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Get AWS temporary credentials ready to export based on a MFA virtual appliance
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Rename file to same name plus datestamp of last modification.
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Increase mplayer maximum volume
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View any archive
Part of the "atool" package.

Print all fields in a file/output from field N to the end of the line

Rename files in batch

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