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Redirect tar extract to another directory
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Find files and list them sorted by modification time
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Move files around local filesystem with tar without wasting space using an intermediate tarball.

Substitute an already running command
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Get free RAM in %

View internet connection activity in a browser
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detect partitions
`blkid` is an interface to libuuid - it can read Device Mapper, EVMS, LVM, MD, and regular block devices. -c /dev/null - Do not use cached output from /etc/blkid.tab or /etc/blkid/blkid.tab (RHEL) -i - Display I/O Limits (aka I/O topology) information (not available in RHEL) -p - Low-level superblock probing mode (not available in RHEL)

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