This will compress the root directory to an external hard drive and split it to parts once it reaches the 4 Gigs file system limit.

You can simply restore it with:

Found this one little more for me. This one removes the perl dependency (from command 2535).

Source for command : http://www.earthinfo.org/linux-disk-usage-sorted-by-size-and-human-readable/

this bzips a folder and transfers it over the network to "host" at 777k bit/s.

cstream can do a lot more, have a look http://www.cons.org/cracauer/cstream.html#usage

for example:

hehe :)

Solves "tr" issues with non C-locales under BSD-like systems (like OS X)

just a alternative using a saved html file of all of my bookmarks. works well although it takes awhile.

using mb it's still readable;) a symbol variation

$ du -ms {,.[^.]}* | sort -nk1

kpartx can be found inside of the multipath-tools package

-a adds the mappings and -d deletes them

I prefer to use this and not the -n variety, so I get DNS-resolved hostnames. Nice when I'm trying to figure out who's got that port open.

It bypasses encryption overhead of SSH and depending on configuration can be significantly faster.

It's recommended to use only in trusted networks.

Taken from http://www.earthinfo.org/linux-disk-usage-sorted-by-size-and-human-readable/

A short, *easy-er* to remember command for stripping whitespace and comments from a config file, (or any file for that matter).

Remember regex as:

slash, space, star.

pound, slash, bar.

pointy-hat, dollar. (or "caret, dollar" if you must)

:-P

When you don't have c_rehash handy. Really simple - if you have a .pem file that doesn't really contain a x509 cert (let's say, newreq.pem), it will create a link, simply called '.0', pointing to that file.

avoid rm to be recursive until you complete the command: put the -rf at the end!

When a fs hangs and you've just one console, even # ls could be a dangerous command. Simply put a trailing "&" and play safe

If your last command was a dud, your bash prompt will be angry at you. Otherwise it's happy. Soon you will crave its constant approval and your linux skills will improve simply to avoid low self-esteem.

less symbols, tab completion.

including # export SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX="_`date +%F`" in your .bashrc provides you to easily timestamp your files

Windows only: stops windows update and the nagging restart window.

You need your admin password for this one.

when editing .bash_profile (or .bashrc), run this to use the new version without having to exit and open a new terminal

Note you have also the --xml option ;)

defines a handy function for quick calculations from cli.

once defined:

Useful if non-ascii characters in filenames have been improperly encoded. Replace "PROBLEM" with the incorrect characters (e.g. 'é'), and "FIX" with the correct ones (e.g. '?').