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Update program providing java on Debian

Lets you set all the java alternatives at once to a matching version. Also has options for just changing the jre or the plugin.
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update-java-alternatives

stuart · 2009-08-09 02:43:06 6
Stage only portions of the changes to a file.
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4

git add --patch <filename>

stuart · 2009-08-09 02:24:43 3
Get your external IP address if your machine has a DNS entry
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dig +short $HOSTNAME

stuart · 2009-08-09 02:05:38 5
Reconnect to screen without disconnecting other sessions

Have your screen session running in multiple places. (warning, things start to look weird if the terminal windows have different dimensions)
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screen -xR

stuart · 2009-02-05 22:22:10 16
Ring the system bell after finishing a long script/compile

This will ring the system bell once if your script exits successfully and twice if it fails. So you can go look at something else and it will alert you when done. Don't forget to use 'xset b [vol [pitch [duration]]]' to get the bell to sound the way you want.
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myLongScript && echo -e '\a' || (echo -e '\a'; sleep 1; echo -e '\a')

stuart · 2009-02-05 22:13:43 19

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check web server port 80 response header

Detect illegal access to kernel space, potentially useful for Meltdown detection

Based on capsule8 agent examples, not rigorously tested

Join lines

It's works only when you replace '\n' to ONE character.

Encode/Decode text to/from Base64 on a Mac w/out Mac Ports

I have a mac, and do not want to install mac ports to get the base64 binary. Using openssl will do the trick just fine. Note, to decode base64, specify a '-d' after 'base64' in the command. Note also the files base64.decoded.txt and base64.encoded.txt are text files.

Fire CMD every time FILE (or directory) is updated (on *BSD)

Rename files in batch

Nicely display mem usage with ps

Nicely display mem usage with ps.

Extract IPv4 addressess from file

Put a console clock in top right corner

This puts a clock in the top right of the terminal. This version doesn't use tput, but uses escape codes

Convert an image sequence into a video

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