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− | = want to watch a forbidden video =
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− | You want to watch a video, but it is only available for viewers in the USA? See [[rackspace]].
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− | = want to get rebate like an American =
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− | Rental cars tend to be cheaper if you use a browser with a US IP address. To do this, see [[rackspace]].
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− | = want to hide your personal data in the internet =
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− | If you visit a website, people will know data from you like operating system and location. To prevent this, use [[tor]].
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− | = want to connect a USB drive and get instant access =
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− | When you connect your USB drive you want it to be accessible somewhere immediately. You do not want to [[open a console]] and mount it, you want it to be mounted automatically. See [[automounter]].
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− | = emulate your mouse with the keyboard =
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− | See [[emulate your mouse with the keyboard]].
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− | = analyze system performance =
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− | [[Image:Snapshot-ksar.png||thumb|200px|ksar (click to enlarge)]]
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− | You can analyze system performance using [[ksar]].
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− | = renaming several files =
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− | Rename several files using the [[command]]
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− | rename 's/BEFORE/AFTER/g' *
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− | = favorite Linux-Tools =
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− | history|awk '{print $2}'|awk 'BEGIN {FS="|"} {print $1}'|sort|uniq -c|sort -rn|head -10
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− | = controlling several computers at once =
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− | [[image:Snapshot-cssh.png|right|thumb|200px|ClusterSSH (click to enlarge)]]
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− | When working in a [[cluster]] you can control several computers in one [[console]] using [http://sourceforge.net/projects/clusterssh/ clusterssh].
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− | = find out which files are accessed by a program =
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− | To find out which files are accessed by a program start it with
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− | strace -e open ''program''
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− | = find out program that belongs to a window =
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− | Sometimes a window pops up and you do not know which program it is. For example you have just created a fresh user and when he logs in, he sees a window that you would like to get rid of. So you need to search where the window's program is called. So, every window is associated with a process. To find that out, call xprop and click on the window you want information about.
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− | = convert images in a batch job =
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− | Use the [[command]] convert:
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− | convert ''name''.''format'' ''name''.jpg
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− | = did you know... =
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− | == ...you can sort files by size and age ==
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− | To sort your files and folders by size, [[open a console]] and enter:
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− | [[du]] -s * | sort -n
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− | To sort your files and folders by age, [[open a console]] and enter:
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− | [[ls]] -ltr
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− | == key codes ==
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− | ... you can find out the key code of every key on your keyboard using the [[command]] [[xev]].
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− | == split files ==
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− | ...you can split files using the [[command]] [[split]].
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− | == put computer into standby mode ==
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− | ... you can put your computer into standby mode by [[opening a console]] and entering
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− | echo mem > /sys/power/state
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− | = write something on your screen =
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− | ...you can write something on your screen using [[osd_cat]].
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− | = watch changes =
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− | ... you can watch changes, e.g. the size of a file being written with the [[command]] [[watch]]:
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− | dd if=urandom.img of=test.img & watch --interval=1 "du -h test.img"
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− | = See also =
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− | * http://www.onpn.de/misc/linuxtipps.txt
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