Tag: scripting

FFmpeg audio processing, normalize levels, convert formats, mix tracks, extract audio from video, and apply filters from the command line.

vim survival guide, modes, motions, search and replace, macros, splits, and the config tweaks that make it actually enjoyable to use.

Master tmux for dev work: sessions, windows, panes, layout scripting, hooks, and pane syncing, the commands that turn one terminal into many.

socat wires TCP, UDP, Unix sockets, files, and serial ports together. Port forwarding, OpenSSL tunnels, traffic capture, this is netcat with superpowers.

List every user and group on Linux with /etc/passwd, /etc/group, and getent, see who is logged in, and separate system accounts from normal users by UID.

Your logs are in journald, not /var/log. journalctl queries that work, awk patterns that hold up, and five popular one-liners that quietly return nothing.

Bash tricks that save keystrokes, history expansion, brace expansion, process substitution, and the shortcuts your fingers will thank you for.

Set, verify, and sync your timezone in Ubuntu using timedatectl, one command to fix the clock on a newly provisioned server.

Build a video slideshow from static images with a voiceover track using FFmpeg, concat filters, fade transitions, and audio sync.

mogrify from ImageMagick batch-processes images, resize, convert, compress, and apply effects to entire directories at once.

The docker compose commands you actually use daily, up, down, logs, exec, pull, and the flags that make them way more useful.

Essential bash utilities for Ubuntu newcomers, file management, text processing, process control, and the commands you'll type every day.