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Commands by gean01

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sed -e 's/{/|/' -e 's/}{/|/' -e 's/}/|/' myFile.sub | awk -F "|" 'BEGIN {OFS = "|"} { $2 = $2 - 600; $3 = $3 - 600; print $0 }' | sed -e 's/^|/{/' -e 's/\([0-9]\)|\([0-9]\)/\1}{\2/' -e 's/|/}/' >
2011-08-17 00:31:49
User: gean01
Functions: awk sed
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Fix subtitle timing (for .sub files)

Fix a microdvd (.sub) subtitle timing by making the phrases to appear 600 frames earlier.

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curl -s -A "Mozilla" "http://translate.google.com.br/translate_a/t?client=t&text=Hi+world&hl=pt-BR&sl=en&tl=pt&multires=1&ssel=0&tsel=0&sc=1" | awk -F'"' '{print $2}'
2011-07-03 00:11:52
User: gean01
Functions: awk
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Translates a phrase from English to Portuguese

Translates a string from English to Portuguese by using google translator web service.

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curl -A "Mozilla" "http://translate.google.com/translate_tts?tl=en&q=hello+world" > hello.mp3
2011-07-01 20:59:33
User: gean01
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Gets the english pronunciation of a phrase

Sends a string to google tranlator, which converts it to English speech.

It's possible to create a nice script to do the job for us, such as

#!/bin'bash

curl -A "Mozilla" " /tmp/speak.mp3

mplayer /tmp/speak.mp3

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for i in *;do avidemux --video-codec Xvid4 --audio-codec mp3 --load "${i}" --save "`echo "$i" | sed -e 's/\....$//'`.done.mp4" --quit; done
2009-09-11 17:07:38
User: gean01
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Create multiple mp4 files using avidemux

Convert multiple files using avidemux. Version updated (thanks to the guys who helped me giving me hints about how to improve the command). Works with files whose name contains blank characters.

One of the reasons why I love open source: everyone can take something "done" and improve it to make it better! If u have suggestions, please let me know.

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for i in `ls`;do avidemux --video-codec Xvid4 --load $i --save $i.mp4 --quit; done
2009-09-10 01:38:42
User: gean01
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Convert multiple files using avidemux

Using avidemux to convert multiple files that are in the folder where the command was executed.

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ssh root@`for ((i=100; i<=110; i++));do arp -a 192.168.1.$i; done | grep 00:35:cf:56:b2:2g | awk '{print $2}' | sed -e 's/(//' -e 's/)//'`
2009-09-09 04:32:20
User: gean01
Functions: arp awk grep sed ssh
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connect via ssh using mac address

Connect to a machine running ssh using mac address by using the "arp" command

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