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Color STDERR in output
This command will take the output of a command and color any STDERR output as a different color (red outline in this case)

Recursively remove 0kb files from a directory

Arch Linux: Search for missing libraries using pacman
If, while using a program, you get an error similar to: error while loading shared libraries: libusb-0.1.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Use pacman or pkgfile to search for the package that owns the missing library https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/General_troubleshooting#Message:_%22error_while_loading_shared_libraries%22

Suspend an ssh session.
This must be typed before any other characters have been entered on the line. Use fg, as usual, to resume the ssh session.

Alternative for basename using grep to extract file name
Here's a bash version.

creeate file named after actual date
Create a file with actual date as filename

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

put all lines in comment where de word DEBUG is found

Delete all flash cookies.
Maybe you want first check which files will be deleted: $ find $HOME -name '*.sol' -exec echo rm {} \;

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