Ubuntu cheat-sheet

gistfile1.txt

# show 10 largest subdirectories
du -sk * | sort -nr | head -10


# Make cursor visible (13.10 bug)
gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.cursor active false

# list all make targets
make -qp | awk -F':' '/^[a-zA-Z0-9][^$#\/\t=]*:([^=]|$)/ {split($1,A,/ /);for(i in A)print A[i]}'     

# equivalent of ./configure --prefix=/usr
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/usr 


# kill all processes from a user
pkill -U flylehe