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Print average GPU core temperature

Display GCC Predefined Macros
doesn't need /dev/null

What is my public IP-address?
alternative to $curl ifconfig.me for those that don't have curl

pretend to be busy in office to enjoy a cup of coffee
Not as taxing on the CPU.

Suppress output of loud commands you don't want to hear from

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

Equivalent to ifconfig -a in HPUX

Show sorted list of files with sizes more than 1MB in the current dir
Taken from here: http://linsovet.com/directory-usage-size-sorted-list

recursively change file name from uppercase to lowercase (or viceversa)
Example of zsh globing, glob qualifier, and substitution: -Q state that the parameter will contain a glob qualifier. (**/)(*) is recursive (.) is our glob qualifier, with states the match is a file "." The first parameter $1, is then substituted with $2 but with lowercasing '(L)' ... a (U) would of course be from lower to upper.

Get IPv4 of eth0 for use with scripts
Simple and easy. No regex, no search and replace. Just clean, built-in tools.


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