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Email an svn dump
Dumps a compressed svn backup to a file, and emails the files along with any messages as the body of the email

Get your X11 screen mode

Which processes are listening on a specific port (e.g. port 80)
swap out "80" for your port of interest. Can use port number or named ports e.g. "http"

vi - Change only whole words exactly matching 'http' to 'git'; ask for confirmation.
http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Search_and_replace github anda limando feo ....: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/symfony2/YL1mo_cz4Ms

A function to find the newest file in a directory

Run a bash script in debug mode, show output and save it on a file

List available upgrades from apt (package names only)
Usefull if you only want to see the package names, or if you want to use them in a script.

Check if the LHC has destroyed the world
This says if the LHC has destroyed the world. Run it in a loop to monitor the state of Earth. Might not work reliable, if the world has actually been destroyed.

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

Backup files older than 1 day on /home/dir, gzip them, moving old file to a dated file.
Useful for backing up old files, custom logs, etc. via a cronjob.


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