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renames multiple files that match the pattern
Useful when you want to quickly rename a bunch of files.

find an unused unprivileged TCP port
Not really better - just different ;) There's probably a really simple solution out there somewhere...

Function to create an alias on the fly
Is used like this: mkalias rmcache "rm -rfv app/cache/*"

See all the commits for which searchstring appear in the git diff

find your release version of your ubuntu / debian distro

Get all links from commandlinefu front page
You need to install WWW::Mechanize Perl module with # cpan -i WWW::Mezchanize or by searching mechanize | grep perl in your package manager With this command, you can get forms, images, headers too

delete command line last word

Clean your broken terminal
If something fracks up your terminal, just type in 'reset' and everything should be good again.

Direct auto-complete in bash
Direct auto-complete in bash

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.

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