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iso to USB with dd and show progress status
need package: pv apt-get install pv get the iso size in byte with ls -l install-cd.iso /dev/sdb is your USB Device (without partitionNr.)

Fast file backup
This is a BASH feature. The above command will create a backup of "filename" called "filename.DATE", where DATE is the actual day in %Y%m%d (year, month and day numbers together) format.

ssh autocomplete based on ~/.ssh/config
I sue this in my .bashrc file This will also do auto-completion for scp and sftp

Change pidgin status
Thanks for the comment oshazard, i wasn't aware of purple-remote existence.

Find usb device in realtime
Using this command you can track a moment when usb device was attached.

install all archive file type apps in ubuntu

SVN Status log to CSV
Note you have also the --xml option ;)

Find the dates your debian/ubuntu packages were installed.
Find when debian packages were installed on a system.

save command output to image
It's just because the original command was not working on version's 6.7.7-10.

cd into the latest directory


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