• GPG Basics

    2 min read · data GPG

    Making keys Generate keys: 1gpg --full-generate-key Follow the guide. Encrypting a file 1gpg -r malinfreeborn@posteo.net -e file -r specifies the recipient. Check you have an encrypted version of your file. Changing Expiration Dates 1gpg --list-keys 2# or... 3gpg -k ... and then use the second part of 'pub', which is …


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  • ijq

    1 min read · data json TUI

    Analyse json easier with ijq. 1column -J -ts: -H PW,GID,shell -N User,PW,UID,GID,Description,Home,shell /etc/passwd > host.json 2ijq !$ If you get stuck, try adding .[].


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  • Interactive String Substitution

    1 min read · data vim substitution replace TUI

    Want to find and replace, but also confirm each instance? 1vim -c "%s/${pattern}/${replacement}/gc" -c 'wq' ${file} Notice that double-quotes (") in the first command (-c). Alternatively, check with an example string: 1sed "s/${pattern}/ARGLEBARGLE/g" ${file} | grep 'ARGLEBARGLE'


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  • IP Addresses with Recfiles

    1 min read · data recfiles games

    Requirements Recfiles Download the Database Download the csv data, and separate the ipv4 data from the ipv6. 1curl -Lo ips.zip 'https://www.kaggle.com/api/v1/datasets/download/ipinfo/ipinfo-country-asn' 2unzip -p ips.zip country_asn.csv | csv2rec | recsel -e "start_ip ~ '.'" > ipv4.rec 3unzip -p ips.zip …


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  • khard

    1 min read · data

    Get the basic config: 1mkdir ~/.config/khard 1cp /usr/share/doc/khard/examples/khard/khard.conf.example ~/.config/khard.conf Short list 1khard list Longer list 1khard show Show from addressbook 'work' 1khard list -a work Make a new contact in address book 'family' 1khard new -a family 1khard edit grampa 1khard remove …


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  • Newsraft

    1 min read · data RSS Setup

    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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  • nginx logs with recfiles

    2 min read · data recfiles logs

    Requirements Recfiles nginx The standard nginx log format has such a lack of consistency or meaning that you might squint your face into a whirlpool making sense of them: 18.97.14.85 - - [16/Nov/2025:00:52:12 +0100] "GET /posts/learning_without_experts/content.html HTTP/1.1" 200 1704 "-" "CCBot/2.0 …


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  • pass with otp

    1 min read · data credentials secrets 2fa otp

    Requirements GPG Basics Store passwords Need a Microsoft or Google authenticator? No you don't. These usually come in the form of QR codes. █▀▀▀▀▀█ ▀ ▀▀▀ ▀ ▄ █▀▀▀▀▀█ █ ███ █ ▄▄▀▄▄▀▄▄▀ █ ███ █ █ ▀▀▀ █ ██ ▀▄██▀▀ █ ▀▀▀ █ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ █ █▄▀ █ █ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ █▄▄ █▄▀▀██ ▄▄▀▀▄██▀▀██ ▄▀ ▄██▄▀█▀█ ▀▄▀ █▀▀▀█ ▀▀▀█▄ ▄ ▄▄█ ▀▀ ▄▄▀▀█▄█ ▀▀ …


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  • radicale and nginx

    2 min read · data calendar

    Requirements nginx 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 …


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  • Recfile Bibliography for TeX

    2 min read · data database recfiles tex

    Requirements Recfiles Makefiles Store your bibliography in a recfile database, then extract any part with make. For example, you could store books like this in bibliography.rec: %rec: book %key: slug slug: thinkingexperience author: H. H. Price title: Thinking and Experience year: 1953 publisher: Harvard University …


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