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locate a filename, make sure it exists and display it with full details
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Remind yourself to leave in 15 minutes
If you spend most of your time in front of the terminal, leave is a useful reminder. Leave can have absolute form: leave 1555 reminds you to leave at 3:55PM

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

Generate a list of installed packages on Debian-based systems

Detect illegal access to kernel space, potentially useful for Meltdown detection
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start vim in diff mode
vim will open both files side by side and show colored diffs

Show max lengths of all fields in a pipe delimited file with header row

Trace a DNS query from root to the authoritive servers.
Simple command to trace a DNS query from the root all the way to the authoritative servers.

Cut/Copy brackets or parentheses on vim (in normal mode)
We have for example : func () { echo FOO echo BAR } Place the cursor under a bracket and press d + %. It will cut everything inside and the brackets. It let : func () You can copy text with y + %

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