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Manipulate the metadata when the photo was taken, this will shift with +15hours + 30min

Stripping ^M at end of each line for files
just deletes to rogue CR from dos files, and tr is always available.

check open ports without netstat or lsof

Speed up upgrades for a debian/ubuntu based system.
Please install aria2c before you try the above command. On ubuntu the command to install aria2c would be: $sudo aptitude install aria2

Remove all cached images for icons related to your profile
Run inside Command Prompt (cmd.exe) as admin. Note that you must close explorer.exe first, and even so some files will not be deleted, will say "Access is denied." To definitely delete them enter with another admin user or from other operating system and access the drive.

print contents of file from first match of regex to end of file
Search in "filename" for the first line to match regex, and print to stdout from the matching line to the end of the file.

Track flight information from the command line
See the flight information from the CLI Use as a SH file or function, like: `./flight.sh os 336`

Replace "space" char with "dot" char in current directory file names

Set laptop display brightness
Run as root. Path may vary depending on laptop model and video card (this was tested on an Acer laptop with ATI HD3200 video). $ cat /proc/acpi/video/VGA/LCD/brightness to discover the possible values for your display.

Convert unix timestamp to date


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