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Simple top directory usage with du flips for either Linux or base Solaris
No need to type out the full OR clause if you know which OS you're on, but this is easy cut-n-paste or alias to get top ten directories by singleton. To avoid the error output from du -xSk you could always 2>/dev/null but you might miss relevant STDERR.

Recover cvs ": no such repository" error

Determine if a port is open with bash
For times when netcat isn't available. Will throw a Connection refused message if a port is closed. Scriptable: $ (: /dev/null && echo "OPEN" || echo "CLOSED"

Limit the cpu usage of a process
This will limit the average amount of CPU it consumes.

Convert spaces in file names to underscores

connects to db2 database instance/alias "stgndv2" user "pmserver" using password "xxxxxxx"
db2 => ? connect CONNECT [USER username [{USING password [NEW new-password CONFIRM confirm-password] | CHANGE PASSWORD}]] CONNECT RESET CONNECT TO database-alias [IN {SHARE MODE | EXCLUSIVE MODE [ON SINGLE DBPARTITIONNUM]}] [USER username [{USING password [NEW new-password CONFIRM confirm-password] | CHANGE PASSWORD}]]

Recursively remove .svn directories from a local repository

print line and execute it in BASH
!# is the currennt line so far, by using !#:- you can go from the second arg (it's zero indexed) to the last ($) (did I understand the problem correctly?)

Be notified about overheating of your CPU and/or motherboard
You'll be notified if your core 1 temperature exceeds 50 degrees, you can change the monitored device by editing the "Core 1" or change the critical temperature by editing the "-gt 50" part. Note: you must have lm-sensors installed and configured in order to get this command working.

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