Tips
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emulate your mouse with the keyboard
See emulate your mouse with the keyboard.
renaming several files
Rename several files using the command
rename 's/BEFORE/AFTER/g' *
favorite Linux-Tools
history|awk '{print $2}'|awk 'BEGIN {FS="|"} {print $1}'|sort|uniq -c|sort -rn|head -10
find out which files are accessed by a program
To find out which files are accessed by a program start it with
strace -e open program
find out program that belongs to a window
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.
convert images in a batch job
Use the command convert:
convert name.format name.jpg