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list block devices
Shows all block devices in a tree with descruptions of what they are.

Lists all listening ports together with the PID of the associated process
The PID will only be printed if you're holding a root equivalent ID.

add all files not under version control to repository
checks which files are not under version control, fetches the names and runs them through "svn add". WARNING: doesn't work with white spaces.

Get the current svn branch/tag (Good for PS1/PROMPT_COMMAND cases)
uses just one sed

Show Shared Library Mappings
shows which shared lib files are pointed to by the dynamic linker.

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Manipulate the metadata when the photo was taken, this will shift with +15hours + 30min

Clear filesystem memory cache

Create a tar file with the current date in the name.
Same, but count of signs is little less :) .

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