shortcuts for the laziest of the lazy

.bashrc

function aq {
        # provide the column number ($1) to awk, and optionally the column separator ($2)

        local fs=$( [ $# -ge 2 ] && echo "-F'$2'")
        eval awk "$fs" "'{print \$$1}'"
}

function port-clear {
        # slaughter whatever process is on port number ($1)
        netstat -plnt | grep ":$1" | awk '{ split($NF,pd,"/"); print pd[1] }' | xargs kill -9
}