lsmod prints the contents of the /proc/modules file. It shows which loadable kernel modules are currently loaded.

lsmod

lsmod | grep nouveau

inxi is a script that shows some system info, integrated into mint, also works with xchat

inxi

/exec -o inxi -N < xchat, display networking info

rtorrent (torrent client) & screen (multiplexes a physical terminal between several processes)

Usefull for downloading torrents on remote ssh box:

screen rtorrent /path/to/torrent.torrent

do you rtorrent work here (http://tekguru.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/rtorrent_ref.pdf)

ctrl-a d will detach it

you can now disconnect from your ssh session and come back later with

screen -r

locate (find files by their filename from a cached database, faster than find)

locate *PNG

locate -i *PNG (case insensitive)

head

head -c 100000 filebig > filesmall

find

sudo find / -type f -size +100000k (find files bigger than, starting from root)

du

du -hs ./ (how much diskspace the current folder is taking)

pwd (echo current folder path)

pwd

to be continued ...

p.s. video embeding test

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