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Unzip multiple files with one command
With this command you can easily unzip multiple zip files with just one command. All you need to do is to use single quotes.

Remove all but one specific file

save date and time for each command in history
for the change stay in your history file , export command by writing it into your .bashrc

Copy a file structure without files
Taken from: http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum40/1310.htm

list files recursively by size

Automaticly cd into directory
Makes bash-4.x like zsh. Automatic cd into a directory if a command with that name doesnt exists. Ready for your ~/.bashrc file

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

Find default gateway (proper at ppp connections too)

Reset hosed terminal,
stty sane resets the tty to basic usable function. The ^J is a newline -- sometimes CR/LF interpretation is broken so use the ^J explicitly.

Stream (almost) any music track in mplayer
Just give it an artist and/or song at the end of the command as shown.


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