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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)

Find broken symlinks and delete them
recursively deletes all broken symlinks using zsh globbing syntax.

Insert the last argument of the previous command

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

USE WITH CAUTION: perminately delete old kernel packages

Draw kernel module dependancy graph.
parse "lsmod" output to "dot" format and pass it to "display". Without perl!

Find name of package which installed a given shell command
Some command names are very different from the name of the package that installed them. Sometimes, you may want to find out the name of the package that provided a command on a system, so that you can install it on another system.

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"

Start dd and show progress every X seconds

make computer speaking to you :)
you can listen to your computer, but don't be carried away

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