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Join the content of a bash array with commas
$ DOCKER_APP_VARS=(DATABASE_USER=dbuserro, DATABASE_PASSWORD=maipass) [jeff@omniscience container] (master)$ echo docker run $(printf -- " -e %s" ${DOCKER_APP_VARS[*]}) -name 12factorapp mattdm/fedora-small docker run -e DATABASE_USER=dbuserro, -e DATABASE_PASSWORD=maipass -name 12factorapp mattdm/fedora-small Note that the printf method by itsself doesn't include a newline (\n), so you'll need to embed it into an echo statement or something that does.

return the latest kernel version from a Satellite / Spacewalk server software channel

Grab just the title of a youtube video
There's another version on here that uses GET but some people don't have lwp-request, so here's an alternative. It's also a little shorter and should work with most youtube URLs since it truncates at the first &

uniq without pre-sorting
Reads stdin, and outputs each line only once - without sorting ahead of time. This does use more memory than your system's sort utility.

Rename .JPG to .jpg recursively
This command is useful for renaming a clipart, pic gallery or your photo collection. It will only change the big caps to small ones (on the extension).

Add a GPL license file to your project

reverse order of file
awk reverse order of lines (emulates "tac")

Find an installed app

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

Display 6 largest installed RPMs sorted by size (descending)
Low on disk space? Check the largest installed RPMs for delete canditates.

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