Using enchant to spell check on the command line

Spell check is a common operation on all text files. All the editors come with built in spell checkers. But if we want to run a spell chec...Read more »

Using the watch command to run a script or command periodically

At times we need to run certain commands repeatedly and watch the output. It could be as simple as looking into the log files, to running so...Read more »

Seperating pdf into single pages using pdfseperate in linux

pdfseperate: A tool than can be used to split a pdf document into individual pages or can be used to extract a set of pages as individual pa...Read more »

tempfile to create temporary files in llinux

While running certain scripts we might need to create temporary files. To ease the creation of temporary files we can make use of the comman...Read more »

QR code: GUI tool for encoding decoding QR codes in linux

In the post " QR code: Encode and Decode QR code on linux command line " we saw usage of a command based tool to create QR codes i...Read more »

QR code: Encode and Decode QR code on linux command line

QR(Quick response) code as defined by google is A machine-readable code consisting of an array of black and white squares, typically us...Read more »

Adding a designer frame to an image using gimp in linx

We can add a designer frame to any photo using gimp by using following steps. Open gimp and open the photo for which we need to add a frame...Read more »

To find if cpu is 32bit or 64 bit in linux

Here are two ways of finding out,using linux, whether a processor on a system is 32bit or 64 bit. 1. Using proc entry. Run the command ...Read more »

Binary clock on linux terminal

Here is how we can create a binary clock on the Linux terminal. We will need to install the package binclock which can be done in the debian...Read more »

Encrypting text files using VI editor

While creating text files using the "vi" editor we can make the files secure by encrypting the files with our own encryption key. ...Read more »

10pt loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found

While using latex in debian 6.0 we might come across the following error. 10pt loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found This is because the ...Read more »

searching in pdf files using grep : pdfgrep

Just as we use grep to search for patterns in a text file we can use pdfgrep to search for strings in a pdf file. In debian based systems we...Read more »

djpeg to convert jpeg images to .gif,.bmp etc

djpeg(Decompress jpeg) command can be used to convert the jpg or jpeg format images into .bmp ,.gif and other formats. For example let us...Read more »

Commands to find the CPU temprature.

As CPUs operate they always generate heat but for every cpu the temprature at which it operates is very important, and all cpus have an upp...Read more »

Turning the screen blank from command line

Screensavers are used to cover the desktop with some images or graphics while we are away from the system. Here is how we can enable the s...Read more »

Displaying calendar on linux terminal

We can use the cal command in the linux terminal to display the calendar of the month in the terminal itself. Example : $ cal We can se...Read more »

Converting pdf to text in linux

The contents of a pdf file can be converted to a simple text file using the tool "pdftotext". The format of using pdftotext is $ ...Read more »

Extracting images from pdf file from command line in linux

if we want to extract only the images from a pdf file, we can use the command line tool pdfimages. pdfimages extracts the images from the g...Read more »

Creating a password locked pdf document in linux

We can user pdftk tool to create a password locked pdf file i.e. to open the pdf file we need to open the supply a password. The options t...Read more »

Splitting a pdf file into seperate pdfs in linux

The pdftk tool can be used to split a given pdf document into separate individual pdf pages. The option to be used with pdftk to achieve thi...Read more »