| Command | Result |
| ls -t | sorts chronologically |
| $0,$1,$2,... | command-line arguments |
| mpage -Px3 -b -2 file.ps | prints several pages on one, without boundary (-b) |
| chmod | 1..x,2..w,4..r |
| gs -r600x600 -dNOCACHE -sPAPERSIZE=a4 -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pswrite -dBATCH -sOutputFile=out.ps dat1.ps dat2.ps |
concatenates several ps files to one |
| find . -name "blub" -exec rm {} \; | executes command on files found by find. if confirmation is wanted, replace exec by ok |
| fig2eps | converts xfig with latex code to eps |
| setxkbmap -variant nodeadkeys | might help if ^ or ~ does not work in certain applications or only on double key in the shell |