Tag Archives: terminal

Post Pidgin and Twitter status from command line

Posted on January 20, 2010 by spsneo

I often want to post the same status message in Pidgin and Twitter. I wrote  simple bash script to accomplish this. One can download the script from here: http://www.spsneo.com/scripts/poststatus.tar.gz How to use it – 1) Change the permission of the … Continue reading →

Posted in bash, Linux, microblogging, Pidgin, Twitter | Tagged , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Open any file from terminal in Gnome

Posted on April 5, 2009 by spsneo

I normally use terminals to navigate through directories in my computer. I often have to remember the executable filename of different applications to open files. Like to open a pdf file I have to remember evince, for an audio or … Continue reading →

Posted in GNOME, Linux | Tagged , | 3 Comments