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Shell scripts for archiving digital photos in directories by date The fact that most digital cameras store the shooting dates inside JPEG files in the EXIF format makes it possible to automatically archive the photos by date right after they...
Shell script for removing duplicate files The following shell script finds duplicate (2 or more identical) files and outputs a new shell script containing commented-out rm statements for deleting them. You then have...
Using GNU screen

If you do not like unnecessary windows open, or want to get the maximum out of your terminal session, screen will soon be in your .bash_history numerous times. I found GNU...
Script to unmount Busy Devices First the script tries to umount the drive normally. If that fails, it tries to restart famd which is the most common problem. If that fails it tries to restart xinetd. If...