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import a new set of files located in a local directory into a remote Subversion repository

Stream YouTube URL directly to MPlayer
A function for streaming youtube to mplayer. The option "-g" for youtube-dl tells it to output the direct video URL, instead of downloading the video. "-fs" tells MPlayer to go FullScreen, and "-quit" makes it less verbose. Requires: youdube-dl ( http://bitbucket.org/rg3/youtube-dl/ ) (Tested in zsh)

a simple bash one-liner to create php file and call php function

Find usb device in realtime
Using this command you can track a moment when usb device was attached.

Search some text from all files inside a directory

Display standard information about device
Queries the specified ethernet device for associated driver information

list block devices
Shows all block devices in a tree with descruptions of what they are.

Console clock -- within screen
Configures screen to always display the clock in the last line (has to be configured only once). After that you not only have got the possibility to detach sessions and run them in background, but also have got a nice clock permanently on your screen.

Day of the week of your birthday over the years.
Do you ever want to know which day of week was your birhday! Now you can check that with this command, just set your birh date at the beginning (My bday in the example) and the dates will be revealed. ;)

Change the console keyboard layout

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