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renames multiple files that match the pattern
Useful when you want to quickly rename a bunch of files.

Set laptop display brightness
Run as root. Path may vary depending on laptop model and video card (this was tested on an Acer laptop with ATI HD3200 video). $ cat /proc/acpi/video/VGA/LCD/brightness to discover the possible values for your display.

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

Get Futurama quotations from slashdot.org servers

See size of partitions as human readable
See size of partitions as human readable and get extra informations about hdd and partitions

Compress files in a directory

write by vim need root privilege

List only locally modified files with CVS

Open the last file you edited in Vim.

An alarm clock using xmms2 and at
I like the order of the arguments better this way.


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