code by Ben bengarrett

git branch -vv # branch detailed info

git status -sb # brief status

git reflog # reference log

git fsck --lost-found # orphaned files

git log -- somefile.txt # logs for file, even if long deleted

Generate and optimise thumbnails using GraphicsMagick and pngquant

Install

Install gm and pngquant.

apt-get install gm pngquant

Generate

Generate a thumbnail. You can replace -thumbnail with -resize for a clearer thumbnail that will result in a larger file size.

Tar

Compress (backup) files and directories

Common arguments

-c create an archive

-f file.tar filename of archive

-v verbose

Rsync

Common arguments

-v verbose

-h humanise the output by implementing binary multipliers instead of byte values etc.

-P display progress and allow resumption of interrupted transfers

-n do a dry run for testing

Installing and using Percona XtraBackup

For MySQL/MariaDB database servers on Ubuntu.

Set-up and Install

Add Percona to your repository.

Backup your sources.

sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.backup

Edit your sources.

A collection of Windows command scripts

These should be placed in c:\terminal\cmd-scripts\

~.cmd - A short-cut to jump into the user's home directory
edit.cmd - Edit a document using notepad++ from the command prompt
ll.cmd - Emulate the Bash ll alias in command prompt, requires Windows port of ls
npml.cmd - List global installed Node.js packages from the command prompt
pubid.cmd - Displays your public RSA 2 key in terminal, it assumes you have one created by Putty or ssh

	ciphers="TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384,
	TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384,
	TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384,
	TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384,
	TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256,
	TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA,
	TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA,
	TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA,
	TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA,
	TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA,

	::File: c:\terminal\cmd-scripts\hyper-v.cmd
	@echo off
	echo.

	if [%1] == [] goto help1
	if "%1" == "/?" goto help1

	goto check_Permissions

	:check_Arguments