Shell scripts
These are some scripts I made for Unix shell. Some of these are more useful than others, but the less useful ones are usually hilarious, so it balances out.
Note: downloads are down right now since I can't include a license with them. I may upload them to Github later, in which case I will link to them here.
deck
During my solo RPG adventures, I found that a lot of games or solo tools made use of a deck of cards, and while there are several of those around the house, they're pretty much all scattered everywhere. Okay, it's more like the closest things to full decks we have are missing a few cards. But I made this because numbers on a computer don't usually spill everywhere and get lost, and when they do, they're easier to replace.
Simply run deck shuffle to shuffle the deck and deck draw to draw a card and place it on the bottom of the deck. Alternatively, deck pick will pick a random card without touching the deck.
To set up: download the script here, download the 54-card deck template here, make a copy of it to be used as the deck, and specify their locations in the script (defaults to ~/.local/share/cards and ~/.local/share/deck.)
fry
Deep fries your images. I am no longer sorry.
Fries an input file into an output file, or fries the image in the clipboard, but it doesn't seem to work in every situation. Use -d to specify "depth" of the frying, from 0 to 4. This is important because some images are more "sensitive" to frying.
This has no practical use. I use it all the time. Download here.
rwrd
Short for "random word." Chooses a random word from a list of words, like this one. There's some unused code for selecting from different word lists.
I mostly use this for solo roleplaying, and first made it to use with the MUNE GM emulator. Download here.
other
Some scripts that don't require as much explanation as those above.
8ify- Uses ffmpeg to destroy videos, specifically by setting framerate to 8, resolution to 88x88, and bitrate to 8888. Arguably more useful than fry since it significantly reduces the size of audio/video files, but I never use it.gwrd- Short for "generated word," smashes some vowels and consonants to make words that should be pronouncable. Useful for fantasy names on-the-fly.jpegclipboard- Prototype of the fry script. Puts the image in your clipboard through some filters that make it look bad. Worse at it's job than fry, which makes it somehow more useless.roll- Rolls dice in a format like "2d6+4." Modifiers apply to each die, not to the total. Fudge dice can be done withroll 1d3-2.
If you're having trouble getting these to work, have any suggestions for improvements, or hate the stylesheet for this page, feel free to email me.
The Puter