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pretend to be busy in office to enjoy a cup of coffee
Create a progress dialog with custom title and text using zenity.

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

find out which directory uses most inodes - list total sum of directoryname existing on filesystem

Use color grep by default
Alias the grep command to show colored results by default.

Shows cpu load in percent
This version is precise and requires one second to collect statistics. Check sample output for a more generic version and also a remote computer invocation variant. It doesn't work with the busybox version of the 'top' command but can be adjusted

BIGGEST Files in a Directory
Find biggest files in a directory

Advanced python tracing
Trace python statement execution and syscalls invoked during that simultaneously

Load file into RAM (cache) for faster accessing for repeated usage
Best result when file size less than half of RAM size

Rename files in batch

Run command from another user and return to current


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