A very simple and useful stopwatch $ time read (ctrl-d to stop) List of commands you use most often $ history | awk '{a[$2]++}END{for(i in a){print a[i] " " i}}' | sort -rn | head Reboot machine when everything is hanging $ + + - - - - - Create a script of the last executed command $ echo "!!" > foo.sh Sharing file through http 80 port $ nc -v -l 80 < file.ext save command output to image $ ifconfig | convert label:@- ip.png Graphical tree of sub-directories $ ls -R | grep ":$" | sed -e 's/:$//' -e 's/[^-][^\/]*\//--/g' -e 's/^/ /' -e 's/-/|/'