trim

An example of MySQL code that executes TRIM() to remove a prefix and/or a suffix from all entries that match a WHERE clause

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The following code will remove the prefix http://wow.example.com from all rows that match the where clause:

Update `my_table`
set
`my_column` = TRIM(
  LEADING 'http://wow.example.com'
  FROM `my_column`)
WHERE (`my_column` LIKE '%http://wow.example.com/%');

The next block will remove the suffix index.php from all entries that match the where clause:

Update `my_table`
set
`my_column` = TRIM(
  TRAILING 'index.php'
  FROM `my_column`)
WHERE (`my_column` LIKE '%/index.php%');

In case we need to remove the string needle both from the prefix and the suffix while using a where clause, we can use the following code:

Update `my_table`
set
`my_column` = TRIM(
  BOTH 'needle'
  FROM `my_column`)
WHERE (`my_column` LIKE '%needle%');

ffmpeg: Cut out a part of a video

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Following is a snippet we used to remove a few seconds from a video using ffmpeg

ffmpeg -i 'input.mkv' -filter_complex \
  "[0:v]trim=end=553,setpts=N/FRAME_RATE/TB[v0]; \
   [0:a]atrim=end=553,asetpts=N/SR/TB[a0]; \
   [0:v]trim=start=559,setpts=N/FRAME_RATE/TB[v1]; \
   [0:a]atrim=start=559,asetpts=N/SR/TB[a1]; \
   [v0][a0][v1][a1]concat=n=2:v=1:a=1[v][a]" \
  -map "[v]" -map "[a]" 'output.mkv'

Specifically, we removed the seconds 09:13 (second 553) to 09:19 (second 559).

LibreOffice Calc: Get workbook filename only

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Get workbook filename only

For Linux and Mac

=TRIM(
  RIGHT(
    SUBSTITUTE(
      LEFT(
        CELL("filename"),
        FIND("#", CELL("filename")) -2
      ),
      "/",
      REPT(" ", LEN(CELL("filename")))
    ),
  LEN(CELL("filename"))
  )
)

For Windows

=TRIM(
  RIGHT(
    SUBSTITUTE(
      LEFT(
        CELL("filename"),
        FIND("#", CELL("filename")) -2
      ),
      "\",
      REPT(" ", LEN(CELL("filename")))
    ),
  LEN(CELL("filename"))
  )
)

The only change is changing the delimiter from / to \.