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Generate MD5 hash for a string

Play awesome rythmic noise using aplay
Try modifying the numbers in the "(i*(i>>8|i>>9)&46&i>>8))^(i&i>>13|i>>6)" part. Crudely stolen from http://www.xkcdb.com/9067

search ubuntu packages to find which package contains the executable program programname
search ubuntu's remote package source repositories for a specific program to see which package contains it

Calculate sum of N numbers (Thanks to flatcap)
replaces "\n" with "+"

Easily decode unix-time (funtion)

Rename files in batch

Show IP Address in prompt --> PS1 var
when working with many machines in a computer lab need to know the IP addr is very large, this is a simplistic solution to make things easier

Print a list of the 30 last modified mp3s sorted by last first

Show all the available information about your current distribution, package management and base
Just run this command and it will printout all the info available about your current distribution and package management system.

Generate SSH public key from the private key


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