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Advanced python tracing

Trace python statement execution and syscalls invoked during that simultaneously

check open ports without netstat or lsof

Find out current working directory of a process

delete file name space

delete file name space the rename is rename perl version

View advanced Sort options, Quick Reference Help Alias

Once you get into advanced/optimized scripts, functions, or cli usage, you will use the sort command alot. The options are difficult to master/memorize however, and when you use sort commands as much as I do (some examples below), it's useful to have the help available with a simple alias. I love this alias as I never seem to remember all the options for sort, and I use sort like crazy (much better than uniq for example). # Sorts by file permissions $ find . -maxdepth 1 -printf '%.5m %10M %p\n' | sort -k1 -r -g -bS 20% 00761 drwxrw---x ./tmp 00755 drwxr-xr-x . 00701 drwx-----x ./askapache-m 00644 -rw-r--r-- ./.htaccess # Shows uniq history fast $ history 1000 | sed 's/^[0-9 ]*//' | sort -fubdS 50% exec bash -lxv export TERM=putty-256color Taken from my http://www.askapache.com/linux-unix/bash_profile-functions-advanced-shell.html

list files recursively by size

Delete empty directories

Recursively delete empty directories. Use with care.

Write on the console without being registered

just use a space to prevent commands from being recorded in bash's history on most systems

I finally found out how to use notify-send with at or cron

The simplest way to do it. Works for me, at least. (Why are the variables being set?)

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"

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