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ekiara / snippets-bash.rst

Last active November 3, 2021 06:29

snippets-bash.rst

Bash Snippets

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/139089/how-to-read-first-and-last-line-from-cat-output

ekiara / removing_ppas_in_ubuntu.bash

Created August 24, 2013 11:20

Removing PPAs in Ubuntu

	# Removing PPAs in Ubuntu

	sudo apt-add-repository --remove ppa:iaz/battery-status

ekiara / update_vmware_kernel_modules_after_upgrading_your_linux_kernel.bash

Last active October 24, 2020 17:22

Update VMware kernel modules after upgrading your Linux kernel

	# Update VMware kernel modules after upgrading your Linux kernel
	# Depending on your current kernel version, linux-headers-3.8.0-29-generic might be something else (i.e. 3.8.0-31)
	#
	# References:
	# http://mergy.org/2013/03/three-tips-to-get-vmware-workstation-9-going-on-kernel-3-8-0/
	# http://askubuntu.com/questions/288373/vmplayer-problem-vmware-kernel-module-updater-doesnt-run-since-13-04-upgrade
	#

	sudo ln -s /usr/src/linux-headers-3.8.0-29-generic/include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h /usr/src/linux-headers-3.8.0-29-generic/include/linux/version.h
	sudo /usr/bin/vmware-modconfig --console --install-all

ekiara / getting_the_last_n_characters_of_a_string.bash

Created September 1, 2013 10:55

Getting the last 'n' characters of a string

	#!/bin/bash
	#
	# Getting the last 'n' characters of a string

	# i.e. for getting the last 16 characters of all files (useful when dealing
	# with Youtube downloads)
	ls \| awk '{print substr($0, length($0) - 15, length($0))}'

ekiara / recursively_adding_write_permissions_for_the_group.bash

Created September 5, 2013 10:05

Recursively adding write permissions for the group

	#!/bin/bash
	# Recursively adding write permissions for the group

	chmod -R ug+rw ./directory/

	# <OR>

	chmod --recursive ug+rw ./directory/

ekiara / how-do-you-view-quora-links-without-logging-in-p.txt

Created September 10, 2013 08:53

How do you view quora links without logging in?

	# How do you view quora links without logging in?
	https://www.quora.com/Topic/this-is-the-question

	# Add ?share=1 to the end of the URL
	https://www.quora.com/Topic/this-is-the-question?share=1

ekiara / ftp_cheatsheet.txt

Created September 11, 2013 23:25

FTP cheatsheet

	# Non-interactive MPUT (i.e. doing MPUT without getting prompted for a Y/N for each file)
	ftp -i the.server.you.are.connecting.to.com
	MPUT /path/to/files/*
	<or>

ekiara / gist:6534892

Last active December 22, 2015 21:39

	# write, writing, towrite

	Write about how to do multiline SMS with chan_dongle and SendDongleSMS()

	ssh-keygen (rsa vs dsa)???? Does it make any difference????

	Compare difflib to pylevenshtein to hashlib for simple text similarity analysis (i.e. how similar is Kihara to Kiara?)
	- pylevenshtein (code.google.com/p/pylevenshtein/‎)
	- hashlib
	- difflib

ekiara / gist:6536550

Last active December 22, 2015 21:59

	chromeext: See just one css rule for a particular element at a time (i.e. background-image)
	chromeext: Get all links on a page, automatically put in clipboard
	desktop-app: copy/clipboard history

ekiara / wget_snippet

Created September 14, 2013 10:46

wget_snippet

wget -E -H -k -K -p http://example.com/site/page-you-want-to-mirror.html