Advanced Netstat

Display all TCP and UDP connections with DNS names, numeric ports and program name:

netstat -tuap --numeric-ports

WAV to FLAC

find -name \*.wav -exec flac --best '{}' \;

Raw Partition as VirtualBox Disk

Lists all partitions on /dev/sda:

VBoxManage internalcommands listpartitions -rawdisk /dev/sda

Create a VMDK image to access the first partition in raw mode, e.g.:

VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk \
           -filename sda1.vmdk -rawdisk /dev/sda -partitions 1 -relative

Grant read and write access to the raw partition, e.g.:

setfacl -m g:vboxusers:rw /dev/sda1

Disk Info

hdparm -I /dev/sda