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the same as [Esc] in vim
Faster and more convinent than [Esc]

find all active IP addresses in a network
You send a unicast ICMP packet to each host. Many firewalls will drop that ICMP. However, in order to send the ICMP, you'll have first done an ARP request and the remote machine is unlikely to ignore that, so the computer will be in your ARP table.

let the cow suggest some commit messages for you
No need to parse html page, website gives us a txt file :)

Search and replace in multiple files recursively
Replace "foo" with "bar" in all files in current directory recursively

Finding files with different extensions
This is the way how you can find header and cpp files in the same time.

Router discovery

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Tells which group you DON'T belong to (opposite of command "groups") --- uses sed
special thanks to XwZ :)

Play ISO/DVD-files and activate dvd-menu and mouse menu clicks.

Show a prettified list of nearby wireless APs


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