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// Empty a file from the command line
$ cat /dev/null > t
// Use last parameter
$ ls /home/acme/norad
$ rm !$
#Send a file as an attachment (ssmtp previously configured)
mpack -s "Un subject" un_fichero mailto:[email protected] [email protected]
# To extract a range of lines, say lines 2 to 4, you can execute either of the following (From http://linuxcommando.blogspot.com/2008/03/using-sed-to-extract-lines-in-text-file.html):
sed -n 2,4p somefile.txt
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