My 10 Most Used Linux Commands

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The script to run to display the most used commands (copied from linux.byexamples.com):

history | awk '{CMD[$2]++;count++;}END { for (a in CMD)print CMD[a] " " CMD[a]/count*100 "% " a;}' | grep -v "./" | column -c3 -s " " -t | sort -nr | nl |  head -n10

2019-07-17:

Funny how it did not change much lol.

     1    468  10.6971%    gst
     2    452  10.3314%    ls
     3    388  8.86857%    git
     4    354  8.09143%    gd
     5    240  5.48571%    bb
     6    211  4.82286%    brazil
     7    147  3.36%       ..
     8    114  2.60571%    cd
     9    111  2.53714%    ssh
    10    85   1.94286%    gcam

2018-09-03:

Here is the output from my computer:

     1	1229  12.2912%   gst    (git status)
     2	1046  10.461%    gd     (git diff)
     3	691   6.91069%   git
     4	655   6.55066%   make
     5	640   6.40064%   gl     (git pull)
     6	429   4.29043%   gco    (git checkout)
     7	404   4.0404%    gcam   (git commit -am)
     8	284   2.84028%   ls 
     9	244   2.44024%   st     (subl)
    10	203   2.0302%    http
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