---
title: Fun Shell Commands
teaser: From the New York Emacs Meetup, Jay Dixit talks about fun shell commands he
  uses as a non-programmer in his day-to-day to help him be more efficient.
tags: emacs,new york city
author: Thom Obarski
published_on: 2017-06-23
---

From Pandora playback and YouTube downloading, to Instagram image saving and
Google Translate, [Jay Dixit](https://twitter.com/jaydixit) talks at this
month's [New York Emacs Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/New-York-Emacs-Meetup/)
on how he optimizes his daily routine directly from the shell!

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