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Copy a directory recursively without data/files

Copy 3 files from 3 different servers and adds server name tag to file copied

[re]verify a disc with very friendly output
[re]verify those burned CD's early and often - better safe than sorry - at a bare minimum you need the good old `dd` and `md5sum` commands, but why not throw in a super "user-friendly" progress gauge with the `pv` command - adjust the ``-s'' "size" argument to your needs - 700 MB in this case, and capture that checksum in a "test.md5" file with `tee` - just in-case for near-future reference. *uber-bonus* ability - positively identify those unlabeled mystery discs - for extra credit, what disc was used for this sample output?

Display Dilbert strip of the day
Requires display. Corrected version thanks to sputnick and eightmillion user.

Copy a directory recursively without data/files

Shows space used by each directory of the root filesystem excluding mountpoints/external filesystems (and sort the output)

Get full from half remembered commands
Show all commands having the part known by you. Eg: $apropos pdf | less

convert pdf to graphic file format (jpg , png , tiff ... )
need imagemagick package

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count and number lines of output, useful for counting number of matches
Write each FILE to standard output, with line numbers added. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.


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