Want to check if a bunch of servers on your network are up every few minutes? Want to use things that you already have? Do it with a shell script and cron!
Neil Caldwell ncaldwell
ncaldwell
/ PingReporting.org
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February 8, 2020 12:56
echo google.com | xargs -I {} sh -c 'ping -c 1 {} && echo google is up || echo cant reach google'
ncaldwell
/ mpvthumbselect.sh
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January 26, 2023 14:05
Select videos from $pwd using sxiv.
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| #!/bin/sh | |
| # | |
| # Select videos to watch with mpv from the current directory using sxiv. | |
| # | |
| # Caches screenshots for all the videos in the current directory, and then calls | |
| # sxiv on the cache. | |
| # | |
| # requires: ffmpeg | |
| # sxiv | |
| # mpv |