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list files recursively by size

Get absolut path to your bash-script
Another way of doing it that's a bit clearer. I'm a fan of readable code.

import a new set of files located in a local directory into a remote Subversion repository

Create incremental snapshots of individual folders using find and tar-gzip
Creates an incremental snapshot of individual folders.

A nice way to show git commit history, with easy to read revision numbers instead of the default hash

Video Google download
Download google video with wget. Or, if you wish, pass video URL to ie mplayer to view as stream. 1. VURL: replace with url. I.e. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=12312312312312313# 2. OUPUT_FILE : optionally change to a more suited name. This is the downloaded file. I.e. foo.flv # Improvements greatly appreciated. (close to my first linux command after ls -A :) ) Breakedown pipe by pipe: 1. wget: html from google, pass to stdout 2. grep: get the video url until thumbnailUrl (not needed) 3. grep: Strip off everything before http:// 4. sed: urldecode 5. echo: hex escapes 6. sed: stipr of tailing before thumbnailUrl 7. wget: download. Here one could use i.e. mplayer or other...

Find all files containing a word
shorter :p

Merge tarballs
Requires the GNU tar ignore zeros option. http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_section/Blocking.html

Stop Flash from tracking everything you do.
Brute force way to block all LSO cookies on a Linux system with the non-free Flash browser plugin. Works just fine for my needs. Enjoy.

Find the dates your debian/ubuntu packages were installed.
Find when debian packages were installed on a system.

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