Commands by poulter7 (2)

  • gmail safe folder

    Returns any file in the folder which would be rejected by Gmail, if you were to send zipped version. (Yes, you could just zip it and knock the extension off and put it back on the other side, but for some people this just isn't a solution) Show Sample Output


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    find | egrep "\.(ade|adp|bat|chm|cmd|com|cpl|dll|exe|hta|ins|isp|jse|lib|mde|msc|msp|mst|pif|scr|sct|shb|sys|vb|vbe|vbs|vxd|wsc|wsf|wsh)$"
    poulter7 · 2010-11-23 16:53:55 0
  • Stop Grooveshark destroying your CPU

    Will limit the amount of CPU time Grooveshark the greedy yet useful Adobe Air app will have. Leaves the UI lagging a little, but crucially does not ruin the audio. Show Sample Output


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    sudo cpulimit -e Grooveshark -l 20
    poulter7 · 2010-11-15 16:58:50 0

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