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Detect illegal access to kernel space, potentially useful for Meltdown detection
Based on capsule8 agent examples, not rigorously tested

Advanced python tracing
Trace python statement execution and syscalls invoked during that simultaneously

list block devices
Shows all block devices in a tree with descruptions of what they are.

pinky - user info
Gives information about user's home directory and real name and shell user is having.

list and sort files by size in reverse order (file size in human readable output)
This command list and sort files by size and in reverse order, the reverse order is very helpful when you have a very long list and wish to have the biggest files at the bottom so you don't have scrool up. The file size info is in human readable output, so ex. 1K..234M...3G Tested with Linux (Red Hat Enterprise Edition)

Selecting a random file/folder of a folder
Also looks in subfolders

Simultaneously running different Firefox profiles
After running $ firefox -ProfileManager and creating several different profiles, use this command to run multiple Firefox profiles simultaneously.

Get Lorum Ipsum random text from lorumipsum.com
This will generate 3 paragraphs with random text. Change the 3 to any number.

Monitor cpu freq and temperature
This is maybe helpfull from system overheat on your linux box


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