Various Command and Scripts to remember

eclipse

#!/bin/bash
/path/to/eclipse  &
P=`which eclipse`
disown `pidof ${P}`

open-terminal-here

#!/bin/bash
##################################
# A nautilus script to open gnome-terminal in the current directory
# place in ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts
##################################
#										Remove file:// from CURRENT_URI
gnome-terminal --working-directory=`echo "$NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_CURRENT_URI" | cut -c 8-`

screencast

Recording
This will record a lossless video using the 'huvvyuv' codec at 1024x768 resolution at 25 frames per second.


ffmpeg -f x11grab -r 25 -s 1024x768 -i :0.0 -vcodec huffyuv -sameq screencast.avi
Converting to other formats
MPEG2


ffmpeg -i screencast.avi -f mpeg2video -sameq mpeg2.mpg
MPEG4 4.2

Convert MPEG2 video (created above) into MPEG4. This should play back in Windows Media Player.


mencoder -forceidx -mc 0 -noskip -skiplimit 0 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=msmpeg4v2:vhq -o windows_mpeg4.avi mpeg2.mpg
MPEG4


ffmpeg -i screencast.avi -sameq mpeg4.avi
X264

Convert HuffYUV AVI to mp4 (libx264) video.

ffmpeg -i screencast.avi -vcodec libx264 -sameq libx264.mp4
XVid


ffmpeg -i Lossless-HuffYUV.avi -vcodec libxvid -aspect 1.3333 -sameq XviD.avi

services.sh

# Service Commands
# Meddling with services on Ubuntu

# Command to start / stop / restart and check the status of services
sudo service <service_name> (status/start/stop/restart)

# Enable disable a service
sudo update-rc.d <service_name> (enable/disable)

# mysql uses an Upstart job, to disable it, create an "override" file:
echo "manual" | sudo tee /etc/init/mysql.override

sublime-open

#!/bin/bash
##################################
# A nautilus script to open sublime text in the current directory
# place in ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts
##################################
#	Remove file:// from CURRENT_URI
cd `echo "$NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_CURRENT_URI" | cut -c 8-`
sublime-text-2 .