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return a titlecased version of the string[str.title() in python]

Converts all windows .URL shortcuts in a directory to linux (gnome) .desktop shortcuts

I hate `echo X | Y`
apart from not being generalisable to all shells, `Y <<< X` seems nicer to me than `echo X | Y`, e.g. $ <<< lol cat; it reads easier, you type less, and it also looks cool

Make a ready-only filesystem ?writeable? by unionfs
First look into /etc/modules if you have unionfs (or squashfs) support. If not, add the modules. UnionFS combines two filesystems. If there is a need to write a file, /tmp/unioncache will be used to write files (first create that directory). Reads will be done where the file is found first. http://tldp.org/HOWTO/SquashFS-HOWTO/creatingandusing.html

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"

Shows size of dirs and files, hidden or not, sorted.

Clean the /boot directory
On Fedora clean the boot directory; erase older kernel

Remove all files but one starting with a letter(s)
Remove everything in current directory except files starting with "ca".

a simple bash one-liner to create php file and call php function

Convert ascii string to hex
If you're going to use od, here's how to suppress the labels at the beginning. Also, it doesn't output the \x, hence the sed command at the end. Remove it for space separated hex values instead

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