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RTFM function
Same as the other rtfm's, but using the more correct xdg-open instead of $BROWSER. I can't find a way to open info only if the term exists, so it stays out of my version.

Convert a Nero Image File to ISO
This line removes the 300k header from a Nero image file converting it to ISO format

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"

Query well known ports list
Uses the file located in /etc/services

Play music from youtube without download

VMware Server print out the state of all registered Virtual Machines.
I use this command on my machines running VMware Server to print out the state of all registered Virtual machines.

Print current runlevel
Prints current runlevel and system start time. On older systems it also shows the last init state. Pretty useful on remote systems, pretty useless on local ones :)

Optimize PDF documents

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

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


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