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Run a command after the process you choose finishes
Run a command as soon as another long-running command finishes. E.g. suspend the machine after performing apt upgrade. The process is selected interactively via fzf.

Extract tarball from internet without local saving

Calculates the date 2 weeks ago from Saturday the specified format.
Good for automating reports that need to run from between two dates.

Reverse SSH
this command from the source server and this follow in the destination server: ssh user@localhost -p 8888

Cleanup debian/ubuntu package configurations
Sometimes, simpler is better.

Launch a game, like Tetris, when apt-get installing an app larger than 50 Megabytes
Change the APP variable's value to whatever you want to install. Depending on how fast your machine is, you'll want to adjust the value 50 to something else. You might also want to play a different game than Gnometris - just make sure it's a GUI game.

convert MTS video file format into xvid/mp3 avi format

Write and read HDD external
Write and read HDD external FreeBSD

find an unused unprivileged TCP port
Some commands (such as netcat) have a port option but how can you know which ports are unused?

Update pandoc via cabal
An alternative to built-in package manager, keep pandoc in sync with upstream releases.

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