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Linux, Programming, Python Programming

Experiment with a new data and program files naming convention – part 2

This is a follow-up post to [Experiment with a new data and program files naming convention - part 1]. In this post I am sharing the program tools I made to facilitate the implementation of the scheme.

Guangzhi
January 30, 2021

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Linux

Automatically get a random wallpaper from Unsplash or bing’s-photo-of-the-day using bash scripting

In this post we develop some bash scripts to fetch a new wallpaper from Unsplash or bing's-photo-of-the-day, set it as the desktop background, and send a desktop notification. Then we automate this process using a crontab job.

Guangzhi
November 1, 2020
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Linux, Softwares

Create a desktop dictionary using sdcv and rofi

In this post I demonstrate how to create a desktop dictionary using the "sdcv" as a "back-end", and "rofi" and the "front-end" interface.

Guangzhi
October 19, 2020

Linux, Programming

A bash job pool script

A bash script to help you create a job pool to run embarrassingly parallel jobs.

Guangzhi
September 11, 2020

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Linux

Bash scripting cheat sheet

Some bash scripting notes I keep as a reference.

Guangzhi
September 11, 2020