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08/26/19

How to Record and Replay Linux Terminal Sessions using 'script' and 'scriptreplay' Commands

In this guide we are going to look at how to use a script and scriptreplay commands in Linux that can help you to record commands and their output printed on your terminal during a given session.

WallGen - Image generator tool

WallGen is a small command-line utility that generates HQ poly wallpapers with only a few text arguments for inputs. Free and open source software.

rga - ripgrep wrapper for searching text in PDF, Ebooks, office documents, archives and more

rga (or ripgrep-all) is a command line tool to recursively search all files in a directory for a regex pattern, that runs on Linux, macOS and Windows. It's a wrapper for ripgrep, the line-oriented recursive search program, on top of which it enables search in a multitude of file types like PDF, DOCX, ODT, EPUB, SQLite databases, movies subtitles embedded in MKV or MP4 files, archives like ZIP or GZ, and more.

5 Useful Password Generators For Linux

I am not going to discuss why you need strong passwords. It is an open secret that strong passwords keep you relatively safer.

Generating strong passwords is something you can do on your own but putting all the combination of lower and upper cases, numbers, symbols can be a tiresome work.

But you need not worry. Linux has got you covered. We’ll see 5 best password generators for Linux that will ease the task for you.

ripgrep-all - grep in text files but also search in PDFs, E-Books, office documents, zip, tar.gz, etc.

rga is a line-oriented search tool that allows you to look for a regex in a multitude of file types.

rga wraps the awesome ripgrep and enables it to search in pdf, docx, sqlite, jpg, movie subtitles (mkv, mp4), etc.

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Abricotine | Markdown editor

Abricotine is an open-source markdown editor built for desktop.

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wallgen - Generate HQ poly wallpapers

Generate HQ poly wallpapers.

Example with fixed color/gradient:

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Tools for searching source code

From the creators of ack, a list of tools that are related with ack. In particular they list:

  • Tools that work with ack
  • Other grep-like tools
  • Indexing tools
Drill | Search files without indexing, but clever crawling

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