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A bash function might also be useful: dict() { curl dict://dict.org/d:$1; } Or if you want less verbose output: dict() { curl -s dict://dict.org/d:$1 | perl -ne 's/\r//; last if /^\.$/; print if /^151/../^250/'; } Show Sample Output

curl dict://dict.org/d:something

HorsePunchKid · 2009-04-10 18:12:37 12

Compare a file with the output of a command or compare the output of two commands
This is sample output - yours may be different.
0

vimdiff foo.c <(bzr cat -r revno:-2 foo.c)

HorsePunchKid · 2009-03-24 18:15:48 6

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shell function which allows you to tag files by creating symbolic links directories in a 'tags' folder.

shell function which allows you to tag files by creating symbolic links directories in a 'tags' folder. The tag function takes a tag name as its first argument, then a list of files which take that tag. The directory $HOME/tags/tagname will then hold symbolic links to each of the tagged files. This function was modified from bartonski's (http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/10216) inspired by tmsu (found at https://bitbucket.org/oniony/tmsu/wiki/Home) with readlink function by flxndn (http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/10222). Example: $ tag dog airedale.txt .shizturc weimeraner.pl This will create $HOME/tags/dog which contains symbolic links to airedale.txt .shizturc and weimeraner.pl

Capture video of a linux desktop

This will grab the image from desktop, starting with the upper-left corner at x=100, y=200 with a width and height of 1024?768.

Find usb device

I often use it to find recently added ou removed device, or using find in /dev, or anything similar. Just run the command, plug the device, and wait to see him and only him

Super Speedy Hexadecimal or Octal Calculations and Conversions to Decimal.

^Hexadecimal Ten minus Octal Ten is Eight(in Decimal). $ echo "$(( 0xaf )) = $(( 0257 ))" ^Hexadecimal AF and Octal 257 are both Decimal 175.

Matrix - Just 1 wobbly line rather then a rain! (shorter)

No sample. Try it and see the magic!

recursive search and replace old with new string, inside files

Using -Z with grep and -0 with xargs handles file names with spaces and special characters.

Remove security limitations from PDF documents using ghostscript (for Windows)

#4345 also works under windows

Find chronological errors or bad timestamps in a Subversion repository

Lists revisions in a Subversion repository with a timestamp that doesn't follow the revision numbering order. If everything is OK, nothing is displayed.

Print all git repos from a user (only curl and grep)

Send an email from the terminal when job finishes

Might as well include the status code it exited with so you know right away if it failed or not.

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