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Quick directory bookmarks
Set a bookmark as normal shell variable $ p=/cumbersome/path/to/project To go there $ to p This saves one "$" and is faster to type ;-) The variable is still useful as such: $ vim $p/ will expand the variable (at least in bash) and show a list of files to edit. If setting the bookmarks is too much typing you could add another function $ bm() { eval $1=$(pwd); } then bookmark the current directory with $ bm p

Remote mysql dump all databases with ssh

Send a signed and encrypted email from the command line
A very simple command to send a signed and encrypted message from the command line using GPG Keys

Shell function to exit script with error in exit status and print optional message to stderr
USAGE: die ERRNUM [MESSAGE]

Down for everyone or just me?
Check if a site is down with downforeveryoneorjustme.com

grep -v with multiple patterns.
Use multiple patterns with grep -v. So you can print all lines in a file except those containing the multiple patterns you specify.

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"

list files in mtime order
Simple but useful; list files in the current directory in mtime order. Useful if you've been working on something and then take a day or two off.

Grep colorized
Highlights the search pattern in red.

Print CPU load in percent
Faster then all other commands here at cmdlinefu with the same purpose.


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