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execute command on all files of certain types excluding folders that match pattern

Play online music videos in terminal
pvl 'link1' 'link2' 'link3' Play Youtube, Vimeo, etc links without visual elements. Great for music videos when you just want the audio. You can control mplayer with this! Hit Ctrl-C twice to exit (if you're playing multiple files)

Grep for word in directory (recursive)
greps for search word in directory and below (defaults to cd). -i case insensitive -n shows line number -H shows file name

Force hard reset on server
Useful when you have some wrong on a server (nfs freeze/ immortal process)

Convert AVI to iPhone MP4
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Get IP from hostname
Get the IP of a hostname.

Which processes are listening on a specific port (e.g. port 80)
swap out "80" for your port of interest. Can use port number or named ports e.g. "http"

Print all git repos from a user

My Git Tree Command!
this creates a tree of your branch merges. very useful if you want to follow the features you add.

validate the syntax of a perl-compatible regular expression
Place the regular expression you want to validate between the forward slashes in the eval block.


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