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(draft 1) Obscure Shell Syntax

• Like irregular verbs in a foreign language, the most common primitives are optimized for brevity rather than consistency, so often are illogical and idiomatic (you have to "just memorize" them to get the benefit).
• --I'm organizing this by symbol rather than concept since there is a universal closed set of characters, but concepts have subjective implicit meaning (like key bindings)

$

• $'' - verbatim string, no interpretting (useful if you have filenames with non ASCII characters)

  • $"" - verbatim string, no interpretting (except locale)

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Greasemonkey Phrasebook

• 1) Wait for page to load
• 2) Prepend TODO to top of page
• 3) Fill a text box only if the relevant label exists, do not cause an error
• 4) Click dropdown and wait, then select option
• [5) Chain actions together, by

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(master version here: https://serverfault.com/questions/351259/is-there-a-good-layout-convention-for-cron-files/1130792#1130792 )

### 0) Header comment

General useful comments that will reduce the chance of jobs not working as expected.

```
## Characters to escape: %, $
```

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// ==UserScript==
// @name testName
// @namespace anonDeveloper
// @description This script will automagically blah blah blah
// @include *
// @match https://*/jira/browse
// ==/UserScript==

// See private file for otheradditions

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<script
  src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.9.1.min.js"
  integrity="sha256-wS9gmOZBqsqWxgIVgA8Y9WcQOa7PgSIX+rPA0VL2rbQ="
  crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script src="https://ndabas.github.io/toc/lib/jquery.toc/jquery.toc.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<ul data-toc data-toc-headings="h2,h3,h4,h5"></ul>

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import java.io.*;
import com.google.common.collect.HashMultimap;
import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;

public class Graphml2FileSystemStdin {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        
        Multimap<String, String> parentToChildren = HashMultimap.create();

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# Separate lines because GMail has a length limit

22ndstaffing OR abcscorp OR accurogroup OR acsicorp OR adroitresources OR adventglobal OR aesinc OR ageatiainc OR agreeya OR akraya OR alchemysolutions OR aloisstaffing OR amiseq OR ampcus OR apninc OR apolisrises OR applabsystems OR aptask OR arnamy OR askstaffing OR astiusa OR atsolutions OR avaconsulting OR axelon OR axiustek OR bayonesolutions OR bereangroup OR bullseyehires OR calibrocorp OR catstaffing-us OR chenoainc OR clearbridgetech OR compuvis OR consultingknights OR contech-it OR crossfireconsulting OR cynetsystems OR datapipertech OR deegit OR dewsoftware OR digitaldhara OR diverselynx OR eateam OR enterprisesolutioninc OR epchelp OR epro-consulting OR erostechnologies OR e-solutionsinc OR evergreentechnologies OR experis OR first-tek OR flextoninc OR fusionitinc OR ghktech OR gisbiztech OR gitallc OR greatlogicsinc OR gttit OR hanstaffing OR healthcarepartners OR hireitpeople OR honorvettech OR horizontalintegration OR ibainfotech OR iconsultus 

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System.out.println("\u0024");

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<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/purl/2.3.1/purl.js"></script>

<script>
// Get the URL parameter
var argName = $.url().param('argName');

// Set the URL parameter
if (argName == null) {
  history.pushState(null, null, '/?argName=defaultValue');
}

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bindkey -s "^[T" 'sh <<EOF ^[^M'\
'^[^M'\
' # Run the main test.^[^M'\
' cd ~/work/src/tests/ && JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_80.jdk/Contents/Home mvn --quiet test --settings ~/sarnobat.git/mac/.m2/settings.xml -Dsurefire.useFile=false -Dsurefire.printSummary=false  -Dtier=devint -Dtest="*#*" | grcat ~/conf.tail ; popd;  osascript -e '\''tell app \"System Events\" to display dialog \"Tests finished\"'\'' ^[^M'\
'^[^M'\
'EOF'\
'^[[A^[[A^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D'