Command-Line-Fu

Feb 18, 2009, 01:34 (0 Talkback[s])

"ls -1 . dir2 dir3|sort|uniq -d
Find files with the same names in several directories.
cat file1 file2 file3|sort|uniq -d

"ssh -CNL 3306:localhost:3306 user@site.com
Create an SSH tunnel for accessing your remote MySQL database with a local port
ssh -D 8888 user@site.com

"Forward port 8888 to remote machine for SOCKS Proxy
Simply change your web browser's proxy settings to point to a SOCKS proxy at port 8888 and you're good to go."

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