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Remote screenshot

The `export` is unnecessary if it's only applicable to the one command.
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DISPLAY=":0.0" import -window root screenshot.png

walterl · 2010-02-17 13:02:24 19
Change display resolution

-s must be a valid resolution. You can get a list of valid (and supported) resolutions via `xrandr`.
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xrandr -s 1280x1024

ivanatora · 2010-02-26 10:56:14 4
Create QR codes from a URL.

like 7300, but doesn't clutter your working directory with old qr.*.png files. This will get the QR barcode, and send it right into ImageMagick's 'display' tool. Usage is the same as 7300; just call this function followed by the URL: qrurl http://xkcd.com
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qrurl() { curl -sS "http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?chs=200x200&cht=qr&chld=H|0&chl=$1" -o - | display -filter point -resize 600x600 png:-; }

__ · 2010-12-16 04:42:05 4
Display Dilbert strip of the day

Requires display. Corrected version thanks to sputnick and eightmillion user.
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display http://dilbert.com$(curl -s dilbert.com|grep -Po '"\K/dyn/str_strip(/0+){4}/.*strip.[^\.]*\.gif')

wizel · 2009-12-05 19:35:27 14
Get rid from a blank display without reboot

Killall5 will kill your session and redirect to login screen. -Very useful when suffering display problems. -Can use F1-F6 -Need to login in the particular console if not already
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<Ctrl><Alt><F6> killall5

totti · 2011-09-07 19:19:34 7

how to find the active X (X11/xorg) username and DISPLAY variable

Requires consolekit (works in e.g. Ubuntu). Here x11-display is DISPLAY Show Sample Output

ck-list-sessions

unhammer · 2012-01-02 08:53:41 4

Adjust display hardware brightness [dbus way]
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dbus-send --session --print-reply --dest="org.gnome.SettingsDaemon" /org/gnome/SettingsDaemon/Power org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Power.Screen.SetPercentage uint32:30

totti · 2013-02-04 11:21:07 6
Find out the active XOrg Server DISPLAY number (from outside)

It's useful when you cannot access your env (systemd) or the process DISPLAY variable is not set. Perhaps also when you have a multi-head/user configuration. Show Sample Output
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```
:0
```
1

for p in $(pgrep -t $(cat /sys/class/tty/tty0/active)); do d=$(awk -v RS='\0' -F= '$1=="DISPLAY" {print $2}' /proc/$p/environ 2>/dev/null); [[ -n $d ]] && break; done; echo $d

geyslan · 2015-05-18 20:01:20 38
Set RGB gamma of secondary monitor

This command first determines whether a second screen is connected. If this is the case, it sets the screen's RGB gamma via xrandr. Useful for cheap or slightly defective monitors with a tint. In this example a yellowing/champagne color deviation is compensated for by decreasing the red and the green portion of the image.
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secondscreen=$(xrandr -q | grep " connected" | sed -n '2 p' | cut -f 1 -d ' '); [ "$secondscreen" ] && xrandr --output $secondscreen --gamma 0.6:0.75:1

lordtoran · 2019-10-28 13:12:08 391
fix nvidia-settings display error

When nvidia-settings gets itself into a funk and displays the error "Unable to load X Server Display Configuration page", then use this script to make it reset itself. reference: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1047029.html Show Sample Output
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```
Attribute 'AssociatedDisplays' (legerdemain:0.0) assigned value 65536.
```
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nvidia-settings -a AssociatedDisplays=0x00010000

sharkyo · 2011-02-11 22:56:37 72
To capture a remote screen

But if you use a screen saver, you must first disable your screen saver kill $(ps ax | grep screensaver | grep -v grep | awk '{ print $1 }')
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DISPLAY=":0.0" import -window root screenshot.png

0disse0 · 2012-02-05 11:52:33 4
CPU Display model type and MPN
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ioreg -lw0 | grep IODisplayEDID | sed "/[^<]*</s///" | xxd -p -r | strings -6

aproposnico · 2013-08-15 20:50:40 9
Gets the X11 Screen resolution
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xdpyinfo | grep dimensions | awk '{print $2}'

sgnn7 · 2013-12-06 17:49:40 7
search for a string/word in a file

by default, will output the whole line on which 'word' has been found
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0

grep word file.txt

lolssl · 2015-10-02 16:01:56 10
Show display type
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ioreg -lw0 | grep IODisplayEDID | sed "/[^<]*</s///" | xxd -p -r | strings -6

unixmonkey4003 · 2009-05-29 18:52:12 4
Remote Screenshot

Like the given command, but combines _DISPLAY=":0.0"_ with _export DISPLAY_ to get _export DISPLAY=":0.0"_ and only imports if DISPLAY is set successfully.
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export DISPLAY=":0.0" && import -window root screenshot.png

fraktil · 2010-02-17 12:13:49 4

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Display calendar with specific national holidays and week numbers

NB when you run this gcal command in your shell, holidays are highlighted but this highlighting does not show in the sample output (above). To find full details on gcal options: gcal --long-help | less Example for United States, Pennsylvania: gcal -K -q US_PA 2009 # display holidays in USA/Pennsylvania for 2009 (with week numbers) Example for Hong Kong: gcal -K -q HK 2009 # display holidays in Hong Kong for 2009 (with week numbers)

Clear the terminal screen

works in /bin/bash

List dot-files and dirs, but not . or ..

Find usb device in realtime

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

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Second pass dvd rip... The set of commands was too long, so I had to separate them into two.

This set of commands will rip a dvd title using a 2 pass mencoder xvid encode. It will provide a great quality rip. It will rip as close to 700MB as possible. (note the bitrate of -700000) Enjoy!

Pretty print SQL query with python in one line

You need to apt-get install python-sqlparse. This command simply formats a sql query and prints it out. It is very useful when you want to move a sql query from commandline to a shell script. Everything is done locally, so you don't need to worry about copying sql query to external websites.

Diff remote webpages using wget

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.

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