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Easy steps for optimizing shell scripts

NEWS: Speedier Scripts free

Shell scripts are often written for simplicity rather than efficiency. A closer look at the processes can lead to easy optimization.

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Shared birthdays among party guests

IN-DEPTH: Programming Snapshot – Probability free

At a party with 23 guests, having two guests with the same birthday in more than 50 percent of cases may sound fairly unlikely to amateur mathematicians. Armed with statistical methods, party animal Mike Schilli sets out to prove this claim.

Community , Linux , Python , scripting
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Run Live Presentations in Terminal with doitlive

Productivity Sauce

17.10.2014
Enter doitlive, a tool that makes it possible to create a script containing a list of commands, and then run them in a fake terminal session by typing random text. This creates a perfect illusion of a real command-line activity.
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Automated Photo Sharing with Photocrumbs

Productivity Sauce

29.05.2014
Using a simple Bash script and a cron job, you can turn Photocrumbs into an automated photo sharing bot. This way, you can drop multiple photos into a separate directory, and the script/cron job combo will publish them one-by-one at specified intervals (e.g., hourly, daily, etc.).
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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.
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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.

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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.
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Using Raspberry Pi as a Photo Station

Productivity Sauce

24.09.2012
Although Raspberry Pi is not powerful enough for heavy-duty image processing, you can still put it to some photography-related uses.
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Simple URL Shortening Solution Using Redirect Pages

Productivity Sauce

21.09.2012
You can use a dead-simple solution based on HTML pages containing the REFRESH metatag instead of a full-blown URL shortening application.
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Snap and Upload Annotated Photos with Jambunote for Android

Productivity Sauce

19.06.2012
An Android device is ideal for snapping photos of receipts, handwritten notes, and white board drawings.
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