Posts with Tag: bash

Getting APRS messages via Internet in BASH

Getting APRS messages via Internet in BASH

Posted on 6th Nov 2024

Lets use a BASH script to read APRS messages through the Internet. No need to have a ham radio :) The script uses expect to connect using netcat in APRS internet servers. The cool thing, is that, the main script creates sub-scripts that use expect to make the connection. I have made it a lon...

Use FZF as text input...

Posted on 30th Oct 2024

Let see how we can use fzf for getting an input from the user... and i don't just mean to choose from a list of items, as fzf does normally. With the proper arguments/paramaters of fzf we can use it, as an input function, where the user, would be able to type anything, not just select a choice and...

Share text from your terminal with QR codes

Share text from your terminal with QR codes

Posted on 11th Oct 2024

Often, there are times, that i want to share a text (link, command, search term etc) to my phone, from my main computer PC. For sure, you can send it over with an email, but i don't like this way, cause it's filling up my inbox/trash folder with useless emails, that often forget to delete. Also... s...

Small script for selecting your favorite Internet radio stations...

Posted on 9th Oct 2024

I have a small selection of Internet radios i like to listen to. Storing them in a program or a playlist (.m3u) is not my thing, cause in the past, either i lost it, changed programs/streaming applications or the file got corrupted. But my scripts, have a special care... i store them separately and...

Hitting an auction/buy with BASH

Hitting an auction/buy with BASH

Posted on 4th Oct 2024

Disclaimer... You shouldn't abuse the idea/script, cause this would cause problems to the server, the product page and the creator/maker of the product. For the same reason, i don't post any URLs. Recently i found a product i really liked and wanted to buy on Tindie. The problem was, that the...