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A command to post a message and an auto-shortened link to Twitter. The link shortening service is provide by TinyURL.
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Backup all MySQL Databases to individual files
No need to loop when we have `xargs`. The sed command filters out the first line of `show databases` output, which is always "Database".

convert Decimal to IP from stdin
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10768160/ip-address-converter

find files containing text
-l outputs only the file names -i ignores the case -r descends into subdirectories

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

exit if another instance is running

find co-ordinates of a location
Just add this to your .bashrc file. Use quotes when query has multiple word length.

Which processes are listening on a specific port (e.g. port 80)
swap out "80" for your port of interest. Can use port number or named ports e.g. "http"

wget multiple files (or mirror) from NTLM-protected Sharepoint
If you have to deal with MS Sharepoint which is (rarely, let's hope) used in e.g. certain corporate environments). This uses Cntlm. For single files, just use cURL -- its NTLM authentication works quite well. # /etc/cntlm.conf: # Username account # Domain domain # Password ############ # Proxy 10.20.30.40 (IP of the sharepoint site) # NoProxy * # Listen 3128

Clear the terminal screen
works in /bin/bash


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