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Command-line utility to find and prompt to delete duplicate images (including resized ones) similar to fdupes? [duplicate]
I am looking for a command-line utility to find duplicate images (including resized ones) and prompt me to choose which one to delete.
My cloud backup process seems to generate photo duplicates, some ...
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Linux CLI tool for testing audio
What are some CLI tools that I can use to output a constant sound from all my speakers?
I'm trying to test my speakers (headphones) to make sure they're functional. It seems that if the wire is kinked ...
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How do you output the contents of an .eml file [ Not including all of its metadata ] to the commandline in plaintext? [duplicate]
I can do this:
cat foobar.eml
Delivered-To: [email protected]
Received: by 2002:a4a:6c09:0:0:0:0:0 with SMTP id q9-v6csp1498994ooc;
Thu, 23 Aug 2018 10:00:37 -0700 (PDT)
X-Google-Smtp-...
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Can we have a terminal that we can write like a text editor?
Something that (for me) doesn't make sense is that terminals don't act like other text areas, like when we write on a text editor or on your browser. Features like copy and paste, select text, etc, ...
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Is there any way of creating a GIF from a square selected space on my screen?
I'd like to create a script that allows me to create a square on my screen and start creating a gif file after the square is made. I think about something like the following:
This last gif I've ...
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Which CLI text editor does not waste screen space?
Vim has a non-removable status bar at the bottom. Nano has the same problem with its title bar. Surely there has to be an alternative for entering text in full-screen without any frills? I often jot ...
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showing people command line programs
Hello I am running ubuntu mate. My question has to do with command line programs. I am wondering if their is a way that I can have someone on any operating system see and use the command line ...
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How to convert office file like .doc .ppt and other on Ubuntu [duplicate]
Can anyone suggest me a command utility software for Ubuntu to convert all office files to pdf and it must be a free software.
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Are there any terminal emulators that support status line using the terminfo defintion?
Once upon a time, there was terminal emulation software that supported status lines in the terminfo definition, à la:
tput hs
tput tsl
tput fsl
Is such a thing to be found any more?
Specifically not ...
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Offline commandline Thesaurus?
Online command-line thesaurus?
This here has answers for an Online thesaurus. I need an offline thesaurus for the commandline. If there is none, is there a library available in the repos containing ...
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How to bulk convert NEF/RAW images to JPG and remove original images?
I want to convert all NEF/RAW image files to an image format that could be easily opened without additional tools.
I thought about using ImageMagick's convert tool as mentioned in How can I convert a ....
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How to creates animated GIFs with irregular image display times?
I've created animations, I think it was with imagemagick. I had to convert all my images to gif, name them file00.gif, file01.gif, etc., then I had to type a command. I should have written it down...
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Text mode productivity tools
Is there a curated set of tools for basic productivity that are text (as in console) mode only?
Example:
web browsing -> lynx
email/calendar/todo
text editor -> vi
facebook/twitter/reddit ...
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Is there a CLI IRC client with a GUI?
Some CLI apps, like htop, do a great job at providing you with a UI for configuring it. This way you can do some customizations just using the keyboard and/or mouse (!), without spending spending a ...
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Cli tool to shift timing of subtitles
I'm searching for a command line tool that can shift the timing of a subtitle file (*.srt, *.ass).
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Command-Line Alarm Clock for Ubuntu
software recommendation needed! I'm looking for an alarm clock to use on my Ubuntu 20.04 machine, with a command-line interface to enable me to set alarms from the command line. This is because in my ...
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How can I plot data from sc in the terminal?
Using the sc (Spreadsheet Calculator) or (Spreadsheet Calculator Improvised) sc-im (more) I can manage spreadsheets in the terminal.
Is there a way to plot this data in the terminal, too?
I've found ...
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Are there some Text User Interface programs for ffmpeg and other?
fdisk seems to have a Text User Interface via Cfdisk.
But I would like to know if there are some other useful tools like this for, let's say: ffmpeg and maybe some other like mail clients, other than ...
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what is a good text editor for ubuntu touch? [closed]
I have ubuntu touch installed on an arm based andriod phone.
I have some files to edit, but using vim and nano is hard using the onscreen keyboard since I haven't figured out how to press the escape ...
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Which package contains a word database or dictionary with part of speech information?
The homepage for the scowl package says at http://wordlist.aspell.net/
SCOWL (...) is a database of information on English words (...) The database primary contains information on (...) (basic) ...
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DEB Equivalent for RPM's 'replace' utility
I often use the very handy replace command on my CentOS server:
The replace utility program changes strings in place in files or on the standard input.
It's not a standalone package even on the ...
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Tool for measuring readability of English text
Is there a command line program that takes a file containing English text, analyzes the text, and outputs its readability scores?
For example, if one feeds the program a text, the program should ...
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what is there for green screen software in ubuntu?
Is there green screen software or something that can do chroma-key filtering from live video from a web camera in Ubuntu?
I am using Ubuntu Mate 18.04.
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XSD-1.1 command line validation tool for Ubuntu
I'm looking for a command line tool to validate an XML file with an XSD-1.1 file.
I have downloaded and installed libxerces2-java and then tried to apply Free and open source XSD 1.1 validation tool? ...
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Is there any GUI with terminals only?
I’m using Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS (Bionic Beaver). Is there any graphical interface with terminals only? I wanted to use terminator to split the screen into 4 terminals, but I don’t need any other things, ...
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How to transition smoothly and repeatedly between two videos using a command line tool?
I want to output a video using two videos as input, where these two videos fade into each other in a smooth and repetitive manner, every second or so.
I believe a combination of ffmpeg with melt, ...
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Terminal emulator with keyboard scroll-copy-paste
There are many terminal emulators for Linux with different nice features, but I'm looking for a KEYBOARD scroll-back, copy and paste. Is there a terminal emulator capable of doing that?
Because ...
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Trainer game / drills to master command line? [closed]
Looking for recommendations, for some simple trainer style games to become better with the command line.
It could be something similar to https://www.learnshell.org/, or even simpler. At the most ...
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Search for a text string in commented PDF files
Needing to search for a text string not just in the PDF file body, but also in the comments, I've installed Acrobat Reader on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Its search function works properly, but I'm wondering if ...
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Binary diff file
bsdiff uses max(17*n,9*n+m) bytes of memory (where n is the size of the old file and m is the size of the new file) according to http://www.daemonology.net/bsdiff/
Is there a lighter (in terms of ...
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How do I change file headers from the command line?
I have seen and used the GUI hex-editor bless, to modify bitmaps to match a separate file type (form bmp to srf). My question is how to modify file headers programmatically with the command line. What ...
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Is there a terminator-like terminal without the X environment requirement?
The terminator console does not open in a base Ubuntu server as it requires an X environment. Is there an alternative that can work even without X?
I would like to ssh into this server machine and ...
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How to launch several terminals with an application?
I'd like to have a terminal that opens htop every time it is launched, along with two other terminal tabs (if possible), for me to run other commands.
Is there any terminal app in existence that can ...
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Showing text file content right-to-left in the terminal
Is there any way for listing file contents in a shell window, such that characters are printed from right to left rather than as usual from the left to the right? or such that the BIDI algorithm ...
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Terminal emulator with a “restore session” feature like Mac Terminal
The Mac terminal is able to restore a previous session. I just had a MacBook reboot, and when the terminal opened, all my previous commands were there in the display and all the tabs, as if it was ...
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16.04 Character Monitor equivalent of GUI System-Monitor
At the console in the GUI it is easy to pull up the System monitor to see CPU load, Memory usage, and Network utilization.
As I mention in this answer:
System Monitor doesn't accurately show ...
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ncurses-based batch filename editor
Is there a command-line program similar to nano or xtree in looks (i.e., ncurses-based) that will show me all the files in a directory, that will let me work through them all making the changes needed ...
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How do I check if my Intel processor is genuine?
I recently got an assembled PC. The PC was not assembled in front of my eyes. And the seal for each component's (the processor, the graphics card... etc) box was not removed before me. I just gave my ...
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What editor can I use as a simple vi/vim alternative?
I'm a Windows user coming to Ubuntu's Bash thanks to WSL. Now I need to edit some files and I really hate Vi. Do I just have to deal with it, or is there a simpler alternative?
The features I am ...
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A script or application to tell me how far apart two dates are
I've got some files and for logging purposes I need to know how many days they are apart as well as potentially some other lengths. So I would like to have a script or application that:
Can have two ...
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Get current wireless download and upload speed on the command line [duplicate]
Is it possible to retrieve the current download speeds on my desktop? For example, if I were to download a file, the network card will report the speed that it's downloading the file at - I've seen it'...
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JSON Validator in Ubuntu 16.04
I am trying to get my hands on some JSON file validators.
I came across jq but after running jq . file.json I only got JSON formatted output, not a validation of the JSON in my file.
I want to know ...
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Shorten commands that contain the same preface
Making aliases for commonly used commands is nice if you know what commands you'll use a lot. But sometimes the same command is used several times in a row with different arguments. For example:
git ...
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I'm looking for a terminal editor with Ctrl-Backspace/C functionality
I need a terminal based text editor where I can delete a word before the cursor with Ctrl-Backspace and a word after the cursor with Ctrl-Delete. Other editor functionality is welcomed as well ;)
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Wanted: Text based IDE for Python
I look for a terminal based IDE for Python on Ubuntu where there are several auxiliary windows for variable inspection and maybe for command history. Something like the Spyder GUI.
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Preserve image size when converting images to gif
I have bunch (1761) photos, in a folder, and I want to convert them to a gif. They are a variety of sizes, and I would like those sizes preserved.
I issued the command, convert -delay 1000 -loop 0 *....
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Syntax Error message with MySQL on the shell
I'm working with MySQL in zsh shell, and when I got an error, they didn't display what it is, but just where I could find it. In fact, I installed MySQL with the command sudo apt install mysql-server ...
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I need an image viewer controllable from terminal
I'm looking for an image viewer that can be controlled from terminal.
feh seemed to be the best candidate, many link it to mplayer.
The problem is that once opened, there is no control from ...
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Command-line snake game?
I remember a long time ago having an old mobile phone which had a game on it which I believe was called something like "Snake" or "Snakes" and it was basically you get to change the direction of the ...
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What is the equivalent tool for AutoIt in Ubuntu?
I tried to install the AutoIt tool with an extension file (.exe file), but I found that a .exe file does not work in Ubuntu. I need to handle my window alert box. I need an AutoIt-like tool. What ...
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