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List all symbolic links in current directory
why go through the hard way? use find with -type l

parrallel execution of a command on remote hosts by ssh or rsh or ...
parrallel execution of a command on remote host by ssh or rsh or ... very useful for cluster management (software update)

list block devices
Shows all block devices in a tree with descruptions of what they are.

find .txt files inside a directory and replace every occurrance of a word inside them via sed

Find if $b is in $a in bash
Find if $b is in $a in bash

Get technical and tag information about a video or audio file
MediaInfo supplies technical and tag information about a video or audio file. (sudo apt install mediainfo)

Copy the contents of one partition to another

remove newlines from specific lines in a file using sed

See system users

Show all configured ipv4
Short list of all ip. Shows even the newly supported multiple ip address on the same interface (see eth1). For ipv6 use -6


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