Terminal commands, workflows, and utilities

useful-terminal-commands.sh

#force remove in powershell and unix
rm -rf [directory]
rm -r -fo [directory]

# download a blob url for a video
#Use the HLS Downloader Google Chrome extension to get the link to the M3U playlist
#Copy that url into the script below

youtube-dl --all-subs -f mp4 -o "file-name-to-save-as.mp4" "[M3U_List_URL]"

# - - -

# run ngrok with host header for vuejs / react apps
ngrok http 8080 -host-header="localhost:8080"

# - - -

# create an alias to open a program
vim ~/.bash_profile
#in bash_profile:
[alias_name] = 'open /path/to/app.app'
#save and exit
source ~/.bash_profile
[alias_name]

# - - - 

# - - -

#ZIP A FOLDER / FILE
apt-get install zip
zip -r any_name.zip folder_to_zip
# - - -


#convert all images to a new format with quality options
magick mogrify -format jpg *.* -quality 70

#batch resize images to a specific width, keep aspect
mogrify -resize 960 *.png
#target width and height but keep aspect:
mogrify -resize 960x528! *.png

#batch resize images to a specific width, keep aspect
mogrify -resize 960 *.png

#Serve files over proxy network
ngrok http "file:///C:\Users\mheav\[FOLDER]"