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# Commands: mv and cp
# You can alias these to the standard `mv` and `cp` commands
# For safety, I call them something else.
# Requires: rsync
alias rscp='rsync -aP'
alias rsmv='rsync -aP --remove-source-files'

# Commands: dd
# You could make an alias out of this, but be careful when using it!
# $size is the size of the input file (e.g. 1024K, 4096M, etc)

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#!/bin/bash
# Returns the IP address of a running KVM guest VM
# Assumes a working KVM/libvirt environment
#
# Install:
#   Add this bash function to your ~/.bashrc and `source ~/.bashrc`.
# Usage: 
#   $ virt-addr vm-name
#   192.0.2.16
#

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# Shutdown the VM and rename storage (optional)
$ virsh shutdown old_vm
$ mv /path/to/old_vm.img /path/to/new_vm.img
 
# Edit virsh template with the new name and storage
$ virsh dumpxml old_vm > new_vm.xml
$ vim new_vm.xml
~~~ new_vm.xml
<name>new_vm</name>                       # <-- change this line
...

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curl -u username --silent "https://mail.google.com/mail/feed/atom" | awk 'BEGIN{FS="\n";RS="(</entry>\n)?<entry>"}NR!=1{print "\033[1;31m"$9"\033[0;32m ("$10")\033[0m:\t\033[1;33m"$2"\033[0m"}' | sed -e 's,<[^>]*>,,g' | column -t -s $'\t'