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Execute a command with a timeout

Display which distro is installed

Mplayer save stream to file
To save any streaming url content to a file.

Numerically sorted human readable disk usage
Provides numerically sorted human readable du output. I so wish there was just a du flag for this.

Remove a range of lines from a file

move a lot of files over ssh
copy files to a ssh server with gzip compression

pimp text output e.g. "Linux rocks!" to look nice

Ultimate current directory usage command
Based on the MrMerry one, just add some visuals to differentiate files and directories

urlencoding with one pure BASH builtin
opposite of https://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/10014/urldecoding-with-one-pure-bash-builtin ;-)

Show numerical values for each of the 256 colors in bash
I like the other three versions but one uses nested loops and another prints every color on a separate line. Both versions fail to reset colors before giving the prompt back. This version uses the column command to print a table so all the colors fit on one screen. It also resets colors back to normal before as a last step.


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