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Start a quick rsync daemon for fast copying on internal secure network
"Sample output" shows a minimalistic configuration file.

list block devices
Shows all block devices in a tree with descruptions of what they are.

Remove a line from a file using sed (useful for updating known SSH server keys when they change)

HourGlass
Displays an animated hourglass for x amount of seconds

quick copy
Utilizes shell expansion of {} to give the original filename and a new filename as arguments to `cp`. Can easily be extended to make multiple copies.

Randomize lines in a file
Works in sort (GNU coreutils) 7.4, don't know when it was implemented but sometime the last 6 years.

Listen YouTube radios streaming
Listen YouTube radios streaming. I use it on an alias to easily enter kinda flow state for study/programming.

Jump to a directory, execute a command and jump back to current dir

List of commands you use most often

Put public IP address in a variable


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