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Convert a date to timestamp
Simple way to get a timestamp from a date

Convert Youtube videos to MP3
Make your own MP3s from Youtube videos.

Shows picture exif GPS info if any and converts coords to a decimal degree number
This oneliner uses Imagemagic's identify utility to show the exif GPS information of an image an also converts Grad/MIn/Sec representation to a decimal degree number

change microdvd subtitles framerate
this command example converts to 25 fps subtitles that were originally created for 24 fps movie

list block devices
Shows all block devices in a tree with descruptions of what they are.

Tree based ps view "painted" by ccze

Advanced python tracing
Trace python statement execution and syscalls invoked during that simultaneously

Remove git branches that do not have a remote tracking branch anymore

Convert tab separate file (TSV) to JSON with jq
With this command you can convert a tab separate file (TSV) into a JSON file with jq. For example, this input.tsv i-0b9adca882e5e6326 172.16.0.188 i-088dd69e5c3624888 172.16.0.102 i-0e70eac180537d4aa 172.16.0.85 will produce the showed output.

Get the IP address
gives u each configured IP in a seperate line.


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