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pdf to txt

How to translate pdfs to text (results are very poor, and will need lots of corrections). Dependencies Search for 'tesseract english' (or whatever language). Arch: tesseract-data-eng and poppler-utils Script 1pdftoppm -png file.pdf test 1for x in *png; do 2 tesseract -l eng "$x" - >> out.txt 3done

pi-hole-server

1 min read · distros

Installation Arch 1yay -S pi-hole-server 1sudo systemctl enable --now pihole-FTL 1sudo systemctl disable --now systemd-resolved 1sudo rm -f /dev/shm/FTL-* Debian Debian has a long, boring setup. 1sudo apt-get install wget curl net-tools gamin lighttpd lighttpd-mod-deflate 2curl -sSL https://install.pi-hole.net | …

printers

1 min read · hardware

Cups: The Common Unix Printing System Configure cups at /etc/cups/supsd.conf, or visit the local webpage at http://localhost:631 if you want to use the Apple interface, otherwise, it's the printing daemon. The Printing Daemon The printing daemon automatically reads the cups configuration file. It prints with: lp …

processes

1 min read · basics

Proccesses See running items in current terminal with 1ps or more with 1ps -a Or the entire system with 1ps -e Or the entire system with more information, BSD style, with: 1ps aux And then search for a particular program with 1ps aux | grep cmus Jobs Pause a job with ^z. Put it in the background with the '&' suffix. …

profanity

2 min read · chat omemo

Setup (Commands) Sign up to an account somewhere. 1/connect bob@bobserver.org Check if someone wants to be your friend: 1/sub received Accept a friend's subscription request: 1/sub add alice@aliceserver.org Join a room: 1/join room1@bobserver.org Save your configuration so you don't have to do this again: 1/save Check …

QR Codes

1 min read · qrencode zbar

Make a QR Code image: 1qrencode 'https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.briarproject.briar.android' -o "$FILE".png Make a QR Coded message in the terminal: 1qrencode -t ansi "Hello World" Read a QR Code image: 1zbarimg $FILE Show wifi QR code (only with Network Manager): 1nmcli device wifi show-password

Quality of Life

3 min read · basics setup

This & That Refer to 'that last thing', and 'the first thing': 1fortune -l > file1 2cat !$ | tr -d u 3diff !^ !$ NB: this can go wrong: 1ls -l file1 file2 2cat !^ Done <C-d> If you have a command, Control + d will execute the command. If you have nothing, exit. Input Run-Commands (~/.inputrc) Alias Expansion 1echo …

radicale and nginx

2 min read · data calendar

Check before you start: you have a normally running site on nginx already. your server has the directory /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/ enabled in the nginx config. Installation and Service Install radicale through your package manager (not pip). The standard radicale package should come with a nice systemd service file. If …

rclone

1 min read · networking synch

The manpage's 'Synopsis' provides a fast reference. 1 2We'll assume a folder in Google Drive called 'test', and local folder called 'foo'. 3 4Generate a config file with: 5 6```bash 7rclone config Look at the contents of Google Drive: 1rclone ls gd:/ If rclone loses authorization: 1rclone authorization List only …

Recfile Bibliography for TeX

2 min read · data database recfiles tex

Store your bibliography in a recfile database, then extract any part with make. For example, you could store books like this in bibliography.rec: 1%rec: book 2%key: slug 3 4slug: thinkingexperience 5author: H. H. Price 6title: Thinking and Experience 7year: 1953 8publisher: Harvard University Press, Cambridge 9 10slug: …