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List all files in a folder in a git repository by last commit date
This lists all the files in a folder, then finds the commit date for them one by one, then sorts them from newest to oldest

Download certificate chain from FTP

purge all packages marked with 'rc'
After you install/remove lots of packages, there are many packages marked with 'rc'. This script help you to purge these packages, it will save some spaces from your disk.

Automatically create a rar archive
This command creates a rar archive from all files in the current folder and names the archive after the folder name.

Spawn a retro style terminal emulator.
Just note that ctrl+shift+t to make new tabs will not work with . Pair it with a terminal multiplexer like for the best experience.

camelcase to underscore
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Find broken symlinks
This is much safer than using -L, because it will not follow links that point to places outside the target directory subtree (CWD, in this case). See here for explanation: http://unix.stackexchange.com/a/38691/9382

Url Encode

Find the package that installed a command

Immediately put execute permission on any file saved/created in $HOME/bin


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