Utility scripts for simplifying mundane tasks. All work here is released under GPLv3. Use it at your own peril !

Ruby based

Currency Converter (.rb)
Shows current conversion rate between two chosen currencies (live data is fetched from xe.com). A working internet connection is required. The currencies are specified using codes used by xe.com (just typing ./convert.rb on the shell shows the list). The usage of the script is as follows

Usage: ./convert.rb <from> <to>
where                         
       from : from currency Code
       to   : to currency Codes

Example:
shell$ ./convert.rb USD INR
1 USD = 48.4350 INR
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