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Colored SVN diff
Simple way to achieve a colored SVN diff

Display the number of connections to a MySQL Database
Count the number of active connections to a MySQL database. The MySQL command "show processlist" gives a list of all the active clients. However, by using the processlist table, in the information_schema database, we can sort and count the results within MySQL.

Delete DOS Characters via VIM (^M)
And in case you want to migrate back to, err.. MS-DOS: ":set ff=dos" does the opposite.

Create .pdf from .doc
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Which processes are listening on a specific port (e.g. port 80)
swap out "80" for your port of interest. Can use port number or named ports e.g. "http"

Recursively Add Changed Files to Subversion
Extracted from http://www.howtogeek.com/wiki/Recursively_Add_Changed_Files_to_Subversion

is today the end of the month?

Comment out a line in a file
This will comment out a line, specified by line number, in a given file.

Rsync remote data as root using sudo
If your user has sudo on the remote box, you can rsync data as root without needing to login as root. This is very helpful if the remote box does not allow root to login over SSH (which is a common security restriction).

Get just the IP for a hostname

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