Bash Completion

Bash completion is a very good feature in Bash. We are able to complete filenames, just by pressing <TAB>. I had downloaded a YouTube video related to Tsar Bomba. Since YouTube videos are Flash Video files (.flv), I was not able to complete their filenames by pressing <TAB> in the terminal when trying to invoke mplayer.

A quick inspection of /etc/bash_completion solved the problem.

In mplayer(1) completion section,
_filedir '@(mp?(e)g|MP?(E)G|wm[av]|WM[AV]|avi
|AVI|asf|ASF|vob|VOB|bin|BIN|dat|DAT|vcd|VCD|ps
|PS|pes|PES|fli|FLI|viv|VIV|rm?(j)|RM?(J)|ra?(m)|RA?
(M)|yuv|YUV|mov|MOV|qt|QT|mp[34]|MP[34]|og[gm]|OG[GM]
|wav|WAV|dump|DUMP|mkv|MKV|m4a|M4A|aac|AAC|m2v|M2V|dv
|DV|rmvb|RMVB|mid|MID|ts|TS|3gp|mpc|MPC|flac|FLAC|flv)'

flv was appended at the end. That was it. Problem solved! Happy viewing!

.Zip parser code

The local subversion repository of zip_parser has been migrated to Google Code using svnsync. Have to add support for Zip64 and encrypted archives soon.

Project Home: http://code.google.com/p/zipparser/

.Zip Parser

The .Zip file parser has been completed. I will host the code soon, and probably convert it into a Perl module for analysing different types of .Zip files created by different software.