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Encode a string using ROT47
This command will encode a string using the ROT47 cipher.

take a look to command before action
add |sh when you agree the list, I often use that method to prevent typos in dangerous or long operations

Convert camelCase to underscores (camel_case)
Useful for switching over someone else's coding style who uses camelCase notation to your style using all lowercase with underscores.

Create a mirror of a local folder, on a remote server
Create a exact mirror of the local folder "/root/files", on remote server 'remote_server' using SSH command (listening on port 22) (all files & folders on destination server/folder will be deleted)

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list block devices
Shows all block devices in a tree with descruptions of what they are.

Check reverse DNS

list block devices
Shows all block devices in a tree with descruptions of what they are.

quickly formats a fat partition. usefull for flash drives

Make a thumbnail image of first page of a PDF.
convert is included in ImageMagick. Don't forget the [X] (where X is the page number). [0] is the first page of the PDF.


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