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Rip a DVD to AVI format
Substitute whatever track number you want into the "dvd://1" parameter. The "-aid 128" is to select the English language.

Convert JSON to YAML
Convert JSON to YAML. Note that you'll need to have PyYaml installed.

Fake system time before running a command
Fake system time before running any command.

Synchronize date and time with a server over ssh
Set Remote Server Date using Local Server Time (push)

Convert (almost) any video file into webm format for online html5 streaming

Compare two directory trees.
This uses Bash's "process substitution" feature to compare (using diff) the output of two different process pipelines.

Random Futurama quote
Random Futurama quote from http://cubemonkey.net/quotes/. Change the quote= to change the quote source.

Juste a reminder that this works.
You can do some boolean logic like A or B then C else D using or : || and : && So you can do some : # false || false && echo true || echo false false # true || false && echo true || echo false true # false || true && echo true || echo false true # true || true && echo true || echo false true and so on ... I use it like : $(ssh example.com 'test something') || $(ssh example.net 'test something') && echo ok || echo ko

Read Python logs with tracebacks in color

Detect illegal access to kernel space, potentially useful for Meltdown detection
Based on capsule8 agent examples, not rigorously tested

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