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Run any GUI program remotely
$ ssh -X example.org xeyes The SSH server configuration requires: X11Forwarding yes # this is default in Debian And it's convenient too: Compression delayed

Convert CSV to JSON
Replace 'csv_file.csv' with your filename.

RELINK a lot of broken symlinks - FIX broken symlinks after rsync site to new server
After you run this script, you can check status for broken symlink with this command: find -L . -type l

Print a row of 50 hyphens
essentially the ruby one, but perhaps has a larger installed base

add files to existing growable DVD using growisofs
replace "directory name with files to add to DVD" with actual directory containing files you want to add to growable DVD

Bruteforce Synology NAS Logins with Hydra

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

Sort IP addresses
Sort IP address by order

Get the SAN (subjectAltName) of a site's certificate.
Based on http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13127352/checking-alternative-names-for-a-san-ssl-cert Replace "facebook.com" with the desired hostname.

Find the package that installed a command


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