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Keep Track of Your Current Work with a Bash Function

Productivity Sauce

26.03.2014
Here is a clever little trick I picked from a Hacker New thread. Using a simple custom now() function, you can keep track of things you are currently working on.
bash , scripting , shell
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Figure 1: SHC steps: C code is generated, then CC compiles the code.

SHC Shell Compiler

Wrapped

25.03.2014

The Bash Shell Script Compiler converts shell scripts directly into binaries. Compiling your scripts provides protection against accidental changes, but you will have to contend with some quirks.

Bash shell scri... , compiler , scripting , SHC
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git-sh: Bash Environment for Git Work

Productivity Sauce

20.03.2014
If you spend a lot of time running Git commands in the terminal, you might appreciate git-sh, a set of customizations that transfrom the Bash shell into an environment for working with Git.
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Rename Multiple Files and Directories with mvdir

Productivity Sauce

19.03.2014
Here is a problem: you need to give a bunch of DSC_xxx.JPG files meaningful names like Berlin_May_1981.JPG, Tokyo_Trip_1973.JPG, and so on. The mvdir Bash shell script dramatically simplifies this otherwise tedious task.
bash , scripting , shell
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A TV programming guide on your desktop

FEATURES: Dinner Is Served

The Java-based TV-Browser software provides a wealth of features that help you organize your evening television viewing.

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Recent additions to CPAN

FEATURES: Healthy in Old Age

Many people have declared the granddaddy of scripting, Perl, to be dead. A look at new items in the CPAN software repository, however, shows that the community is still quite active.

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View System Info with Linfo

Productivity Sauce

28.01.2014
Linfo provides an alternative to the previously covered PhpSysInfo script. Install Linfo on a remote server, and you can quickly view essential info about the machine's hardware and software.
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Pygmynote Update

Productivity Sauce

27.01.2014
Although I use Pygmynote on a daily basis, I haven't tweaked it for a while. Over the weekend, though, I finally got around to implementing a couple of small features as well as cleaning and tweaking the code.
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DIY project with the versatile Arduino board

PROGRAMMING: Like Magic

With a few lines of self-written firmware and a simple Perl script, Perlmeister Mike Schilli trains one of his Linux computers with a plugged in Arduino board to switch electrical equipment on and off using a relay. Enchanting.

Arduino , Perl
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COMMUNITY NOTEBOOK: Zack's Kernel News

Chronicler Zack Brown reports on the latest news, views, dilemmas, and developments within the Linux kernel community.

Kernel
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