Imagemagick

Imagemagick is a command line tool that you can use to manipulate images.

FLV to Image Sequence

Use ffmpeg to convert flv to image sequence. FLV is flash video format.

bash if

If statement in bash using the test statement.

Aligning LaTeX images

This bash script helps to align images, or define boundaries for external postscript files within a tex file that uses pstricks.

AVI to FLV

Use ffmpeg to convert avi to flv format.

FLV to JPG thumbnail

This command generates a jpg thumbnail from an flv movie.

script

The script command allows you to write all input and output of a terminal session to a file.

Translations

Translating characters using the tr command.

Special BASH chars

A list of some of the special characters in BASH and their functions.

Count loop

Using the let command to create a counting variable in a for loop.

Function in BASH

Creating a function in bash, with if statements.

Resize

Use ffmpeg to resize while converting image sequence to avi.

MOV to AVI

Use ffmpeg to convert quicktime mov to avi format.

Image Sequence to AVI

Use ffmpeg to convert image sequence to avi format.

spreadsheet

Combination of the find, exec, grep, and awk commands to write out a file.

sed

A brief, yet in depth overview of the string replacing capabilities of the sed command. sed Unix Matrix

Custom Bin

How to set up a custom script path when using Houdini.

Shadow Pass

Shadow pass generated in Hscript.

icomposite

Compositing images... command line style.

mysqldump

Dump a mysql database to a .sql file.

Basic Perl

A basic overview of some perl one-liners.

zip and tar

How to use zip and tar with files to create compressed archives.

vi text editor

Tips for the vim and vi editors.

General BASH tips

This includes some terminal key commands, bracing, basic math, and creating variables.

rename

Renaming directories based on the parent directory.

man tip

Output a manual page to a file.

head tail

A trick using head and tail commands to pull out a line of a file.

grep

The grep command comes in handy for parsing files.

find

Using the find command for various tasks in bash.

awk

A brief overview of the awk command.

if dir exists

Test to see if a directory exists using an if statement.