Slick CLI trick in Cisco to show ports up/down and rate of utilization

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So I was reading/studying and saw this little CLI command.

Switch1#sh int | include (is up)
Vlan2 is up, line protocol is up
GigabitEthernet0/1 is up, line protocol is up (connected)

Switch1#sh int | include (is up | rate)
5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
Vlan2 is up, line protocol is up
5 minute input rate 3000 bits/sec, 5 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 1000 bits/sec, 4 packets/sec
5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
GigabitEthernet0/1 is up, line protocol is up (connected)
5 minute input rate 5000 bits/sec, 9 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 3000 bits/sec, 3 packets/sec
5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec

Switch1#sh int | include (is down)
Vlan1 is administratively down, line protocol is down
FastEthernet0/1 is down, line protocol is down (notconnect)
FastEthernet0/2 is down, line protocol is down (notconnect)
FastEthernet0/3 is down, line protocol is down (notconnect)
FastEthernet0/4 is down, line protocol is down (notconnect)
FastEthernet0/5 is down, line protocol is down (notconnect)
FastEthernet0/6 is down, line protocol is down (notconnect)
FastEthernet0/7 is down, line protocol is down (notconnect)
FastEthernet0/8 is down, line protocol is down (notconnect)
FastEthernet0/9 is down, line protocol is down (notconnect)
FastEthernet0/10 is down, line protocol is down (notconnect)
FastEthernet0/11 is down, line protocol is down (notconnect)
FastEthernet0/12 is down, line protocol is down (notconnect)
FastEthernet0/13 is down, line protocol is down (notconnect)
FastEthernet0/14 is down, line protocol is down (notconnect)
FastEthernet0/15 is down, line protocol is down (notconnect)
FastEthernet0/16 is down, line protocol is down (notconnect)
FastEthernet0/17 is down, line protocol is down (notconnect)
FastEthernet0/18 is down, line protocol is down (notconnect)
FastEthernet0/19 is down, line protocol is down (notconnect)
FastEthernet0/20 is down, line protocol is down (notconnect)
FastEthernet0/21 is down, line protocol is down (notconnect)
FastEthernet0/22 is down, line protocol is down (notconnect)
FastEthernet0/23 is down, line protocol is down (notconnect)
FastEthernet0/24 is down, line protocol is down (notconnect)
GigabitEthernet0/2 is down, line protocol is down (notconnect)

I will have to see if this is useful for daily/nightly troubleshooting. It might just be easier to show int xyz to get the status. But this is another way....