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Display the human-readable sizes of all files and folders in the current directory with 3 decimal places
To sort the list by file/directory size, insert `sort -n |` before `awk`.

Read random news on the internet
sort -R randomize the list. head -n1 takes the first.

Enter a command but keep it out of the history
Put a space in front of your command on the command line and it will not be logged as part of your command line history.

list processes with established tcp connections (without netstat)
Uses lsof to list open network connections (file descriptors), grepping for only those in an established state

Convert CSV to JSON
Replace 'csv_file.csv' with your filename.

List the CPU model name
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Get OSX Battery percentage
adjusting the field "f1" will give you additional information such as f1 = 98% f2 = discharging f3 = 2:02 remaining

Set access and modification timestamps of a file using another one as reference
atime and mtime timestamps of $FILE2 is changed according to the ones of $FILE1. If $FILE2 doesn't exist is created.

list files recursively by size

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