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preserve disk; keep OS clean
if you use disk-based swap then it can defeat the purpose of this function.

list block devices
Shows all block devices in a tree with descruptions of what they are.

Get your public ip

Downsample mp3s to 128K
This will lower the quality of mp3 files, but is necessary to play them on some mobile devices.

Watch how many tcp connections there are per state every two seconds.
slighty shorter

send DD a signal to print its progress
Sends the "USR1" signal every 1 second (-n 1) to a process called exactly "dd". The signal in some systems can be INFO or SIGINFO ... look at the signals list in: man kill

Change the case of a single word in vim
In edit mode, toggle the case of a single word under the cursor in vim.

List all groups and the user names that were in each group
"cut" the user names from /etc/passwd and then running a loop over them.

list block devices
Shows all block devices in a tree with descruptions of what they are.

Merge Multiple PDFs
Merge Multiple PDFs In Alphabetical Order


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