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archlinux: shows list of files installed by a package
Shows the files which the package, for example gvim, installed on your system.

Rename files in batch

Mac OS-X-> copy and paste things to and from the clipboard from the shell
Copies whatever is piped to the pbcopy command to the clipboard. pbpaste ... well pastes whats on the clipboard.

List only executables installed by a debian package
Maybe not clean with big package and too long argument. But return every file who can be executed.

Disco lights in the terminal

Send remote command output to your local clipboard
This command will copy command's output into your local clipboard

Display a markdown file in a new tab in firefox

Live filter a log file using grep and show x# of lines above and below

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"

Sort processes by CPU Usage

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