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This will mv all your mp3 files in the current directory to $ARTIST/$ALBUM/$NAME.mp3 Make sure not to use sudo - as some weird things can happen if the mp3 file doesn't have id3 tags.
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for file in *.mp3;do mkdir -p "$(mp3info -p "%a/%l" "$file")" && ln -s "$file" "$(mp3info -p "%a/%l/%t.mp3" "$file")";done

matthewbauer · 2009-08-05 17:04:34 8
Multi line grep using sed and specifying open/close tags

Working with log files that contains variable length messages wrapped between open and close tags it may be useful to filter the messages upon a keyword. This works fine with GNU sed version 4.2 or higher, so pay attention to some unix distros (solaris, hp-ux, etc.). Linux should be ok. Show Sample Output
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```
The command:
cat file.txt | sed -e /^$/d -e /++-/G | sed -e '/./{H;$!d;}' -e 'x;/Lorem/!d;'

Will print the message:

^$
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
consectetur adipiscing elit.
++-

But not:

^$
Vestibulum fermentum molestie nunc a interdum.
++-
```
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cat file.txt | sed -e /<opening tag>/d -e /<closing tag>/G | sed -e '/./{H;$!d;}' -e 'x;/<string to search>/!d;'

EBAH · 2010-11-04 10:31:15 5
Replace php short open tags

Tired of front end developers using short open tags in your views? This will replace all instances of
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find . -name '*.phtml' | xargs perl -pi -e 's/(?!(<\?(php|xml|=)))<\?/<\?php/g;'

crashspeeder · 2014-05-07 14:33:19 11
Multi line grep using sed and specifying open/close tags

This line does not include your closing tag in the output. Show Sample Output
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```
daveqb@localhost /tmp $
cat test
one two three
four
five
six
seven

daveqb@localhost /tmp $
sed '/'"four"'/,/'"six"'/{/'"six"'/d;p};d' "test"
four
five
```
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sed '/'"<opening tag>"'/,/'"<closing tag>"'/{/'"<closing tag>"'/d;p};d' "<file>"

DaveQB · 2010-11-08 21:43:00 4
Convert an mp3 and add to it a img
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lame -v 2 -b 192 --ti /path/to/file.jpg audio.mp3 new-audio.mp3

fabio · 2015-02-22 07:41:40 11
Batch Remove git tags from remote server

We had a number of git tags named similarly to: 2016.12.13.devel.feature 2016.12.14.master.release But we have multiple developers making commits and tags for testing purposes. I wanted to reduce the number of tags that displayed on our cloud hosting server when doing a deployment.
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git ls-remote --tags origin | awk '/^(.*)(\s+)(.*)(YOUR-TAG-SPECIFIC-SEARCH-TERM-HERE)(.*)(-+)(.*)[^{}]$/ {print ":" $2}' | xargs git push origin

shanford · 2017-03-06 21:59:15 20
Remove scripts tags from *.html and *.htm files under the current directory
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find ./ -type f $ -iname '*.html' -or -iname '*.htm' $ -exec sed -i '/<script/,/<\/script>/d' '{}' \;

mikhail · 2019-05-10 23:27:12 152

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Sometimes commands give you too much feedback. Perhaps 1/100th might be enough. If so, every() is for you. $ my_verbose_command | every 100 will print every 100th line of output. Specifically, it will print lines 100, 200, 300, etc If you use a negative argument it will print the *first* of a block, $ my_verbose_command | every -100 It will print lines 1, 101, 201, 301, etc The function wraps up this useful sed snippet: $ ... | sed -n '0~100p' don't print anything by default $ sed -n starting at line 0, then every hundred lines ( ~100 ) print. $ '0~100p' There's also some bash magic to test if the number is negative: we want character 0, length 1, of variable N. $ ${N:0:1} If it *is* negative, strip off the first character ${N:1} is character 1 onwards (second actual character).

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calculate the total size of files in specified directory (in Megabytes)

Opens files containing search term in vim with search term highlighted

Takes the same arguments that ack does. E.g. ack-open -i "searchterm" opens all files below the current directory containing the search term. The search term is also highlighted within vim if you have hlsearch set. Works on zsh, unsure if it works on bash. Note: ubuntu users have to change ack to ack-grep unless you already have it aliased (as I do)

Ctrl+S Ctrl+Q terminal output lock and unlock

These are simple shortcuts to pause and continue terminal output, works in most terminals and screen multiplexers like screen. You can use it to catch something if things change too fast, and scroll with Shift + PgUp PgDown. On linux console ScrollLock can also be used.

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bypass any aliases and functions for the command

A simple directive which disables all aliases and functions for the command immediately following it. Shortcut for the bash built-in 'command' - "command linefoo". Think, {sic}...

Remove color codes (special characters) with sed

Calculate days on which Friday the 13th occurs (inspired from the work of the user justsomeguy)

Friday is the 5th day of the week, monday is the 1st. Output may be affected by locale.

openssl Generate Self Signed SSL Certifcate

generating self signed ssl certificate to use in dovecot postfix nginx Self signed certificates can be used for private encryptions between server and client and must be manually accepted on browser/ client

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