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Commands by topher1kenobe

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cat filename | mail -s "Email subject" user@example.com
2009-09-20 01:38:23
User: topher1kenobe
Functions: cat mail
Tags: cat mail
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Send a local file via email

This just reads in a local file and sends it via email. Works with text or binary. *Requires* local mail server.

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ffmpeg -i inputfile.mp4 outputfile.flv
2009-09-10 14:49:14
User: topher1kenobe
Tags: ffmpeg convert
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Quick and dirty convert to flash

This converts any media ffmpeg handles to flash. It would actually convert anything to anything, it's based on the file extension. It doesn't do ANY quality control, sizing, etc, it just does what it thinks is best. I needed an flv for testing, and this spits one out easily.

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wget -O /dev/null http://www.google.com
2009-09-10 14:43:57
User: topher1kenobe
Functions: wget
Tags: wget
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Run remote web page, but don't save the results

I have a remote php file that I want to run once an hour. I set up cron to run this wget. I don't really care about what's in the file though, I don't want to save the results, so I run the -O and send it to /dev/null

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ffmpeg -i filename.flv
2009-05-18 22:57:46
User: topher1kenobe
Tags: ffmpeg
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Get video information with ffmpeg

I used an flv in my example, but it'll work on any file ffmpeg supports. It says it wants an output file, but it tells what you want to know without one.

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for f in *.m4a; do ffmpeg -i "$f" "${f%.m4a}.flv"; done
2009-05-18 22:38:49
User: topher1kenobe
Tags: ffmpeg flv
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convert all files in a dir of a certain type to flv

This converts all m4a files in a dir to flv. You can just swap the m4a bit to anything else ffmpeg supports though, and it'll work.

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for f in *.flv; do ffmpeg -y -i "$f" -f image2 -ss 10 -vframes 1 -an "${f%.flv}.jpg"; done
2009-05-18 22:34:59
User: topher1kenobe
Tags: ffmpeg jpg flv
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for all flv files in a dir, grab the first frame and make a jpg.

This is handy for making screenshots of all your videos for referring to in your flv player.

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ncal -e
2009-04-02 17:58:27
User: topher1kenobe
Tags: ncal dates
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Show the date of easter

ncal -e shows the date of Easter this year. ncal -e YYYY shows the date of Easter in a given year. ncal -o works the same way, but for Orthodox dates.

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import -pause 5 -window root desktop_screenshot.jpg
2009-04-01 22:37:33
User: topher1kenobe
Tags: ImageMagick
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Quick screenshot

Requires ImageMagick. Takes a screenshot 5 seconds after it's run and saves it as desktop_screenshot.jpg Particularly handy when made into a menu option or button.

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