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Convert seconds to [DD:][HH:]MM:SS
Converts any number of seconds into days, hours, minutes and seconds. sec2dhms() { declare -i SS="$1" D=$(( SS / 86400 )) H=$(( SS % 86400 / 3600 )) M=$(( SS % 3600 / 60 )) S=$(( SS % 60 )) [ "$D" -gt 0 ] && echo -n "${D}:" [ "$H" -gt 0 ] && printf "%02g:" "$H" printf "%02g:%02g\n" "$M" "$S" }

Set RGB gamma of secondary monitor
This command first determines whether a second screen is connected. If this is the case, it sets the screen's RGB gamma via xrandr. Useful for cheap or slightly defective monitors with a tint. In this example a yellowing/champagne color deviation is compensated for by decreasing the red and the green portion of the image.

Deal with dot files safely

Install pip with Proxy
Installs pip packages defining a proxy

seq (argc=2) for FreeBSD

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

Google URL shortener
use curl and sed to shorten an url via goo.gl

a function to find the fastest DNS server
http://public-dns.info gives a list of online dns servers. you need to change the country in url (br in this url) with your country code. this command need some time to ping all IP in list.

Repeatedly send a string to stdout-- useful for going through "yes I agree" screens

Run local bash script on remote server
Run local scripts on remote server. "-T Disable pseudo-tty allocation"

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