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dpkg -L <package name>

Example:

$ dpkg -L apache2
/.
/usr
/usr/share

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To list files that will be installed by a debian package (.deb) which is not currently installed on your system

# Ubuntu 15.04+ 
apt download <packagename>

# Earlier versions of Ubuntu
apt-get --download <package name>

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Grep to show the surrounding 2 lines before and after your match

grep 'some string to match' -B 2 -A 2 myfile.txt

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# test.py

# Print statements to pytest
# Capture messages sent to stdout / stderr from your functions, 
# and test the output with a pytest unit test.

# tl;dr - use the capsys parameter in your test arguments
# extract the messages sent to stdout/stderr with capsys.readouterr()

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from http://howagain.com/create-a-portable-firefox-and-run-multiple-profiles-or-versions/

Create a Portable Firefox and Run Multiple Profiles

This Howto was created by C.Taylor at Howagain.com. I take no credit for the content.

This is just a list of distilled steps to clarify the instructions. For detailed instructions, view the original article at:

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# calendar_ical.rb

# Todo - date string format
def get_date_format(time_obj)
    # Convert standard ruby datetime obj to ISO 8601 format
    # time_obj - should be datetime object

    # Time format: 
    # timestring.to_time.iso8601    # Incorrect format! We need 19970610T172345Z 
    # 1997 06 10 T 17 23 45 Z

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{
	// Place your snippets for javascript here. Each snippet is defined under a snippet name and has a prefix, body and 
	// description. The prefix is what is used to trigger the snippet and the body will be expanded and inserted. Possible variables are:
	// $1, $2 for tab stops, $0 for the final cursor position, and ${1:label}, ${2:another} for placeholders. Placeholders with the 
	// same ids are connected.
	// Example:
	// "Print to console": {
	// 	"prefix": "log",
	// 	"body": [
	// 		"console.log('$1');",

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#!/bin/bash
# gnome-shell-install 
# Utility script to install gnome-shell plugin from zip

## Usage: 
# Copy this file to your .local/bin directory and chmod +x [filename]
# From the directory where your downloaded GNOME shell plugin zip is, run 
# gnome-plugin-install.sh [mypluginfilename.zip]

# License: 

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Git - print file creation dates

Scenario:

You have a directory of files in a git repository and you want to extract their original creation dates. Git does not track file creation date metadata, but you can get the first time the file was added in a commit.

This one-liner will print the dates and filenames sorted, in column format.

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#!/bin/bash
# todos-migrate.sh
# Generate a todo file from template

template="$HOME/Templates/Todos.template"
target_dir="$HOME/Documents"
archive_dir="$HOME/Documents/todos"
filename="Todos.md"

# Today's file