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list files recursively by size

dump a remote db via ssh and populate local db with postgres

Terminal - Prints out, what the users name, notifyed in the gecos field, is

Makes the permissions of file2 the same as file1
Also works with: $chgrp --reference file1 file2 $chown --reference file1 file2

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Postpone a command [zsh]
When writing on the command line of zsh, by pressing Alt+q the command will be cleaned, and you can insert another one. The command you were writing will be recorder, and pasted on the prompt immediately after the "interrupting" command is inserted.

Bash scripts encryption and passphrase-protection
This function will encrypt a bash script and will only execute it after providing the passphrase. Requires mcrypt to be installed on the system.

Indent all the files in a project using emacs
use -iname \*[.ch] instead of -iname \*.c -o -iname \*.h

Random number generation within a range N, here N=10

Purge configuration files of removed packages on debian based systems
Purge all configuration files of removed packages


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