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This line provides the same result by reading the output of a less arbitrary value. This is a personal choice on the matter, and the result on different machines may vary.

open remote desktop connection without X
You can use it to connect to remote windows machine and start some scritps that need user login

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Create a file of a given size in linux

a function to create a box of '=' characters around a given string.
First argument: string to put a box around. Second argument: character to use for box (default is '=') Same as command #4948, but shorter, and without the utility function.

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urldecoding

Sort file greater than a specified size in human readeable format including their path and typed by color, running from current directory
1. find file greater than 10 MB 2. direct it to xargs 3. xargs pass them as argument to ls

revert a file with svn

Disable system bell in an X session
Execute this command in a terminal to disable the system-bell during X-session lifetime.


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