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Make directories for and mount all iso files in a folder

Compare a remote file with a local file
Useful for checking if there are differences between local and remote files.

Remove all zero size files from current directory (not recursive)
works only in zsh

ignore .DS_Store forever in GIT
With a couple of little commands, you?ll be able to ignore the .DS_Store files forever from your git repositories on mac! The following command will add the .gitignore file to the git configuration git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore then, the following, will add the .DS_Store to the list echo .DS_Store >> ~/.gitignore

grep for minus (-) sign
Use flag "--" to stop switch parsing

Transfer large files/directories with no overhead over the network
This invokes tar on the remote machine and pipes the resulting tarfile over the network using ssh and is saved on the local machine. This is useful for making a one-off backup of a directory tree with zero storage overhead on the source. Variations on this include using compression on the source by using 'tar cfvp' or compression at the destination via $ ssh user@host "cd dir; tar cfp - *" | gzip - > file.tar.gz

Download all data from Google Ngram Viewer
To learn more about Google Ngram Viewer: http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/info

Which processes are listening on a specific port (e.g. port 80)
swap out "80" for your port of interest. Can use port number or named ports e.g. "http"

[WinXP]Use as a shortcut in the SendTo menu to open a cmd window for a given folder.
This comes in handy for me when I am developing and testing Perl command line scripts. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490880.aspx

open two files on top of each other in vim (one window, two panes)


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