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Get absolut path to your bash-script

Ping all hosts on 192.168.1.0/24

Delete .svn directories and content recursively
Use carefully have rm -rf ;-)

random git-commit message
Do a git commit using a random message.

Randomize lines in a file
shuf is in the coreutils package

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

Join lines
It's works only when you replace '\n' to ONE character.

ping as traceroute
This command uses ping to get the routers' IP addresses to the destination host as traceroute does. If you know what I mean..

Terminal - Show directories in the PATH, one per line with sed and bash3.X `here string'
another method : awk '{gsub(/:/, "\n");print}'

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