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Various useful Linux commands for daily usage
#to check video card working right now
sudo lshw -C video
#!/bin/bash
# to know which device is connected at which port
for sysdevpath in $(find /sys/bus/usb/devices/usb*/ -name dev); do
(
syspath="${sysdevpath%/dev}"
devname="$(udevadm info -q name -p $syspath)"
[[ "$devname" == "bus/"* ]] && continue
eval "$(udevadm info -q property --export -p $syspath)"
[[ -z "$ID_SERIAL" ]] && continue
echo "/dev/$devname - $ID_SERIAL"
)
done
#detailed hardware
lspci
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linrunner/tlp
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair
#manually install grub
sudo mount /dev/sdX# /mnt
sudo grub-install --boot-directory=/mnt/boot /dev/sdX
#UUID Of drives
sudo blkid
#suspend issues
echo "mem" | sudo tee "/sys/power/state"
echo "inspiron;" | sudo -S echo && echo "mem" | sudo tee "/sys/power/state"
#install mate desktop in ubuntu
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-mate-dev/ppa
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-mate-dev/trusty-mate
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends ubuntu-mate-core ubuntu-mate-desktop
#AMD drivers ubuntu
sudo apt-get purge fglrx*
sudo apt-get install fglrx xvba-va-driver libva-glx1 libva-egl1 vainfo
sudo amdconfig --initial
#install FFMPEG in ubuntu
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mc3man/trusty-media
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ffmpeg
## rotate images
convert -rotate 90 frame0.jpg frame0.jpg
#crop images into equal parts
convert -crop 20% rose.jpg rose_%d.jpg
#crop video time
ffmpeg -ss 00:01:00 -i input.mp4 -to 00:02:00 -c copy output.mp4
#whatsapp video format
"ffmpeg -i vlc-record-2018-08-16-20h28m10s-MVI_0006.AVI-.avi -c:v libx264 -profile:v baseline -level 5.0 -pix_fmt yuv420p working.mp4"
## rotate video
ffmpeg VID_20180508_021953.mp4 -strict -2 -vf "transpose=2" blue1.mp4
#0,1,2,3
#create GIF file from video
ffmpeg -ss 00:00:01 -i turtle2.mp4 -to 20 -r 5 -vf scale=1200:-1 turtle2.gif
# convert video to low resolution
mencoder input.mp4 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mp4 -vf scale=640:480 -oac copy -o output.mp4
mencoder Bikes.avi -ovc x264 -lavcopts vcodec=mp4 -vf scale=320:240 -oac copy -o outputScaled.mp4
mencoder input.mp4 -vop scale=640:480 -o output.mp4
#download a file from Github repoistory
bash < <(curl --silent https://raw.github.com/thenovices/dotfiles/master/install.sh)
#download directory from http link
wget -r --no-parent http://abc.tamu.edu/projects/tzivi/repository/revisions/2/raw/tzivi/
#parse filenames in a folder
for i in *.JPG
do
x=`cut -d'_' -f1 <<< "$i"`
echo $x
mv "$i" "$x"
done
# rename files in a folder
x=255
for i in *.JPG
do
echo $x
mv "$i" "$x".jpg
x=$((x+1))
done
######################3
for i in *.jpg
do
x=`cut -d'_' -f1 <<< "$i"`
echo $x
mv "$i" "$x"
done
###########################3
for i in *.png;
do
x=`cut -d'.' -f1 <<< "$i"`;
echo $x; convert $i "$x.jpg";
rm $i
done
##########################find duplicate images
fdupes -r1 PicturesData/ > dup.txt
fdupes PicturesData/ -R -f1 PicturesData/Camera\ Uploads/
######################### read file line by line
#!/bin/bash
shopt -s nullglob
input="dupes_what.txt"
while IFS= read -r var
do
mv "$var" temp_wht_img/
echo $var
done < "$input"
#$ find Pictures/ -type f -exec md5sum '{}' ';' | sort | uniq --all-repeated=separate -w 15 > dupes.txt
######### find and list files with specific size.
find . -type f -size 1702c | xargs rm
######################## check size
sztotal=0
for i in `ls`
do
szdetail=`du $i`
sz=$(echo $szdetail | cut -d' ' -f1)
sztotal=$((sztotal+sz))
echo $i $sz
done
echo "Total size = " $sztotal
###################### grab filename from path
path=/this/is/could/be/any/path/abc.txt
file=$(basename $path)
Or
file=${path##*/}
####################### ANDROID LOGCAT
adb -d logcat com.example.example:I *:S
#######################add a backslash before all spaces of a file?
echo "$line" | sed 's/ /\\ /g'
#insert text at start of each line
sed 's/^/[/' abcde.txt >abcdef.txt
#insert tex at end of each line of file
sed 's/$/&],/' 2011_data_missing.txt >abcde.txt
####################### decimate file into a new file
awk 'NR % 50 == 0' < FILE > output.txt
#To make Ubuntu do nothing when laptop lid is closed:
#Open the /etc/systemd/logind.conf file in a text editor as root, for example,
sudo -H gedit /etc/systemd/logind.conf
#######################Add a line HandleLidSwitch=ignore (make sure it's not commented out!),
#######################Restart the systemd daemon with this command:
sudo restart systemd-logind
#remove extension from filename
filename="${filename%.*}"
extension="${filename##*.}"
###################### install cinnamon3.2
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:embrosyn/cinnamon
###################### restart cinnamon
pkill -HUP -f "cinnamon --replace"
xfce4-panel -r &
new number
+4915218119427
#pclviewer with normals
pcl_viewer mwk.pcd -normals_scale 2 -normals 1
#CloudCompare -SILENT -M_EXPORT_FMT PLY -PLY_EXPORT_FMT ASCII -O bed_0002.off -SAMPLE_MESH POINTS 100000
#CloudCompare -SILENT -O bed_0005.off -SAMPLE_MESH POINTS 100000 -M_EXPORT_FMT PLY -PLY_EXPORT_FMT ASCII -NO_TIMESTAMP #-SAVE_MESHES
CloudCompare -SILENT -O bed_0001.off -SAMPLE_MESH POINTS 1000 -C_EXPORT_FMT PLY -PLY_EXPORT_FMT ASCII -NO_TIMESTAMP -SAVE_CLOUDS
#CloudCompare -O bed_0004_SAMPLED_POINTS_2016-06-27_21h36_58.bin -SILENT -C_EXPORT_FMT PLY -SAVE_CLOUDS -NO_TIMESTAMP
#########################3 #import PCL project in eclipse
cmake -G "Eclipse CDT4 - Unix Makefiles" ../src/
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
#######################3#proxy settings in terminal
export http_proxy='http://172.20.0.7:3128'
export https_proxy='https://172.20.0.7:3128'
#/etc/apt/apt.conf
Acquire::http::proxy "http://172.20.0.7:3128/";
Acquire::https::proxy "https://172.20.0.7:3128/";
######################### #cat contents of file as soon as updated
tail -f log.txt
########################3 #redirect caffe's output ( stderr) to file
caffe > log.txt 2>&1
# caffe python layers ubuntu 16.04
pip install protobuf==3.1.0
############################# #merge pdfs
gs -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -q -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=finished.pdf file1.pdf file2.pdf
pdftk file1.pdf file2.pdf cat output mergedfile.pdf
#tmate
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tmate.io/archive && \
sudo apt-get update && \
sudo apt-get install tmate
tmate -S /tmp/tmate.sock new-session -d # Launch tmate in a detached state
tmate -S /tmp/tmate.sock wait tmate-ready # Blocks until the SSH connection is established
tmate -S /tmp/tmate.sock display -p '#{tmate_ssh}' # Prints the SSH connection string
tmate -S /tmp/tmate.sock display -p '#{tmate_ssh_ro}' # Prints the read-only SSH connection string
tmate -S /tmp/tmate.sock display -p '#{tmate_web}' # Prints the web connection string
tmate -S /tmp/tmate.sock display -p '#{tmate_web_ro}' # Prints the read-only web connection string
#CVLAB
ssh VKlo8Rr1WhpyshvDqZeu69pBJ@ln2.tmate.io
https://tmate.io/t/ov8Vx7tVyAIyxGCZfBF32N6br
#GIT COMMIT from LOCAL disk
git add <file-1> <file-2> <etc>
Commit with
git commit -m'<your-message>'
git commit
git push
10.103.72.48
#theano lasagne nolearn
sudo pip install -r https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dnouri/nolearn/master/requirements.txt git+https://github.com/dnouri/nolearn.git@master#egg=nolearn==0.7.git
#voxnet
pip install --editable .
#convert stereo mp3 to mono
lame --decode input.mp3 - | lame -m m -V2 - output.mp3
#cloudcompare
echo "deb https://dl.bintray.com/ornis/CloudCompare trusty main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
#pcl prebuild
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/v-launchpad-jochen-sprickerhof-de/pcl/ubuntu trusty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/v-launchpad-jochen-sprickerhof-de/pcl/ubuntu trusty main
# replace word in all files
sed -i 's/old-word/new-word/g' *.txt
#switch nvidia graphic card
prime-select nvidia/intel
wget -qO - http://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu1404/x86_64/7fa2af80.pub | sudo apt-key add -
#nvidia graphic card bootoption
nomodeset xforcevesa
ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
## jasper
wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/j/jasper/libjasper-dev_1.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu1.2_amd64.deb
wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/j/jasper/libjasper1_1.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu1.2_amd64.deb
sudo apt-get install ./libjasper-dev_1.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu1.2_amd64.deb ./libjasper1_1.900.1-debian1-2.4ubuntu1.2_amd64.deb
#pcl dependencies
## read text line by line
while IFS= read -r line; do
echo "Text read from file: $line"
done < "$1"
#opencv dependencies
sudo apt-get install libeigen3-dev libflann-dev libpcap-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev freeglut3-dev libboost-all-dev libopenni0 libopenni-dev libopenni2-dev libqt4-dev cmake cmake-curses-gui python-pip ipython libmatio-dev libblas-dev build-essential libgtk2.0-dev libjpeg-dev libopenexr-dev cmake python-dev python-numpy python-tk libtbb-dev libeigen3-dev yasm libfaac-dev libopencore-amrnb-dev libopencore-amrwb-dev libtheora-dev libvorbis-dev libxvidcore-dev libx264-dev libqt4-dev libqt4-opengl-dev sphinx-common libv4l-dev libdc1394-22-dev libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libswscale-dev libtiff-dev
sudo pip install cython numpy setuptools sklearn matplotlib h5py path.py theano lasagne
sudo cp /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/hdf5/serial/libhdf5_hl.so /usr/local/lib
sudo cp /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/hdf5/serial/libhdf5.so /usr/local/lib
###################### opencv
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xqms/opencv-nonfree
`pkg-config --cflags --libs opencv`
cmake -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local -D WITH_TBB=ON -D BUILD_NEW_PYTHON_SUPPORT=ON -D WITH_V4L=ON -D WITH_QT=ON -D WITH_OPENGL=ON -D BUILD_opencv_gpu=OFF -D WITH_CUDA=OFF -D BUILD_SAMPLES=ON ..
# with openvino
cmake -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local -D WITH_TBB=ON -D BUILD_NEW_PYTHON_SUPPORT=ON -D WITH_V4L=ON -D WITH_QT=ON -D WITH_OPENGL=ON -D BUILD_opencv_gpu=OFF -D WITH_CUDA=OFF -D BUILD_SAMPLES=ON -DWITH_INF_ENGINE=ON -DENABLE_CXX11=ON ..
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local -DOPENCV_EXTRA_MODULES_PATH=../../opencv_contrib-3.4.0/modules -DOPENCV_ENABLE_NONFREE=True WITH_TBB=ON -D BUILD_NEW_PYTHON_SUPPORT=ON -D WITH_V4L=ON -D WITH_QT=OFF -D WITH_OPENGL=ON -D BUILD_opencv_gpu=OFF -D WITH_CUDA=OFF ..
#disable apps using ccmake ../
##################### wine2.0
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ricotz/unstable
######### ROS
source /opt/ros/lunar/setup.bash
source ~/catkin_ws/devel/setup.bash
#################### PCL viewer
pcl_viewer -bc 1,1,1
######33 inquire about .so so library files
ldd
readelf -Ws
#################### CONVERT FLAC TO MP3
for a in *.flac;
do
ffmpeg -i "$a" -qscale:a 0 "${a[@]/%flac/mp3}";
done
################## convert jpgs to video
cat *.jpg | ffmpeg -f image2pipe -r 1 -vcodec mjpeg -i - -vcodec libx264 out.mp4
##### make cmake install
export DESTDIR="$HOME/Software/LocalInstall" && make -j4 install
################### change desktop background
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri 'file:///home/omair/Pictures/Wallpapers/rf_wimbledon.jpg'
########## merge videos into one
mkvmerge -o outfile.mkv infile_01.mp4 \+ infile_02.mp4 \+ infile_03.mp4
###############3#@ subversion svn
https://github.com/opencv/opencv_attic/tree/master/opencv/samples/android/tutorial-4-mixed
svn checkout https://github.com/opencv/opencv_attic/trunk/opencv/samples/android/tutorial-4-mixed
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:varlesh-l/indicator-kdeconnect
#ROS Stuff
rosservice call /spawn #spawn 2nd turtle in turtlesim
rostopic pub /turtle1/cmd_vel
rosrun turtle_sim turtle_teleop_key cmd_vel:=/turtle1/cmd_vel
teleop_key __name:=node3
rosrun teleop_twist_keyboard teleop_twist_keyboard.py cmd_vel:/hello/cmd_vel
rosrun rosserial_python serial_node.py _port:=/dev/ttyACM0 _baud:=115200
sudo rfcomm connect 1 98:D3:31:FD:28:06
#NO PUB KEY
wget -qO - https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu1804/x86_64/7fa2af80.pub | sudo apt-key add -
#audio
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:osmoma/audio-recorder
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install audio-recorder
######################3 openCL in ubuntu
sudo apt install ocl-icd-opencl-dev
###################### mate desktop
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jonathonf/mate-1.18
sudo apt-get install --install-suggests mate-desktop
##################### autoreconf
apt-get install dh-autoreconf
#mount over ssh
sshfs omair@10.104.72.5:/windows/D/MapsData/ /home/cvlab/Desktop/maps
#gdb commandline parameteres
gdb --args executablename arg1 arg2 arg3
#save logs
./exe 2>&1 | tee -a log.txt
##### video from photos
cat *.jpg | ffmpeg -f image2pipe -r 1 -vcodec mjpeg -i - -vcodec libx264 out.mp4
###### timelapse from photos
ffmpeg -r 25 -pattern_type glob -i '*.jpg' -c:v mjpeg -q:v 2 output.avi # -q:v can get a value between 2-31. 2 is best quality and bigger size, 31 is worst quality and least size)
###### slow down video
ffmpeg -i TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly.mp4 -strict -2 -vf "setpts=4*PTS" DownTheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly.mp4
###### speed up video
ffmpeg -i TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly.mp4 -strict -2 -vf "setpts=0.25*PTS" DownTheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly.mp4
####### convert mkv to mp4
ffmpeg -i input.mkv -codec copy output.mp4
## convert pdf to low res
gs -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dPDFSETTINGS=/ebook -sOutputFile=output.pdf input.pdf
-dPDFSETTINGS=/screen, /ebook, /prepress, /printer /default
convert -density 200x200 -quality 60 -compress jpeg input.pdf output.pdf
#convert pdf to grayscale
gs \
-sOutputFile=output.pdf \
-sDEVICE=pdfwrite \
-sColorConversionStrategy=Gray \
-dProcessColorModel=/DeviceGray \
-dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 \
-dNOPAUSE \
-dBATCH \
## rotate pdf
pdftk in.pdf cat 1east output out.pdf # new pdftk
#uninstall vmware player
sudo vmware-installer -u vmware-player
#list empty directories
find . -type d -empty
#tensorflow keras
tensorflow version 1.4.0 and keras version 2.0.8.
tensorboard version 1.8.0
##booting andriod x86 in vmware
You have to edit menu.lst file. Here is how:
boot in debug mode (usually the second option in boot menu)
when booting stops (for me it just hangs there with flashing cursor and without any prompt) enter mount -o remount,rw /mnt
enter cd /mnt/grub
enter vi menu.lst
press Shift+a
right under the first boot entry find the line starting with kernel initrd=/in (your line might look different; it depends on Android version; in general just find the line that starts with kernel)
at the end of the line type vga=834 nomodeset xforcevesa
press ESC then :wq - these commands will save the file and quit vi
enter cd /
enter umount /mnt
enter reboot -f
Now the system should reboot in the VESA mode of your choice.
This will enforces to use the VESA driver for X.
You can replace the vga=xxx by any number you want for your screen resolution. Also tested that 832 works fine (gives 800x600 resolution).
############ .so files, shared library #####
readelf -Ws /usr/lib/libexample.so
systemctl start vncserver-x11-serviced.service
#DOCKER docker
#remove all docker images with none tag
docker rmi $(docker images | grep "^<none>" | awk "{print $3}")
#build docker images
docker build -t numpy-docker .
#run docker
docker run -it numpy-docker
sudo chmod 777 /var/run/docker.sock
docker run -it numpy-docker /bin/sh -e -c py.test
pulseaudio --kill
pulseaudio --start
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