Tip #843 Backup delicious bookmarks
Use this command to backup your del.icio.us bookmarks from the commandline with curl.Read more »
Tip #821 Command line currency conversion
The script below can be used to convert between different currencies on the command line. In order to use the script, you would enter something like "[scriptname] 150 USD GBP" to give the value of 150 US dollars in British pounds.Supported currencies are Euro, U.S. dollar British pound, Japanese yen, Swiss franc, Canadian dollar, Australian dollar, and Indian rupee.
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Tip #768 Stream shell commands to Twitter
When I read the tip yesterday (Twitter from the terminal), I thought it would be fun to set something up to tweet all the commands I enter. After a bit of playing around I have come up with the following:First you'll need to create a script, it doesn't matter what you call it, just remember the name and path to it for later.
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Tip #767 Twitter from the terminal
I wrote a small script, I named it "tw" to update twitter from terminal:Read more »
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