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Find top 10 largest files in /var directory (subdirectories and hidden files included )
Should work even when very large files exist.

It decripts all pgp files in a selection folder and move the output into a file.

Find Out My Linux Distribution Name and Version

Backup a directory structure
Copies a directory structure from /home/ to /backups/home (notice that the destination does not have a trailing slash)

your terminal sings
you know the song... sing along

Locate config files of the program
Locate config files of the program. May not be used for interactive programs like vim.

List only the directories

Stripping ^M at end of each line for files
That "^M" is Ctrl-M, which is a carriage return, and is not needed in Unix file systems. Where ^V is actually Ctrl-V and ^M is actually Ctrl-M (you must type these yourself, don't just copy and paste this command). ^V will not be displayed on your screen.

Which processes are listening on a specific port (e.g. port 80)
swap out "80" for your port of interest. Can use port number or named ports e.g. "http"

convert a,b,c to ('a','b','c') for use in SQL in-clauses


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