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Say something out loud
Whatever arguments you pass will be spoken out loud. (Put it in a script or shell function.)

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Find usb device in realtime
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Print a random 8 digit number
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Find Files That Exceed a Specified Size Limit

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sends a postscript file to a postscript printer using netcat

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Place this in your .bash_profile and you can use it two different ways. If you issue 'h' on its own, then it acts like the history command. If you issue: $ h cd Then it will display all the history with the word 'cd'

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