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ROT13 using the tr command

View internet connection activity in a browser
In addition to generating the current connections, it also opens then in your default browser on gnome.

Get file access control list

Base conversions with bc
Easily convert numbers to their representations in different bases. Passing "ibase=16; obase=8; F2A" to bc will convert F2A (3882 in decimal) from Hex to Octal, and so on.

Display the standard deviation of a column of numbers with awk
This will calculate a running standard deviation in one pass and should never have the possibility for overflow that can happen with other implementations. I suppose there is a potential for underflow in the corner case where the deltas are small or the values themselves are small.

sort lines by length

Text message on wallpaper
Display some text on the wallpaper especially warning messages

Lists installed kernels
no need for rpm, no need for piping to another command. also no real fu but lacking in unnecessary complexity and distro specific commands.

Remove invalid key from the known_hosts file for the IP address of a host
Quick shortcut if you know the hostname and want to save yourself one step for looking up the IP address separately.

Update all ant packages installed in gentoo
Update all "ant" packages installed on Gentoo


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