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Display standard information about device
Queries the specified ethernet device for associated driver information

Get a qrcode for a given string

Show used disk space:

List files with full path
Prints contents of current directory with the full path prepended to each entry. You can add '-type f' if you don't want the directories to show up (for those less familiar with find). I can't believe ls doesn't have an option for this.

Clean up poorly named TV shows.
Replace 'SHOWNAME' with the name of the TV show. Add -n to test the command without renaming files. Check the 'sample output'.

List mp3 files with less than 320 kbps bitrate.

Check if your desired password is already available in haveibeenpwnd database. This command uses the API provided by HIBP

list current processes writing to hard drive

df without line wrap on long FS name

Find usb device in realtime
Using this command you can track a moment when usb device was attached.


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