Check These Out
Put this in your zshrc, source it, then run 'pkill -usr1 zsh' to source it in all open terminals. Also works with bash. More info: http://www.reddit.com/r/commandline/comments/12g76v/how_to_automatically_source_zshrc_in_all_open/
First argument: string to put a box around.
Second argument: character to use for box (default is '=')
Same as command #4948, but shorter, and without the utility function.
Other logs can be monitored similarly, e.g.
$ watch "tail -15 /var/log/daemon.log"
This command could seem pretty pointless especially when you can get the same result more easily using the rpm builtin queryformat, like:
$ rpm -qa --qf "%{NAME} %{VERSION} %{RELEASE}.%{ARCH}\n" | sort | column -t
but nonetheless I've learned that sometimes it can be quite interesting trying to explore alternative ways to accomplish the same task (as Perl folks like to say: There's more than one way to do it!)
pv allows a user to see the progress of data through a pipeline, by giving information such as time elapsed, percentage completed (with progress bar), current throughput rate, total data transferred, and ETA. (man pv)
Shows which packages from the official repositories (not aur) have updates available. For most accurate output, the mirrors and package lists should be up to date.
Requires you to have password free login to remote host ;)
Requires xclip and notify-send (If you want to put into clipboard and be notified when action is completed).
DATE=$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S)-$(($(date +%N)/10000000));
HOST="ssh host of your choice";
DEST="destination folder without trailing slash";
URL="URL for file if uploaded to web enabled dir ie. http://$HOST/~user/screenshot_$DATE.png";
import -window root png:- | ssh $HOST "cat > $DEST/screenshot_$DATE.png";
echo $URL | xclip; notify-send -u low "Screenshot Taken" "Entire screen.\nCopied to clipboard"
Replace 'csv_file.csv' with your filename.