List enabled systemd services 1systemctl list-unit-files --state enabled Check a service 1sudo systemctl status mpd Recognize service changes 1sudo systemctl daemon-reload Start a service (it stops when the computer shuts down) 1sudo systemctl taskd.service start 2sudo systemctl daemon-reload Find out why the computer …

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Remotely edit a file with vim 1vim scp://${server}/~/${file} Read info files with vim 1info () 2{ 3 [ -n "$1" ] && file="${1}" || file="$(ls /usr/share/info/ | sed 's/.info.gz$//' | fzf )"; 4 file="$(ls /usr/share/info/"$file"* | fzf -1 )" 5 vim "$file" 6} Find and replace across all files open in vim 1:bufdo! …

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Edit users in /etc/passwd directly 1sudo vipw You can't edit passwords without strange cyphers. Edit groups in /etc/group directly 1sudo vigr

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Requirements vim basics Basic Commands See Cells Cells are hard to see. Change this with :set autowrap. Make sc-im always autowrap: 1mkdir .config/sc-im/bash 2echo 'set autowrap' >> .config/sc-im/scimrc Movement Command Key highest part H lowest part L top gg most right. g$ most left. g0 insert middle \ insert left > …

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Requirements cron You can search every file on the computer instantly by installing plocate. Once installed, run sudo updatedb to create the database of (nearly) every file on the computer. Check how big the database is: 1du -h /var/lib/plocate/plocate.db Once you have the database, you can find nearly any file …

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Check subtitles available: 1url='https://videos.domainepublic.net/videos/watch/d9567d5b-1add-477c-bce3-a58cef84c28c' 2yt-dlp --list-subs "$url" | grep --max-count=1 '^en' The original language often displays with -orig, e.g. en-orig (Original). Language Formats ar vtt az vtt bg vtt ca vtt cs vtt da vtt de vtt el vtt en …

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Requirements GPG Basics Store passwords Setup the Config Install msmtp and set up the defaults. 1mkdir ~/.config/msmtp/ 2cat > ~/.config/msmtp/config << EOF 3defaults 4tls on 5auth on 6 7EOF You'll need to fill in some variables, like your provider's hostname and SMTP port. The ${pass_name} is just the pass command …

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Programs expect a default 'line EDITOR' and 'VISUAL editor' so they know how you want to edit text. Add these lines to automatically set the variables in bash: 1echo 'export EDITOR=vim' >> ~/.bashrc 2echo 'export VISUAL=$EDITOR' >> ~/.bashrc Make the change system-wide by adding them to /etc/profile.d/custom.sh …

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Requirements Managing Groups Install docker, add your user to the docker group, and start the service. 1sudo pacman -S docker 2sudo usermod -aG docker $USER 3sudo su $USER 4sudo systemctl start docker You need to either log out and back in again to be in the docker group, or run everything as root. 1docker info | less …

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1git config --global user.email "${email}" 1git config --global user.name "${name}" Decide on algorithm: If you're scared of insecure hash-sums, go with hash=sha256. If you don't know what a hash sum is, go with hash=sha1. Init the Git Start a git in directory ${DIR}: 1git init --object-format=${hash} ${DIR} 2cd …

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