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Sorts everything beneath the working directory by real disk usage and shows the twenty worst offenders.

Prunes an archive directory without touching anything recent. Run it with -print first to see what would go.

Retries every two seconds and stops the moment the command exits zero. Useful while waiting for a service to come up.

Answers 'address already in use' without guessing.

Strips a prefix from every file in a directory using shell parameter expansion, no rename utility required.

Follows a growing file and highlights errors and warnings, leaving the rest readable but quiet.

The four lines that turn a script from 'carries on after an error' into 'stops at the first problem'.

A quick census of a repository without installing a tool for it.

Lints only what a commit touched, which is usually all you need in a pre-commit hook.

Three ways to put a folder on localhost when you need to test something quickly.

The Windows counterpart to du | sort | head.