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List all commands present on system
List all commands present on system by folder. $PATH contains all command folder separated by ':'. With ${PATH//:/ }, we change ':' in space and create a list of folder for ls command.

Remove newlines from output
?Cat and grep? You can use only grep ("grep \. filename"). Better option is awk.

Mount a temporary ram partition
Makes a partition in ram which is useful if you need a temporary working space as read/write access is fast. Be aware that anything saved in this partition will be gone after your computer is turned off.

Outputs a 10-digit random number

Setting global redirection of STDERR to STDOUT in a script
You have a script where =ALL= STDERR should be redirected to STDIN and you don't want to add "2>&1" at the end of each command... E.G.: $ ls -al /foo/bar 2>&1 Than just add this piece of code at the beginning of your script! I hope this can help someone. :)

drop first column of output by piping to this

A very simple and useful stopwatch
time read -sn1 (s:silent, n:number of characters. Press any character to stop)

Know SELinux status
Usefule to check whether SELinux is in force or disabled. Though you need to be superuser while execute this command.

Show the key code for keyboard events include the Fn keys
The keycodes are a result of pressing: Mute (Fn+F1) a

Get your Firefox bookmarks
Extracts yours bookmarks out of sqlite with the format: dateAdded|url


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