1.- base64 encode/decode.
shell_base64.aia (9.9 KB)
3.- bunzip2 ::: bzcat ::: bzip2
zip/unzip files
4.- cal
calendar.
cal --help
cal 5 2020
5.- cat
Create single or multiple files, view contain of file, concatenate files.
https://www.tecmint.com/13-basic-cat-command-examples-in-linux/
cat --help
cat > /mnt/sdcard/new_file
cat /mnt/sdcard/read_this.txt
cat /proc/cpuinfo
cat /proc/meminfo
6.- cksum
This command computes a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) checksum of the input file.
cksum --help
cksum /mnt/sdcard/AppInventor/assets/numeros.txt
return
2727242570 159 /mnt/sdcard/AppInventor/assets/numeros.txt
A couple of possibly useful links:
7.- cp
Copy files from SOURCE to DEST.
cp --help
cp -v /mnt/sdcard/AppInventor/assets/numeros.txt /mnt/sdcard/numers.txt
8.- curl
This is a great command to work with the Internet, you will be able to download files, upload them as an FTP client, read Query HTTP Headers, POST sending,…
…but with this 7.58 (Android) version, only these protocols work: file https http
curl --version
curl --help
curl -I https://community-appinventor-mit-edu.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/
curl -o /mnt/sdcard/my_logo.png http://domain.com/image.png
Read this:
https://www.tecmint.com/linux-curl-command-examples/
9.- cut
Interesting command to get parts of a file.
We have the file numbers.txt with words in Spanish, English and French. We are interested in obtaining the numbers in English.
We cut by the delimiter “,” and take field 2
cut --help
cut -d “,” -f 2 /mnt/sdcard/AppInventor/assets/numeros.txt
10.- date
date --help
date
date ‘+Today is %Y-%m-%d Hour is: %H-%M-%S’
date >> /mnt/sdcard/animales.txt Change file to actual date.
date -r /mnt/sdcard/animales.txt +%Y%m%d%H%M%S.%N
To change the date you need to be root.
Then there are the two mighty rabbit holes of bash: awk & sed 
11.- dd
With this command you can copy files:
dd if=/mnt/sdcard/numeros.txt of=/mnt/sdcard/The_numbers.txt
With dd command you can build an image of SdCard, but CAUTION with this command.
I would suggest to users that they stick with cp (copy) and mv (move).
Also be wary of commands rm & rmdir (you may need to be rooted to wipe your whole device, but better safe than sorry) - only use these if you really know what you are doing.
12.- dirname
Show directory portion of path
dirname /mnt/sdcard/AppInventor/assets/numeros.txt
return
/mnt/sdcard/AppInventor/assets
Does the extension have access to files in assets (once compiled) ?
I think not. I think it would be interesting to add to this extension, a block to extract the asset file and copy it to the SdCard.
That is exactly what I was thinking about. This is really good 
13.- df ::: du
df, information of device name, total blocks, total disk space, used disk space, available disk space and mount points on a file system.
df -h
du, check the information, size of files and directories.
du --help
du - h /mnt/sdcard/AppInventor/assets/logo1.png
du -h /mnt/sdcard/AppInventor/assets/
du -a /mnt/sdcard/AppInventor/assets/
