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list all executables in your path
If run in bash, this will display all executables that are in your current $PATH

Get absolut path to your bash-script

list files recursively by size

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

Using PIPEs, Execute a command, convert output to .png file, upload file to imgur.com, then returning the address of the .png.
imgur < /etc/issue % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 100 2360 0 635 100 1725 1027 2792 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 4058 http://i.imgur.com/bvbUD.png

scp with compression.
-C is for compression.

List the Sizes of Folders and Directories

Find out my Linux distribution name and version

Find all files larger than 500M and less than 1GB

Create multiple subfolders in one command.


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