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#!/bin/bash
CURR_DIR="$(basename $PWD)"
BCKP_FILE="$HOME"/"$CURR_DIR""_Backup_""$(date +%F_%T)"".zip"

echo "..Starting executing"
echo "..Going to backup the current directory ('$CURR_DIR') into"
  echo "    $BCKP_FILE"
  echo -n "---> Continue [Y/n] ? " && read CONTINUE  
    [ -z "$(echo $CONTINUE| grep -i 'y')" ] && echo "..Aborting" && exit 1
cd .. && zip -9r $BCKP_FILE "$CURR_DIR" | sed -u 's/^/.... /g'

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#!/bin/bash
DHCLIENTCONF_FILE="/etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf"

#Prepend Opendns name-servers into DHCLIENTCONF_FILE

if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then
  echo "Must be run as root"
  exit 1
fi
if [ "$(egrep '^prepend domain-name-servers' $DHCLIENTCONF_FILE | wc -l)" -ne 0 ]; then

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#!/bin/bash

function msg {
  # Description:
  #   This function echoes-with-colors the arguments passed in
  # Usage:
  #   msg 'whatever you want to print :)'
  echo -e '\033[33m\033[44m'$@'\033[0m'
}

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# The fix is based on installing an older version of libsane and libsane-extras
# For more info, see [1] and [2]
#   [1] http://angel-de-vicente.blogspot.com.es/2012/07/lexmark-x1190-with-ubuntu-1110-64-bits.html
#   [2] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xsane/+bug/774475
#   [3] http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=12159929&postcount=36
#
# To apply the fix, copy/paste the following in a terminal:

#   . Uninstall libsane + libsane-extras
sudo apt-get remove libsane libsane-extras

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# How to add user into group, and make changes take effect *without logout/login*: the *newgrp* command 
#
# Do note that this method will only update the groups, in the current shell session (and its child-processes).
# New shell sessions will not have the groups updated - either use this method to update the groups in each shell 
# session, or logout/login to make the group update permanent by default 
#
# In short: 
#     $ sudo adduser user_x my_grp
#     $ newgrp my_grp && newgrp
# 

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require 'socket'
require 'spoon'

# I made this code to experiment with 2 things:
#   1) Use the 'spoon' gem and Spoon.spawnp as a poor-man-substitute of a normal fork
#   2) pass a file-descriptor over unix-sockets, from a parent process to a child process
#
#   Jruby cannot .fork() as MRI Ruby... it seems the alternative is 'spoon' gem and its 
#   spawn/spawnp methods. 
#   Fork is not the same as spawning: basically fork will copy to a child process all 

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#!/bin/sh
#---------------------------------------------
#   xdg-open
#
#   Utility script to open a URL in the registered default application.
#
#   Refer to the usage() function below for usage.
#
#   Copyright 2009-2010, Fathi Boudra <[email protected]>
#   Copyright 2009-2010, Rex Dieter <[email protected]>

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# condition && command-if-true || command-if-false
#
# CAUTION: condition && ... || ... works, but
#          condition || ... && ... does NOT work!
#
$ [[ "your" == "condition" ]] && echo "executed if true" || echo "executed if false"
executed if false
$ [[ "your" == "your" ]] && echo "executed if true" || echo "executed if false"
executed if true

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#!/bin/bash

# capture SIGINT (emitted when CTRL-C)
function handler__CtrlC {
  echo "------- handler_CtrlC -------"
  echo ">> Control-C was pressed. Exiting"
  exit 1
}
trap handler__CtrlC SIGINT
echo "Handler for CTRL-C is defined - press CTRL-C or wait 5 seconds to continue"