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My main working environment is Linux (Ubuntu), with only few exceptions in Windows (to share EndNote documents with colleagues, for example). Here I summarize a small collection of common useful linux one-liners.

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Tar skip svn directories/folders	tar cvfz myproject.tar.gz --exclude=.svn myproject/	source
Install windows fonts (arial, verdana, times new roman) in Ubuntu	sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts	http://sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts
Convert a batch of files with ImageMagick	mogrify -format png *.jpg	source
create patch from modified file	patch -uN oldfile newfile > patch.txt	source	To patch use 'patch oldfile < patch.txt'
Clean (remove) Ubuntu Memory Caches	sudo echo 3 \| sudo tee /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches	source	GNOME should be also restarted
Convert PDF to print-quality PNG with ImageMagick	convert -density 600x600 input.pdf -resize 1200x -density 600x600 output.png}		The -resize is calculated by dpi/2.54*cm (1 inch=2.54 cm)
Edit PDF produced by R containing pch symbol 16 or 20	Use the 'Extension->Text->Replace' function of the Inkscape, copy a dot (U+25CF of Arial font) to replace the 'q'
MD5 checksum of a directory	find /path/to/dir/ -type f -name *.py -exec md5sum {} + \| awk '{print $1}' \| sort \| md5su	source
Restore Ubuntu Gnome panel to default	gconftool-2 --shutdown && rm -rf ~/.gconf/apps/panel && pkill gnome-panel	http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=392387
Add ~ in Emacs where <dead-tilde> is undefined	C-q 1 7 6 Enter	http://www.opensubscriber.com/message/help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org/7172460.html
Extract pages from PDF	pdftk A=inputfile.pdf cat A22-36 output outfile_p22-p36.pdf	http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/tech-tip-extract-pages-pdf	Axx-xx specifies the pages to be extracted

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