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Show interface/ip using awk
Interfaces like lo can be omitted from the beginning, there are probably better ways of doing this, i'm a noob at awk.

Calculate the distance between two geographic coordinates points (latitude longitude)
The Haversine formula determines the great-circle distance between two points on a sphere given their longitudes and latitudes.

the same as [Esc] in vim
Faster and more convinent than [Esc]

Numerically sorted human readable disk usage
Provides numerically sorted human readable du output. I so wish there was just a du flag for this.

Create colorized html file from Vim or Vimdiff
While editing a source file in vim, or using vimdiff to compare two or more files, the ':TOhtml' command can be used to export each buffer as an html file, including syntax highlighting and vimdiff colorization. If you are in insert mode in vim, you will have to type :TOhtml This will open a new buffer filled with html, which you can then save.

random git-commit message
Do a git commit using a random message.

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

Check if running in an X session
If you want to display a dialog (using xdialog/kdialog/zenity) you need to make sure that you have a valid X session. Checks for the existence of the DISPLAY variable.

View an info page on a nice interface
Nice interface for an info page.

Install pip with Proxy
Installs pip packages defining a proxy

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