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Erase DVD RW

Make changes in .bashrc immediately available

Find out my Linux distribution name and version

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"

Coping files, excluding certain files
Preserve file structure when coping and exclude some file o dir patterns

Resume a partially copied file

quit gvim remotely

Check motherboard manufacturer, product name, version and serial number
Very slick way to check your motherboard manufacturer, product name, version and serial number.

Follow the flow of a log file
tailf same as tail -f follow the flow of a log file, showing it in real time to stdout.

Show which programs are listening on TCP and UDP ports
-p Tell me the name of the program and it's PID -l that is listening -u on a UDP port. -n Give me numeric IP addresses (don't resolve them) -t oh, also TCP ports


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