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Using Git, stage all manually deleted files.

You'll probably want to pass in the -rf options if you have to delete a directory or something.
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git rm $(git ls-files --deleted)

jaapie · 2014-05-01 06:21:56 7
Google's Text-To-Speech in command line

Improved google text-to-speech function. Allows to specify language, plays sound in terminal. Automatically removes downloaded file after successfully processing. Usage: say LANGUAGE TEXT Examples: say en "This is a test." say pl "To jest test"
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function say { wget -q -U Mozilla -O google-tts.mp3 "http://translate.google.com/translate_tts?ie=UTF-8&tl=$1&q=$2" open google-tts.mp3 &>/dev/null || mplayer google-tts.mp3 &>/dev/null; rm google-tts.mp3; }

Zath · 2014-08-01 23:43:16 17
Using Git, stage all manually deleted files.
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for x in `git status | grep deleted | awk '{print $3}'`; do git rm $x; done

codeprimate · 2009-02-05 16:32:13 88
Periodic Log Deletion

deletes logs not modified in over [#] days - modify to compress or move, as needed
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find /path/to/dir -type f -mtime +[#] -exec rm -f {} \;

wwest4 · 2009-02-05 19:24:13 17
SVN Clean

Removes all unversioned files and folders from an svn repository. Also: svn status --no-ignore | grep ^I | awk '{print $2}' | xargs rm -rf will remove those files which svn status ignores. Handy to add to a script which is in your path so you can run it from any repository (a la 'svn_clean.sh').
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svn status | grep ^? | awk '{print $2}' | xargs rm -rf

Highwayman · 2009-03-10 17:01:40 30
Pipe the result of a command to IRC (channel or query)

command | my_irc Pipe whatever you want to this function, it will, if everything goes well, be redirected to a channel or a user on an IRC server. Please note that : - I am not responsible of flood excesses you might provoke. - that function does not reply to PINGs from the server. That's the reason why I first write in a temporary file. Indeed, I don't want to wait for inputs while being connected to the server. However, according to the configuration of the server and the length of your file, you may timeout before finishing. - Concerning the server, the variable content must be on the form "irc.server.org 6667" (or any other port). If you want to make some tests, you can also create a fake IRC server on "localhost 55555" by using netcat -l -p 55555 - Concerning the target, you can choose a channel (beginning with a '#' like "#chan") or a user (like "user") - The other variables have obvious names. Show Sample Output
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```
On your computer :
$ echo "test" | my_irc

On your IRC client :
-!- Nick [~Username@my_computer] has joined #chan
< Nick> test
-!- Nick [~Username@my_computer] has quit [Ping timeout]
```
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function my_irc { tmp=`mktemp`; cat > $tmp; { echo -e "USER $username x x :$ircname\nNICK $nick\nJOIN $target"; while read line; do echo -e "PRIVMSG $target :$line"; done < $tmp; } | nc $server > /dev/null ; rm $tmp; }

Josay · 2009-06-11 22:14:48 7
Verbosely delete files matching specific name pattern, older than 15 days.
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find /backup/directory -name "FILENAME_*" -mtime +15 -exec rm -vf {};

peshay · 2009-08-24 07:56:14 4
Remove all files but one starting with a letter(s)

Remove everything in current directory except files starting with "ca".
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rm -rf [a-bd-zA-Z0-9]* c[b-zA-Z0-9]*

arcege · 2009-09-15 14:22:56 7
Create a single-use TCP proxy with copy to stdout

USAGE: gate listening_port host port Creates listening socket and connects to remote device at host:port. It uses pipes for connection between two sockets. Traffic which goes through pipes is wrote to stdout. I use it for debug network scripts.
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gate() { mkfifo /tmp/sock1 /tmp/sock2 &> /dev/null && nc -p $1 -l < /tmp/sock1 | tee /tmp/sock2 & PID=$! && nc $2 $3 < /tmp/sock2 | tee /tmp/sock1; kill -KILL $PID; rm -f /tmp/sock1 /tmp/sock2 ; }

true · 2009-09-25 08:10:23 7
Batch convert PNG to JPEG

Convert all PNG images in directory to JPEG using ImageMagick, and delete the old PNG images.
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for i in *.png; do convert "$i" "${i%.png}.jpg" && rm "$i" && echo "$i is converted."; done

auriza · 2010-01-02 16:26:13 6
Pretty man pages under X

You're a developer - but it doesn't mean you have to slum it! Why not spice up your man page lookups by using a decent PDF viewer. I use 'xpdf' - maybe you prefer acroread, whatever, it's just as fast as plain dull ASCII on today's machines and you can still search for stuff - that's the main reason I use PDF and not PS.
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vman(){ T=/tmp/$$.pdf;man -t $1 |ps2pdf - >$T; xpdf $T; rm -f $T; }

bhepple · 2010-01-07 01:15:38 6
Convert all old SVN repositories in one directory to new format
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find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -exec 'mv "{}" "{}-old" && svnadmin create "{}" && svnadmin recover "{}-old" && svnadmin dump "{}-old" | svnadmin load "{}" && rm -rf "{}-old"' \;

raspi · 2010-01-26 07:06:43 4
Recursively remove .svn directories
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find . -name .svn -exec rm -r {} +;

nishan_n · 2010-02-23 10:24:16 5
Remove all but One

rm-but() { ls -Q | grep -v "$1" | xargs rm -r ; } Add this to your .bashrc file. Then whenever you need to remove all files/directories but one from present working directory. Run: rm-but <important-file-or-directory> Notes: 1. This doesn't affect the hidden files. 2. Argument is actually as string. And all files/directories having this string in there name are left untouched.
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rm-but() { ls -Q | grep -v "$1" | xargs rm -r ; }

sata · 2010-05-13 09:28:56 7
Delete a file/directory walking subdirectories (bash4 or zsh)
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shopt -s globstar ; rm -f **/cscope.out

drizztbsd · 2010-07-09 12:17:34 5
Remove all the files except abc in the directory

This is for zsh with extended globbing.
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rm ^'name with spaces'

dbbolton · 2010-08-21 02:24:17 29
Download and install the newest dropbox beta
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wget http://forums.dropbox.com && wget $(cat index.html|grep "Latest Forum Build"|cut -d"\"" -f2) && wget $(cat topic.php*|grep "Linux x86:"|cut -d"\"" -f2|sort -r|head -n1) && rm -rf ~/.dropbox* && rm index.html *.php* && tar zxvf dropbox-*.tar.gz -C ~/

kjell81d · 2010-08-28 09:23:42 4
Remove all .svn folders
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find . -name .svn -type d |xargs rm -rf

NathanQu · 2010-12-16 02:17:48 5
Convert an existing Git repo to a bare repo

If you want to turn a Git repo into the origin that folks can push to, you should make it a bare repository. See: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2199897/git-convert-normal-to-bare-repository
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mv .git .. && rm -rf * && mv ../.git . && mv .git/* . && rmdir .git && git config --bool core.bare true

dinomite · 2011-02-28 17:58:14 5
Removing images by size

Removes all png files whose geometry is not 280x190 pixels
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for arq in *.png; do size=$(identify $arq | cut -f3 -d" "); [ $size == "280x190" ] || rm $arq ; done

MauricioVieira · 2011-04-22 20:00:05 7
shut of the screen ( Fool proof )

Use the command to create a script and bind it to a key using keyboard shortcut. eg: Script locks the screen in a loop until the command is executed again.At first it
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switchMonitor () { LF=/tmp/screen-lock; if [ -f $LF ]; then rm $LF; else touch $LF; sleep .5; while [ -f $LF ]; do xset dpms force off; sleep 2; done; fi };

totti · 2011-08-26 17:55:44 7
Count the number of deleted files

It does not work without the verbose mode (-v is important)
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find /path/folder -type f -name "*.*" -print -exec rm -v {} + | wc -l;

Koobiac · 2011-09-19 14:53:37 8
Remove all zero size files from current directory (not recursive)

works only in zsh
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rm *(L0)

bst · 2012-04-20 19:08:07 5
remove recursively all txt files with number of lines less than 10
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find . -type f -name "*.txt" | while read; do (($(cat $THISFILE | wc -l) < 10)) && rm -vf "$THISFILE"; done

grindaizer · 2013-02-05 09:15:04 7
Clear cassandra snapshots that are older than 30 days

Better than: nodetool clearsnapshot
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find /var/lib/cassandra/data -depth -type d -iwholename "*/snapshots/*" -mtime +30 -print0 | xargs -0 rm -rf

mrwulf · 2013-11-08 14:47:29 7
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Install pip with Proxy

Installs pip packages defining a proxy

Follow tail by name (fix for rolling logs with tail -f)

If you use 'tail -f foo.txt' and it becomes temporarily moved/deleted (ie: log rolls over) then tail will not pick up on the new foo.txt and simply waits with no output. 'tail -F' allows you to follow the file by it's name, rather than a descriptor. If foo.txt disappears, tail will wait until the filename appears again and then continues tailing.

delete all trailing whitespace from each line in file

Count number of files in a directory

sorting file contents into individual files with awk

This command will sort the contents of FILENAME by redirecting the output to individual .txt files in which 3rd column will be used for sorting. If FILENAME contents are as follows: foo foo A foo bar bar B bar lorem ipsum A lorem Then two files called A.txt and B.txt will be created and their contents will be: A.txt foo foo A foo lorem ipsum A lorem and B.txt will be bar bar B bar

Generate hash( of some types) from string

No need to install yet another program when openssl is already installed. :-)

Simple Video Surveillance by email

This takes a picture (with the web cam) every 5 minutes, and send the picture to your e-mail. Some systems support mail -a "References: " so that all video surveillance emails are grouped in a single email thread. To keep your inbox clean, it is still possible to filter and move to trash video surveillance emails (and restore these emails only if you really get robbed!) For instance with Gmail, emails sent to me+trash@gmail.com can be filtered with "Matches: DeliveredTo:me+trash@gmail.com"

Monitor memory usage

Monitor with watch command and vmstat, memory usage

Add an audio soundtrack to a series of images to create an flv

Creates a 5 minute flv file, with the given sequence of images and audio with 0.5 fps. The images were created using the following command: for x in `seq 0 300`; do cp ../head.PNG head-`printf '%03d' $x`.png; done You can also inject metadata to seek easier using yamdi as follows: yamdi -i muxed.flv -o video.flv

Fast command-line directory browsing

Not really alternative, just giving a different behavior listing current directory if no directory given.

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