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Prepend a text to a file.
Using the sed -i (inline), you can replace the beginning of the first line of a file without redirecting the output to a temporary location.

Tracklist reaplace backspace to '-'
Requires perl 5.14 or greater

Mark packages installed with build-dep for autoremove (on Debian/Ubuntu)
Replace PACKAGE with desired package name. Found here: http://mikebeach.org/2011/04/undo-apt-get-build-dep/

Gathering all MAC's in your local network
replace eth0 with your ethernet or wireless network interface.

For finding out if something is listening on a port and if so what the daemon is.

find files ignoring .svn and its decendents

lsof equivalent on solaris
Report fstat(2) and fcntl(2) information for all open files in each process.

Pulse Volume Control Using Zenity
This produces a little bar that you can use to set the volume percentage.

Find usb device
I often use it to find recently added ou removed device, or using find in /dev, or anything similar. Just run the command, plug the device, and wait to see him and only him

Convert CSV to JSON
Replace 'csv_file.csv' with your filename.


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