You could imagine something like `any2zip`, or `any2tgz` or `iso2mp4` or something.
It seems like there could/should be some sort of virtual filesystem where you could say "cat inventory.xls.csv", or "wine.exe excel.exe inventory.csv.xls" (please bear with me on these examples). Effectively "$BLOB.format.format", where "." becomes a sort of "convert to this $TYPE".
Imagine being able to say:
`echo "# Hello\n\n * World" > README.md ; cat README.md.html"`
(effectively invoking `md2html`)
`printer README.md.html.pdf`
(eg: `cat README.md | md2html | html2pdf | printer`)
I really wish local linux filesystems (for end-users) would at least match Apple's capabilities. eg: `$RECENT`, spotlight, auto-OCR. We've really regressed since the era of `locate`, but I'd _LOVE_ some sort of modern equivalent.
Imagine: `inotify`, `auditd`, just anything that can avoid full-disk scans during "normal end user" daily operation... wired up to `llm-summary $FILE >> sqlite.db ; `llava-describe $IMAGE >> sqlite.db ; etc...`
For bonus points, catch anything missed with some sort of full daily/weekly backup operation. We're on the cusp of a much more intimate "partnership" with the compute boxes underneath our desks, but so much is getting sucked into the void of "the network is the computer".
[1]: compgen -c | grep 2 | grep -v '2$' | grep -v '\.2' | grep -v '2\.'