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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

abx

ABX test of audio files

abx original.wav lossy.wav

acl

Allow user access to block device

setfacl -m u:pmart:rw /dev/sdx

Set default ACL on directory allowing world write access for created objects (ignore umask)

setfacl -d -m o:rwx DIR

adb

Package android-sdk-platform-tools-common contains udev rules allowing to work with adb as regular user.

Clear log buffers (main, system, crash)

adb logcat -c

Print entries with VLC tag and minimum level of priority Error. Available levels from lowest to highest V/D/I/W/E/F/S

adb logcat -s VLC:E

Print entries with message matching Perl regex

adb logcat -e '(?i)vlc'

Print entries originating from PID

adb logcat --pid 14092

Pull SeedVault backup directory

adb pull /sdcard/.SeedVaultAndroidBackup/ SeedVaultAndroidBackup

agryll

Inspect ICC profile

iccdump profile.icm

alsa-utils

List available hardware devices/PCMs

aplay -l
aplay -L

Test speakers

speaker-test -D hw:0,1 -c 2
aplay -D sysdefault /usr/config/ppsspp/assets/sfx_confirm.wav

Store/restore volume levels in /var/lib/alsa/asound.state file

alsactl store
alsactl restore

apparmor

List loaded profiles and confined processes

aa-status

Create an ad-hoc basic profile

include <tunables/global>

profile basic {
  include <abstractions/base>
}

Load profile manually (add to /etc/apparmor.d for autoload)

apparmor_parser -r basic

Run program confined with basic profile

aa-exec -p basic <prog> <args>

appstream

Refresh component metadata cache

appstreamcli refresh-cache

Get information about a component by its ID

appstreamcli get org.kde.kwrite.desktop

apt

Add PPA

echo 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/krisives/applet-window-buttons/ubuntu focal main' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/applet-window-buttons.list
apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 79A48A5F7C81C1A2E8715D1D5CB890A3B37F5DD2
apt update

Remove PPA

rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/applet-window-buttons.list
apt-key del 79A48A5F7C81C1A2E8715D1D5CB890A3B37F5DD2
apt update

Add GPG key

wget -qO - https://example.com/key.gpg | sudo apt-key --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/example.gpg add -

Search patterns

man 7 apt-patterns

Purge all packages with residual config

apt purge '~c'

Put package on hold

apt-mark hold grep

Mark all libs as automatically installed

apt-mark auto '~s^libs$'

Add third-party repository

gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring /usr/share/keyrings/foo-archive-keyring.gpg --keyserver hkps://keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys <keyid>
echo 'deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/foo-archive-keyring.gpg] http://repository.foo.com stable main' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/foo.list

/etc/apt/preferences.d/foo.pref:

Package: *
Pin: origin repository.foo.com
Pin-Priority: 100

Print URL of acquired deb

apt download -o Debug::pkgAcquire=true <package>

apt-rdepends

Show dependencies that will be installed for a package recursively

apt-rdepends --state-follow=NotInstalled --state-show=NotInstalled fdroidserver

aptitude

Pattern Description
~i !~M !~prequired !~pimportant manually installed non-essential packages
!~i (~prequired | ~pimportant | ~pstandard) !~ri386 missing standard priority packages

Search term reference

List upgradeable packages grouped by source package:

aptitude versions --group-by=source-package -F '%c %p %d' '~U (~V CURRENT | ~V CANDIDATE)'

asciidoctor-epub3

apt install asciidoctor ruby-nokogiri
gem install asciidoctor-epub3 --pre

Download kindlegen from Amazon.

asciidoctor-epub3 -D output -a ebook-format=kf8 -a epub3-stylesdir=$HOME/Documents/asciidoctor-epub3/styles -a ebook-extract <index.adoc>

B

baloo-kf5

Print the status of the indexer

balooctl status

Supspend/resume indexer

balooctl suspend
balooctl resume

Remove index database

balooctl purge

Show indexing information about file

balooshow -x ~/Downloads/download.pdf

bash

List key bindings for keymap (emacs, vim-command, vim-insert)

bind -p -m <keymap>

HISTSIZE, HISTFILESIZE

bchunk

Extract .iso/.wav tracks from BIN/CUE image

bchunk -w image.bin image.cue image

bind9-host

Lookup domain name foobar by querying server at 192.168.1.1

host -v foobar 192.168.1.1

brave-browser

curl -s https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/brave-core.asc | apt-key --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/brave-browser-release.gpg add -
echo 'deb [arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list

bsdmainutils

Dump in canonical format (hexdump -C or hd)

$ printf SLUS-00152 | hexdump -C
00000000  53 4c 55 53 2d 30 30 31  35 32                    |SLUS-00152|
0000000a

Dump in plain hexadecimal format

$ printf SLUS-00152 | hexdump -v -e '/1 "%X"'; echo
534C55532D3030313532

Send a message to other user on the system

$ write <user>
Hello, world!
^D

C

ca-certificates

Install local root CA certificate

install my.crt /usr/local/share/ca-certificates
update-ca-certificates

ccd2cue

Installation

curl -O https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ccd2cue/ccd2cue-0.5.tar.gz
./configure
make
install src/ccd2cue /usr/local/bin

Usage

for f in *.ccd; ccd2cue -o (basename $f .ccd).cue $f || break; end

chromium

Password generation requires sync

Ubuntu
  • Use snap or VAAPI capable version from PPA
  • For snap run ./widevine-for-chromium-snap

If snap interfaces get disconnected after system upgrade run

snap disable chromium
snap enable chromium
snap connect chromium:password-manager-service

clamav

Disable automatic database updates

systemctl disable clamav-freshclam.service

Scan a file

clamscan ~/Downloads/mp3tagv303setup.exe

command-not-found

Has problem with more restrictive 0007 umask. Add to /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50command-not-found

chmod o+r /var/lib/command-not-found/commands.db*

coreboot

git clone --depth=1 https://review.coreboot.org/coreboot
ifdtool
cd coreboot/util/ifdtool
make

Print information about Intel firmware

ifdtool -d firmware.bin
intelmetool
cd coreboot/util/intelmetool
make

Check Intel ME status

intelmetool -m

Check Intel Boot Guard status

intelmetool -b

coreutils

Overwrite and remove file

shred -vu -n 1 archive.tar.gz

Overwrite block device with zeros

shred -vz -n 0 /dev/sdX

Read random byte from block device at regular intervals

set device /dev/sdx
set max (math (blockdev --getsize64 $device) - 1)
while :
    dd if=$device of=/dev/null bs=1 count=1 skip=(random 0 $max) status=none
    sleep 180
end

Format numbers in human-readable form

numfmt --to=iec 2048
ls -l | numfmt --header --field 5 --to=iec

cron

Jobs in /etc/cron.* not available as systemd timers: aptitude dpkg bsdmainutils

cryptsetup-bin

Show info about LUKS volume

cryptsetup luksDump DEVICE

Backup LUKS header to file

cryptsetup luksHeaderBackup DEVICE --header-backup-file <file>

Convert LUKS1 volume to LUKS2. It is reccommended to create backup of LUKS header before attempting conversion.

cryptsetup convert DEVICE --type luks2

Change label of LUKS2 volume

cryptsetup config DEVICE --label <label>

TRIM support for SSD Disable workqueue for increased SSD performance

cryptsetup-initramfs

Unlocking scripts lack i18n (Please unlock disk XXX)

curl

Download using proxy

curl --proxy socks5://127.0.0.1:1234 http://httpbin.org/ip

D

dash

Generate byte sequence

printf "$(printf '\\%o' $(seq 0 127))"

ddccontrol

Probe I2C devices to find monitor buses

ddccontrol -p

Power on/off monitor

dccontrol dev:/dev/i2c-6 -r 0xd6 -w 1
dccontrol dev:/dev/i2c-6 -r 0xd6 -w 5

deadbeef-static

Run deadbeef under firejail

cd /opt/deadbeef/bin
mv deadbeef{,.real}

./deadbeef:

#!/bin/sh 

exec firejail --profile=/etc/firejail/deadbeef.profile /opt/deadbeef/bin/deadbeef.real
chmod 755 ./deadbeef
ln -s /opt/deadbeef/bin/deadbeef /usr/local/bin

debian-installer

Debian Installation Guide
Debian Installer internals

Debian testing images:

Download and verify image

wget https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/amd64/iso-cd/{debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso,SHA512SUMS{,.sign}}
gpg --keyserver keyring.debian.org --recv-keys F41D30342F3546695F65C66942468F4009EA8AC3
gpg --verify SHA512SUMS{.sign,}
sha512sum -c --ignore-missing SHA512SUMS

Boot/preseed parameters (change at runtime or edit /boot/grub/grub.cfg on installation media)

Name Shorthand Value
debconf/priority priority critical/high/medium/low
medium offers more control over installation
base-installer/install-recommends recommends true/false
base-installer/includes
base-installer/excludes cron
ifupdown
isc-dhcp-client
isc-dhcp-common
nano
rsyslog
tasksel-data
base-installer/debootstrap_variant Use minbase to install only required packages
debian-installer/language language en
debian-installer/country country PL
debian-installer/locale locale C
keyboard-configuration/xkb-keymap keymap pl

Use Alt+Fx to switch VTs (1: menu, 2-3: shell, 4: syslog)

Load additional d-i components (udebs)

anna-install fdisk-udeb cryptsetup-udeb

After partitioning to continue installation without having /boot on unencrypted partition (#849400) switch to console and remove the check at the end of /lib/partman/check.d/07crypto_check_mountpoints file (after Is there a /boot partition for encrypted root? comment)

nano /lib/partman/check.d/07crypto_check_mountpoints

Manually install some of the standard and optional packages

apt-install bash-completion ca-certificates dbus file libpam-systemd man-db manpages wget
apt-install aptitude firmware-iwlwifi intel-microcode kbd
apt-install --with-recommends iwd # wireless-regdb

Install bootloader manually (encrypted root on /dev/sda2)

in-target cat & # Setup /target for chroot
chroot /target bash
SYSTEMD_RELAX_ESP_CHECKS=1 bootctl install # Don't check for GPT: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/1125
install -d -m 700 "/boot/efi/$(cat /etc/machine-id)"
echo 'root=/dev/mapper/sda2_crypt quiet' > /etc/kernel/cmdline
kernel-install -v add 5.10.0-6 /vmlinuz /initrd.img # Adjust version
exit # Exit chroot
kill %1 # Cleanup /target (should remove policy-rc.d file)

debootstrap

Setup minimal Debian bullseye system (use --include/--exclude to adjust installed packages)

debootstrap --verbose --variant minbase --include iproute2 ./bullseye-chroot http://deb.debian.org/debian

Variants:

  • minbase: required packages + apt
  • default: required and important packages + apt

Run without root privileges (requires fakechroot and fakeroot packages)

fakechroot fakeroot sh -x /usr/sbin/debootstrap --verbose --variant=fakechroot ...

devscripts

Check available package versions

rmadison syncthing

Create package to satisfy build-dependencies

printf '%s: %s\n' Source intelemetool Build-Depends 'libpci-dev, zlib1g-dev' > intelemetool.control
mk-build-deps intelmetool.control

dict

Show server info

dict -I

Install server and databases for local access

apt install dictd dict-{foldoc,freedict-{eng-pol,pol-eng,pol-rus},gcide,jargon,vera,wn}

diffutils

Compare contents of two directories

diff -q --ignore-file-name-case dir1/ dir2/

Check if file is zero-filled

cmp file /dev/zero

dosfstools

Create a FAT32 filesystem with label MYVOLUME (up to 11 characters)

mkdosfs -v -F 32 -n MYVOLUME /dev/sdX

dpkg

update-alternatives --set iptables /usr/sbin/iptables-nft
update-alternatives --set ip6tables /usr/sbin/ip6tables-nft

List packages with specified format

dpkg-query -Wf '${Priority;9} ${binary:Package;20} ${Version;10} ${Architecture;5} ${binary:Summary}\n'

dpkg-dev

Local backport of fscrypt package

sudo apt install {debian,ubuntu}-keyring
dget 'https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+sourcefiles/fscrypt/0.2.9-1/fscrypt_0.2.9-1.dsc'
cd fscrypt-0.2.9/
dch -l '~local' 'Mark as local'
mk-build-deps
sudo apt install fscrypt-build-deps_0.2.9-1~local_all.deb
dpkg-buildpackage -b

SimpleBackportCreation
CreatePackageFromPPA
BuildingFormalBackports

dvdbackup

Print information about DVD-Video

dvdbackup -I -i /path/to/dvd

Backup main title

dvdbackup -F -n name -i /path/to/dvd

E

e2fsprogs

Display information about filesystem

dumpe2fs -h DEVICE

Create ext4 filesystem suitable for long-term storage of large files. Alternatively specify bytes-per-inode with -i or set number of inodes directly with -N. Set journal size with -J size=<megs> option.

mkfs.ext4 -v -T largefile4 -m 0 DEVICE

Change filesystem UUID to random one

tune2fs -U random DEVICE

Check fragmentation of extent based files on ext4 filesystem

e4defrag -c /mnt/point

Search for encrypted files

lsattr -Ra <dir> 2> /dev/null | grep -E '^.{9}E'

ecm-tools

Build and install

git clone https://github.com/alucryd/ecm-tools.git
make
make DESTDIR=out install

Decode to BIN format

for f in *.bin.ecm; ecm2bin "$f"; end

efibootmgr

List boot entries

efibootmgr --verbose

Create boot entry

efibootmgr --verbose --create --disk /dev/sdX --part Y --loader '\EFI\systemd\systemd-bootx64.efi' --label 'Linux Boot Manager'

Delete boot entry

efibootmgr -b 0005 -B

efitools

Read values of EFI secure variables

efi-readvar

Backup EFI secure variable

efi-readvar -v PK -o PK.esl

epub-utils

Show information about EPUB document

einfo ~/Downloads/book.epub

epubcheck

Validate EPUB file

epubcheck ~/Downloads/book.epub

equivs

Create package with dependencies

cd /tmp
equivs-control whdd-control
editor whdd-control
eqivs-build whdd-control
sudo apt install whdd-deps_1.0_all.deb

exfat-utils

mkexfatfs -n <label> /dev/sdd2

exiftran

Automatically rotate images based on Exif orientation tag

exiftran -a -i *.jpg

Dump exiv data

exiftran -d image.jpg

exiv2

Remove image metadata

exiv2 rm foo.jpg

F

fdroidserver

git clone --depth 1 https://gitlab.com/pmartycz/fdroiddata
cp /usr/share/doc/fdroidserver/examples/config.py fdroiddata

Edit config.py

sdk_path = "/home/pmart/Android"
gradle = "gradle"

Build app

fdroid build -l -v -W warn com.zeapo.pwdstore

Create key and sign

fdroid update --create-key -W ignore
fdroid publish -W ignore com.zeapo.pwdstore

ffmpeg

Convert Blu-ray playlist to Matroska:

  • copy video stream
  • downmix first audio stream to stereo and encode with Opus
  • copy two subtitle streams
  • add language tag for audio and subtitle streams
ffmpeg -playlist 348 -i bluray:BLADE_RUNNER_2049_EUR_BLUEBIRD -map 0:v -map 0:a:0 -metadata:s:a:0 language=eng -map 0:s:#4609 -metadata:s:s:0 language=eng -map 0:s:#4623 -metadata:s:s:1 language=rus -c copy -ac 2 -c:a libopus -b:a 128k blade-runner-2049.mkv

Check files video codec

for f in *.mp4; printf %s "$f: "; ffprobe -v error -select_streams v:0 -show_entries stream=codec_name -of default=noprint_wrappers=1:nokey=1 -- "$f"; end

Grab top of the screen

ffmpeg -f x11grab -video_size 1600x400 -framerate 59.98 -i $DISPLAY screen.webm

Create slow motion effect (x2)

ffmpeg -i input.mkv -filter:v 'minterpolate=fps=48000/1001:mi_mode=mci:mc_mode=aobmc:me_mode=bidir:vsbmc=1,setpts=2*PTS' -c:v ffv1 -r 24000/1001 -an out.mkv

Create video loop by reversing and concatenating with original (different ways)

ffmpeg -i file.mkv -filter_complex "reverse[r]; [0:v][r]concat" -c ffv1 loop.mkv
ffmpeg -i file.mkv -filter_complex "select='gt(n,0)',reverse,select='gt(n,0)'[r]; [0:v][r]concat" -c ffv1 loop.mkv
ffmpeg -i file.mkv -filter_complex "reverse,tpad=start=1:stop=1:start_mode=clone:stop_mode=clone[r]; [0:v][r]concat" -c ffv1 loop.mkv

Reorder streams and change default audio stream disposition

ffmpeg -i input.mkv -c copy -map v -map a:1 -map a:0 -disposition:a:0 default -disposition:a:1 0 out.mkv

Analyze volume

ffmpeg -i file.wav -af volumedetect -vn -dn -sn -f null /dev/null

Increase volume of more silent audio sections

ffmpeg -i input.wav -af dynaudnorm=m=100 out.wav

Create a music WebM. b:v needs to be set along with crf and specifies maximum bitrate.

ffmpeg -i Cyprian_Kamil_Norwid_foto.jpg -i 02-aerumnarum-plenus.flac -c:v libvpx -crf 10 -b:v 2M -c:a libvorbis -q:a 5 -t 3:00 aerumnarum-plenus.webm

Compress LPCM track with FLAC

ffmpeg -i lpcm.mkv -compression_level 12 lpcm.flac

Burn picture-based subtitles into video

ffmpeg -i input.mkv -filter_complex "[0:v][0:s]overlay[v]" -map "[v]" -map 0:a <output options> output.mkv

findimagedupes

findimagedupes --recurse --prune --fingerprints fingerprints --threshold 85% --program $(which feh) .

findutils

Print files with sizes

find -type f -exec du --apparent-size -h {} +

firefox

about:config tweaks

Name Value Comment
identity.fxaccounts.enabled false Disable Sync
extensions.pocket.enabled false Disable Pocket
layers.acceleration.force-enabled true Enable OpenGL compositor
gfx.webrender.all true Enable WebRender compositor
media.ffmpeg.vaapi.enabled true Enable VA-API
mousewheel.default.delta_multiplier_y 200 Increase scroll wheel sensitivity
image.http.accept */* Do not advertise WebP support in Accept header

Environment variables

Name Value Comment
MOZ_LOG PlatformDecoderModule:5 Log VA-API information
MOZ_X11_EGL 1 Needed for VA-API under Xorg

Setting up certificates

firejail

Run program without WAN/Internet access. For non-root this requires disabling restricted-network setting in /etc/firejail/firejail.config

firejail --noprofile --net=eth0 --netfilter=only-local.net PROGRAM

where only-local.net contains following netfilter configuration

*filter
:INPUT DROP [0:0]
:FORWARD DROP [0:0]
:OUTPUT DROP [0:0]

# Accept loopback
-A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT
-A OUTPUT -o lo -j ACCEPT

# Keep State for already stablished traffic
-A INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
-A OUTPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT

# Allow LAN
-A INPUT -s 192.168.1.0/24 -j ACCEPT
-A OUTPUT -d 192.168.1.0/24 -j ACCEPT

COMMIT

Restrict users who are allowed to run firejail by listing them in /etc/firejail/firejail.users file

fish

Set as login shell

chsh -s /usr/bin/fish xubuntu

Disable prompt

set -U fish_greeting

Change umask for interactive shell
~/.config/fish/config.fish

if status --is-interactive
    umask 022
end

flac

List contents of metadata blocks of type VORBIS_COMMENT and PICTURE

metaflac --list --block-type=VORBIS_COMMENT,PICTURE audio.flac

fscrypt

Setup encryption

tune2fs -O encrypt /dev/sda2
fscrypt setup
fscrypt setup /
jq '.options.policy_version = "2"' < /etc/fscrypt.conf > /etc/fscrypt.conf.tmp && mv /etc/fscrypt.conf{.tmp,}

Create user with encrypted home directory

adduser foo
mv /home/foo{,.old}
mkdir /home/foo
fscrypt encrypt /home/foo --user=foo
cp -aT /home/foo.old /home/foo
rm -rf /home/foo.old
fscrypt lock /home/foo --user=foo

Increase priority of fscrypt PAM profile in /usr/share/pam-configs so that its module loads before systemd one

editor /usr/share/pam-configs/fscrypt
pam-auth-update

Remove unused policy

mkdir test-fscrypt
fscrypt encrypt test-fscrypt
fscrypt status test-fscrypt
rmdir test-fscrypt
fscrypt metadata destroy --policy=/:f563fb488794fe85302878cec58e73e1

G

gajim

Optional dependencies: gir1.2-gsound-1.0 (sounds)
Useful plugins: gajim-omemo, gajim-urlimagepreview

gdb

Install debugging symbols for package foo

apt install ubuntu-dbgsym-keyring

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ddebs.list:

deb http://ddebs.ubuntu.com focal main restricted universe multiverse

apt update && apt install foo-dbgsym

geary

Requires org.freedesktop.secrets service provider in order to start (i.e. gnome-keyring)

gimp

Disable global menu

env UBUNTU_MENUPROXY= gimp

git

Create dotfiles repo

git init --bare ~/.dotfiles
alias dotfiles='git --git-dir="$HOME/.dotfiles" --work-tree="$HOME"'
dotfiles config status.showUntrackedFiles no

Cleanup unnecessary files and optimize the local repository

git gc --prune=now

Count unpacked number of objects and their disk consumption

git count-objects -vH

Verifies the connectivity and validity of the objects in the database

git fsck

Prune all unreachable objects from the object database

git prune -v

Restore deleted file: first search for commit id with deletion then restore from its parent

git log -n 1 -- file.txt
git restore --source <id>^ file.txt

GK6X

To build and run with Mono install mono-complete package

xbuild GK6X.sln

Cleanup

xbuild /target:clean

Run

cd Build
mono ./GK6X.exe

head /sys/class/hidraw/hidraw?/device/uevent
setfacl -m u:pmart:rw /dev/hidraw{4,5,6}

gpac

MP4Box -splits 8192 <file>

gpg

List keys

gpg --list-keys
gpg -k

List secret keys

gpg --list-secret-keys
gpg -K

Import key

gpg --import public.asc

Import key from keyserver

gpg --keyserver keyring.debian.org --recv-keys 'F41D30342F3546695F65C66942468F4009EA8AC3'

Verify signature

gpg --verify twrp-3.5.0_9-0-dipper.img.asc twrp-3.5.0_9-0-dipper.img

Export encryption subkey to password-protected file

$ gpg --list-secret-keys --with-subkey-fingerprint
/home/pmart/.gnupg/pubring.kbx
------------------------------
sec   ed25519 2020-04-15 [SC] [expires: 2021-04-15]
      0299FB2433E2E333B77DA58FD3A55548FACF8DDE
uid           [ultimate] pmart
ssb   cv25519 2020-04-15 [E] [expires: 2021-04-15]
      CC7F2A9640625059632031F2B5B6FFB5A6326A93
$ gpg --armor --gen-random 1 20
o9kMBpIvzy3e9OQFUbhpKlDk9vE=
$ gpg --armor --export-secret-subkeys CC7F2A9640625059632031F2B5B6FFB5A6326A93! | GPG_TTY=(tty) gpg --armor --symmetric --output mykey.asc

Renew key

$ gpg --list-keys
$ gpg --edit-key KEYID
gpg> expire
gpg> key 1
gpg> expire
...
gpg> save

gpg-agent

Relax password TTL in ~/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf

default-cache-ttl 14400
max-cache-ttl 86400

gradle

Install upstream distributed version

cd /opt
unzip ~pmart/Downloads/gradle-6.3-bin.zip
ln -s gradle-6.3 gradle
ln -s /opt/gradle/bin/gradle /usr/local/bin/gradle

graphicsmagick

Resize image to fit into 1080 box (only shrink larger images)

gm convert -resize '1080x1080>' original.png small.png

Draw some text

gm convert -size 400x100 xc:yellow -fill black -pointsize 72 -gravity Center -draw 'text 0,0 "some text"' image.png

Package gsfonts needs to be installed or else above will result in error

gm convert: Unable to read font (/usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts/n019003l.pfb) [No such file or directory].

grub2-common

Install from live USB on a system with broken EFI

grub-install --target x86_64-efi --efi-directory /mnt

Install with no Secure Boot support and without changing NVRAM variables. Log verbosely to file.

grub-install --no-nvram --no-uefi-secure-boot --verbose 2> grub-install.log

gstreamer1.0-tools

Inspect GStreamer plugins/elements

gst-inspect-1.0 video4linux2

gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly

Needed for ASF video

H

hdparm

Option Description Value
-B Get/set Advanced Power Management feature 1-127 permit spindown
128-254 no spindown
255 off
-C Check drive power mode status
-I Show drive information
-M Get/set Automatic Acoustic Management setting 0 off
128 quiet
254 fast
-S Set standby (spindown) timeout 0 disabled
1-240 multiples of 5 seconds (5 seconds to 20 minutes)
241-251 1 to 11 units of 30 minutes (30 minutes to 5.5 hours)
252 21 minutes
253 vendor-defined timeout period between 8 and 12 hours
254 reserved
255 21 minutes plus 15 seconds
-y Put drive in standby mode
-Y Put drive to sleep
-z Re-read partition table

Change default APM value (254) for second ATA disk in /etc/hdparm.conf to allow spindown and set spindown timeout to 10 minutes

/dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:1f.2-ata-2 {
    apm = 127
    spindown_time = 120
}

Benchmark read performance

hdparm -Tt /dev/sdX
ATA Security

List security options

hdparm --security-help

Check if security is not frozen

hdparm -I /dev/sdX # Security: not enabled, not frozen

Set user password (use --security-prompt-for-password to prompt for password)

hdparm --user-master u --security-set-pass PasSWord /dev/sdX
hdparm -I /dev/sdX # Security: enabled

Security erase

hdparm --user-master u --security-erase PasSWord /dev/sdX

Enhanced security erase

hdparm --user-master u --security-erase-enhanced PasSWord /dev/sdX

After erase security should be automatically set to disabled

hdparm -I /dev/sdx # Security: not enabled

Implementation of Lenovo ThinkPad HDD password algorithm

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intel-gpu-tools

Monitor GPU performance

intel_gpu_top

ipodpatcher

List firmware partition contents

ipodpatcher <device> -l

Install using method 3) OSOS contains only the Rockbox bootloader

ipodpatcher <device> -wf ~/Downloads/bootloader-ipodvideo.ipod

Update to new version (clean install)

wget -P ~/Downloads 'https://download.rockbox.org/release/3.15/rockbox-ipodvideo-3.15.zip' 'https://download.rockbox.org/release/3.15/rockbox-fonts-3.15.zip'
tar czf rockbox-old.tar.gz .rockbox/
rm -rf .rockbox/
unzip ~/Downloads/rockbox-\*.zip
tar xf rockbox-old.tar.gz .rockbox/apple_os.ipod

iproute2

Enable network interface

ip link set enp0s25 up

Manually add a static IP address

ip address add 192.168.1.177/24 broadcast + dev enp0s25

Set default gateway

ip route add default via 192.168.1.1 dev enp0s25

Display listening TCP/UDP sockets with processes using them

ss -lutp

iwd

Use unique MAC address per SSID

[General]
AddressRandomization=network

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jellyfin

Install from upstream repository

curl https://repo.jellyfin.org/jellyfin_team.gpg.key | apt-key add -
echo 'deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.jellyfin.org/ubuntu/stable main' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jellyfin.list

Start server

jellyfin --webdir=/usr/share/jellyfin/web --ffmpeg=/usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/ffmpeg
Media library content type Type in options.xml Additional files
Movies Movie movies.collection
Photos Video homevideos.collection
Others Series, Season, Episode, Movie -

joystick

Test gamepad (Joystick API)

jstest /dev/input/js0

Test force feedback (evdev API)

fftest /dev/input/by-id/usb-8Bitdo_SF30_Pro_8BitDo_SN30_Pro+_SF30_Pro-event-joystick

jq

Rename keys of objects in array

jq 'map(with_entries(.key |= if . == "a" then "id" elif . == "b" then "title" elif . == "c" then "isDone" else . end))'

K

kate

LSP plugin [1] [2]

Client configuration settings.json in Settings > Application > LSP Client > Server Configuration

Available language servers:

Markdown

Document Preview Plugin configuration

KParts:

kbd

Print scancodes or keycodes sent by the keyboard

showkey -s
showkey

Dump keyboard translation table (keymap)

dumpkeys

Swap Caps Lock with Escape (swapcapsesc.kmap)

keycode 1 = Caps_Lock
keycode 58 = Escape

Load keyboard translation table

loadkeys swapcapsesc.kmap

Show console font

showconsolefont -v

Adjust typematic delay and rate to 200 ms and 30 Hz

kbdrate -d 200 -r 30

kde-cli-tools

Restart Plasma

kquitapp5 plasmashell && kstart5 plasmashell

kdeconnect

Workaround bug with /usr/local/bin/sshfs wrapper

#!/bin/sh

exec /usr/bin/sshfs -oKexAlgorithms=+diffie-hellman-group14-sha1 "$@"

kdegraphics-thumbnailers

thumbnail.so processes do not close

kindlegen

Convert EPUB to Kindle format (MobiPocket + KF8 + source)

kindlegen ~/Downloads/book.epub -c2 -o book.mobi

Extract KF8 (.azw3) with KindleUnpack

python3 ~/src/KindleUnpack-082/lib/kindleunpack.py -s book.mobi out/

kmod

Disable UAS protocol for device

echo 'options usb-storage quirks=152d:a561:u' > /etc/modprobe.d/uas.conf

konversation

To inhibit sleep while open change launcher command to

systemd-inhibit --what=sleep --why 'Using IRC' konversation ...

Error when playing sound

[00007fe980005810] cache_read stream error: AStreamSeekStream: hard seek failed

kwin-common

Desktop Effects video previews in Ogg/MP4 format require installing Qt 5 Multimedia plugins and GStreamer.

Required GStreamer elements:

  • http source is part of gstreamer1.0-plugins-good
  • video/ogg and video/x-theora decoders are part of gstreamer1.0-plugins-base
  • video/mpeg, mpegversion=(int)4 decoder is part of gstreamer1.0-libav
apt install libqt5multimedia5-plugins gstreamer1.0-plugins-good gstreamer1.0-libav
apt markauto libqt5multimedia5-plugins

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libbluray-bin

Show Bluray disc info

bd_info <dir>

glibc

Convert file from Windows-1250 code page

iconv -f cp1250 -o instrukcja.txt instrukcja.txt

Find installed NSS modules

find /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -name 'libnss_*' -type f

libcanberra

Install GTK+ modules to automatically hook toolkit events to sounds, PulseAudio backend and canberra-gtk-play test utility

apt install libcanberra-gtk{,3}-module libcanberra-pulse gnome-session-canberra

~/.xessionrc:

export NO_AT_BRIDGE=1
export GTK_MODULES=canberra-gtk3-module:canberra-gtk-module
dbus-update-activation-environment --verbose --systemd GTK_MODULES NO_AT_BRIDGE

libjpeg-turbo-progs

Lossless crop-and-drop 1 2

libnss-systemd

Dynamic users are currently not used for systemd-* services (#902971)

libreoffice

Additional KDE integration

apt install libreoffice-{kf5,plasma,style-breeze}

Additional GTK3 integration (Xfce)

apt install libreoffice-gtk3

libva2

For Intel Gen8+ graphics (Broadwell and newer) install both old and new drivers (non-free versions)

apt install i965-va-driver-shaders intel-media-va-driver-non-free

Select driver with environment variable (defaults to newer)

LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=i965 vainfo
LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=iHD vainfo

libxml2-utils

Workaround XML namespaces

xmllint --xpath '/*[local-name()="project"]/*[local-name()="version"]/text()' pom.xml

Attribute predicates

xmllint --xpath '/datafile/game[starts-with(@name, "Tomb Raider") and contains(@name, "Chronicles") and contains(@name, "USA")]' *.dat

lightdm

Display user list and enable autologin for user john in /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

[Seat:*]
autologin-user=john
greeter-hide-users=false

Change greeter language

systemctl edit lightdm.service

[Service]
Environment=LANG=pl_PL.utf8

lightdm-gtk-greeter

Broken language selection:

Workaround by setting environment variable in ~/.xsessionrc

export LANG=pl_PL.utf8
dbus-update-activation-environment --verbose --systemd LANG

Change default set of indicators and clock format. Disable user image (because it requires accountservice).

[greeter]
indicators = ~host;~spacer;~clock;~spacer;~session;~power
clock-format = %a %d %b, %H:%M
hide-user-image = true

linux

Disable Turbo Boost

echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/no_turbo

Rebind USB

echo 0000:00:13.0 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ohci-pci/unbind
echo 0000:00:13.0 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ohci-pci/bind

Avoid flickering on boot with Intel graphics

live-boot

Create a live USB stick with persistence

Download and verify ISO image

wget https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-live-builds/amd64/iso-hybrid/{debian-live-testing-amd64-standard.iso,SHA512SUMS{,.sign}}
gpg --keyserver keyring.debian.org --verify SHA512SUMS.sign SHA512SUMS
sha512sum --ignore-missing -c SHA512SUMS

Optional: allow user write access to USB stick block device (/dev/sdc)

sudo setfacl -m "u:$(id -u):rw" /dev/sdc*

Partition USB stick into two partitions

printf '%s\n' '- '(math (stat -c %s debian-live-testing-amd64-mate.iso) '* 1.01 / 1024')'K U *' '- - L -' | sfdisk --no-reread /dev/sdc

Setup live partition:

  • create FAT32 filesystem with label live
  • copy files from ISO image
  • add persistence parameter to grub.cfg
mkdosfs -v -F 32 -n live /dev/sdc1
mkdir /mnt/{iso,usb}
mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt/usb
mount debian-live-testing-amd64-mate.iso /mnt/iso
cp -rT /mnt/iso /mnt/usb
edit /mnt/usb/boot/grub/grub.cfg # Add 'persistence' boot parameter
umount /mnt/{iso,usb}
rmdir /mnt/{iso,usb}

Setup persistence partition:

  • create ext4 filesystem (without journal) with label persistence
  • add persistence.conf configuration file
mke2fs -v -t ext4 -O '^has_journal' -m 0 -L persistence /dev/sdc2
mount /dev/sdc2 /mnt
echo '/ union' > /mnt/persistence.conf
umount /mnt

login

Change UMASK value to 027 in /etc/login.defs

losslesscut

Use nc (normal cut) option.

lvm2

Create LUKS-on-LVM volume

lvcreate -L 20G vg0 -n lv0

Increase logical volume size

lvresize -L +60G --resizefs vg0/lv0

lsdvd

Print information about DVD-Video titles

lsdvd /path/to/dvd
lsdvd -t 6 -x /path/to/dvd

M

makemkv

Allow removable media access

snap connect makemkv:removable-media

Reinstall

snap remove --purge makemkv
snap install makemkv

mame-tools

Convert BIN/CUE images into CHD format

ext=cue for f in *.$ext; chdman createcd -i $f -o (basename $f .$ext).chd || break; echo; end

Extract BIN/CUE from CHD file

chdman extractcd -i file.chd -o file.cue

mdf2iso

Convert MDF images into BIN/CUE format

for f in *.mdf; mdf2iso --cue $f || break; end

me_cleaner

Show infromation about ME image in firmware

python me_cleaner.py -c firmware.bin

Neutralize Intel ME

python me_cleaner.py -S -O modified_firmware.bin original_firmware.bin

mencoder

Remux DVD-Video to Matroska

mencoder dvd://2/kanal -ovc copy -oac copy -o out.mkv

miniupnpc

List UPnP IGD redirections

upnpc -l

Like above but bypass discovery process by providing the XML root description url

upnpc -u http://192.168.1.1:60000/b54ecc90/gatedesc1.xml -l

Add external TCP port 4777 redirect to internal 192.168.1.10:4777

upnpc -a 192.168.1.10 4777 4777 tcp

Remove external TCP port 4777 redirect

upnpc -d 4777

minitube

Segfaults when trying to browse videos

Thread 1 "minitube" received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x00007ffff65821f4 in QString::operator=(QString const&) () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5

mkvtoolnix

When remuxing bluray it doesn't properly support seamless branching link

Remux DVD-Video to Matroska (no subpicture support)

mkvmerge -v -o out.mkv --title Kanal --chapters kanal:2 kanal/VIDEO_TS/VTS_02_1.VOB

Show information about Matroska file

mkvmerge --identify kanal.mkv
mkvinfo kanal.mkv

Add title and unset default flag for subtitle tracks

mkvpropedit --set 'title=Kanał' --edit track:s1 --set flag-default=0 --edit track:s2 --set flag-default=0 kanal.mkv

Show information about Bluray playlists

for f in ../hitchcock/rear-window/BDMV/PLAYLIST/*.mpls; mkvmerge --identify $f; echo; end
Add chapter names from text file

Extract chapters to chapters.xml file

mkvextract paths-of-glory.mkv chapters chapters.xml

Insert chapter names stored one per line in names file

#!/usr/bin/fish

# Configuration
set lang eng
set chapters_file chapters.xml
set names_file names

set i 1
set ed_args

while read name
    set el (mktemp -u ChapterDisplay.XXXXXX)
    set ed_args $ed_args \
        -s //ChapterAtom[$i] -t elem -n $el \
        -s //$el -t elem -n ChapterString -v $name \
        -s //$el -t elem -n ChapterLanguage -v $lang \
        -r //$el -v ChapterDisplay
    set i (math $i + 1)
end < $names_file

xmlstarlet --inplace ed $ed_args $chapters_file

Add modified chapters back

mkvpropedit paths-of-glory.mkv --chapters chapters-new.xml

mpv

Play multiple Blu-ray titles with

mpv bd://mpls/{338,347,102} --bluray-device /path

Play two videos stacked

mpv --external-file=bottom.mkv --lavfi-complex='[vid1] [vid2] vstack [vo]' top.mkv

Build new upstream version

apt source mpv
cd mpv-0.32.0
uscan
uupdate ../mpv_0.33.0.orig.tar.gz
cd ../mpv-0.33.0
dpkg-source --before-build # or quilt push -a
edit debian/rules
edit debian/control
dch -l '~pmart' 'Mark as local'
mk-build-deps --install --remove -s sudo debian/control
dpkg-buildpackage -T binary
sudo apt install ../mpv_0.33.0-0ubuntu1~pmart1_amd64.deb

Show properties on OSD

mpv --osd-msg1='${video-frame-info/interlaced}' interlaced.mp4

Test video tearing

mpv --no-config --video-sync=display-resample --hwdec=vaapi http://www.oc-burner.de/ftp/Videos/juddertest/juddertest_60.mp4

mount

Use a partition inside a file

# losetup --find --show --read-only --partscan EmuELEC-Amlogic-ng.arm-3.8-Generic.img
/dev/loop0
# ls /dev/loop0*
/dev/loop0  /dev/loop0p1  /dev/loop0p2
# mount /dev/loop0p1 /mnt

# umount /dev/loop0p1
# losetup --detach /dev/loop0

muon

Unnecessary dependency to software-proprties-qt in Ubuntu

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netplan.io

Allow members of sudo group access to wpa_supplicant's socket

systemctl edit netplan-wpa-wlp3s0.service
netplan apply
[Service]
ExecStart=
ExecStart=/sbin/wpa_supplicant -c /run/netplan/wpa-wlp3s0.conf -iwlp3s0 -O 'DIR=/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=sudo'

nftables

List tables

nft list tables

Show inet table filter chains

nft list table inet filter

Add rule to inet table filter to chain output

nft add rule inet filter output ip daddr 8.8.8.8 drop

nodejs

Install as snap

Install in /opt

cd /opt
tar --no-same-owner -xf ~pmart/Downloads/node-v12.16.1-linux-x64.tar.xz
ln -s node-v12.16.1-linux-x64 node
ln -s /opt/node/bin/{node,npm,npx} /usr/local/bin

Allow installing modules globally without root

npm config set prefix ~/.local

O

okular

Backends for additional formats support (CHM, DjVu, EPUB, Markdown, TIFF)

apt install okular-extra-backends
apt-mark auto okular-extra-backends

openssh-client

Create new key, authorise login on remote host with it, create config entry for that host

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -f ~/.ssh/id_n5max
ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id_n5max [email protected]

~/.ssh/config:

Host n5max
    HostName 192.168.1.21
    User root
    IdentitiesOnly yes
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_n5max

Find/remove entries for a hostname in known_hosts file

ssh-keygen -F 192.168.1.21
ssh-keygen -R 192.168.1.21

Fetch and store public SSH key for a host (dangerous)

ssh-keyscan -t ecdsa -H 192.168.1.21 >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts

openssl

Show information about X.509 certificate (add -inform der for DER format)

openssl x509 -noout -text -in public.crt

View content of RSA private key

openssl rsa -noout -text -in private.key

Create a self-signed X.509 certificate for subject CN = foobar containing RSA public key in public.crt PEM file valid for 1 year and corresponding RSA private key in private.key file stored without encryption

openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:2048 -subj '/CN=foobar' -days 365 -nodes -out public.crt -keyout private.key

Store key and certificate in PKCS#12 format

openssl pkcs12 -export -inkey private.key -in public.crt -out key.pfx

Print info about PKCS#12 file

openssl pkcs12 -in key.pfx -info -noout

Test TLS client/server

openssl s_client -connect www.paypal.com:443
openssl s_server ...
Create server certificate for foobar domain
  • Create root CA private key and self-signed certificate
  • Create server private key and CSR
  • Create server certificate from CSR with signature from root CA
openssl req -newkey rsa:4096 -x509 -days 3650 -config ca.cnf -subj '/CN=pmart' -out root.crt -keyout root.key
openssl req -new -config ca.cnf -subj '/CN=myserver' -out myserver.csr -keyout myserver.key
openssl x509 -req -in myserver.csr -CA root.crt -CAkey root.key -CAcreateserial -days 365 -extfile ca.cnf -out myserver.crt
rm myserver.csr

Contents of ca.cnf file

extensions = server_exts

[ req ]
distinguished_name = subject
x509_extensions = root_exts

[ subject ]
commonName = Common Name (e.g. server FQDN or YOUR name)
commonName_default = Example Company

[ root_exts ]
basicConstraints = critical, CA:TRUE, pathlen:0
keyUsage = critical, keyCertSign
subjectKeyIdentifier = hash
authorityKeyIdentifier = keyid

[ server_exts ]
basicConstraints = critical, CA:FALSE
keyUsage = critical, digitalSignature
extendedKeyUsage = serverAuth
subjectKeyIdentifier = hash
authorityKeyIdentifier = keyid:always
subjectAltName = @alt_names

[ alt_names ]
DNS.1 = foobar
Create a self-signed client certificate for OFTC
openssl req -nodes -subj '/CN=N\/A' -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout nick.key -x509 -days 3650 -out nick.cer
cat nick.cer nick.key > nick.pem
chmod 400 nick.pem
rm nick.cer nick.key

opus-tools

Transcode to Opus

set ext flac; for f in **.$ext; opusenc --bitrate 128 --discard-picture $f (string replace -r "\.$ext\$" .opus $f); or break; end

Decode opus to wav (without resampling back to 44100)

opusdec --rate 48000 audio.opus audio.wav

osslsigncode

Verify Microsoft Authenticode digital signature on file

osslsigncode verify ~/Downloads/mp3tagv303setup.exe

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p7zip

Extract multiple archives (keep original files)

p7zip -d -k *.7z

or

7zr x '*.7z'

pass

Fix symlinks broken by Android app

for f in ~/.password-store/**; if [ 'text/plain' = (file -b --mime-type $f) ]; echo ln -sf -- (cat $f) $f; end; end

Generate new password (replace first line of password file)

PASSWORD_STORE_CHARACTER_SET='[:alnum:]_' pass generate -i example.com

passwd

Rename user from foo to bar and move his home directory. Additionaly rename its primary group (with the same name).

usermod --login bar --home /home/bar --move-home foo
groupmod --new-name bar foo

pbuilder

Configure pbuilder in /etc/pbuilderrc:

  • make build results available as dependencies for subsequent builds
  • enable eatmydata usage for additional performance
HOOKDIR=/etc/pbuilder/hooks
BINDMOUNTS=/var/cache/pbuilder/result
OTHERMIRROR='deb [trusted=yes] file:/var/cache/pbuilder/result ./'
EATMYDATA=yes

Create a hook script /etc/pbuilder/hooks/D70results:

#!/bin/sh
cd /var/cache/pbuilder/result
dpkg-scanpackages . > Packages
apt update
chmod +x /etc/pbuilder/hooks/D70results
touch /var/cache/pbuilder/result/Packages

Create/update chroot image base.tgz for focal release

pbuilder create --distribution focal
pbuilder update

Inspect chroot (for debugging)

pbuilder login

Download and verify dino-im source package

dget -d 'http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/d/dino-im/dino-im_0.2.0-3.dsc'

Build dino-im package using pbuilder

pbuilder build dino-im_0.2.0-3.dsc

Install build results

apt install /var/cache/pbuilder/result/dino-im_0.2.0-3_amd64.deb /var/cache/pbuilder/result/dino-im-common_0.2.0-3_all.deb
apt-mark auto dino-im-common

plasma-workspace

Enable global menu support for GTK apps and Intellij IDEA

apt install appmenu-gtk{2,3}-module libdbusmenu-glib4

psi

Fails to log in without libsasl-modules, yet does not depend on them

apt install libsasl2-modules

python3-minimal

Compile *.py to *.pyc (recursively)

python3 -m compileall .

python3-mutagen

List file ID3 tags

mid3v2 -l fonoteka-1/01-profesjonalizm.mp3

R

read-edid

Get monitor EDID from i2c bus 6 (Also available from xrandr --verbose)

get-edid -b 6 | parse-edid

readline

Configuration in ~/.inputrc (or /etc/inputrc). Run bind -f ~/.inputrc or type ^X ^R to reload.

set completion-ignore-case on
#set show-all-if-unmodified on
set show-all-if-ambiguous on

set editing-mode vi
set show-mode-in-prompt on
$if term=linux
	set vi-ins-mode-string \1\e[?0c\2
	set vi-cmd-mode-string \1\e[?8c\2
$else
	set vi-ins-mode-string \1\e[6 q\2
	set vi-cmd-mode-string \1\e[2 q\2
$endif

"\C-x\C-r": re-read-init-file

redshift

  • Create ~/.config/redshift/redshift.conf
  • cp /usr/share/applications/redshift.desktop ~/.config/autostart
  • sed -i /^Terminal=/d ~/.config/autostart/redshift.desktop
  • systemctl --user --now enable redshift.service

rename

Lowercase, replace spaces with dashes

rename -v 'y/A-Z/a-z/; s/ /-/g' *.mp3

retroarch

Search database

libretrodb_tool ~/.config/retroarch/database/rdb/Sony\ -\ PlayStation.rdb find '{"name": glob("Tomb Raider Chronicles *USA*")}'
libretrodb_tool ~/.config/retroarch/database/rdb/Atari\ -\ 2600.rdb find '{"crc": b"42AD47BF"}'

rsync

Copy roms to TV box

rsync -rlt --progress --delete --filter={'P */','P gamelist.xml','P *.srm','P *.state'} -n ~/roms n5max:

Option summary

--verbose, -v            increase verbosity
--checksum, -c           skip based on checksum, not mod-time & size
--archive, -a            archive mode is -rlptgoD (no -A,-X,-U,-N,-H)
--recursive, -r          recurse into directories
--update, -u             skip files that are newer on the receiver
--dirs, -d               transfer directories without recursing
--links, -l              copy symlinks as symlinks
--perms, -p              preserve permissions
--owner, -o              preserve owner (super-user only)
--group, -g              preserve group
-D                       same as --devices --specials
--times, -t              preserve modification times
--preallocate           allocate dest files before writing them
--dry-run, -n            perform a trial run with no changes made
--existing               skip creating new files on receiver
--ignore-existing        skip updating files that exist on receiver
--delete                 delete extraneous files from dest dirs
--partial                keep partially transferred files
--ignore-times, -I       don't skip files that match size and time
--size-only              skip files that match in size
--compress, -z           compress file data during the transfer
--progress               show progress during transfer
-P                       same as --partial --progress

S

sbsigntool

Enroll Secure Boot keys in firmware

mkdir -p /etc/secureboot/keys/{db,dbx,KEK,PK}
# Copy .auth files into directories
sbkeysync --verbose --pk --dry-run # Previev changes
sbkeysync --verbose
sbkeysync --verbose --pk

List/verify image signatures

sbverify --list linux.efi
sbverify --cert db.crt linux.efi

sddm

Install with Breeze theme

apt install sddm sddm-theme-breeze

Switch user without session lock

busctl call org.freedesktop.DisplayManager /org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Seat0 org.freedesktop.DisplayManager.Seat SwitchToGreeter

Unable to run Xorg as non-root (Fixed after 0.19 release)

sed

Add PREGAP to each track in cuesheet

sed -i '/INDEX 01/i \ \ \ \ PREGAP 00:02:00' album.cue

sg3-utils

Detect eSATA drive on sd 3:0:0:0

rescan-scsi-bus.sh -a --hosts=3 --channels=0 --ids=0 --luns=0

shntool

Split album by cuesheet to Vorbis files (requires flac for decoding and vorbis-tools for encoding)

shnsplit -f album.cue -o 'cust ext=ogg oggenc -q 5 -o %f -' -t '%n. %t' album.flac
cuetag album.cue *.ogg

Split album by cuesheet to Opus files (requires mac for decoding and opus-tools for encoding)

shnsplit -f album.cue -o 'cust ext=opus opusenc --bitrate 128 - %f' -t '%n. %t' album.ape

sicherboot

First switch Secure Boot into Setup Mode. Then generate keys and copy them to ESP for enrollment with KeyTool.

sicherboot setup

Make sure KeyTool is lauched on next boot

bootctl set-oneshot <uuid>-keytool.conf

smartmontools

Print a large amount of SMART information for drive /dev/sda.

smartctl -a /dev/sda

Begin an extended self-test of drive /dev/sdc. You can issue this command on a running system. The results can be seen in the self-test log visible with the '-l selftest' option after it has completed.

smartctl -t long /dev/sdc

snapd

For live installation add apparmor_parser /var/lib/snapd/apparmor/profiles to /etc/rc.local

Inspect confinement of snap

snap run --shell <name>

sox

Generate audio spectrogram

sox file.mp3 -n spectrogram -o spectrogram.png

spotify-adblock-linux

Installation

git clone https://github.com/abba23/spotify-adblock-linux.git
cd spotify-adblock-linux
wget -O cef.tar.bz2 http://opensource.spotify.com/cefbuilds/cef_binary_80.0.8%2Bgf96cd1d%2Bchromium-80.0.3987.132_linux64_minimal.tar.bz2
tar -xf cef.tar.bz2 --wildcards '*/include' --strip-components=1
make
cp spotify-adblock.so /usr/local/lib/

Usage

env LD_PRELOAD=/usr/local/lib/spotify-adblock.so spotify

systemd

Set hostname

hostnamectl set-hostname foobar

Set timezone

timedatectl set-timezone Europe/Warsaw

Inhibit sleep while downloading

systemd-inhibit --what=sleep wget <url>

Run command without Internet access (doesn't work with user units #12327)

systemd-run -p IPAddressDeny=any -p IPAddressAllow=localhost -p IPAddressAllow=192.168.1.0/24 <cmd>

Make bootctl accept ESP on MBR (/usr/local/bin/bootctl)

#!/bin/sh

SYSTEMD_RELAX_ESP_CHECKS=1 /usr/bin/bootctl "$@"
systemd-networkd

Enable DHCPv4 on enp0s25 interface (/etc/systemd/network/20-enp0s25.network)

[Match]
Name=enp0s25

[Network]
DHCP=ipv4

Enable DHCP with privacy options for all wireless interfaces when connecting to SSID foobar

[Match]
Type=wlan
SSID=foobar

[Network]
DHCP=ipv4

[DHCPv4]
Anonymize=true
networkctl

List links

networkctl
networkctl list

Show general status or infromation about specified links

networkctl status
networkctl status 1

Bring devices up/down

networkctl up|down <device>

Reload .network and .netdev files

networkctl reload

T

tcpdump

Show TCP packets on port (including headers)

tcpdump -i lo -X tcp port 3321

tcpflow

Show flow of data on TCP port

tcpflow -i lo -c tcp port 3321 or tcp portrange 5000-5003

thunderbird

Creating date and time format requires Thunderbird 91 or higher
LC_TIME problems

tidy

Correct and cleanup HTML/XML document

tidy -i file.xml > clean.xml

thinkfan

systemctl edit thinkfan.service
[Service]
ExecStartPre=/usr/local/sbin/update-thinkfan-conf

tmux

Run a stress test with monitoring

apt install linux-tools-generic lm-sensors
tmux new-session fish \; \
split-window -h watch -xtn 1 cpupower -c all frequency-info --freq --human \; \
split-window -v -p 66 watch -xt sensors \; \
select-pane -t 0

torbrowser-launcher

Symlink ~/.gnupg directory for Browserpass extension

ln -s ~/.gnupg ~/.local/share/torbrowser/tbb/x86_64/tor-browser_en-US/Browser

tracepath-utils

Trace path to network host discovering MTU along this path

tracepath wikipedia.pl

U

udev

  • cp /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-cdrom_id.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/
  • remove RUN+="cdrom_id --eject-media $devnode" from rule in the copied file

udisks2

Allow certain LVM volumes to be mounted by user
SUBSYSTEM=="block", KERNEL=="dm-[0-9]*", ENV{ID_FS_UUID}=="e3f91257-7e81-419d-bbdd-8e0862ff9085|49792991-f58d-4bdf-b17e-e4288b0fe756", ENV{UDISKS_SYSTEM}="0"

But this results in udiskd checking for org.freedesktop.udisks2.filesystem-mount-other-seat

Create /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/10-udisks.pkla instead

[Allow user mounting]
Identity=unix-group:users
Action=org.freedesktop.udisks2.filesystem-mount-system;org.freedesktop.udisks2.encrypted-unlock-system
ResultActive=yes
Mount file
$ udisksctl loop-setup -f foo.iso
Mapped file foo.iso as /dev/loop15.
$ udisksctl mount -b /dev/loop15
Mounted /dev/loop15 at /media/user/FOO.

$ udisksctl unmount -b /dev/loop15 
Unmounted /dev/loop15.
$ udisksctl loop-delete -b /dev/loop15

ungoogled-chromium

echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/ungoogled_chromium/Ubuntu_Focal/ /' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ungoogled-chromium.list
curl -s 'https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/ungoogled_chromium/Ubuntu_Focal/Release.key' | apt-key add -
apt update
apt install ungoogled-chromium

unrar

Unrar multiple files

unrar x '*.rar'

unzip

Unzip multiple files

unzip '*.zip'

usbutils

Reset USB device (by product and vendor id, by bus and device number, by product name)

usbreset 21b4:0083
usbreset 001/029
usbreset 'AudioQuest DragonFly Black v1.5'

util-linux

Verify TRIM support: DISC-GRAN (discard granularity) and DISC-MAX (discard max bytes) columns

lsblk --discard

Discard all blocks on device

blkdiscard /dev/sdX

V

vim

Use vim.tiny as regular vim

ln -s /usr/bin/vim.tiny /usr/local/bin/vim

Configuration (~/.vimrc or /etc/vim/vimrc.local). vim-tiny requires commenting out vimrc.local existance check in /etc/vim/vimrc (no scripting support)

set softtabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 expandtab autoindent

Increase verbosity (check which configuration files are sourced)

vim -V

vorbis-tools

oggenc -q 5 *.wav

Encode in parallel

find -name '*.flac' -print0 | xargs -0 -P 4 -n 5 oggenc -q 5 --quiet

vsftpd

Doesn't work with certificate generated by ssl-cert package. Instead generate new one

openssl req -x509 -nodes -out /etc/ssl/certs/vsftpd.pem -keyout /etc/ssl/private/vsftpd.key -days 3650 -newkey rsa:2048
Run server as non-root

Add config file ~/.config/vsftpd/conf

run_as_launching_user=YES
listen=YES
listen_address=127.0.0.1
listen_port=3321
pasv_min_port=5000
pasv_max_port=5003
anonymous_enable=YES
anon_root=/home
anon_world_readable_only=NO
secure_email_list_enable=YES
email_password_file=/home/<user>/.config/vsftpd/email_passwords
use_localtime=YES
log_ftp_protocol=YES

Generate email password for anonymous user

pwgen 16 > ~/.config/vsftpd/email_passwords

Run server

vsftpd -oxferlog_enable=YES -ovsftpd_log_file=(tty) ~/.config/vsftpd/conf

Add client credentials to ~/.netrc

machine localhost login ftp password ahke5Ba8caer3eux

Test connection

pftp -v localhost 3321

W

wavpack

Encode audio into WavPack files

wavpack -x3 *.wav

wget

Download file in background (continue)

wget -bc --content-disposition http://example.com

wine

Install stable version of Wine on amd64

dpkg --add-architecture i386
apt update
apt install wine wine32
apt-mark auto wine32

wpasupplicant

Disable DBus enabled service when using Netplan

systemctl disable --now wpa_supplicant.service

Tray icon

wpa_gui -t -m 10

X

x11-xserver-utils

Show current settings

xset q

Switch to DPMS state (standby, suspend, off)

xset dpms force MODE

Inactivity period for before the three modes are activated

xset dpms 600 900 1200

Create and use custom modeline

cvt 2560 1440 72
xrandr --newmode "2560x1440_72.00_rb"  291.75  2560 2608 2640 2720  1440 1443 1448 1490  +HSync -Vsync
xrandr --addmode DP-1 2560x1440_72.00_rb
xrandr --output DP-1 --above LVDS-1 --mode 2560x1440_72.00_rb

xdg-mime

Check default application associatied with MIME type

xdg-mime query default application/pdf

Set default application (~/.config/mimeapps.list)

xdg-mime default org.kde.okular.desktop application/pdf
xdg-mime default org.kde.gwenview.desktop image/jpeg image/png

Symlink legacy default applications file to simplify maintenance

ln -s ~/.config/mimeapps.list ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list

#888094

xfce4

Xubuntu theme (uses Noto Sans Regular 9 for GTK and Noto Sans Bold 9 for window titles)

apt install greybird-gtk-theme elementary-xfce-icon-theme fonts-noto-core

xfce4-panel

Thunar's file copy dialog uses systray plugin

xfce4-power-manager

Suspend fails (requests authentication in order to suspend)

xfce4-screensaver

Not part of bullseye release

xfwm4

Fix screen tearing

xmlstarlet

Delete elements matching XPath expression

xml ed -d "/xml/table/rec[@id='2']" xml/table.xml

xserver-xorg

Install with libinput for input and modesetting for video using Mesa for hardware acceleration. On Debian package insists on having xorg-video-driver (#813964) so install a dummy one.

apt install xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-input-libinput xserver-xorg-video-dummy libgl1-mesa-dri

xserver-xorg-core

Install server with libinput input driver

apt install xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-libinput

Calculate VESA CVT modeline

cvt -v 2560 1440 75
cvt -v -r 1920 1080

In case of ERROR: Multiple of 60Hz refresh rate required for reduced blanking error use other implementation 1 2

Enable tap to click in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/libinput.conf

Section "InputClass"
    Identifier "libinput touchpad"
    MatchDriver "libinput"
    MatchIsTouchpad "on"
    Option "Tapping" "on"
EndSection

Y

youtube-dl

pip3 install -U youtube-dl

Download audio playlist in Opus format (to get additional metadata from title add --metadata-from-title '%(artist)s - %(title)s')

youtube-dl -x -o '%(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)s. %(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s' -f 'bestaudio[acodec=opus]' --add-metadata 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZNdbmQP82E4&list=OLAK5uy_nHz-GyXaPVbf6elpOMYgWbq_U-tyfpVJA'

Z

zip

Archive current directory to ../out.zip file

zip -r ../out .

Create an EPUB file. mimetype must be first file in the archive.

zip -rX ../my.epub mimetype META-INF/ EPUB/
Raw
apt.conf
APT::Install-Recommends "false";
APT::AutoRemove::RecommendsImportant "true";
APT::AutoRemove::SuggestsImportant "false";
Raw
redshift.conf
; Global settings
[redshift]
temp-day=5700
temp-night=3500
location-provider=manual
; The location provider and adjustment method settings
; are in their own sections.
[manual]
lat=52.24
lon=21.08
Raw
update-thinkfan-conf
#!/bin/sh -eu
set -- acpitz coretemp
temp=$(mktemp thinkfan.conf.XXXXXXXXXX)
trap 'rm -f -- "$temp"' EXIT
sed '/^hwmon /d' /etc/thinkfan.conf > "$temp"
names=$(printf '%s\n' "$@")
for hwmon in /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon*; do
grep -qxF -- "$names" "$hwmon/name" || continue
printf 'hwmon %s\n' "$hwmon"/temp?_input >> "$temp"
done
mv -- "$temp" /etc/thinkfan.conf
Raw
widevine-for-chromium-snap
#!/bin/bash
# Chromium root directory
root="$HOME"/snap/chromium/current
# Create a temporary directory
tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)
# Download Chrome
echo "Downloading Chrome package..."
wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb -qO "$tmpdir"/chrome.deb
# Extract the archive
mkdir "$tmpdir"/chrome
echo "Extracting Chrome package..."
dpkg-deb -R "$tmpdir"/chrome.deb "$tmpdir"/chrome
# Copy the Widevine directory tree to the proper location
if [ ! -d "$root"/.local/lib ]; then
mkdir -p "$root"/.local/lib
fi
if [ -d "$root"/.local/lib/WidevineCdm ]; then
rm -R "$root"/.local/lib/WidevineCdm
fi
echo "Copying Widevine directory..."
cp -R "$tmpdir"/chrome/opt/google/chrome/WidevineCdm "$root"/.local/lib/
# Clean up
echo "Cleaning up..."
rm -R "$tmpdir"
echo "Please restart Chromium."
exit 0
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