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convert *.jpg output.pdf
2010-10-10 15:41:03
User: fazen
Tags: ImageMagick image pdf multiple join
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Create a single PDF from multiple images with ImageMagick

Given some images (jpg or other supported formats) in input, you obtain a single PDF file with an image for every page.

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joinargs() { (IFS="$1"; shift && echo "$*") }
2010-10-02 06:41:40
User: BobbyTables
Functions: echo shift
Tags: IFS join
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Joins args together using the first arg as glue
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sort -t $'\t' -k 2 input.txt
2010-07-11 12:58:51
User: postrational
Functions: sort
Tags: Text Processing sort cut bash tricks join
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Pass TAB as field separator to sort, join, cut, etc.

Use this BASH trick to create a variable containing the TAB character and pass it as the argument to sort, join, cut and other commands which don't understand the \t notation.

sort -t $'\t' ... join -t $'\t' ... cut -d $'\t' ...
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paste file1 file2 fileN > merged
2010-03-12 16:34:48
User: polaco
Functions: paste
Tags: merge paste join
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Merge files, joining each line in one line

Merge files, joining line by line horizontally.

Very useful when you have a lot of files where each line represents an info about an event and you want to join them into a single file where each line has all the info about the same event

See the example for a better understanding

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