Miscellaneous

Convert AVI to FLV (Windows Movie File to Flash Video)

ffmpeg -i input.avi -ar 22050 output.flv

Monitoring HDD temperature with smartctl

#!/bin/sh

ECHO="/bin/echo"
SMART="/usr/local/sbin/smartctl"

DRIVES_BOOT="ad6 ad10"
DRIVES_DATA="ad2 ad4 ad8 ad12"

check()
{
        DEV=$1
        TYPE=$2
        TEMP=`$SMART -d ata -A /dev/$DEV|grep "194 Temp"|awk '{print \$10;}'`
        $ECHO "$TYPE device $DEV has temp $TEMP."
}

for x in $DRIVES_BOOT
do
        check $x "Boot"
done

for y in $DRIVES_DATA
do
        check $y "Data"
done

chmod all files (not dirs)

find . -type f -exec chmod go+r {} \;

chmod all dirs (not files)

find . -type d -exec chmod go+rx {} \;