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Rename all files in lower case
rename is a really powerfull to, as its name suggests, rename files

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execute a shell with netcat without -e
how to execute a shell on a server with a netcat binary which doesn't support -e option

Create a mirror of a local folder, on a remote server
Create a exact mirror of the local folder "/root/files", on remote server 'remote_server' using SSH command (listening on port 22) (all files & folders on destination server/folder will be deleted)

Rename files in batch

Show recent earthquakes in Bay Area
To see only earthquakes for today, add another pipe to egrep "`date '+%Y/%m/%d'`"

download all the presentations from UTOSC2010
miss a class at UTOSC2010? need a refresher? use this to curl down all the presentations from the UTOSC website. (http://2010.utosc.com) NOTE/WARNING this will dump them in the current directory and there are around 37 and some are big - tested on OSX10.6.1

find largest file in /var
find largest file in /var

tree command limit depth for recusive directory list
sometimes I need list from path with max limit for recursive depth directory listing

View dmesg output in human readable format


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