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Revert an SVN file to previous revision
Kudos to xakon.

Start dd and show progress every X seconds

resolve short urls
since the most url shorteners respond with a header containing the Location: ... this works with most common shorteners

Purge configuration files of removed packages on debian based systems
Purge all configuration files of removed packages

Get your outgoing IP address

Generate a playlist of all the files in the directory, newer first
I use this to generate a playlist with all the podcasts I listen to. Ordered from most recent to older.

Open a file explorer on a split screen inside your vim session
Open a CLI file explorer by splitting up your screen inside your vim session. Besides, you probably are never going to forget this one.

log your PC's motherboard and CPU temperature along with the current date
Uses the data in the /proc system, provided by the acpid, to find out the CPU temperature. Can be run on systems without lm-sensors installed as well.

Batch Convert SVG to PNG (in parallel)
Convert some SVG files into PNG using ImageMagick's convert command. Run the conversions in parallel to save time. This is safer than robinro's forkbomb approach :-) xargs runs four processes at a time -P4

List the CPU model name
Extracts the model name of the CPU and displays it on screen.

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