Miscellaneous

How many additional threads did a process spawn?

strace <process_name> 2>&1 | grep -e fork -e clone | wc -l

Bash currency converter

cconv() {
	wget -qO- "https://www.google.com/finance/converter?a=$1&from=$2&to=$3" |  sed '/res/!d;s/<[^>]*>//g';
}

eclipse ~ # cconv 11 usd eur
11 USD = 10.3103 EUR
eclipse ~ # cconv 3 usd nzd
3 USD = 3.9888 NZD
eclipse ~ # cconv 1 usd nzd
1 USD = 1.3296 NZD
eclipse ~ # cconv 1 nzd usd
1 NZD = 0.7523 USD