Posts contained in the “bash” category:

Managing your Ruby Version with rbenv

ruby gemstone

I use Git a lot. I’m not a terribly sophisticated user, because I don’t do a lot of branching. I mainly use it as a way to keep track of ongoing projects. But sometimes I need to do something a bit more complicated than I am used to and so I head over to the …read more…

Extract Audio from Video using ffmpeg

The great thing about using Linux is that you have a number of command line tools that can accomplish tasks and are generally faster than GUI-based alternatives. The Linux tool for manipulating video files is ffmpeg. Its official documentation is here and one version of the man file is here.  General Use The format for …read more…

Adding Command Aliases to Bash

How to add aliases to your terminal to save time and keystrokes with your most used commands.

A General Theory of Backups

In working with people who are new to web design and development, I have often found that backing up a website is one of the last things on their mind. They’re more interested in the fun stuff. Backing up your website is more like a chore. It’s the computer equivalent of cleaning the litter box. …read more…