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show git commit history

Start another instance of X via SSH

Search some text from all files inside a directory

Download a numbered sequence of files

view the system memory in clear text
see what's in your memory right now... sometimes you find passwords, account numbers and url's that were recently used. Anyone have a safe command to clear the memory without rebooting?

Find the package that installed a command

Updating the status on identi.ca using curl.
identica is an open source social networking and micro-blogging service. Based on Laconica, a micro-blogging software package built on the OpenMicroBlogging specification. http://identi.ca/

Change the ownership of all files owned by one user.
Finds all files in /home owned by UID 1056 and changes to 2056.

bash pause command
Waiting for a key stroke. You can use this with a ";" behind to build a command chain.

Smart renaming
Use 'mmv' for mass renames. The globbing syntax is intuitive.


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