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archlinux:Delete packages from pacman cache that are older than 7 days
for debian/ubuntu

Search some text from all files inside a directory

Creates a 'path' command that always prints the full path to any file
The command creates an alias called 'path', so it's useful to add it to your .profile or .bash_profile. The path command then prints the full path of any file, directory, or list of files given. Soft links will be resolved to their true location. This is especially useful if you use scp often to copy files across systems. Now rather then using pwd to get a directory, and then doing a separate cut and paste to get a file's name, you can just type 'path file' and get the full path in one operation.

Check if your webserver supports gzip compression with curl

network usage per process
Nethogs groups bandwidth by process.

Directory Tree
tree has lots of parms - man is your friend

strips the first field of each line where the delimiter is the first ascii character

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"

Uninstall bloatware on your android device without root.
List all packages with: pm list packages|cut -d: -f2

Read choice from user instantaneously
Usage exaple cmd $echo 'Sure to continue ??'; read -n1 choi; if [ "$choi" = 'y' ] || [ "$choi" = 'Y' ]; then echo -e '\nExecuting..'; else echo 'Aborted'; fi


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