mFat@lemdro.id to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-24 months agoWhich CLI app/utility you wish there was a GUI for?message-squaremessage-square104fedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up183arrow-down1message-squareWhich CLI app/utility you wish there was a GUI for?mFat@lemdro.id to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-24 months agomessage-square104fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareJeena@piefed.jeena.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up27·4 months ago Gimp to batch edit pictures in a script (I know about ImageMagick but still) Excel to change stuff in excel files quickly (I know about python modules but it’s so complicated to use) Proprietary VPN software like Cisco AnyConnect, I want to automate the login when I boot, but they don’t let me Just from the top of my head.
minus-squarenmtake@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·4 months ago Gimp to batch edit pictures in a script (I know about ImageMagick but still) It seems to exist: https://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Basic_Batch/
minus-squaresparr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoThere are many things you can do in the GIMP gui that can’t be done programmatically :(
minus-squaredelirious_owl@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoThis is one reason I love FreeCAD. Everything done in the GUI is just a python call
minus-square𝓢𝓮𝓮𝓙𝓪𝔂𝓔𝓶𝓶@lemmy.procrastinati.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoFor Excel there is a PowerShell module called Import-Excel that I use all the time.
minus-squareJeena@piefed.jeena.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoI see, nice, but I’m on Linux, so perhaps I need to run power shell there ^^
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 months agoIf you don’t want to use PowerShell in Linux, there’s also nushell, which is another (non-POSIX) shell that can process Excel files
minus-square𝓢𝓮𝓮𝓙𝓪𝔂𝓔𝓶𝓶@lemmy.procrastinati.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 months agoI forgot where I was posting. (I use both win and Linux pretty heavily.) I have pwsh, let me see if import-excel works on linux and report back.
minus-square𝓢𝓮𝓮𝓙𝓪𝔂𝓔𝓶𝓶@lemmy.procrastinati.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-24 months agoAppears to work as well as it does on windows. I guess the only downside is learning powershell if you have no previous experience with it. @jeena@piefed.jeena.net
minus-squareik5pvx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoFor anyconnect: openconnect works perfectly, either as standalone script or via networkmangler.
Just from the top of my head.
It seems to exist: https://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Basic_Batch/
There are many things you can do in the GIMP gui that can’t be done programmatically :(
This is one reason I love FreeCAD. Everything done in the GUI is just a python call
For Excel there is a PowerShell module called Import-Excel that I use all the time.
I see, nice, but I’m on Linux, so perhaps I need to run power shell there ^^
If you don’t want to use PowerShell in Linux, there’s also nushell, which is another (non-POSIX) shell that can process Excel files
I forgot where I was posting. (I use both win and Linux pretty heavily.) I have pwsh, let me see if import-excel works on linux and report back.
Appears to work as well as it does on windows. I guess the only downside is learning powershell if you have no previous experience with it.
@jeena@piefed.jeena.net
For anyconnect: openconnect works perfectly, either as standalone script or via networkmangler.