Google-Translate from command line

Google-Translate from command line

Occasionally use Google Translate to make a quick translation of texts, and I must say that the web interface is functional but not so comfortable. For example if you have a .txt file you copy and paste, then copy and paste the translated version, quite a bit uncomfortable for long texts, and so with a […]

ImageMagick howto

ImageMagick howto

Usually when we talk about programs for editing images we think to graphic programs such as The Gimp or photoshop, but they are not the only alternative. ImageMagick is a suite of programs that you can use from command line to change and transform images, may seem more uncomfortable but it is actually a very […]

Wget for fun

Wget for fun

GNU Wget is a free software package for retrieving files using HTTP, HTTPS and FTP, the most widely-used Internet protocols. It is a non-interactive commandline tool, so it may easily be called from scripts, cron jobs, terminals without X-Windows support, etc. GNU Wget has many features to make retrieving large files or mirroring entire web […]