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Show total disk space on all partitions
show off how big your disks are

Check syntax of remote ruby file

This will allow you to browse web sites using "-dump" with elinks while you still are logged in
README: This require you to login on facebook with elinks without using '-dump' first time and when you have logged in you will then be able to dump all data from facebook without any advanced combos, dump is all you need for see all your friends newsfeed or whatever you wish to view in cli/terminal. Facebook is just an example, same requirements for all websites that have a login form.

Find all dot files and directories

See entire packet payload using tcpdump.
This command will show you the entire payload of a packet. The final "s" increases the snaplength, grabbing the whole packet.

Watch several log files of different machines in a single multitail window on your own machine
this way you have the multitail with all its options running on your own machine with the tails of the two remote machines inside :)

Merge several pdf files into a single file
merge a.pdf b.pdf and c.pdf and create ./out.pdf

Get full from half remembered commands
Show all commands having the part known by you. Eg: $apropos pdf | less

Ultimate current directory usage command
Based on the MrMerry one, just add some visuals and sort directory and files

Print current running shell, PID
works as well as echo $0, but also prints process id, which pts you're using. echo $SHELL doesn't always get updated when changing shells, so this is a better solution than that. Just one more variation on a theme.

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