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Shows what processes need to be restarted after system upgrade
emerge,apt-get,yum... all update your system. This will at some point replace either a runtime dependency or a process (which is still running). This oneliner will list what processes need to be restarted

cpu process limitation for specific processname like java,kibana
apt-get install cpulimit

Get the Last tweet (Better than Twitter feed rrs)
I was using some twitter bots and twitter bloks my IP. Now im using some proxys and i use these command to validate the tweet was published.

Lists all usernames in alphabetical order

Delete newline

use vi key bindings at the command line

Your name backwards

Join lines
Even shorter. Stolen from comment posted by eightmillion.

Start dd and show progress every X seconds
Adjust "sleep X" to your needs. *NOTE: First sleep is required because bash doesn't have a "post-test" syntax (do XXX while).

Marks all manually installed deb packages as automatically installed.
An alternative without aptitude.

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