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Lookup your own IPv4 address

Vectorize xkcd strips
Uses ImageMagick and potrace to vectorize the input image, with parameters optimized for xkcd-like pictures.

Restore deleted file from GIT repository
This command will automatically find the latest version of the file that was deleted and restore it to it's previous location. If, of course, your file was kept in a git repository... I found this command on http://stackoverflow.com/a/1113140

Run the last command as root
this command also can run the last command as root what's more, sudo !-2 can run the second last command as root , and so on

copy remote ssh session output to local clipboard
ssh from local to remote and pipe output of file to the local clipboard

Set OS X X11 to use installed Mathematica fonts

Change tha mac adresse
eth0 = the name of the interface 00:01:02:03:04:05 = the new mac adresse the same thing for wireless card $ sudo iwconfig eth1 hw ether 00:01:02:03:04:05

Fill the screen with randomly colored lines
This one-liner fills the screen with randomly colored lines.

Connect to google talk through ssh by setting your IM client to use the localhost 5432 port
If your firewall or proxy at your location prevents connection to a particular host or port, you can use ssh to tunnel to your home server and do it there instead.

How to pull out lines between two patterns
This command will display all lines between 2 patterns: word-a and word-b useful for grepping command outputs from file


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