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Find usb device in realtime
Using this command you can track a moment when usb device was attached.

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

redirect stdout and stderr each to separate files and print both to the screen

bash pause command
Waiting for a key stroke. You can use this with a ";" behind to build a command chain.

count files by type
displays a list of all file extensions in current directory and how many files there are of each type of extension in ascending order (case insensitive)

Convert seconds to [DD:][HH:]MM:SS
Converts any number of seconds into days, hours, minutes and seconds. sec2dhms() { declare -i SS="$1" D=$(( SS / 86400 )) H=$(( SS % 86400 / 3600 )) M=$(( SS % 3600 / 60 )) S=$(( SS % 60 )) [ "$D" -gt 0 ] && echo -n "${D}:" [ "$H" -gt 0 ] && printf "%02g:" "$H" printf "%02g:%02g\n" "$M" "$S" }

Get Dollar-Euro exchage rate
You can get others rates changing the "EUR/US" part. look at the url: wap.kitco.com/exrate.wml to get more options.

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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"

Show directories in the PATH, one per line
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