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How to delete all files in a folder EXCEPT certain ones in BASH

Posted on May 6, 2017 by Ahmed Tawfik

Imagine you have a folder that has about 20 files that you need and like 100 files that you don’t. In this case, there is a very simple bash script that allows you to do that in a jiffy! Here … Continue reading →

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How to install Shutter Screenshot Tool and assign as the default in Linux Mint

Posted on April 13, 2017 by Ahmed Tawfik

Shutter is an amazing screenshot taker and annotator. To install it successfully, you have to install two packages: sudo apt-get install shutter libgoo-canvas-perl Note: That second package is to allow editing and annotation You are done with the installation now. Next, … Continue reading →

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Batch-resize videos on Ubuntu Linux with ffmpeg

Posted on March 19, 2017 by Ahmed Tawfik

So, the case is as follows: I have about 15 videos files that were recorded at 4K and are very large in size. I wanted to keep everything as is, but just reduce the resolution to HD (720p). ffmpeg would … Continue reading →

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Allow non-root users to capture network packets with Wireshark on Ubuntu

Posted on February 28, 2017 by Ahmed Tawfik

It’s very easy to do, all you need is just add your user to the wireshark group, e.g. sudo adduser hobba wireshark so this makes user hobba able to capture packets without requiring sudo privileges. Enjoy! Tested on LinuxMint 18.1 … Continue reading →

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Improve Intel Graphics Performance on Ubuntu 16.04 (and variants)

Posted on February 23, 2017 by Ahmed Tawfik

This solved a very annoying problem for me, as the screen was heavily tearing and I didn’t like the video playback performance. All you need to do is the following: If you are using Ubuntu 16.04, then you don’t need … Continue reading →

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