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Convert a date to timestamp
Simple way to get a timestamp from a date

Finding the fingerprint of a given certificate

Keep track of diff progress
When running a long `diff -r` over folders, this simulates a "verbose" mode where you can see where diff is in the tree. Replace $file with the first part of the path being compared.

get a rough estimate about how much disk space is used by all the currently installed debian packages
The vaule is expressed in megabytes

Terminal redirection
Will redirect output of current session to another terminal, e.g. /dev/pts/3 Courtesy of bassu, http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/by/bassu

ssh X tunneling over multiple ssh hosts (through ssh proxy)
Simply makes it possible to launch any X application residing on sshhost through sshproxy and display it on your screen where ever you are.

turn off auto hard disc boot scanning for ext3

Quickly create simple text file from command line w/o using vi/emacs
1. Issue command 2. After angled bracket appears, enter file contents 3. When done, type "EOF"

Add prefix onto filenames
Best to try first with -n flag, to preview

Find usb device in realtime
Using this command you can track a moment when usb device was attached.


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