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dont log current session to history

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

Watch the disk fill up with change highlighting
If you add the -d flag each difference in the command's output will be highlighted. I also monitor individual drives by adding them to df. Makes for a nice thin status line that I can shove to the bottom of the monitor.

Prints the latest modified files in a directory tree recursively
Sorts by latest modified files by looking to current directory and all subdirectories

Deploy git server repo
After, check if working by executing this command locally : git clone git@192.168.0.18:repositories/gitosis-admin.git Tutorial : http://blog.hemca.com/?p=560

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"

Make directories for and mount all iso files in a folder

Convert CSV to JSON
Replace 'csv_file.csv' with your filename.

use wget to check if a remote file exists

Erase to factory a pendrive, disk or memory card, and watch the progress


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