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7 Useful Things You Didn’t Know You Can Do in Your Linux Terminal (www.maketecheasier.com)

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[–] HelloRoot@lemy.lol 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Even the subheadings are clickbait.

Convert Files to Any Format From the Terminal

I got intrigued. What magical tool could it be that can convert ANY file to ANY format?

It's pandoc ... It's a monumentally awesome tool, but no, it can not convert files to "any" format. It can't even convert a pdf to anything (which the article might let you on to believe).

And then it's imagemagic and ffmpeg. Yeah...