My command line/scripting-fu is weak. Help me clean up and copy a lot of files without having to do it by hand? [more inside]
posted by sinfony on Nov 21, 2009 - 3 answers

I am a soon-to-be high school senior interested in Java programming. I bought the Core Java Volume 1 book authored by Sun engineers. I believe I have unzipped, or decompressed, however it's said, the Library Source Code and Documentation using the command line. However, when I look at the folders using the GUI, the folder says it's still zipped. I'm a complete newbie at this who just recently learned about the existence of the command and read a little about how to use it on the internet. Can somebody help me?
posted by bookman117 on Aug 14, 2009 - 22 answers

I am wanting to automate a SFTP daily download. [more inside]
posted by cjorgensen on Apr 6, 2009 - 11 answers

There are a couple fixed-width Unicode Arabic fonts out there. The ones I've seen are pretty hard on the eyes, though, especially at small sizes. Any suggestions for a really readable one? [more inside]
posted by nebulawindphone on Mar 21, 2009 - 5 answers

I have written a simple little Java program which runs on the command line, displays a text menu, and takes user input. I would like to feed it a very large amount of test input--as though an actual user were sitting there typing in commands all day. I am using Windows, but have access to the basic *nix utilities such as cat. "cat file.txt | java Program" doesn't work, nor does starting the program and using the context menu to paste in several lines of data. [more inside]
posted by anaelith on Mar 10, 2009 - 9 answers

I have two synchronized 720x480 miniDV files. I have OS X 10.5.5. I want to render them side-by-side into a single webcast-resolution widescreen video (eventual target: Vimeo), preferably in a way that can be scripted/automated (so a command-line tool would be great). [more inside]
posted by Alterscape on Oct 14, 2008 - 4 answers

Why isn't GNU uniq 6.12 working as I expect? [more inside]
posted by Blazecock Pileon on Jul 17, 2008 - 3 answers

I want software which will allow me to capture text thoughts at work, to a remote web location - quickly, discreetly and privately. [more inside]
posted by therubettes on Apr 24, 2008 - 41 answers

How do I get bash to automagically execute a line or two of code at login? [more inside]
posted by nakedcodemonkey on Oct 22, 2007 - 25 answers

I need to capture full-size/framerate DV + audio from a firewire source on OS X. That's the easy part. Controlling it from a script is the hard part. If this were Linux I'd use ffmpeg, but it isn't... [more inside]
posted by Alterscape on Sep 5, 2007 - 4 answers

Very very very stupid MySQL command line client question: how do I edit an earlier line of a multiple line statement? [more inside]
posted by Lentrohamsanin on Jul 27, 2007 - 8 answers

I'm not so good with the computer. The info on a program I want to run says: "Run from the Command Line." What is a command line, and how do I find this mythical place? [more inside]
posted by wtfwjd? on Jun 11, 2007 - 14 answers

I am trying to find a way to generate a CSV table based on output from two or more command line programs (DOS on Windows XP). [more inside]
posted by nasreddin on May 23, 2007 - 7 answers

Is there any way to access one's OS X Keychain via the command line? [more inside]
posted by action man bow-tie on Oct 17, 2006 - 4 answers

How can I make my Mac Emacs experience approximate my Linux one? [more inside]
posted by ChrisR on Oct 1, 2006 - 12 answers

In need of "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Enabling/Getting the 'Mail' Unix Command to E-Mail You Stuff, for Complete and Utter Dummies." [more inside]
posted by WCityMike on Sep 20, 2006 - 3 answers

I'm writing a (perl) script that opens up files in IE. I'm having problems getting them to open in the current IE window and not a new window. [more inside]
posted by inkyz on May 25, 2006 - 5 answers

How do I consolidate files in several folders into one folder? [more inside]
posted by jasmeet on Mar 24, 2006 - 7 answers

Does anyone know a command line program that will dump real media and/or windows media audio streams to a file (on a windows PC)? [more inside]
posted by ascullion on Feb 18, 2006 - 15 answers

Is there something like Spacemonger for FreeBSD? [more inside]
posted by blag on Feb 12, 2006 - 9 answers

I'm looking for a tool which will allow me to cut MPEG2's from the command line (or programmatically otherwise). Either Windows or Linux/BSD. I've looked through a bunch of programs found via Google, but none seem to work without their GUI's. Bonus if the MPEG2 streams are cut at the GOP marker or if it re-encodes the GOP's at the cuts. Otherwise it'll get messy. Free is preferred, but pay would be fine too as long as it works.
posted by voidcontext on Feb 11, 2006 - 10 answers

I'm looking for some kind of library for reading and writing from the iTunes database. [more inside]
posted by ChrisR on Feb 4, 2006 - 7 answers

Screengrabs from video from the command line? [more inside]
posted by soma lkzx on Jan 10, 2006 - 4 answers

How can I use scripting/OS X hacks to notify me in a sweet manner when jobs on remote machines complete? [more inside]
posted by onalark on Oct 15, 2005 - 17 answers

How to list the contents of an OSX directory, and output to text file? [more inside]
posted by Jack Karaoke on Aug 20, 2005 - 15 answers

Color in the Linux command line. My slackware 10 system uses contextual color for directory browsing, my RedHat 9 system uses it for vi. Both uses of color make life easier for me, but the difference between the two systems does not. Is there an easy way I can get both computers to use these colors? [more inside]
posted by caution live frogs on Feb 28, 2005 - 15 answers

Is there any easy command or application that will randomise lines in a text file? [more inside]
posted by humuhumu on Nov 12, 2004 - 11 answers

I'm looking for a command line program for linux, that will take screenshots / screengrabs of webpages automatically ... [more inside]
posted by ajbattrick on Oct 15, 2004 - 12 answers

I'm looking for a one-line command (or a batch file) that uploads a specific file to a specific ftp server.
posted by Tlogmer on Aug 25, 2004 - 14 answers

Can a network connection be killed from the command line in Windows XP?
posted by plexi on Aug 19, 2004 - 12 answers

I'm new to Mac OS X's command line and a little nervous about using it to install Mysql. After doing some research on the net I found what might be an alternative: installing Apache2, PHP4 and Mysql from Server Logistics . The post claims that by also installing one of the Barebones text editors and Tinkertool I could avoid having to use the command line altogether. It was also suggested that the Server Logistics Complete Packages are more powerful versions of Apache and Php than apple ships (I'm on Panther). Has anyone done an install this way? Any other suggestions? Should I just get over it and use the damn command line?
posted by btwillig on Dec 16, 2003 - 13 answers