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Get NFL/MLB Scores/Time
change the nfl in the url to mlb or nba to get those score/times as well

paste one file at a time instead of in parallel
paste one file at a time instead of in parallel

Adding formatting to an xml document for easier reading
This will indent the input to be more readable. Warnings and messages are not send to STDOUT so you can just use a pipe to create the formatted outputfile, like: $ tidy -i -xml in.xml > out.xml

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directly ssh to host B that is only accessible through host A
Of course you need to be able to access host A for this ;-)

Watch RX/TX rate of an interface in kb/s
Just a simple way without the need of additional tools. Of course, replace eth0 with your IF.

Matrix Style
It's the same command as submitted, but first with a command to make all characters green. It's the only way it looked "matrix-like" on my gnome-terminal.

open two files on top of each other in vim (one window, two panes)

show todays svn log
Shows the todays svn log. Perfect for alias usage I assume.

Write on the console without being registered
http://www.linux-party.com/index.php/8157-escribir-en-la-consola-linux-sin-que-quede-registrado-en-el-history


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