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First step: create a utilities.sh file to add all your bash functions in it. 2nd step: add your bash function/s like this. ## utilities.sh convertMP4toMP3(){ echo -n "Enter source mp4 file : " read sourceFile echo -n "Enter destination mp3 file : " read destFile avconv -i $sourceFile -vn -acodec libmp3lame -ac 2 -ab 160k -ar 48000 $destFile } I created a bash function to convert mp4 video file to mp3 audio file from command line.

First things first, install the required software packages. sudo apt-get install ffmpeg && sudo apt-get install libavcodec-extra-53 Then use it. For FFmpeg with Constant Bitrate Encoding (CBR) ffmpeg -i video.mp4 -vn \ -acodec libmp3lame -ac 2 -ab 160k -ar 48000 \ audio.mp3 or if you want to use Variable Bitrate Encoding (VBR) ffmpeg -i video.mp4 -vn \ -acodec libmp3lame -ac 2 -qscale:a 4 -ar 48000 \ audio.

If you stuck in the login screen and can’t load the Ubuntu desktop, follow those steps. when you on the login screen, press ctrl + shift + alt + f1. A black screen appeared? No? Just the login page? So try ctrl + shift + alt + f2. Still the login screen? try ctrl + shift + alt + f3. If the login screen still showing? Try to use another external keyboard.

Systemd manages these services in unit files like this. [Unit] Description=Some Really Important Service [Service] Type=simple WorkingDirectory=/root ExecStart=/root/my_program.sh [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target The program that will start is. #!/usr/bin/env bash while true; do echo 'service is working' sleep 3 done If you don’t want to use this line #!/usr/bin/env bash, then you should make sure to specify what is the program is dedicated to execute the script like this.

Enable PPA sudo apt update sudo apt install software-properties-common Install apt-fast sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:apt-fast/stable sudo apt -y install apt-fast echo "alias apt='apt-fast'" >> ~/.bashrc source ~/.bashrc Update OS apt update && apt upgrade Install git apt install git Uninstall Apps If you do not like epiphany browser - like me, just run this command. apt purge epiphany-browser epiphany-browser-data If you don’t use the pantheon mail app - like me, just run this command to uninstall it.

First check your gnome version: $ gnome-shell --version GNOME shell 3.36.4 Then go to location where your downloaded ZIP file, for me its Downloads directory. cd ~/Downloads/ Get the extension UUID from metadata.json by this command. $ unzip -c dash-to-dock-micxgx.gmail.com.v68.shell-extension.zip metadata.json | grep uuid | cut -d \" -f4 dash-to-dock@micxgx.gmail.com Or simply open metadata.json file and copy the UUID value. For me it is dash-to-dock@micxgx.gmail.com. Create destination directory for the gnome extension.