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Convert from octal format to umask
Umask is obtained subtracting 7 from each cypher of octal format. I store octal perm format in an array,then for each element of array I subtract 7. The result is the umask.

lotto generator

Remove the first character of each line in a file

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

Generate a Google maps URL for GPS location data from digital photo
This command uses the "exiftool" command which is available here: http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/ NB, there should be a degree symbol right after the first "%d" NOT a question mark. For some unknown reason, commandlinefu is not able to handle degree symbol correctly ("?")?

Non Numeric Check
use to execute a block of code only if $var is numeric

remove oprhan package on debian based system

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)

generate random password (works on Mac OS X)
Prepending env LC_CTYPE=C fixes a problem with bad bytes in /dev/urandom on Mac OS X

Gets the english pronunciation of a phrase
Usage examples: say hello say "hello world" say hello+world


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