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Verify if user account exists in Linux / Unix

oneliner to transfer a directory using ssh and tar
this will tar/send/untrar a whole directory.

Change a specific value in a path
Awk replaces the value of a specific field while retaining the field separator "/" .

Archive all SVN repositories in platform indepenent form
Use of hotcopy for safety/stability of the backups.

Find how far nested you are in subshells

List the size of all sub folders and files from the current location, with sorting

Play random music from blip.fm

Measure, explain and minimize a computer's electrical power consumption
Run this command as root to get enough stats. It works on AMD and Intel machines, including desktops. If ran on a laptop it'll give you suggestions on extending your battery life. You'll need to install PowerTOP if you don't have, via 'apt-get install powertop', etc. To grep the output use: sudo powertop -d | grep ... The many command suggestions PowerTOP gives you alone will increase your command-line fu!

Change wallpaper for xfce4 >= 4.6.0
Simply changes the wallpaper of xfce4 from the command line. Not for multiple displays.

Resize a Terminal Window
Replace 70 with the desired height. Replace 180 with the desired width. I put it in my bashrc, because by default my terminal is too small.


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