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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"

Compare a remote dir with a local dir
You can compare directories on two different remote hosts as well: $ diff -y

Convert CSV to JSON
Replace 'csv_file.csv' with your filename.

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"

Create a mirror of a local folder, on a remote server
Create a exact mirror of the local folder "/root/files", on remote server 'remote_server' using SSH command (listening on port 22) (all files & folders on destination server/folder will be deleted)

Vim: Switch from Horizontal split to Vertical split
This allows to switch from horizontal to vertical split, putting the current buffer on the right side of the vertical split. To put it on the right use ^W-H. In a similar way, to switch from Vertical to Horizontal, do ^W-J (for bottom) and ^W-K (for top), but you vimers all guessed that one already :P

Top 10 Memory Processes
It displays the top 10 processes sorted by memory usage

Colored SVN diff
Simple way to achieve a colored SVN diff

Install pip with Proxy
Installs pip packages defining a proxy

tmux start new session with title and execute command
in this examp start htop command in tmux session over the shell cosole and set title for the tmux without doing it manuelly in tmux

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