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Quick access to ASCII code of a key

Function to change prompt
Bash function to change your default prompt to something simpler and restore it to normal afterwards.

Bash: escape '-' character in filename

Find usb device in realtime
Using this command you can track a moment when usb device was attached.

Go (cd) directly into a new temp folder
This command create a new temp directory using mktemp (to avoid collisions) and change the current working directory to the created directory.

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"

find and reduce 8x parallel the size of PNG images without loosing quality via optipng

Copy an element from the previous command
You can specify a range via '-'.

Gets the english pronunciation of a phrase
Usage: say hello world how are you today

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