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Query an NFS host for its list of exports

show the working directories of running processes
this shows the CWD of every running `java' command. YMMV but we often switch to a working directory for each service to start and run from there -- therefore this quicly shows what is running by a more meaningful name than command alone (the -bw prevents using blocking system calls which speeds this up quite a bit in the presence of remote mounted filesystems)

Track flight information from the command line
See the flight information from the CLI Use as a SH file or function, like: `./flight.sh os 336`

Bring the word under the cursor on the :ex line in Vim
Very handy to bring the word currently under the cursor into a :s command in Vim. Example: If the cursor was on the word "eggs": :s/ ==> :s/eggs

Show CPU usage for EACH cores

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Binary clock
Fun idea! This one adds seconds and keeps running on the same line. Perl's probably cheating though. :)

Rename files in batch

Copy data using gtar
It copies the entire current working directory to the destination directory with compression enabled.

List apache2 virtualhosts
Lists virtualhosts currently enabled for apache2, showing the ServerName:port, conf file and DocumentRoot


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