A while ago I made a tiny function in my ~/.zshrc to download a video from the link in my clipboard. I use this nearly every day to share videos with people without forcing them to watch it on whatever site I found it. What's a script/alias that you use a lot?

# Download clipboard to tmp with yt-dlp
tmpv() {
  cd /tmp/ && yt-dlp "$(wl-paste)"
}
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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You can also use something like notifyd to generate a pop up for visual feedback :) I can't remember the exact command right now though. Differs per distro or desktop environment, obviously.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Also, printf '\a' will output an alert bell character which should make the terminal beep/blink and be highlighted for attention by your wm/compositor if it's unfocused.

    I have that aliased to a to get notified whenever a long running command finishes just by adding ;a at the end.

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