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# bash function (Mac OSX)
# prefix clipboard to a file with contents of clipboard
# based on comments under http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/bash-prepend-text-lines-to-file/
# uses diff and patch to retain destination file attributes

prepend () { diff -u <(head "$@") <(echo -e "`pbpaste`\n`head "$@"`") >/tmp/mypatch; patch "$@" </tmp/mypatch ; }

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#!/bin/bash
#
# myip.sh
#   returns public IP

# retrieving from HTTP service
ipcheckerurl="http://checkip.amazonaws.com/"
myip=`curl --silent ${ipcheckerurl}`

# retrieving with 'dig' command

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#!/bin/bash
#
# .todo.actions.d/rand
#   extension for https://github.com/ginatrapani/todo.txt-cli
#   display one random task from todo.txt matching filter

if [ -n "$1" ]; then
	if [ "$1" == "usage" ]; then
		echo "    $(basename $0)"
		echo "      Displays one random task."

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coverting images with imagemagick

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perl in-place editing

load whole file as one record

perl -0 filename

reference: http://www.unix.com/shell-programming-and-scripting/202489-perl-inline-replace-only-1st-line.html

prepend

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#!/bin/bash
#
# source
#  http://osxdaily.com/2011/05/23/disable-shadow-screen-shots-mac/
#
defaults write com.apple.screencapture disable-shadow -bool true
killall SystemUIServer

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#!/bin/bash
ln -s /Applications/TextMate.app/Contents/Resources/mate ~/bin/mate

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###################
#  handy aliases  #
###################
alias ls='ls -FG'       # -F add trailing / @ *   -G color
alias l='ls'
alias ll='ls -al'
alias lh='ls -ahl'
alias h='history'
alias j='jobs -l'
alias c='clear'

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#####################
#  locale settings  #
#####################
export LANG=en_US.utf-8
export LESSCHARSET=utf-8  # basically LESSCHARSET seems not necessary when ".utf-8" is set in LANG

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Windows iso files (mount, create)