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ANSI 256 Color Test
Terminal Color tester using python, works with py2 and 3

Set audible alarm when an IP address comes online
I'd rather this one on Gnome, as I'm used to be listening some music while working. I've even created a bash function which receives ADDRESS as parameter.

Read a keypress without echoing it
This shell snippet reads a single keypress from stdin and stores it in the $KEY variable. You do NOT have to press the enter key! The key is NOT echoed to stdout! This is useful for implementing simple text menus in scripts and similar things.

Find the package that installed a command

Convert ascii string to hex

Timer with sound alarm

Swap a file or dir with quick resotre
This lets you replace a file or directory and quickly revert if something goes wrong. For example, the current version of a website's files are in public_html. Put a new version of the site in public_html~ and execute the command. The names are swapped. If anything goes wrong, execute it again (up arrow or !!).

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"

Scroll up (or Down (PgDn)) in any terminal session (except KDE)

A command to copy mysql tables from a remote host to current host via ssh.
This version compresses the data for transport.


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