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Display formatted routes

Watch the size of a directory using figlet
You can substitute /home/$USER with any path you like.

Make vim open in tabs by default (save to .profile)
I always add this to my .profile rc so I can do things like: "vim *.c" and the files are opened in tabs.

gpg decrypt a file
gpg command to decrypt a previously encrypted file on the command line. Can be optionally made into an alias: alias decrypt='gpg --output foo.txt --decrypt foo.txt.pgp'

generate a randome 10 character password

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"

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

vi a remote file
notice the double slash

Download and install the newest dropbox beta


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