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umount --rbind mount with submounts
Original: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=194342

Run the Firefox Profile Manager
even when another instance is already open. Great for testing purposes when you need to be 2 people at once on the same site.

PulseAudio: set the volume via command line
If you have more than one SINK

Terrorist threat level text

check open ports without netstat or lsof

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

Display formatted routes

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

Query Wikipedia via console over DNS

GRUB2: Set Imperial Death March as startup tune
Kudos to http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/8275/grub2-set-super-mario-as-startup-tune


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