Command-line hacking
Command-line hacking: countdown timerUsing Linux date calculations to displaying a running countdown time in the terminal.
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Command-line hacking: Assigning folder icons to directoriesHow to use basic Bash constructs, along with the Gnome gio utility, to assign folder icons to a set of directories.
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Command-line hacking: calculating the phase of the MoonHow to use Bash shell arithmetic, along with the 'date' utilty, to calculate the phase of the Moon on a particlar day.
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Command-line hacking: displaying news headlines in the manual viewerHow to use tools like curl and xsltproc to retrieve news headlines from the BBC, and display them using the manual viewer
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Command-line hacking: paced breathingUsing a Linux Bash script to generate audio/visual cues for timing paced breathing exercises.
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Command-line hacking: querying an Internet radio databaseUsing Linux command-line utilities to query an on-line database of Internet radio stations.
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Command-line hacking: extracting audio metadata (tags)How to use Bash shell techniques to extract metadata (tags) from various audio file formats.
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Command-line hacking: displaying system temperatureUsing simple file and string handling techniques in the Bash shell.
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Command-line hacking: creating a tide tableHow to use Bash shell arithmetic to create a simple tide table
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Command-line hacking: displaying a weather summaryHow to use tools like curl, sed, and groff to retrieve a weather forecast from the BBC, and format it for the terminal.
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Command-line hacking: timezone conversionsUsing 'date' and 'timedatectl' to build a utility to help with scheduling meetings in different timezones.
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