There are many ways to list directories and sort the results by size. I have just found another way. Use the ls command with the -S parameter. This sorts files by size. Very useful way to get the largest files in a certain directory. Linux has so many varied methods…
Read MoreThe sftp utility for Linux allows copying files from a remote Linux machine, or sending them to one, this makes working with a machine over SSH very easy. Firstly, connect to the machine like this. deusexmachina:~ jason$ sftp [email protected] [email protected]’s password: Connected to 192.168.1.4.deusexmachina:~ jason$ sftp [email protected] [email protected]’s password: Connected…
Read MoreHow to change your Ubuntu password as a normal user. jason@Yog-Sothoth:~$ passwd Changing password for jason. (current) UNIX password: Enter new UNIX password:jason@Yog-Sothoth:~$ passwd Changing password for jason. (current) UNIX password: Enter new UNIX password: Just enter you current password and then enter a new one twice. It is that…
Read MoreGet a comprehensive listing of all Arch Linux pacman mirrors. curl -s -L "https://www.archlinux.org/mirrorlist/?country=all&protocol=https&use_mirror_status=on" 2>&1 | sed ‘s/^.//’ > mirrorlistcurl -s -L "https://www.archlinux.org/mirrorlist/?country=all&protocol=https&use_mirror_status=on" 2>&1 | sed ‘s/^.//’ > mirrorlist A simple script to update your mirror listing on your Arch Linux system. #!/bin/bash echo "Fetching new sorted mirrorlist…" curl -s…
Read MoreHow to use home and end keysHow to take screenshotsGet information about installed appsMore keyboard key shortcuts How to use home and end keys To right-click on something, hold the control key and then click an item to get a right-click context menu. This is how you can customize Firefox…
Read MoreThe Larswm window manager deserves to be given a try if you want a fast and flexible window manager to use on a netbook or low specced desktop machine. This window manager is very fast and usable for any user that wants to use a desktop that is free from…
Read MoreIf you are using Network Manager to connect to a network, then it is possible to get comprehensive networking information from the command line. This command will print a lot of information about your Network Manager configuration. jason@jason-desktop:~$ nmcli dev showjason@jason-desktop:~$ nmcli dev show Show a listing of available WIFI…
Read MoreTo list the contents of a directory with the listing sorted by size, use the parameters in this example. ls –format=long –sort=size -hls –format=long –sort=size -h This is what you will get. total 15G -rw-rw-r– 1 ubuntu ubuntu 15G Dec 2 2014 crackstation.txt -rw-rw-r– 1 ubuntu ubuntu 20M Mar 20…
Read MoreTo find out what repository a package came from, use the dpkg -s command. jason@jason-desktop:~$ dpkg -s zdoom Package: zdoom Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: web Installed-Size: 9330 Maintainer: DRD Team <[email protected]> Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.8.1 Depends: libc6, libstdc++6, zlib1g, bzip2, libgtk2.0-0 Recommends: timidity, libfluidsynth1 Description: Advanced Doom…
Read MoreThe Windows in an Xorg session may easily be manipulated with this simple utility. Xdotool. This is a terminal utility to manage Xorg windows. Firstly, install this simple utility. jason@jason-desktop:~$ sudo apt install xdotooljason@jason-desktop:~$ sudo apt install xdotool Then we can resize a MATE Terminal window. xdotool search –onlyvisible –classname…
Read MoreHow to use home and end keysHow to take screenshotsGet information about installed appsMore keyboard key shortcutsVery useful Linux tips and tricks for the terminal userVery good find command trickInstall a very nice slim desktop on Linux Mint and UbuntuSet a locale on a Debian systemChange the Plymouth theme on…
Read MoreThe new ransomware threat in the wild is quite amazing, but it relies on your machine having ports open to the web and the SMB service running in Windows. A lot of existing machines might have this service running and they might not be patched at all. Since this was…
Read MoreHow to use home and end keysHow to take screenshotsGet information about installed appsMore keyboard key shortcutsVery useful Linux tips and tricks for the terminal userVery good find command trickInstall a very nice slim desktop on Linux Mint and UbuntuSet a locale on a Debian systemChange the Plymouth theme on…
Read MoreUseful directory of website links on my website. The most popular and useful links Some very good GTK themes and wallpapers for your Linux desktop. How to use xrdp to remote into a Linux desktop from a Windows machine with RDP. How to crack a Windows 10 user password with…
Read MoreThe BASH shell has many useful features that allow you to perform your tasks very easily. If you are running a program in a terminal and you wish to run another command whilst the first command is running, then press CTRL-Z to move the running process to the background. Then…
Read MoreHow to use home and end keysHow to take screenshotsGet information about installed appsMore keyboard key shortcutsVery useful Linux tips and tricks for the terminal userVery good find command trickInstall a very nice slim desktop on Linux Mint and UbuntuSet a locale on a Debian systemChange the Plymouth theme on…
Read MoreThis simple script will spawn a jet to patrol an AO and attack any enemy vehicle or helicopter it sees. This is improved code that has a proper patrol radius and is better than the jet patrolling in too small a radius. // Spawn a CAS jet to patrol the…
Read MoreFetch information about a random Linux command. curl -sL commandlinefu.com/commands/random/plaintext | sed ‘3,4!d’curl -sL commandlinefu.com/commands/random/plaintext | sed ‘3,4!d’ Here is an example. ┌─[jason@neo]─[~] └──╼ $curl -sL commandlinefu.com/commands/random/plaintext | sed ‘3,4!d’ # An easter egg built into python to give you the Zen of Python echo "import this" | python┌─[jason@neo]─[~] └──╼…
Read MoreTo list all the files installed by a certain Debian package, use this command. dpkg -L [PACKAGENAME]. For example. ubuntu ~ $ dpkg -L vim /. /usr /usr/bin /usr/bin/vim.basic /usr/share /usr/share/lintian /usr/share/lintian/overrides /usr/share/lintian/overrides/vim /usr/share/bug /usr/share/bug/vim /usr/share/bug/vim/presubj /usr/share/bug/vim/script /usr/share/doc /usr/share/doc/vimubuntu ~ $ dpkg -L vim /. /usr /usr/bin /usr/bin/vim.basic /usr/share /usr/share/lintian…
Read MoreHow to use home and end keysHow to take screenshotsGet information about installed appsMore keyboard key shortcutsVery useful Linux tips and tricks for the terminal userVery good find command trickInstall a very nice slim desktop on Linux Mint and UbuntuSet a locale on a Debian systemChange the Plymouth theme on…
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