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Remove executable bit from all files in the current directory recursively, excluding other directories
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Compare prices in euro of the HTC Desire on all the european websites of Expansys.
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Convert seconds into minutes and seconds
This is a very simple way to input a large number of seconds and get a more useful value in minutes and seconds. Avoids useless use of echo.

sync two folders except hidden files

Exclude .svn, .git and other VCS junk for a pristine tarball
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Record active input of soundcard to file.wav
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resume scp-filetransfer with rsync
resume a partial scp-filetransfer with rsync

dump the whole database

Get Futurama quotations from slashdot.org servers
slashdot.org webserver adds an X-Bender or X-Fry HTTP header to every response!

Create .pdf from .doc
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