This are some very small shell scripts which I use for my own needs. They are very limited in what they do, but maybe you find one or another helpful.
For the copyright of the scripts, see the source file. Most of the time I release small scripts in the public domain.
rootverse
This script displays the Bible verse of the current day on the root window of X Window. (See an example screenshot, 117k for how this might look).
Requirements are an installed ImageMagick with SVG support (I use version 5.4.5.1) and verse(1). I have only found verse for Debian systems. If you find it somewhere else for download, please notify me, so I can put a link here.
Download rootverse.sh or an example config file. You can save the config file as .rootverse in your home directory.
xnetload
A very small wrapper around xnetload. When no command line parameters are given, it monitors the first device found with /sbin/ifconfig.
upload
That's the script I use to upload new content to my Web site. It checks for updated files, creates a tar archive and uploads this archive with scp. The only problem I know is that the dates on the two hosts need to be the same or tar complains when extracting the archive on the server.
mp3 to ogg vorbis converter
I very much support the open Ogg Vorbis codec. So I convert all mp3's to Ogg Vorbis. This scripts helps me to do so. It has the nice side effect that all files get normalized.