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

Make changes in .bashrc immediately available

Using a single sudo to run multiple && arguments
This will also work with bash instead of sh shell sudo bash -c 'apt update -y && apt upgrade -y'

Find usb device in realtime
Using this command you can track a moment when usb device was attached.

GREP a PDF file.
This is a good alternative to pdf2text for Ubuntu. To install it: sudo apt-get install python-pdfminer

List all packages by installed size (Bytes) on rpm distros

Purge configuration files of removed packages on debian based systems

Which processes are listening on a specific port (e.g. port 80)
swap out "80" for your port of interest. Can use port number or named ports e.g. "http"

Salvage a borked terminal
Also works in places where reset does not.

OpenDns IP update via curl
Your IP is resolved by OpenDns Server (like a caller ID telephone, every server knows who is calling ;-) Change user:password by yours Be Happy


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