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Decode a MIME message
will decode a mime message. usefull when you receive some email and file attachment that cant be read.

Find out which debian package a command (executable) belongs to on debian-based distros
This revision to my command (command #8851) was called for when it failed to find the parent package of 'rlogin', which is really a deep symbolic link to /usr/bin/ssh. This revision fixes this newfound issue, while ensuring fixes of other older issues work too.

scroll file one line at a time (w/only UNIX base utilities)
usage examples ls largedir |rd lynx -dump largewebsite.com |rd rd < largelogfile

Find usb device in realtime
Using this command you can track a moment when usb device was attached.

Delete all files in a folder that don't match a certain file extension
Deletes all files in a folder that are NOT *.foo, *.bar or *.baz files. Edit the pattern inside the brackets as you like.

Write and read HDD external
Write and read HDD external FreeBSD

list files recursively by size

Remove job from crontab by commandline
The "-u USER" is optional if root user is used

add all files not under version control to repository
With the force options the same results can be achieved

Move all files in subdirectories to current dir


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