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Generate random password
Useful Linux one-liner
< /dev/urandom tr -dc A-Za-z0-9 | head -c 32; echo
Count lines in a file
Useful Linux one-liner
wc -l file.txt
Remove duplicate lines
Useful Linux one-liner
sort file | uniq
Monitor file changes
Useful Linux one-liner
tail -f logfile
Show file with line numbers
Useful Linux one-liner
nl file.txt
Progress bar for any command
Useful Linux one-liner
command | pv -s $(du -b input | cut -f1)
Show most used commands
Useful Linux one-liner
history | awk '{print $2}' | sort | uniq -c | sort -nr | head
a2p
Translate awk scripts to Perl
a2p [script.awk] > [script.pl]
awk
Pattern scanning and text processing language
awk '{print $5}' [path/to/file]
battlestar
Text-based science fiction adventure game
battlestar
csvcut
CSV column selector and reorderer
csvcut -c [1,3,5] [data.csv]
docker-container-logs
view logs from a container
docker container logs [container]
du
disk usage analyzer
du -sh [directory]
dvc-diff
show changes in tracked data files
dvc diff
gawk
GNU implementation of AWK text processor
gawk '{print $1, $3}' [path/to/file]
git-archive-file
Export the current HEAD of the git repository to a zip archive
git archive-file
git-archive
Create archives of repository files without version control metadata
git archive HEAD -o [archive.tar]
git-clear-soft
Soft reset keeping staged changes
git clear-soft
git-clear
Reset and clean working directory
git clear
git-local-commits
List unpushed local commits
git local-commits
git-mr
Check out GitLab merge requests
git mr [51]
git-reflog
Record and recover reference movements
git reflog
git-reset
Reset current HEAD to a specified state
git reset [file]
git-rev-list
List commit objects in reverse chronological order
git rev-list HEAD
git-rev-parse
Pick out and massage parameters for other git commands
git rev-parse HEAD
git-squash
Squash a branch into a single commit
git squash [branch]
git-symbolic-ref
Read and modify symbolic references like HEAD
git symbolic-ref HEAD
head
outputs the first 10 lines of each FILE to standard output
head path/to/file
keep-header
preserves the first line of a file while passing the remaining lines through
keep-header [file] -- sort
lazyjournal
TUI for viewing logs from journald, Docker, and Kubernetes
lazyjournal
less
terminal pager program used to view the contents of text files one
less [file]
miller
like awk, sed, cut, join, and sort for name-indexed data such as CSV
mlr --csv --ojson cat [file.csv]
mlr
processes structured text data
mlr --csv --ojson cat [data.csv]
msgfilter
filters PO file translations through a command
msgfilter [sed -e 's/old/new/g'] < [input.po] > [output.po]
netris
network-capable Tetris game
netris
Directory listing
45 commands
Find largest files/directories in current directory
Useful Linux one-liner
du -h . | sort -hr | head -20
Count files in directory
Useful Linux one-liner
ls | wc -l
atac
Postman-like API client for the terminal
atac
bgpgrep
Filter and search BGP routing data in MRT format
bgpgrep [path/to/rib.mrt.gz] -subnet [192.0.2.0/24]
combine
combine lines of two files using boolean operations
combine [file1] and [file2]
coreutils
GNU core Unix utilities collection
coreutils --help
csv2tsv
CSV to tab-separated values converter
csv2tsv [input.csv] > [output.tsv]
csvkit
Suite of command-line CSV processing tools
csvlook [data.csv]
deflect
Agentless SSH-based DevOps command center for Linux infrastructure
pip install deflect-one
dolt-checkout
switch branches or restore working tables
dolt checkout [branch_name]
getrandom
kernel random number generator interface
head -c [16] /dev/urandom | xxd
git-checkout-index
Copy files from index to working directory
git checkout-index -a
git-checkout
Switch branches or restore working tree files
git checkout [branch-name]
git-diff-index
Compare tree to working tree or index
git diff-index HEAD
git-ls-tree
List tree object contents
git ls-tree HEAD
git-mktree
Create tree object from ls-tree format
git ls-tree HEAD | git mktree
gtop
terminal-based graphical activity monitor written in Node
gtop
hp-clean
performs print head cleaning on HP printers
hp-clean
ii
minimalist filesystem-based IRC client
ii -s [irc.libera.chat] -n [nickname]
jq
command-line JSON processor
cat [data.json] | jq '.'
kubectl-logs
prints container logs from a pod
kubectl logs [pod-name]
kubetail
tails logs from multiple pods simultaneously
kubetail [pod-name-prefix]
logss
CLI tool for log stream splitting and visualization
tail -f [logfile] | logss -c "[pattern1]" -c "[pattern2]"
lstr
Fast minimalist directory tree viewer
lstr
lwp-request
command-line HTTP client from the LWP suite
lwp-request [https://example.com/]
mcheck
Heap consistency checking for malloc
mcheck(NULL)
nerdlog
Fast remote-first multi-host TUI log viewer with timeline histogram
nerdlog [user]@[host]
onefetch
command-line Git information tool that displays repository summary with ASCII
onefetch
parquet-tools
inspects Apache Parquet files
parquet-tools schema [file.parquet]
perl
The Perl 5 language interpreter
perl [script.pl]
pngquant
Lossy PNG compression via color quantization
pngquant --quality=[65-80] [image.png]
pnmquant
Reduce color count in PNM images
pnmquant [256] [input.pnm] > [output.pnm]
pod2html
Convert Perl POD documentation to HTML
pod2html --infile=[file.pod] --outfile=[file.html]
poweroff
Shut down and power off the system
poweroff
pueue-follow
Stream pueue task output in real-time
pueue follow [task_id]
resolvconf
Manage DNS resolver configuration dynamically
resolvconf -u
Text processing
29 commands
Play ASCII Star Wars
Useful Linux one-liner
telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl
Search and replace in files
Useful Linux one-liner
sed -i 's/old/new/g' *.txt
apt-sortpkgs
Sort package index files
apt-sortpkgs [Packages] > [Packages.sorted]
aws-dynamodb
Manage tables and items in Amazon DynamoDB.
aws dynamodb create-table --table-name [my-table] --attribute-definitions AttributeName=id,AttributeType=S --key-schema AttributeName=id,KeyType=HASH --billing-mode PAY_PER_REQUEST
ctop
Real-time container metrics monitor
ctop -a
cut
extract sections from lines of files
cut -f [1,3] [file.txt]
ed
standard Unix line editor
ed [file.txt]
git-interactive-rebase-tool
Terminal-based sequence editor for git interactive rebase
git rebase -i HEAD~5
git-request-pull
Generate a pull request summary for email submission
git request-pull [start] [url]
git-shortlog
Summarize git log output grouped by author
git shortlog
gvpr
graph stream editor, similar to awk for graphs
gvpr -f [script.gvpr] [input.gv]
iftop
displays bandwidth usage on a network interface, broken down by connection
sudo iftop
keynav
allows mouse cursor control using the keyboard
keynav
mg
micro GNU Emacs-style editor
mg [file.txt]
nth
extracts specific fields from input
echo "[a b c]" | nth [2]
pnmcolormap
Generate color palette from PNM images
pnmcolormap [256] [image.ppm] > [colormap.ppm]
poster
Scale PostScript images to poster size
poster -p [A0] -s [1.0] [input.ps] > [output.ps]
procmail
Mail delivery agent with recipe-based filtering
procmail < [email.txt]
reflector
Retrieve and filter Arch Linux mirror lists
sudo reflector --sort rate --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
regex
Regular expression syntax reference
regex
rubish
UNIX shell written in pure Ruby
rubish
ruby
Ruby programming language interpreter
ruby
sed
Stream editor for text transformations
[command] | sed 's/apple/mango/g'
slabtop
Display kernel slab cache information
sudo slabtop
tr
Translate or delete characters
echo "hello" | tr 'a-z' 'A-Z'
tsort
Topological sort of dependency pairs
tsort [dependencies.txt]
tuc
Enhanced text field cutting and splitting
echo "[a\tb\tc]" | tuc -f 1
xml
XMLStarlet command-line XML toolkit
xml val [file.xml]
xmlstarlet
Command-line XML processing toolkit
xmlstarlet sel -t -v "[xpath]" [file.xml]
File operations
11 commands
basalt
TUI for managing Obsidian vaults and notes from the terminal
basalt
git-filter-branch
Rewrite branch history by applying filters
git filter-branch --tree-filter 'rm -f [file]' HEAD
kubectl-events
lists cluster events
kubectl events
neoss
User-friendly socket statistics with a TUI
neoss
nomino
Batch rename utility for developers
nomino -r "[regex]" "[output_pattern]"
nu
nushell, a modern shell with structured data
nu
nushell
Modern shell that treats data as structured information
nu
srgn
Syntax-aware grep and code editing tool
echo 'Hello World!' | srgn '[wW]orld' -- 'there'
sview
Graphical Slurm cluster state viewer
sview
xcv
File cut, copy, and paste for terminal
xcv x [file1] [file2]
zmv
Batch rename files using zsh patterns
zmv '(*)' '${(U)1}'
Search and filters
9 commands
choose
human-friendly alternative to cut and awk
echo "one two three" | choose 0
cointop
Terminal-based cryptocurrency tracker
cointop
git-abort
abort any in-progress git operation (rebase, merge, cherry-pick, revert, am)
git abort
git-sed
Find and replace across tracked files
git sed "[old]" "[new]"
jj-tag-list
displays all tags in the repository
jj tag list
jshon
parses JSON in shell scripts
echo '{"name":"test"}' | jshon -e name
stdbuf
Adjust stream buffering of commands
stdbuf -oL [command]
uc
Unicode-aware uppercase filter
echo "[straße]" | uc
vipe
Insert text editor into pipelines
echo "text" | vipe
Network diagnostics
3 commands
git-show-unmerged-branches
List branches not yet merged into the current branch
git show-unmerged-branches
git-stash
Temporarily save uncommitted changes for later
git stash
transmission-remote
Control Transmission daemon remotely
transmission-remote -l
Processes and services
1 commands
git-create-branch
Create and optionally switch to new branch
git create-branch [branch_name]
qsv commands
1 commands
telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl
Requires network or a remote resource.
du -h . | sort -hr | head -20
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du -sh * | sort -hr
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< /dev/urandom tr -dc A-Za-z0-9 | head -c 32; echo
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wc -l file.txt
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sort file | uniq
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tail -f logfile
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sed -i 's/old/new/g' *.txt
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nl file.txt
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command | pv -s $(du -b input | cut -f1)
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ls | wc -l
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history | awk '{print $2}' | sort | uniq -c | sort -nr | head
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a2p [script.awk] > [script.pl]
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apt-sortpkgs [Packages] > [Packages.sorted]
Uses pipes, overwrite, or deletion. Check paths and options first.
atac
Copy it and replace filenames, paths, or keywords as needed.
awk '{print $5}' [path/to/file]
Copy it and replace filenames, paths, or keywords as needed.
aws dynamodb create-table --table-name [my-table] --attribute-definitions AttributeName=id,AttributeType=S --key-schema AttributeName=id,KeyType=HASH --billing-mode PAY_PER_REQUEST
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basalt
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battlestar
Copy it and replace filenames, paths, or keywords as needed.
bgpgrep [path/to/rib.mrt.gz] -subnet [192.0.2.0/24]
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echo "one two three" | choose 0
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cointop
Copy it and replace filenames, paths, or keywords as needed.
combine [file1] and [file2]
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coreutils --help
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csv2tsv [input.csv] > [output.tsv]
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csvcut -c [1,3,5] [data.csv]
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csvlook [data.csv]
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ctop -a
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cut -f [1,3] [file.txt]
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pip install deflect-one
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docker container logs [container]
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dolt checkout [branch_name]
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du -sh [directory]
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dvc diff
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ed [file.txt]
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gawk '{print $1, $3}' [path/to/file]
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head -c [16] /dev/urandom | xxd
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git abort
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git archive-file
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git archive HEAD -o [archive.tar]
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git checkout-index -a
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git checkout [branch-name]
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git clear-soft
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git clear
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git create-branch [branch_name]
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git diff-index HEAD
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git filter-branch --tree-filter 'rm -f [file]' HEAD
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git rebase -i HEAD~5
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git local-commits
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git ls-tree HEAD
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git ls-tree HEAD | git mktree
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git mr [51]
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git reflog
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git request-pull [start] [url]
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git reset [file]
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git rev-list HEAD
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git rev-parse HEAD
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git sed "[old]" "[new]"
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git shortlog
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git show-unmerged-branches
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git squash [branch]
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git stash
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git symbolic-ref HEAD
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gtop
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gvpr -f [script.gvpr] [input.gv]
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head path/to/file
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hp-clean
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sudo iftop
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ii -s [irc.libera.chat] -n [nickname]
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jj tag list
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cat [data.json] | jq '.'
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echo '{"name":"test"}' | jshon -e name
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keep-header [file] -- sort
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keynav
Copy it and replace filenames, paths, or keywords as needed.
kubectl events
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kubectl logs [pod-name]
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kubetail [pod-name-prefix]
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lazyjournal
Copy it and replace filenames, paths, or keywords as needed.
less [file]
Copy it and replace filenames, paths, or keywords as needed.
tail -f [logfile] | logss -c "[pattern1]" -c "[pattern2]"
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lstr
Copy it and replace filenames, paths, or keywords as needed.
lwp-request [https://example.com/]
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mcheck(NULL)
Copy it and replace filenames, paths, or keywords as needed.
mg [file.txt]
Copy it and replace filenames, paths, or keywords as needed.
mlr --csv --ojson cat [file.csv]
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mlr --csv --ojson cat [data.csv]
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msgfilter [sed -e 's/old/new/g'] < [input.po] > [output.po]
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neoss
Copy it and replace filenames, paths, or keywords as needed.
nerdlog [user]@[host]
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netris
Copy it and replace filenames, paths, or keywords as needed.
nl [path/to/file]
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nomino -r "[regex]" "[output_pattern]"
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echo "[a b c]" | nth [2]
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nu
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nu
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o [file]
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onefetch
Copy it and replace filenames, paths, or keywords as needed.
o [path/to/file]
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osmium extract -b [left],[bottom],[right],[top] [input.osm.pbf] -o [output.osm.pbf]
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parquet-tools schema [file.parquet]
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perl [script.pl]
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pico [path/to/file]
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pngquant --quality=[65-80] [image.png]
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pnmcolormap [256] [image.ppm] > [colormap.ppm]
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pnmquant [256] [input.pnm] > [output.pnm]
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pod2html --infile=[file.pod] --outfile=[file.html]
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poster -p [A0] -s [1.0] [input.ps] > [output.ps]
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poweroff
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ppmglobe [strips] [input.ppm] [output]
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ppmquant [256] [input.ppm] > [output.ppm]
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procmail < [email.txt]
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pueue follow [task_id]
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qsv count [data.csv]
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raku
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head -c 16 /dev/urandom
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sudo reflector --sort rate --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
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regex
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resolvconf -u
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rlog [file.c]
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rsstail -u [https://example.com/feed.rss]
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rubish
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ruby
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scheme
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sd '[find]' '[replace]' [path/to/file]
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[command] | sed 's/apple/mango/g'
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python3 -m http.server
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sudo slabtop
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snake4
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sort [file]
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cat [file.txt] | sort | sponge [file.txt]
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echo 'Hello World!' | srgn '[wW]orld' -- 'there'
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stdbuf -oL [command]
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stern [pod-query]
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supervisorctl status
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sview
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tail [file]
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tailf
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tl [access.log]
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cat [file] | tqdm --bytes | wc -l
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echo "hello" | tr 'a-z' 'A-Z'
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transmission-remote -l
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tsort [dependencies.txt]
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tspin [logfile.log]
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echo "[a\tb\tc]" | tuc -f 1
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echo "[straße]" | uc
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ug "[pattern]" [file]
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sort [file] | uniq
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echo "text" | vipe
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wc [file]
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wisu
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xcv x [file1] [file2]
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xml depyx [file.pyx]
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xml pyx [file.xml]
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xml val [file.xml]
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xmlstarlet sel -t -v "[xpath]" [file.xml]
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yazi
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zeek -r [capture.pcap]
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zmv '(*)' '${(U)1}'
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