend replace delete incr decr cas stats verbosity version notes: exptime argument is set to 0 (no expire) flags argument is set to 1 (arbitrary)

find out how many days since given date
You can also do this for seconds, minutes, hours, etc... Can't use dates before the epoch, though.

Stream YouTube URL directly to mplayer
The original doesn't work for me - but this does. I'm guessing that Youtube updated the video page so the original doesn't work.


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