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Determine an image's dimensions
Simple use of ImageMagick identify function.

Convert CSV to JSON
Replace 'csv_file.csv' with your filename.

tar exclude files or directories
If you want to exclude only one file or directory you should use as --exclude=file_or_directory

Benchmark report generator
Nicely display in html format a detailed report of the machine, including cpu benchmarks.

Find common groups between two users

reverse order of file
awk reverse order of lines (emulates "tac")

list files recursively by size

pipe output to notify-send
Route output to notify-send to show nice messages on the desktop, e.g. title and interpreter of the current radio stream

Reconstruct standard permissions for directories and files in current directory

Top 10 Memory Processes
It displays the top 10 processes sorted by memory usage


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