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Display HTTP-header using curl

Report information about executable launched on system
Aureport is a tool for displaying auditd system log. -x options cause to display launched executable on system. Aureport work with auditd so auditd must be installed an running on a system. Tested on CentOS / Debian

find out how many days since given date
Exactly the same number of characters, exactly the same results, but with bc

Remove multiple spaces
The command removes all the spaces whithin a file and leaves only one space.

list files recursively by size

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

Read aloud a text file in Mac OS X

A nice command for summarising repeated information

no more line wrapping in your terminal
works on all unices.

List of commands you use most often
Plot your most used commands with gnuplot.


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