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Make vim open in tabs by default (save to .profile)

I always add this to my .profile rc so I can do things like: "vim *.c" and the files are opened in tabs.
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alias vim="vim -p"

tommed · 2010-12-30 22:53:33 13
Print nicely in columns a chunk of text that is separated by tab
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head filename.txt | column -t -s $'\t'

NLKNguyen · 2017-02-10 23:26:10 36
Replace spaces with tabs & format file source recursuvely within a directory

The sample command searches for PHP files replacing tabs with spaces. -u NONE # don't use vimrc Instead of retab! one may pass retab! 4 for instance. Look at this http://susepaste.org/69028693 also
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find $DIR -name *.php -exec vim -u NONE -c 'set ft=php' -c 'set shiftwidth=4' -c 'set tabstop=4' -c 'set noexpandtab!' -c 'set noet' -c 'retab!' -c 'bufdo! "execute normal gg=G"' -c wq {} \;

ruslan · 2011-04-08 11:42:45 5

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Get your external IP address ( 10 characters long )

Shortest url to a external IP-service, 10 characters.

Find usb device in realtime

Using this command you can track a moment when usb device was attached.

Are the two lines anagrams?

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Print a list of the 30 last modified mp3s sorted by last first

Using a single sudo to run multiple && arguments

This will also work with bash instead of sh shell sudo bash -c 'apt update -y && apt upgrade -y'

Convert a string to "Title Case"

Show numerical values for each of the 256 colors in ZSH

This will show a numerical value for each of the 256 colors in ZSH. Everything in the command is a ZSH builtin, so it should run on any platform where ZSH is installed. Prints one color per line. If someone is interested in formatting the output, paste the alternative.

Find

A lot of X applications accept --geometry parameter so that you can set application size and position. But how can you figure out the exact arguments for --geometry? Launch an application, resize and reposition its window as needed, then launch xwininfo in a terminal an click on the application window. You will see some useful window info including its geometry.

Which processes are listening on a specific port (e.g. port 80)

swap out "80" for your port of interest. Can use port number or named ports e.g. "http"

Nice info browser

pinfo package provide a nice info alternative based on ncurses.

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