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List all files in a folder in a git repository by last commit date
This lists all the files in a folder, then finds the commit date for them one by one, then sorts them from newest to oldest

Down for everyone or just me?
Check if a site is down with downforeveryoneorjustme.com

Add prefix onto filenames
Best to try first with -n flag, to preview

put all lines in comment where de word DEBUG is found

Install pip with Proxy
Installs pip packages defining a proxy

show ALL iptable rules
show your current iptable rules from every available iptable table

Capitalize the first letter of every word

commandline dictionary
Note: 1) Replace 'wonder' with any word you looking the meaning for in the above example 2) Need to install these packages: wordnet & wordnet-base (latter should be automatically installed because of dependency) 3) Combined size of packages is about 30MB on my old ubuntu system (I find it worth it)

Create a zip archive excluding all SVN folders

Follow tail by name (fix for rolling logs with tail -f)
If you use 'tail -f foo.txt' and it becomes temporarily moved/deleted (ie: log rolls over) then tail will not pick up on the new foo.txt and simply waits with no output. 'tail -F' allows you to follow the file by it's name, rather than a descriptor. If foo.txt disappears, tail will wait until the filename appears again and then continues tailing.


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