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Replace php short open tags
Tired of front end developers using short open tags in your views? This will replace all instances of

Create a bunch of dummy files for testing
Sometimes I need to create a directory of files to operate on to test out some commandlinefu I am cooking up. The main thing is the range ({1..N}) expansion.

history autocompletion with arrow keys
This will enable the possibility to navigate in the history of the command you type with the arrow keys, example "na" and the arrow will give all command starting by na in the history.You can add these lines to your .bashrc (without &&) to use that in your default terminal.

Binary difference of two files
Upload/download newer version of any file with less size and high speed. To remake the new file use $bspatch

Show the key code for keyboard events include the Fn keys
The keycodes are a result of pressing: Mute (Fn+F1) a

Save a file you edited in vim without the needed permissions - (Open)solaris version with RBAC

Copy your ssh public key to a server from a machine that doesn't have ssh-copy-id
This one is a bit more robust -- the remote machine may not have an .ssh directory, and it may not have an authorized_keys file, but if it does already, and you want to replace your ssh public key for some reason, this will work in that case as well, without duplicating the entry.

check open ports without netstat or lsof

re-assign line numbers

create a backup for all directories from current dir
Create backup (.tar.gz) for all first-level directory from current dir.


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