diff --git a/customsrc/eshell.org b/customsrc/eshell.org
index 54c0ebf..522bf40 100644
--- a/customsrc/eshell.org
+++ b/customsrc/eshell.org
@@ -411,3 +411,41 @@ Scrolling through the output and searching for results that can be copied to the
           (define-key eshell-mode-map (kbd "M-S-N") 'eshell-next-prompt)
           (define-key eshell-mode-map (kbd "M-r") 'eshell-insert-history)))
   #+END_SRC
+** Helpers
+
+  Sometimes you just need to change something about the current file
+  you are editing...like the permissions or even execute it. Hitting
+  =Command-1= will prompt for a shell command string and then append
+  the current file to it and execute it.
+
+  #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
+    (defun execute-command-on-file-buffer (cmd)
+      (interactive "sCommand to execute: ")
+      (let* ((file-name (buffer-file-name))
+             (full-cmd (concat cmd " " file-name)))
+        (shell-command full-cmd)))
+
+    (bind-key "A-1" #'execute-command-on-file-buffer)
+
+    (defun execute-command-on-file-directory (cmd)
+      (interactive "sCommand to execute: ")
+      (let* ((dir-name (file-name-directory (buffer-file-name)))
+             (full-cmd (concat "cd " dir-name "; " cmd)))
+        (shell-command full-cmd)))
+
+    (bind-key "A-!" #'execute-command-on-file-directory)
+    (bind-key "s-!" #'execute-command-on-file-directory)
+  #+END_SRC
+
+  Some prompts, shells and terminal programs that display the exit
+  code as an icon in the fringe. So can the [[http://projects.ryuslash.org/eshell-fringe-status/][eshell-fringe-status]]
+  project. Seems to me, that if would be useful to rejuggle those
+  fringe markers so that the marker matched the command entered
+  (instead of seeing a red mark, and needing to scroll back in order
+  to wonder what command it was that made it). Still...
+
+  #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
+  (use-package eshell-fringe-status
+    :config
+    (add-hook 'eshell-mode-hook 'eshell-fringe-status-mode))
+  #+END_SRC