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Commands by mrehqe

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for f in *.wma; do ffmpeg -i "$f" -ab 128k "${f%.wma}.mp3" -ab 128K; done
2011-11-25 17:48:26
User: mrehqe
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Convert wma to mp3@128k

Convert all wma to mp3@128k with ffmpeg into directory.

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for k in *.png; do convert $k -crop <width>x<high>+<cropwidth>+<cropthigh> <newpath>/$k; done
2011-11-14 17:04:15
User: mrehqe
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batch crop images whit imagemagik

Crop several images by imagemagik's convert command. substitute , ,, with pixel value and with a different existent directory.

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sed ':a;N;$!ba;s/\n\n/\n%\n/g' input.txt >output
2011-11-06 11:55:33
User: mrehqe
Functions: sed
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Create fortune's *.dat file from commandlinefu from saved preferite

Create fortune's *.dat file from commandlinefu from saved preferite script by suhasgupta (http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/3681/backup-all-your-commandlinefu.com-favourites-to-a-plaintext-file) - Italian tutorial here: http://mrehqe.blogspot.com/2011/11/come-ottenere-un-commandlinefu-della.html

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w_scan -X -P -t 2 -E 0 -c IT > dvb-channels.conf
2011-11-04 11:17:31
User: mrehqe
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build DTT channel list with w-scan

Use w_scan to build italian DTT video channel list. To change country, substitute IT with 2 letter country code. Userful to be played in vlc by:

vlc -f dvb-channels.conf
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mplayer -vo aa:eight:driver=curses video.avi >video.txt
2011-10-31 10:06:10
User: mrehqe
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converts video to ascii art (txt) by mplayer and aa|caca lib

Great for telnet stream. Substitute aa with caca for colour. To see in terminal:

cat video.txt

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