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exit if another instance is running
runs only one instance.

Ask user to confirm
This version works across on all POSIX compliant shell variants.

Docker.io Stop and Remove all processes
Will stop all running containers, then remove all containers **This isn't for selectively handling containers, it removes everything**

let the cow suggest some commit messages for you

Show log message including which files changed for a given commit in git.

list with full path

show framebuffer console modes to use in grub vga option
look at /boot/grub/menu.lst for somethig like: ## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the ## alternatives ## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5 ## defoptions=vga=795 # defoptions=vga=873 ## altoption boot targets option ## multiple altoptions lines are allowed ## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options ## altoptions=(recovery) single # altoptions=(verbose mode) vga=775 debug # altoptions=(console mode) vga=ask # altoptions=(graphic mode) quiet splash # altoptions=(recovery mode) single vga=(decimal value) is framebuffer mode

a find and replace within text-based files
using find's exec option instead of a for loop and using sed's -i option for inplace replacement. no need to do the file swap.

Show permissions of current directory and all directories upwards to /
NB not 'namei -m .', as it slices the path you give it.

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

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