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Copy both perms and owner group from one file to another.

clear current line

Execute a command with a timeout

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shorter typing with no need to use xargs.

Use tee to process a pipe with two or more processes
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Convert CSV to JSON
Replace 'csv_file.csv' with your filename.

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