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A: How to convert Flac to Mp3 with FFmpeg? I see that this is self-answered, but I disagree that the answer provided is the best way. The best way is to properly utilize the Unix philosophy, by decomposing the problem into simpler sub-problems. It is probably not hard to figure out how to convert a single file `foo.flac` into `foo.mp3`. I'... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #288311 | Initial revision | — | 11 months ago |
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A: How to run a command on a list of files? There are several options, like `xargs` and `for`. I'll leave those for other answers and only describe my favorite, GNU Parallel. You will have to install it separately, because unlike the inferior `xargs` it usually does not come pre-installed. Parallel can take a list of files on STDIN and run ... (more) |
— | 11 months ago |
| Edit | Post #288310 | Initial revision | — | 11 months ago |
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How to run a command on a list of files? Suppose I have a list of files on standard input. These may be the output of `find`, `cat filelist.txt` or something else. How can I run a command on each file in turn? (more) |
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| Edit | Post #288309 | Initial revision | — | 11 months ago |
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Decomposing compound questions The basis of the Unix philosophy is to decompose complex tasks into simple sub-tasks, so that one can easily choose a combination of simple Unix tools to solve the problem in an intuitive way. Often I see newbies ask questions along the lines of "how do I X complicated and specific thing". The gre... (more) |
— | 11 months ago |
| Edit | Post #288306 | Initial revision | — | 11 months ago |
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How do I view fonts? How can I view font files, like `.ttf`, in Linux? I'd like to see a sample of the font (quick brown fox...) and metadata about it (like exact name). (more) |
— | 11 months ago |
| Comment | Post #288259 |
Thanks for the response @#8046 ! I do like the idea of doing away with the accepted answers - but the only thing is, how will people find questions that need improvement? I wasn't aware of:
>We did recently add filters for the category list; "unanswered" means no answers with positive score, as op... (more) |
— | 12 months ago |
| Edit | Post #288259 | Initial revision | — | 12 months ago |
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A: How can we grow this community? Don't answer too many questions Avoid major tag gaps Keep the front page lively. My armchair analysis is that the funnel for this site is like this: 1. User gets linked from internet search or elsewhere Non-early adopters drop here because they don't want to bother clicking on some u... (more) |
— | 12 months ago |