extract

How to print a list of all ABC News articles with the Linux command line.

by

This one-liner will print a listing of all ABC News articles from the XML RSS feed. This is a very good way to extract text from an RSS feed or other XML files. curl -s http://www.abc.net.au/news/feed/2942460/rss.xml | grep ‘media:description’ | awk -F "[<>]" ‘{print $3}’; echo "$desc"curl -s http://www.abc.net.au/news/feed/2942460/rss.xml | grep ‘media:description’ | awk -F … Read more

How to unpack the level.snd_static file in Shadow of Chernobyl for modding.

by

The level.snd_static file in Shadow of Chernobyl controls which sound sources play in certain parts of levels. They can only play one sound, but it can be of any length. They are used to play sounds like a desk fan or electrical sparks. Even a radio on a table. Download the sse.exe utility here: http://stalkerin.gameru.net/downloads/stutils/sse_01.zip. … Read more

How to extract the files from a GTK 3.0 gresource file to allow theme editing.

by

The themes for GTK 3.0 are packaged in a gtk.gresource file that contains .css and other files for the theme. I do not understand why, but I have figured out how to extract the files on Ubuntu 19.04. The gresource utility allows the listing of files in a gtk.gresource file. jason@jason-Virtual-Machine:~/.themes/Yaru/gtk-3.0$ gresource list gtk.gresourcejason@jason-Virtual-Machine:~/.themes/Yaru/gtk-3.0$ gresource … Read more

Playing around with old stalker versions.

by

I have been playing around with old Stalker Shadow of Chernobyl builds. Build 1935 and build 2571. Firstly, I looked at build 2571. I cannot run this, but it is fun to look inside the game files and see what is inside. I used this utility to extract the game files. https://securitronlinux.com/linux/stalker/undb.zip. Just put it … Read more

How to unpack a Live CD image on Linux.

by

Unpacking a Live CD on Linux is very easy, if the user wants the files within the Live disc and is running Linux. Firstly, install the 7zip software. sudo apt-get install p7zip-fullsudo apt-get install p7zip-full Now copy a Live CD ISO to an empty directory and run this command. 7z x Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-27-1.6.iso7z x Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-27-1.6.iso This … Read more

How to extract an Arma 3 pbo file on Linux using pbo tools.

by

To extract an Arma 3 pbo file on Linux use the pbo tools that have been made available for Linux. Download the tarball here. This contains binaries that will work on 64bit Linux distributions. http://securitronlinux.com/arma3/depbo-tools-0.6.24-linux-64bit.tgz. Updated link. Extract the contents of the bin directory to /usr/local/bin and the contents of the lib directory to /usr/local/lib. … Read more