Writing

Rundown: html2markdown

1 min read · writing web html2markdown curl

Convert a web page to markdown 1curl -sL "${url}" | html2markdown > "${file}}".md The html2markdown and html2md programs works better than any other.

Rundown: lolcat

1 min read · writing ed lolcat

Highlight ed like a rainbow 1ed ${file} | lolcat

Rundown: sed

1 min read · tip shell maintenance csv substitute replace writing data recfiles database text sed

Remove crap from bash history 1sed -i -r '/([^ ]{100,})\s?$/d' $HISTFILE Convert a csv file to markdown 1column -o '|' -ts, "$1" + | sed -r '0,/./p ; 0,/./s/[a-zA-Z ]/-/g; 0,/^|/s/|-/|:/g' Change a CSV header 1from=number 2to=quantity 3sed -i "1 s///" "".csv Replace first instance of word 1sed …

Rundown: vim

1 min read · fun TUI network html documentation writing replace substitution markdown vim

Encrypt text with rot13 1g?ip 2. People once used this as a spoiler warning, since anyone can decrypt it, but nobody can read it accidentally Remotely edit a file with vim 1vim scp://${server}/~~/${file} Show a script in HTML 1source=~~/.bashrc 2target=bash.html 3vim - --not-a-term -c '%TOhtml' -c "f ${target}" -c 'x!' …

Writing Shell Scripts in Vim

1 min read · writing vim

Make an empty script: 1echo '#!/bin/sh' > ${file}.sh chmod u+x !$ vim !$ Open a terminal in Vim: 1:vert term Inside that terminal, run the script on repeat: 1watch -d ./${file}.sh Switch back to editing the script with Control+w h. Try out a command like ls, then look up the manual for ls by putting the cursor over the …