bash function for rpm whatprovides
Sometimes some simple one-liner function can save you a lot of time, like-
wps ()
{
rpm -q --whatprovides $(which $1 )
} # ---------- end of function wps ----------
wallpaper manager
So, I have been looking for a wallpaper manager with some features like:
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automatically change wallpaper from my directory list
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Get wallpapers from internet
Possibly display time and a quote.
Variety does all of that. From variety website :
Variety is a wallpaper manager for Linux systems. It supports numerous desktops and wallpaper sources, including local files and online services: Flickr, Wallhaven, Unsplash, and more.
Where supported, Variety sits as a tray icon to allow easy pausing and resuming. Otherwise, its desktop entry menu provides a similar set of options.
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Directories with maximum number of files
Lot of times, I want to find the directories with maximum number of files and so I wrote this quick function to do exactly the same
function count_lines ()
{
oldIFS=$IFS
count=0
IFS=$'\n'
dir=${1:-.}
cd $dir
find . -type d |while read line
do
echo -n "$(find $line -type f |wc -l) $line"
echo
printf "Directories :: %8d\r" $count >&2
((count++))
done|sort -n
IFS=$oldIFS
} # ---------- end of function count_lines ----------
Use Linux on your Android mobile/tablet (without root)
Been looking for this for a long time, finally there is some app which allows me to run a linux distro without rooting my gadget.
Here is link to userland.tech website. Check this out, its easy to setup and does not require rooting your device.
xev – Check the X keyboard events
xev – print contents of X events
So other day I was checking why my play key was not working and wanted to check if it maps to one of the X default mappings for the keyboard and was stuck on how to check this. And finally found that I can try this:
xev -event keyboard
Pretty neat 🙂
Get to your ebooks quickly
So this is going to be a little longer post than usual.
To begin with, here is screenshot of how it would look like finally:
To begin with, here is screenshot of how it would look like finally:
image viewer tools
These are some of the image viewers that I know, pick your choice 🙂