Convert RAW files to JPEG in batch. Convert all files in a folder using a command. For this to work, first you must have ‘ufraw’ package installed. sudo apt-get install ufraw or sudo yum install ufraw depending on your OS.

find . -type f -name "*.CR2" -exec ufraw-batch --out-type=jpeg '{}' \;

This command will send a line from a given text file one every 10 mins as an SMS to a given number.

i=1; while [ 1 ]; do sms INSERT_PHONE_NUMBER "$(cat "/home/binnyva/sms.txt"|head -n$i|tail -n1)"; sleep 10m; i=$(expr $i + 1); done

Script calls the command ‘sms’ – you can define that command however you want. In my case, its a variation of this script.

Command to send a text to any phone once every 15 mins.

while [ 1 ]; do sms NUMBER_GOES_HERE "$(date '+%I:%M %p') Hey Anju. Still awake?"; sleep 15m; done

Script calls the command ‘sms’ – you can define that command however you want. In my case, its a variation of this script.

Facebook has managed to make this as complicated a a linux command. Hence this entry…

Account(Top Right Corner) > Privacy Settings > Apps and Games > Edit Settings > Apps you use > Edit Settings

Command to generate a random password…

openssl rand -base64 6

This script will run check for ubuntu launch once every 5 mins and let you know if there is an launch.

while [ 1 ]; do if [ -z "`curl -I "http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/9.10/release/"|grep "404"`" ]; then kdialog --msgbox "9.10 Released"; exit; fi; sleep 300;  done

Run this command to find the installed version of Ubuntu…

cat /etc/lsb-release

Run top in batch mode

top -b -d 10 -n 3

Transfer stdin and stdout to and from machines over the network

ssh remote_machine 'cat - > file' < file

Use this command to add line numbers to a text file…

sed = filename.txt | sed 'N;s/\n/\t/' > filename_number.txt