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Commands using set

Terminal - Commands using set - 43 results

convert infile.png $ +clone -channel GB -evaluate set 0 +channel $ +append -region 50%x100% -channel R -evaluate set 0 +channel outfile.png

2013-04-30 20:46:02

User: bugmenot

Functions: set

Tags: ImageMagick convert

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Convert red-cyan 3D anaglyph to side-by-side

Converts red-cyan 3D anaglyphs to side-by-side format viewable by crossing your eyes. Useful for people who don't have 3D glasses or prefer not to use one.

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amixer -c 0 set Master 100%

2013-03-28 16:30:10

User: thewarden

Functions: amixer set

Tags: audio alsa Linux UNIX

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Set audio card 0 master volumn to maximum

Replace "Master" with desired control name (e.g. Front, Earphone, PCM, etc.).

color()(set -o pipefail;"$@" 2>&1>&3|sed $'s,.*,\e[31m&\e[m,'>&2)3>&1

2013-01-30 13:42:03

User: bkmeneguello

Functions: sed set

Tags: bash sed color

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Turns red the stderr output

Reference:

http://stackoverflow.com/a/4455706

set -o vi

2013-01-08 11:21:52

User: bman

Functions: set

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Put terminal into vi mode

For if you want to use vi key bindings in the terminal

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for i in $(multipath -ll | grep "3PARdata,VV"|awk '{print $1}') ; do parted -a optimal /dev/mapper/$i --script -- mklabel gpt mkpart primary 1 -1 set 1 lvm on ; done

2012-09-12 15:30:36

User: mhs

Functions: awk grep set

Tags: multipath parted

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parted - scripted partitioning (of all multipathed SAN LUNs)

`multipath -ll` requires Device Mapper multipath.conf configuration. And of course, replace "3PARdata,VV" with your disk array's SCSI vendor,LUN name.

- GPT partition table allows you to create >2TB partitions

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set -x && PS4='+\t '

2012-07-19 11:13:47

User: em

Functions: set

Tags: bash debug set xtrace profiling

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Tracing shell scripts with time stamps

Enable tracing and print a timestamp before the command to be invoked.

Original author: Peter Eisentraut

http://petereisentraut.blogspot.com/2012/07/tracing-shell-scripts-with-time-stamps.html

amixer -c 0 set Master toggle | tail -1 | awk '{print $4}' | sed "s/[^0-9]//g" ; amixer -c 0 set Speaker toggle >/dev/null; amixer -c 0 set Front toggle >/dev/null

2012-06-26 21:18:07

User: dtsip

Functions: amixer awk sed set tail

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Unmuting master channel, printing only percent value, while suppressing other outputs

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amixer -c 0 set Master toggle | sed -n "$ p" | awk '{print $4}' | sed "s/[^0-9]//g"

2012-06-26 21:16:42

User: dtsip

Functions: amixer awk sed set

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Mute Master sound channel, printing only the percent volume

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set str=user_pref("browser.startup.homepage", "http://www.fcisolutions.com/"); cd = "%APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\*.default\" echo %str%>>prefs.js

2012-05-30 18:50:15

User: Micool777

Functions: cd echo set

Tags: windows firefox set homepage

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Change the homepage of Firefox

Pros: Works in all Windows computers, most updated and compatible command.

Cons: 3 liner

Replace fcisolutions.com with your site name.

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(set -o noglob;while sleep 0.05;do for r in `grep -ao '[[:print:]]' /dev/urandom|head -$((COLUMNS/3))`;do [ $((RANDOM%6)) -le 1 ] && r=\ ;echo -ne "\e[$((RANDOM%7/-6+2));32m $r ";done;echo;done)

2012-04-13 02:09:10

User: khopesh

Functions: echo head set sleep

Tags: color screensaver Matrix Matrix Style

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Matrix Style

A tweak using Patola's code as a base, this full-width green matrix display has all the frills (and all the printable characters).

You don't need the surrounding parens if you don't care about losing globbing capabilities. Z-shell (/bin/zsh) needs neither the parens nor the `set -o noglob`

Screen shot (animated): http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg32/scaled.php?server=32&filename=matrixh.gif&res=landing

If it's too slow, try lowering the `sleep 0.05` or even replacing it with `true` (which is faster than `sleep 0`).

I squashed it as narrow as I could to conserve space, though somebody could probably squeeze a char or two out.

Enjoy!

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gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background show-desktop-icons true

2012-01-12 22:13:49

User: hieuht

Functions: set

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Display icons in Desktop Gnome 3 of Fedora

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check(){ power=$(acpi -a) ; if [[ $power == *on-line* ]] ; then echo "supply is on"; else echo "somebody is steeling your laptop"; amixer -c0 set Master 100+ unmute ; mpg123 nuclear-alarm.mp3 ; fi } ;while true; do check ; sleep 2 ; done

2011-12-10 13:42:52

User: hoodie

Functions: acpi amixer echo mpg123 set sleep

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Power Supply Triggered Alert

Checks whether your power supply is still plugged in.

If not it will trigger an alarm at maximum volume.

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri file://"$(find ~/Wallpapers -type f | shuf -n1)"

2011-10-21 12:24:58

User: Bonster

Functions: set

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Change Random Wallpaper on Gnome 3

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(set -e; while true; do TEST_COMMAND; done) | tee log

2011-09-06 12:29:11

User: wipu

Functions: set tee

Tags: tee while set

-3

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Reproduce test failure by running the test in loop

If you need to fix a randomly failing test (race condition), you need to run it until you get that hard-to-reproduce failure.

convert input.png -alpha set -channel A -fx 0.5 output.png

2011-08-25 16:12:38

User: kev

Functions: set

Tags: ImageMagick

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make image semi-transparent

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cd() { if [ -n "$1" ]; then [ -f "$1" ] && set -- "${1%/*}"; else [ -n "$CDDIR" ] && set -- "$CDDIR"; fi; command cd "$@"; }

2011-06-24 08:48:13

User: flatcap

Functions: cd command set

Tags: cd test set

-1

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Power cd - Add a couple of useful features to 'cd'

Move efficiently between directories.

This command adds a couple of extra features to cd, without affecting normal use.

CDPATH use is also unaffected. It introduces and environment variable CDDIR which is used as an alternate home directory.

Note: I don't want to alter $HOME because then all my dot files will move.

Examples:

cd dir

Change directory to "dir" (using CDPATH if necessary)

cd dir/file.txt

Change directory to "dir" (containing folder of "file.txt")

This allows you to cut'n'paste, or use

CDDIR is unset

cd

Change directory to $HOME

CDDIR=/home/flatcap/work

cd

Change directory to /home/flatcap/work

For convenience, put the command, and the following, in your .bashrc or .bash_profile

export CDDIR="/home/flatcap/work"

alias cdd="CDDIR=$(pwd)"

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri 'file://<path-to-image>'

2011-06-05 15:38:16

User: scripteles

Functions: set

Tags: gnome wallpaper gnome-shell gnome3

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Change gnome-shell wallpaper

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set colsep "{char}"

2011-04-05 10:48:48

User: EBAH

Functions: set

Tags: oracle

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Oracle: set column separator

set colsep "&TAB" -- for tab separator

set colsep "|" -- for pipe separator

etc...

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set list / set nolist

2011-02-27 19:38:15

User: EBAH

Functions: set

Tags: hidden vi char

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show hidden chars in vi

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sleep 3600; amixer set Master mute

2011-02-06 03:14:33

User: kenbarbour

Functions: amixer set sleep

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Mute speakers after an hour

Mutes the speakers after an hour, in case you fall asleep watching a video...

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set -x

2010-12-15 09:17:04

User: depesz

Functions: set

Tags: bash debug

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print line and execute it in BASH

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source_print(){ set | sed -n "/^$1/,/^}$/p"; };

2010-11-24 15:55:34

User: glaudiston

Functions: sed set

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get function's source

useful if you want to get the source code of a in memory function

set $(ps -e o command= | grep "^/usr/bin/X "); while [ x"$1" != x"-auth" ]; do shift; done; sudo x11vnc -display :0 -auth "$2"

2010-11-05 14:51:24

User: bandie91

Functions: grep ps set sudo

Tags: x11vnc gdm

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start a vnc server session to connect to a gdm login screen

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set env DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES = /usr/lib/libgmalloc.dylib;b szone_error

2010-10-13 20:25:48

User: frank514

Functions: env set

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Setting gdb in memory allocation debugging mode under MAC OS X

setting gdb with this option / breakpoint before running the process will cause it to break whenever an memory allocation operation is not kosher.

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(cd /bin; set -- *; x=$((1+($RANDOM % $#))); man ${!x})

2010-08-20 17:19:56

User: quintic

Functions: cd man set

Tags: man set

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Display a random man page

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