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Execute a command at a given time
This is an alternative to cron which allows a one-off task to be scheduled for a certain time.

Encode text in Base64 using Perl
MIME::Base64 is a part of Perl5 distribution. You can also use decode_base64 for oposite result.

Get a list of the erroring cifs entries in fstab
It disturbs me when my logwatch report tells me a share or machine has disappeared, esp as mount isn't telling me what's gone. This command outputs to stderr the erroring cifs entries from fstab.

Extract tar.gz file with original permission
-x, --extract, --get extract files from an archive -p, --preserve-permissions, --same-permissions extract information about file permissions (default for superuser) -f, --file=ARCHIVE use archive file or device ARCHIVE -v, --verbose verbosely list files processed

Convert images (jpg, png, ...) into a PDF
Converts images (maybe from scans) into a PDF

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

Convert CSV to JSON
Replace 'csv_file.csv' with your filename.

Simplified video file renaming
I used this when I had a directory of movies from a camera. I wanted to watch a little of each movie, then rename it depending on what was in the movie. This did the trick for me.

get you public ip address

list files recursively by size

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