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Change pidgin status
Thanks for the comment oshazard, i wasn't aware of purple-remote existence.

Copy without overwriting

clear MyDNS-ng cache
Occasionally, to force zone updating, cache flush is necessary. This command is better than restart the mydns daemon.

Rename files in batch

Automatically download Ubuntu 10.04 when available
Tested with 9.10 release. Choose whatever torrent client you prefer.

Right-align text in console using pipe like ( command | right )

Merge bash terminal histories

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

Extract the contents of an RPM package to your current directory without installing them.
This assumes you have the 'rpm', 'rpm2cpio' and 'cpio' packages installed. This will extract the contents of the RPM package to your current directory. This is useful for working with the files that the package provides without installing the package on your system. Might be useful to create a temporary directory to hold the packages before running the extraction: $ mkdir /tmp/new-package/; cd /tmp/new-package

youtube2m3u
generate playlists from youtube ( or othre things that support yt-dlp)


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