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Send pop-up notifications on Gnome

The title is optional. Options: -t: expire time in milliseconds. -u: urgency (low, normal, critical). -i: icon path. On Debian-based systems you may need to install the 'libnotify-bin' package. Useful to advise when a wget download or a simulation ends. Example: wget URL ; notify-send "Done"
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notify-send ["<title>"] "<body>"

o6291408 · 2009-04-29 10:05:20 24
open path with your default program (on Linux/*BSD)

open [path] in the default program, regardless of which Desktop Environment you use (KDE, GNOME, etc.) Works on all "freedesktop.org" compatible desktop environments
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16

xdg-open [path]

infinull · 2010-06-30 07:32:53 6
Change Gnome wallpaper

You can use this in a script which rotates wallpapers from a directory at each login.
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2

gconftool-2 -t string -s /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename <path_to_image>

o6291408 · 2009-04-29 11:19:29 9
Run skype using your GTK theme

I use this to make skype blend better into my desktop :) --disable-cleanlooks might not be nescessary to achieve the wanted effect.
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2

skype --disable-cleanlooks -style GTK

Paaskehare · 2009-07-23 22:55:09 4
Start a terminal with three open tabs

If you launch gnome-terminal manually, you can start with three open tabs
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2

gnome-terminal --tab --tab --tab

0disse0 · 2009-09-03 19:36:07 3
open path with your default GNOME program

Another step to bring cli and gui closer together: gnome-open It opens a path with the default (gui) application for its mime type. I would recommend a shorter alias like alias o=gnome-open More examples: gnome-open . [opens the current folder in nautilus / your default file browser] gnome-open some.pdf [opens some.pdf in evince / your default pdf viewer] gnome-open trash:// [opens the trash with nautilus] gnome-open http://www.commandlinefu.com [opens commandlinefu in your default webbrowser] Show Sample Output
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```
$ gnome-open .
[opens the current folder in nautilus / your default file browser]

$ gnome-open some.pdf
[opens some.pdf in evince / your default pdf viewer]
```
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gnome-open [path]

ludwig · 2010-06-30 07:20:05 6
Change gnome-shell wallpaper
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1

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

scripteles · 2011-06-05 15:38:16 7
suspend to ram without root

dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest="org.freedesktop.UPower" /org/freedesktop/UPower org.freedesktop.UPower.Suspend
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dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest="org.freedesktop.UPower" /org/freedesktop/UPower org.freedesktop.UPower.Suspend

totti · 2013-01-15 18:47:21 6
Simple MAC Changeing

The 00:11:22:33:44:55 is whatever you want your new MAC address to be. Sometimes sudo should be used in front if you need to.
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1

ifconfig wlan0 hw ether 00:11:22:33:44:55

mutiny1939 · 2013-02-26 21:27:47 5
Run skype using your GTK theme

Replace default command in skype.desktop file.
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0

sudo sed -i 's/Exec=skype %U/Exec=skype --disable-cleanlooks -style GTK %U/' /usr/share/applications/skype.desktop

FadeMind · 2013-04-17 08:43:00 7
Send pop-up notifications on Gnome
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0

zenity --info --text="I'am a popup"

fundor333 · 2016-08-12 19:04:59 14
Reload gnome-panel

I have some problems with gnome panel which does not load completely leaving me without the actual GUI. This commands helps to kill the gnome-panel process then it should be relaunch automatically.
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pgrep -lf gnome-panel | awk '{if ($2=="gnome-panel") print $1}' | xargs kill -9

UnixNeko · 2011-06-12 12:23:27 16
Empty Trash in Gnome When the Trash Can Refuses to Clear

Empty the trash when the icon stay in the non-empty state source: http://www.linuxquestions.org/blog/phoenixrising-455874/2009/3/3/how-to-empty-trash-in-gnome-when-the-trash-can-refuses-to-clear-1660/
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-9

rm -rf ~/.local/share/Trash/files/*

elwillow · 2009-03-30 21:34:12 5
Start a file browser in the current directory

This opens up nautilus in the current directory, which is useful for some quick file management that isn't efficiently done from a terminal.
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-10

screen -d -m nautilus --no-desktop `pwd`

windsurfer · 2009-05-07 00:49:07 14

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Get names of files in /dev, a USB device is attached to

This command lists the names of your USB devices connected and what file in /dev they are using. It's pretty useful if you don't have an automount option in your desktop or you don't have any graphical enviroment.

Check if a process is running

Send signal 0 to the process. The return status ($?) can be used to determine if the process is running. 0 if it is, non-zero otherwise.

gpg encrypt a file

gpg command to encrypt a file on the command line.

Calculate days on which Friday the 13th occurs (inspired from the work of the user justsomeguy)

Friday is the 5th day of the week, monday is the 1st. Output may be affected by locale.

Read aloud a text file in Mac OS X

Bash scripts encryption and passphrase-protection

This function will encrypt a bash script and will only execute it after providing the passphrase. Requires mcrypt to be installed on the system.

Top 10 Memory Processes

It displays the top 10 processes sorted by memory usage

Sort the size usage of a directory tree by gigabytes, kilobytes, megabytes, then bytes.

Probably only works with GNU du and modern perls.

Remove all unused kernels with apt-get

This should do the same thing and is about 70 chars shorter.

kill process by name

Or even easier, if it's available: $ killall firefox I have no idea why you would want to rely on two unusual dependencies to do something that can be done a hundred ways from coreutils...

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