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Graphical tree of sub-directories
Prints a graphical directory tree from your current directory

Get AWS temporary credentials ready to export based on a MFA virtual appliance
You might want to secure your AWS operations requiring to use a MFA token. But then to use API or tools, you need to pass credentials generated with a MFA token. This commands asks you for the MFA code and retrieves these credentials using AWS Cli. To print the exports, you can use: `awk '{ print "export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=\"" $1 "\"\n" "export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=\"" $2 "\"\n" "export AWS_SESSION_TOKEN=\"" $3 "\"" }'` You must adapt the command line to include: * $MFA_IDis ARN of the virtual MFA or serial number of the physical one * TTL for the credentials

Create a new file

Automaticly cd into directory
Makes bash-4.x like zsh. Automatic cd into a directory if a command with that name doesnt exists. Ready for your ~/.bashrc file

Get the full path to a file
Part of coreutils - so needs no extra package...

Annotate tail -f with timestamps

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

list block devices
Shows all block devices in a tree with descruptions of what they are.

add files to existing growable DVD using growisofs
replace "directory name with files to add to DVD" with actual directory containing files you want to add to growable DVD

Find common groups between two users
Updated according to flatcap's suggestion, thanks!

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