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set directly the wallpaper on windowmaker , use this command with display of imagemagick :)
Example :
$ LC_ALL=C man less | less +/ppattern
Do the unlock KDE screen saver locked session with lightdm display manager used in Kubuntu 12.10 +
Read this before you down voting and comment that it is not working -> Wont work on latest versions ~75> since database file is locked and has to be decrypted. This is useful if you have an old hdd with a chrome installation and want to decrypt your old passwords fast.
After running
$ firefox -ProfileManager
and creating several different profiles, use this command to run multiple Firefox profiles simultaneously.
Useful to e.g. keep an eye on several logfiles.
Shorten any Url using bit.ly API, using your API Key which enables you to Track Clicks
I have it as a Function in my .bash_aliases
[code]
shorten ()
{
longUrl=$1;
curl "http://api.bit.ly/shorten?version=2.0.1&longUrl=LONG_URL_YOU_WANT_SHORTENED&login=rungss&apiKey="
}
[/code]
Here is an Output showing the Function Detail..
[konsole]
bijay@bijay:$ type shorten
shorten is a function
shorten ()
{
longUrl=$1;
curl "http://api.bit.ly/shorten?version=2.0.1&longUrl=$longUrl&login=rungss&apiKey=R_48d7e0b40835b09e3861bd455f7abec7"
}
[/konsole]
it compresses the files and folders to stdout, secure copies it to the server's stdin and runs tar there to extract the input and output to whatever destination using -C. if you emit "-C /destination", it will extract it to the home folder of the user, much like `scp file user@server:`.
the "v" in the tar command can be removed for no verbosity.
Instead of typing "cd ../../.." you can type ".. 3". For extremely lazy typists, you can add this alias:
alias ...=".. 2" ....=".. 3"
- so now you can write just .... !!!
NB the .. function needs to be "source"d or included in your startup scripts, perhaps .bashrc.
Shortest url to a external IP-service, 10 characters.