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Disable tracker Ubuntu 16.04
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disable_tracker.sh
echo -e "\nHidden=true\n"|sudo tee --append /etc/xdg/autostart/tracker-extract.desktop
echo -e "\nHidden=true\n"|sudo tee --append /etc/xdg/autostart/tracker-miner-apps.desktop
echo -e "\nHidden=true\n"|sudo tee --append /etc/xdg/autostart/tracker-miner-fs.desktop
echo -e "\nHidden=true\n"|sudo tee --append /etc/xdg/autostart/tracker-miner-user-guides.desktop
echo -e "\nHidden=true\n"|sudo tee --append /etc/xdg/autostart/tracker-store.desktop
gsettings set org.freedesktop.Tracker.Miner.Files crawling-interval -2
gsettings set org.freedesktop.Tracker.Miner.Files enable-monitors false
tracker reset --hard
@davidfoerster
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Why not simply

echo -e "\nHidden=true\n" | sudo tee --append /etc/xdg/autostart/tracker-extract.desktop /etc/xdg/autostart/tracker-miner-apps.desktop /etc/xdg/autostart/tracker-miner-fs.desktop /etc/xdg/autostart/tracker-miner-user-guides.desktop /etc/xdg/autostart/tracker-store.desktop > /dev/null

No need to invoke tee multiple times on the same input.

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xemle commented Jul 17, 2017

Or even shorter

echo -e "\nHidden=true\n" | sudo tee -append /etc/xdg/autostart/tracker-{extract,miner-apps,miner-fs,miner-user-guides,store}.desktop > /dev/null

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xemle commented Jul 17, 2017

Or replacing existing values or insert value by

sudo sed -i -e '/Hidden=/{s/.*/Hidden=true/;:a;n;:ba;q}' -e 'aHidden=true' /etc/xdg/autostart/tracker-{extract,miner-apps,miner-fs,miner-user-guides,store}.desktop

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adamesss commented Mar 21, 2018 •
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correction to xemle's code replaced '-' with '--' in front of append...

echo -e "\nHidden=true\n" | sudo tee --append /etc/xdg/autostart/tracker-{extract,miner-apps,miner-fs,miner-user-guides,store}.desktop > /dev/null

then:

gsettings set org.freedesktop.Tracker.Miner.Files crawling-interval -2
gsettings set org.freedesktop.Tracker.Miner.Files enable-monitors false

tracker reset --hard

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