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List upgrade-able packages on Ubuntu
Taken from apticron and modified.

Use a regex as a field separator awk

stream a youtube video with mpv where $1 is the youtube link.
opens a new session with video stream

See where a shortened url takes you before click

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

Install pip with Proxy
Installs pip packages defining a proxy

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

shutdown pc in 4 hours without needing to keep terminal open / user logged in.
From the 'disown' man page: disown prevents the current shell from sending a HUP signal to each of the given jobs when the current shell terminates a login session.

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"

Increase mplayer maximum volume
use '0' and '9' to increase/decrease volume. this is useful on laptops with low speaker volume.


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