Make a script for your regular shell commands. 1name=look 2echo '#!/bin/sh > ${name}.sh 3echo 'echo "This script is called $0"' 4chmod u+x !$ 5./!$ Notice the single-quotes, not double quotes.

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Check which groups you are in, and which are available: 1groups 2cat /etc/group 3column -ts: /etc/group 4grep $USER !$ Remove yourself from all groups, and add yourself back to only mail, audio, and your own group: 1sudo usermod --groups mail,audio,$USER Add yourself to the docker group, if there is one: 1grep docker …

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Find the path to a domain: 1domain=bad.horse 2max_hops=50 3 4tracepath -m $maximum_hops $domain If you're on Debian, you can use graph-easy and dothost to make an instant diagram: 1domain=dice.camp 2dothost $domain | graph-easy --boxart

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Turn a markdown file into a pdf: 1lowdown -stms "$FILE".md | pdfroff -itk -mspdf > "$FILE".pdf To give the document a title, put that title in the metadata: 1sed -i "1 i---" "$FILE".md 2sed -i 1 ititle: $TITLE $FILE.md 3sed -i "1 i---" "$FILE".md 4lowdown -L "$FILE".md 5lowdown -X title "$FILE".md 6lowdown -stms …

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RAID5 You will need 4 disks and the mdadm package. The total size will be equal to the disks x 3, because one will be used for redundancy. 1sudo mdadm --create --verbose /dev/md127 --level=5 --raid-devices=4 /dev/sdb /dev/sdc /dev/sdd /dev/sde Note the variable parts: The name of the device could be /dev/md12 or …

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Print the average CPU load over 1 minute, 5 minutes, and 15 minutes: 1watch -d cat /proc/loadavg 2stress="$(cat /proc/loadavg | awk '{print "Usage:" $2"%"}')" Show memory usage in Gibitytes. 1free -g Show low and high gigibtye usage on a line, and repeat the measurement every 5 seconds: 1REP=5 2free --lohi -g -s $REP | …

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Requirements pipewire Setup Configuration This is a minimum configuration file for /etc/mpd.conf music_directory "/var/lib/mpd/music" playlist_directory "/var/lib/mpd/playlists" db_file "/var/lib/mpd/mpd.db" pid_file "/run/mpd/mpd.pid" state_file "/var/lib/mpd/mpdstate" user "mpd" audio_output { type "pulse" name "My …

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Create the configuration directory before you start, and add at least 1 URL. 1mkdir ~/.config/newsboat 1echo 'https://voidlinux.org/atom.xml foss tech' >> ~/.config/newsboat/urls Start newsboat and press r to load your feed. To add a feed, you can press E to edit that urls file. Examples of Feeds …

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Setup Install newsraft, then: 1mkdir ~/.config/newsraft 2echo 'https://codeberg.org/newsraft/newsraft.atom "Newsraft git"' >> ~/.config/newsraft/feeds 3newsraft Commands Copy the default config file: cp /usr/share/doc/newsraft/example/config ~/.config/newsraft/config Add a line to check the man page while inside the …

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Install nginx: 1sudo apt-get install nginx 1sudo apt-get enable --now nginx Put a website somewhere: 1mkdir /var/www/html/mysite/ Put an index file there: 1vim /var/www/html/mysite/index.html Make the owner www-data 1chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/mysite/ Make a configuration file for nginx: 1vim …

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