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Backup a file with a date-time stamp
Appends the input file with the date format YYYY-MM-DD.bak. Also runs silently if you remove the -v on the cp at the end of the function.

Remove all subversion files from a project recursively
This command will remove all .svn folder from your project if you need to manual remove the subversion files.

Prints line numbers
If you don't have nl on your system, this achieves a similar effect, the default behavior in nl is to not number blank lines, but this does.

Find last reboot time
Specific to OSX.

Watch how fast the files in a drive are being deleted
This can be useful when a large remove operation is taking place.

Create a temporary file
To create directory, use: $ tempdir=$(/bin/mktemp -d)

Find usb device
I often use it to find recently added ou removed device, or using find in /dev, or anything similar. Just run the command, plug the device, and wait to see him and only him

Reinstall a Synology NAS without loosing any data from commandline.
Seen many questions how-to reinstall synology nas dsm without loosing data, here you go. Wait for a few min and then head over to http://nasip and setup your fresh installed nas.

Single words from Amazon Kindle 3 notes
You can use any dictionary you want, in any language. This command will output all single-word annotations that you have underlined in your Kindle device (provided the file) given a list of language-specific words. If you want to learn vocabulary, this command is ideal.

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