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easily convert one unit to another
Easily convert units of similar measurement. May also be invoked alone, units.

Git diff last two commits
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Find the package that installed a command

Determine whether a CPU has 64 bit capability or not

Create an ISO Image from a folder and burn it to CD
Create an ISO Image from a folder and burn it to CD (Os X)

Disassemble all ACPI tables on your system
The fact that Linux exposes the ACPI tables to the user via sysfs makes them a gold mine of valuable hardware information for low-level developers. Looping through each of them and disassembling them all makes them even more valuable.

ps a process keeping the header info so you know what the columns of numbers mean!
USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND root 1828 0.0 0.0 5396 476 ? Ss 2008 0:00 /usr/sbin/sshd

Convert PDF to JPEG using Ghostscript
Converting your PDF file to JPEG images. You can set resolution by -r option (default: 72dpi).

Prints a file leaving out all blank lines and comment-only lines
Does not print any line that either: - is empty - contains only spaces or tabs - starts with # - starts with spaces/tabs followed by a #

Generate a QR code in the terminal

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