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Show the key code for keyboard events include the Fn keys
The keycodes are a result of pressing: Mute (Fn+F1) a

use wget to check if a remote file exists

Synchronize date and time with a server over ssh
Shorter, easier to remember version of cmd#7636 NTP is better, but there are situations where it can't be used. In those cases, you can do this to sync the local time to a server.

add the result of a command into vi
':r!ls -l' results in listing the files in the current directory and paste it into vi

find and delete files smaller than specific size

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"

rename anime fansubs
renames Anime Episodes to files, that can be parsed by sonarr & co

Find the package that installed a command

Display top Keywords from history

Display current bandwidth statistics
ifstat, part of ifstat package, is a tool for displaying bandwidth and other statistics. The -n option avoid to display header periodically, the -t option put a timestamp at the beginning of the line. Works for me on Debian and CentOS


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