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Comment out a line in a file
This will comment out a line, specified by line number, in a given file.

See system users

Rename files in batch

Generate a random password 30 characters long

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

Copy specific files recursively using the same tree organization.
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Kill any process with one command using program name
This will kill all. e.g. killall firefox

Directory bookmarks
pushd and popd are your friends, but sometimes they're just incompatible with the way one works... Two shell functions: bm bookmarkname - "bookmarks" the current directory, just 'cd $BMbookmarkname' to return to it. forget bookmarkname - unsets the 'bookmarkname' variable. It isn't mandatory, they cease to exist when the session ends.

MoscowML with editable input-line and history
Works also with SML/NJ and other interpreters or tools with interactive environments.

Netcat & Tar
Create a tarball on the client and send it across the network with netcat on port 1234 where its extracted on the server in the current directory.

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