I like setting up shortcuts to frequently used commands whether I used Windows or Linux. I use the terminal often and create shortcuts to frequently used commands using “alias” feature of BASH. This has saved me considerable time in the past. However, I recently felt that if I could have a helper tool to monitor [...]
Categories: linux,programming,python,text processing,Uncategorized,veveo
Tagged: bash, linux, productivity, python, script
I refer Wikipedia frequently. I use this BASH function to help me do that from the terminal. For explanation of how this works head over here. BASH function # wiki # eg: wiki India # wiki Apple_Inc # wiki Anglo_Saxon wiki() { dig +short txt $1.wp.dg.cx } Example usage prashanth@prashanth-desktop:~$ wiki India “India, officially the [...]
Categories: linux,web,wikipedia
Tagged: bash, code, function, productivity, terminal, wikipedia
Here is a simple utility created using Python for translating text from various languages into English. It uses the Google AJAX API to do this. Usage prashanth@prashanth-desktop:~$ translate bonjour hello prashanth@prashanth-desktop:~$ translate guten morgen Good morning
Categories: programming,python,web
I bought two Dane-Elec 8GB USB drives recently. Flash memory (as opposed to Hard disk storage) has faster “seek” capability. This is inherent in the design as flash memory is solid state whereas hard disks are electro-mechanical with a “head” that needs to be moved around using a “drive” mechanism. Since seek times are better [...]
Categories: computer hardware,linux