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The Windows equivalents of the most used Linux commands

Whether it is to pipe the Tcpdump output to another machine hosting Wireshark or checking which service is listening on which port, Windows cmd has similar commands that are present in Linux. Here is some of the most command used in Linux that have equivalent purpose on Windows: Filtering the output of a commande: Linux:   lsof -s | grep 'https' Windows:   netstat -n -a | findstr "https"   (//note the double quotes) Piping tcp dump to another machines that hosts Wireshark Author's note:  From here on, the content is AI-generated Linux:   ssh root@remote-linux "tcpdump -s 0 -U -n -w - -i eth0 not port 22" | wireshark -k -i - Windows:   ssh root@remote-linux "tcpdump -s 0 -U -n -w - -i eth0 not port 22" | "C:\Program Files\Wireshark\wireshark.exe" -k -i -   (//note that Windows 10 and 11 come with a native SSH client built into cmd!) Checking which service is listening on which port Linux:   netstat -tulpn Windows:   netstat -ano   (//n...

When deep thinking turns into deep hallucinations - AI Models

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My blog is 6 years old with not frequent posting. I was looking to get feedback of my content so to sense where I have to improve and push myself to dedicate more time for a better quality writing. I contacted a couple of bloggers who earned authority in the field of IT and cybersecurity, only one responded to me and it was a gentle excuse, a busy schedule as she said.  Hopefully AI is busy only when it is thinking. AI, the de facto tool that should augment wetware's intelligence to a satisfactory outcome, can be deeply deceptive. So, using Gemini-2.5 Pro , I provided the following prompt to gauge the blog content in terms of quality and the level of seniority: The model started the response with a generic summary that when it unfolded it came up with unrelated topics, and none of the my posts has been referenced in the response: Surprisingly, the following reminder prompt didn't help and the model responded with other unrelated topics like "The Ultimate Guide to Mastering...