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Rename files in batch

Convert all files for iPhone with HandbrakeCLI

Find number of computers in domain, OU, etc .

Extract audio track from a video file using mencoder
Extracts an MP3 encoded audio stream from an input video file.

cleanup /tmp directory
Cleans all files in /tmp that have been accessed at least 2 days ago.

retrieve the source address used to contact a given host
on multihomed hosts, connected to several networks, could be usefull to know the source address (local ip address) used to reach the target host, this command does not require root priviledges. The command use a TCP socket, if there is any error the command return an empty string, elsewhere return a valid ip address.

Find usb device in realtime
Using this command you can track a moment when usb device was attached.

Get MD5 checksum from a pipe stream and do not alter it

list block devices
Shows all block devices in a tree with descruptions of what they are.

Remote screenshot
Say if you're logged into a remote system via ssh and this system has an x window system, but yet you still want a screen shot of what's going on graphically. This will do it for you. :-)


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