Archives for February 2024

“IEx” stands for Interactive Elixir, and it is the interactive shell for the Elixir programming language. Elixir is a dynamic, functional programming language built on top of the Erlang virtual machine (BEAM), known for its scalability, fault-tolerance, and concurrency features. “IEx” provides a powerful environment for developers to interactively explore, experiment with, and debug Elixir […]

“idnits” is a command-line tool designed to check internet drafts for submission errors, commonly referred to as “nits,” against the requirements specified by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Internet drafts are documents submitted to the IETF for consideration as potential standards or informational documents. “idnits” helps authors and reviewers ensure that their drafts comply […]

“identify” is a command-line utility provided by the Image Magick project, a powerful and widely-used image manipulation library. The purpose of “identify” is to provide detailed information about one or more image files, including their format, dimensions, color space, compression, and other characteristics. Here are some key aspects and functionalities of “identify”: Image Information: “identify” […]

“id3tag” is a command-line tool used for reading, writing, and manipulating metadata tags within MP3 audio files. These metadata tags, known as ID3 tags, contain information such as the title, artist, album, genre, and track number of the audio content. “id3tag” provides users with the ability to view, edit, and modify these tags directly from […]

“iconv” is a command-line tool used to convert text from one character encoding to another. Character encoding is a method used to represent characters and symbols in binary form for storage or transmission in computer systems. Different character encoding schemes exist, such as ASCII, UTF-8, UTF-16, ISO-8859, and many others, each with its own mapping […]

“ical” is a command-line tool designed to work with the Hijri/Islamic calendar system. It provides functionalities such as displaying the current date according to the Hijri calendar, converting dates between the Hijri and Gregorian calendars, and performing various operations related to Islamic dates. Here are some key features and aspects of “ical”: Hijri/Islamic Calendar Support: […]

“ibmcloud” is a comprehensive command-line tool developed by IBM for efficiently managing various aspects of IBM Cloud services and applications. It provides users with a powerful interface to interact with and control IBM Cloud resources directly from the command line. Here are some key features and aspects of “ibmcloud”: Unified Management Interface: “ibmcloud” serves as […]

“ibmcloud login” is a command used to authenticate and log in to the IBM Cloud platform from the command line interface (CLI). IBM Cloud is a cloud computing platform offered by IBM that provides a range of cloud services, including infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and software as a service […]

“ia” is a command-line tool designed to interact with the Internet Archive (archive.org), a digital library that offers access to millions of archived web pages, books, music, videos, and other digital materials. This tool allows users to access various features and functionalities of the Internet Archive directly from the command line, making it convenient for […]

“Hyperfine” is a command-line benchmarking tool designed to measure the execution time of command-line utilities, scripts, or any other executable program. It provides users with accurate and reliable timing information, allowing them to assess the performance of commands and compare different implementations or optimizations. Here are some key features and aspects of Hyperfine: Simple Command-Line […]