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Get notified when a job you run in a terminal is done, using NotifyOSD
This is an alias you can add to your .bashrc file to get notified when a job you run in a terminal is done. example of use sleep 20; alert Source:http://www.webupd8.org/2010/07/get-notified-when-job-you-run-in.html

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

Search previous commands from your .bash_history
This is not actually a command, it's just a keyboard shortchut. But a very useful one.

Perl Command Line Interpreter
My Programming Languages professor assigned my class a homework assignment where we had to write a Perl interpreter using Perl. I really like Python's interactive command line interpreter which inspired this Perl script.

check open ports without netstat or lsof

Convert JSON to YAML
You need to install the Catmandu Perl module via `cpanm Catmandu`

List users with running processes
This is different that `who` in that who only cares about logged-in users running shells, this command will show all daemon users and what not; also users logged in remotely via SSH but are running SFTP/SCP only and not a shell.

Block all FaceBook traffic

Advanced python tracing
Trace python statement execution and syscalls invoked during that simultaneously

pretend to be busy in office to enjoy a cup of coffee


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