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bulk extraction of archives

extract every .zip in current working directory

unzip "*.zip"

extract every .tar.gz in current working directory

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rebuild cache after installing

sudo fc-cache -f -v

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open a tiny awesome session

Xephyr :5 & sleep 1 ; DISPLAY=:5 awesome

open a tiny LXDE session (sudo)

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🐌 🧰 🎨 [tools] terminal theming

selecting terminal theme, with live preview, in situ

repo: lemnos/theme.sh: A script which lets you set your $terminal theme.

open selecting interface:

theme.sh -i 

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⌨️ keybindings, key mappings, keyboard shortcut, accelerators etc

arch linux wiki: Xorg/Keyboard configuration (not read)

see how computer is interpreting keys

In XFCE4 add "Indicator Plugin" to panel, there is a keyboard icon.

files

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🥽 compositing - information of uncertain utility

added to startup:

xfwm4 --daemon --compositor=on

to execute from terminal, may need to add --replace

to produce ??? error codes,

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🐌 file search

interactive regex of file(s) contents

could use fzf to similar effect; I do not have it installed.

open interactive regex file contents search in current directory:

rg . | sk --regex

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trackpad troubleshooting (stuck mouse on laptop touchpad)

how to ficx when trackpad stop working all of a sudden but USB mouse and rest of system OK.

source with explanations and various other solutions

find out device's info:

$ grep -iA2 touchpad /proc/bus/input/devices

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linux shell terminal misc

be able to use the terminal after opening an application which is still open

put & after the command.

kate file.txt &

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#!/bin/bash

#
# Download images from a Wikimedia Commons category
#
# Highest preview resolution and metadata in XML format will be saved in subfolders.
# Usage: execute this script on a Linux command line, providing the full URL to the category page.
#
# Shell tools required for this script: wget sed grep
#