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+function rh {
+  history | awk '{a[$2]++}END{for(i in a){print a[i] " " i}}' | sort -rn | head
+}
+  
+function ips {
+  ifconfig | grep "inet " | awk '{ print $2 }'
+}
+
+
+# View man documentation in Preview
+pman () {
+   man -t "${1}" | open -f -a /Applications/Preview.app/
+}
+
+
+pcurl() {
+  curl "${1}" | open -f -a /Applications/Preview.app/
+}
+
+pri() {
+  ri -T "${1}" | open -f -a /Applications/Preview.app/
+}
+
+
+# disk usage per directory
+usage ()
+{
+  if [ $1 ]
+  then
+    du -hd $1
+  else
+    du -hd 1
+  fi
+}
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