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Prefix every line with a timestamp
Useful to add a timestamp to every line printed to stdout. You can use `-Ins` instead of `-Iseconds` if you want more precision.

Return threads count of a process
Source: http://superuser.com/questions/49408/how-do-i-monitor-or-view-the-thread-count-of-a-certain-process-on-aix

dump database from postgresql to a file

Screenshot Directly To Clipboard
This will take a screenshot of a selected area and save it as foo.png as well as sending it straight to the clipboard for pasting into GIMP, Anki, Zim, etc.

multiline data block parse and CSV data extraction with perl
extract data in multiline blocks of data with perl pattern matching loop

Adjust all EXIF timestamps in .mov by +1 hour
works for Powershot SD780 IS

Convert all old SVN repositories in one directory to new format

do a full file listing of every file found with locate

Simple Gumblar check command

Read funny developer comments in the Linux source tree
These are way better than fortune(6).

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