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bcap / LinuxDualMonitors

Created September 20, 2012 21:05

Adjust double monitors display, edit changing screen names and position

	#!/bin/bash

	# xrandr --nograb --output <primary display name> --auto --pos 0x0 --primary --preferred
	# xrandr --nograb --output <secondary display name> --auto --pos <position X in relation to the primary monitor>x<position Y in relation of the primary monitor>

	xrandr --nograb --output VGA1 --auto --pos 0x0 --primary --preferred
	xrandr --nograb --output DP1 --auto --pos 1920x200

bcap / update.pp

Created January 20, 2013 05:11

Run apt get update in a more reasonable fashion

	class apt::update {
	# execute apt-get update if any of the following conditions met:
	# - there is no apt-get update cache data (eg. first run)
	# - any file in the /etc/apt/** was changed after the last execution
	# - it was executed more than 24h ago
	$apt_update_min_age_in_seconds = "24 * 60 * 60" # you can edit this

	$apt_update_condition_1 = "[[ ! -f /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin ]]"
	$apt_update_condition_2 = "find /etc/apt -cnewer /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin \| grep ."
	$apt_update_condition_3 = "[[ $(( $(date +%s) - $(stat -c %Z /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin) )) -gt $(( ${apt_update_min_age_in_seconds} )) ]]"

bcap / start-stop-daemon-template

Last active July 21, 2023 11:12

Template file for creating linux services out of executables using the start-stop-daemon

	#!/bin/bash
	### BEGIN INIT INFO
	# Provides: <service name>
	# Required-Start: $remote_fs $syslog
	# Required-Stop: $remote_fs $syslog
	# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
	# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
	# Short-Description: <service description>
	### END INIT INFO

bcap / terminal-control.sh

Last active September 21, 2025 10:46

Useful terminal control characters

	# Terminal output control (http://www.termsys.demon.co.uk/vtansi.htm)

	TC='\e['

	CLR_LINE_START="${TC}1K"
	CLR_LINE_END="${TC}K"
	CLR_LINE="${TC}2K"

	# Hope no terminal is greater than 1k columns
	RESET_LINE="${CLR_LINE}${TC}1000D"

bcap / carbon-vhost

Last active December 19, 2015 00:29

Python HTTP proxy (mod_python) for graphite-carbon

	# apache2 virtual host configuration

	<VirtualHost *:80>
	ServerName graphite
	DocumentRoot "/opt/graphite/webapp"
	ErrorLog "/var/log/graphite/error.log"
	CustomLog "/var/log/graphite/access.log" common

	<Location "/carbon-web-proxy/v1.0/">
	SetHandler python-program

bcap / btsync.conf

Created November 3, 2013 18:44

Simple BTSync config for Linux btsync CLI

	{
	"device_name": "sync test 1",
	"listening_port" : 7788,
	"storage_path" : "/var/lib/btsync/.sync",
	"check_for_updates" : false,
	"use_upnp" : false,

	// limits in kB/s. 0 = no limit
	"download_limit" : 0,
	"upload_limit" : 0,

bcap / cc-projects.py

Last active May 17, 2026 15:41

Manage Claude Code session transcripts across project dirs (list/move/copy)

	#!/usr/bin/env python3
	"""Manage Claude Code session transcripts across project dirs.

	Sessions live at ~/.claude/projects/<encoded-cwd>/<uuid>.jsonl where encoded-cwd
	is the absolute cwd with non-alphanumeric chars (except '-') replaced by '-'.

	Subcommands:
	list List absolute cwd of every known project dir.
	move Move sessions from a source cwd into a destination cwd.
	copy Copy sessions from a source cwd into a destination cwd.

Bruno Penteado bcap