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One liner: unrar all rar files matching a pattern

shs — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 20:59:16 +0000

This will unrar all the rar files matching the pattern into the current directory, ignoring pathnames (-ep) and force overwrite (-o+) – handy for unrar’ing ISO’s.

for f in /source/dir/*.rar ; do unrar x -ep -o+ $f ; done

Linux/Firefox Backspace key.

shs — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:26:35 +0000

I use Firefox in Ubuntu and prefer the way the backspace key works in Windows – that is, the same as the ‘back’ button. To do this, go to “about:config” in the Firefox address bar, accept the warning and set “browser.backspace_action” to a value of 0.

rtGui – a web based interface for rTorrent.

shs — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:33:43 +0000

rtGui is a web based front end for rTorrent – the Linux command line BitTorrent client. It’s written in PHP and uses XML-RPC to communicate with the rTorrent client.
For more information on rTorrent, see the home page: http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no/

Features

List all torrent downloads or by started/stopped/complete/incomplete/seeding status.
Ajax-style refresh information without reloading page.
Sort view by any of the displayed columns.
View detailed torrent information.
Stop/start/hash-check torrent.
Set upload/download speed cap.
Add torrents by URL.
Upload torrent to rtorrent watch-directory.
Set priority per torrent or file.
Peer listing.
RSS Feed of completed torrents (rssfeed.php).
Does not require mySQL or any other database.
Bulk Stop/Start/Delete/Priority set.
Tracker URL display with configurable colouring.
Integrated RSS News Feed reader – download torrents directly to rTorrent (still work-in-progress).
Filter torrent list by tracker.

Generate random JPG’s from vidwhacker (xscreensaver module)

shs — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:27:03 +0000

I’ve replaced the Ubunutu/Gnome screensaver with the superior (IMHO) Xscreensaver, using this guide.

I like the VidWhacker module, and have it set to choose a random image from my ~/Pictures/ dir. I wanted to save some of the funky random images it produces, so I did this:

while true; do /usr/lib/xscreensaver/vidwhacker -stdout | convert - `date +%s`.jpg ; echo "Generated jpg"; done