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

Find the package that installed a command

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convert single digit to double digits
works only in zsh, requires autoload zmv

How many days until the end of the year

List contents of jar
useful to find the list of dependencies

Go up multiple levels of directories quickly and easily.
Change to your taste. Much quicker than having to add 'cd' every time. Add it to your .bashrc or .bash_profile.

OSX: Hear pronunciation of a word
I often use this command to learn pronunciation of unfamiliar words.

Compare directories via diff
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Compare a remote file with a local file
This method does not transfer the contents of the entire file, instead it computes a md5 sum of the file on each end so that large files can be compared without transferring them across the net.


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