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Have subversion ignore a file pattern in a directory
If you don't want to commit files to subversion, and don't want those file to show up when doing an "svn stat", this command is what you need

camelcase to underscore
Convert a camelCase string into snake_case. To complement senorpedro's command.

Get your external IP address if your machine has a DNS entry
Easy way to see your real external IP

My Git Tree Command!
this creates a tree of your branch merges. very useful if you want to follow the features you add.

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

Capture video of a linux desktop
Proper screencast with audio using ffmpeg and x264, as per http://verb3k.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/how-to-do-proper-screencasts-on-linux/

Returns the number of cores in a linux machine.
Original article in http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/display-number-of-processors-on-linux/

Start a quick rsync daemon for fast copying on internal secure network
"Sample output" shows a minimalistic configuration file.

Display full tree information of a single process

A fun thing to do with ram is actually open it up and take a peek. This command will show you all the string (plain text) values in ram
cat? dd? RTFM


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