Perl Script Example

mp32ogg is a Perl script to convert MP3 files into Ogg Vorbis format. It is able to read ID3 tags from MP3 files and correctly tag the Ogg files, as well as optionally rename them based on those tags.

DVD2MP3 is a perl script which converts audio tracks on a DVD into id3 tagged mp3 files. It was written for Linux, though it could probably be used on other Unixes with little trouble. It requires mplayer, lame, lsdvd, MP3::Tag and Term::ReadLine.

WikiPrep is a Perl script for preprocessing Wikipedia XML dumps.


Platforms: *nix

WordSearch is a Perl script that generates word search puzzles. It will generate random word search puzzles, or you can give it a list which will allow it to generate your own puzzles. WordSearch will also optionally display the solution for the puzzle.


Platforms: *nix

SnortALog is a powerfull perl script that summarizes snort logs making it easy to view any attacks against your network. SnortALog works with all versions of SNORT and is the only script who can analyse snort's logs in all formats (Syslog, Fast and Full alerts). Also, it is able to summarize a...


Platforms: *nix

rpmerizor is a Perl script that allows you to create an RPM package from installed software simply by specifying files on the command line and answering a few questions.


Platforms: *nix

Killcx is a Perl script to close a TCP connection under Linux, whatever its state is (half-open, established, waiting or closing state).


Platforms: *nix

A simple perl script that can cycle the X background image at timed intervals using Esetroot or ImageMagick. Supports recursive image finding, multiple directories, adjustable timer, cycling and random image selection, and scaling. note: it appears that if you have a nautilus managed desktop this...


Platforms: *nix

Worm Report is a very simple Perl script to filter out the known worm hits from the access log, and put them into their own files named for the IP/Host that has been "wormed". A basic report containing the count, hostname, ip, and a guess at the parent do


Platforms: *nix

genhostname is a linux perl script running at runlevel2 boot and changes the computers hostname to PC-XXXXXXXXXX deppending on the eth0 mac address or the wireless network card macaddress there is 2 scrips in the download. install the one you need.


Platforms: *nix

dirsize' is a simple perl script that displays the size of a given directory recursively... Now, I *KNOW* there must be some other way to do that but hey, it was faster writing down about 40 lines of perl...


Platforms: *nix

spam.pl is a perl script that extracts all relaying hosts from the headers of a spam mail and sends a complaint mail to all the responsible mail server administrators. spam.pl is free software released under the GPL license. There is no warranty, neither expressed nor implied, that spam.pl...


Platforms: *nix

Quick and dirty perl script to allow you to log directly into games via GDM, making sure you have the maximum RAM and CPU time for the game. It uses a simple XML config file to control its various options, and supports controlling driver settings for Nvidia cards. See the README for more info..


Platforms: *nix

FavNuts is a Perl script that converts IE favorite files to a Netscape bookmark file and sorts the entries into alphabetical order with a directory hierarchy. This is the information page on a piece of software I wrote that I am putting here in case users want to comment on it.. Flash chat...


Platforms: *nix

namefix.pl is a Perl script which purpose is to make formatting file names of media files very easy and quick. Initialy it was just used to convert spaces to underscores on all mp3s in a given directory, but I soon added case formatting and many other options. As far as Im aware this was...


Platforms: *nix

csvdiff is a simple perl script to compare two (comma) seperated files with each other. Mindless is an SDL-based puzzle game similar to the classic boardgame Mastermind. The goal of the game is to crack a secret code consisting of four balls which can each be one of eight colors. The players...


Platforms: *nix

This Perl script helps you to manage your (large) movie (DVD,DivX) collection. aviManager attempts to find the best movie to watch. You will be surprised how good it works. There is also a nice imdb grabber for fast movie adding..


Platforms: *nix

Remove playlist duplicates is a simple perl script which on track change detects all duplicate playlist entries and leaves just the first one of each of them. I have files duplicated on my mp3 player and hard drive and when I plugged my player in, my collection contained duplicate entries. this...


Platforms: *nix

getattach.pl is a useful Perl script which automatically retrieves all the attachments in your mailbox, decodes them, and saves them in your destination directory If you receive a lot of image or video, or even audio files via email attachments this utility can save you a lot of time spent...


Platforms: *nix

csvdiff is a Perl script to diff/compare two csv files with the possibility to select the separator. Differences will be shown like: "Column XYZ in record 999" is different. After this, the actual and the expected result for this column will be shown.


Platforms: *nix